vicki young there, or chief political correspondent.ions for the prime minister, the new prime minister are of course that is? because on tuesday the 18th of june, of course that is? because on tuesday the 18th ofjune, bbc one will be hosting a live election hustings between the various candidates for conservative party reader and one of them will be the person who moves into downing street after theresa may. the debate will be shaped by your questions and what we're asking you to do is submit those questions in advance, e—mail and have her at our website. a look at the weather now across the united kingdom. this going to be a lot of rain around. some have artie started went. we have had downpours in the southwest of england. —— already started wet. main focus of the really wet weather later this afternoon and through the evening is going to be in london and the south—east. the rain turning heavy and thundery and could bring a months worth of rain in a few hours and flooding issues too. further northwest of the uk, we will find for the

we are going back to vicki young, i have seen we are going back to vicki young, i have seen comments comments from all the candidates that they are confident this afternoon? it is very suspicious as they scramble for those last votes at the end. whoever comes last will drop out automatically anyway, but anyone who doesn't make that number of 33. so a lot of nerves around, particularly in the rory stewart camp, he has come from nowhere in many peoples eyes, but let's speak to one of the supporters now. can you give us a prediction? i hope rory stewart gets through, because he has electrified this campaign. has taken it beyond out this campaign. has taken it beyond our base, beyond the echo chamber. congratulations to boris johnson, expect him to lead once again, but the question is who will take this forward and test boris? get him to raise his game? the person for that is rory stewart. is a person could be most critical of borisjohnson, some mps are worried about that, worried there is too much low on a blue, too much attacking of each other, and if rory stewart does get through to t

thank you, vicki young from westminster. about the result in the last hour from the latest round of voting in the conservative leadership contest. boris johnson once again won the lion's share of the boat with 143, followed by jeremy hunt on 54 and michael gove on 51 votes, sajid javid remains in the running with 38. rory stewart as we have been hearing came last with 27. but of course means rory stewart is eliminated from the contest leaving those other four candidates to battle it out in another round of voting tomorrow. now let's move on to some of the news. the 64—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by detectives investigating the death of the footballer emiliano sala. the striker who had signed with cardiff city was killed in a plane crash in february along with the pilot david ibbotson. a spokesperson for dorset police said a man from north yorkshire had been arrested and released while investigations continue. now let's get a little on the weather. we have had some contrast in the weather aroun

vicki young, our chief political correspondent in westminster.ch up with the weather now, stan has the forecast. there was a cloud and wet day today with the heaviest rain towards western areas. 0vernight, the pressure will move northward meaning that rain will become confined to more northern parts of the uk. scotland and northern ireland were lots of rain for wilful here and parts of northern england. elsewhere, and will be a drier story for much of and wales with clear skies and a mr patch is developing. nowhere will be particularly cold. as we start wednesday off on a brighter note, much of england and wales will have sunshine and it will turn hazy. scotla nd sunshine and it will turn hazy. scotland and northern ireland holding onto the cloud, outbreaks of rain. the south—west of england will be quite heavy. drier weather further east where we could see 20 or 21 degrees. call in at the north. through friday, it looks like we could see another area of low pressure bringing rain to central, southern and eastern areas. into the weekend, it stays

vicki young joins me now.nue but it will be in scrutiny will continue but it will beina scrutiny will continue but it will be in a new phase of this contest, do you think? jeremy hunt has been very careful all day in every interview to say that he thinks boris johnson's interview to say that he thinks borisjohnson‘s personal life is irreleva nt borisjohnson‘s personal life is irrelevant but yes, he's putting the bootin irrelevant but yes, he's putting the boot in when it comes to policy. if you look at the article, he says mr johnson is trying to slink through the back door of downing street without scrutiny, that he is trying to rig the contest by not answering questions. listen to the language mr hunt uses when he says what kind of quality a prime minister needs. he says you need to be a wise prime minister, have a calm head and be steady to get us through a political crisis. he's not attacking boris johnson's character but he is encouraging people to make a comparison between them. when it comes to mrjohnso

thank you very much indeed, vicki young.e story is covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are the guardian columnist dawn foster and the director of the polling company, deltapoll, joe twyman. a government minister has been in iran, calling for an urgent de—escalation of current tensions, after the us blamed iran for attacks on two oil tankers. reports in the american media say that the us launched a cyber attack on iranian weapons systems on thursday and that it disabled systems controlling rocket and missile launchers. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. having backed away from military strikes, america is trying to show it is not afraid of conflict with iran. officials say they launch cyber attacks which they claim disabled iranian systems controlling rockets and missile launchers. exactly the kind of hardware responsible for shooting down an american drone over the gulf. with tehran showing off the wreckage and president trump threat

vicki young, many thanks. vicki young, there.he limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium set under a 2015 nuclear deal unless european countries step in to relieve the pressure of us economic sanctions. tehran says it will surpass permitted levels in ten days' time. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. this is a further very worrying development in an already tense situation? yes, iran's nuclear capability has been restrained over the last four yea rs by been restrained over the last four years by a deal it did with the americans and europeans, basically saying we will do less nuclear, civil and military, in return for getting some sanctions relief, economic sanctions. the americans pulled out of this deal last year and the iranians won last month that we might stop complying with our side of the deal too. what they have announced today is that moment is now imminentand announced today is that moment is now imminent and that next week they will breach the upper limit of the amount of uranium, that's the nuclear f

thank you, vicki young. let's look at some of the reaction to the vote.ichael gove has tweeted saying delighted to have come second, all to play for in the final ballot. i look forward to having a civilised debate of ideas about our future. that was michael gove. we also heard from borisjohnson, delighted to have the support of over half of all conservative mps in the fourth ballot. i am grateful but we have more work to do. we have also heard from our own political editor, laura kuenssberg, saying a source in the jeremy hunt camp, both boris and michael are great candidates but we have seen their personal psychodrama before and it's time to offer someone before and it's time to offer someone the eu will actually talk to. speaking of the eu, the 28 eu heads of government are meeting in brussels today to thrash out the future shape of europe after the recent parliamentary elections. brexit has only been alloted a five minute discussion tomorrow morning. though the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, has told katya adler the bbc‘s europe editor that leaving t

let's go back to vicki young at westminster. robbie stewart who will probably be packing up stewart who will probably be packing up and going home tonight. that is obviously based on the fact that they were the next two after dominic raab yesterday so you think that would be the case. then the next person, the next round is tomorrow morning so there isn't much time to try and get those extra votes on side, but it is interesting what tim was saying about borisjohnson, that is the debate lots of tory mps have been having about which kind of borisjohnson been having about which kind of boris johnson might you been having about which kind of borisjohnson might you get, those who are more centrist in the party are looking at the borisjohnson they see as a one nation conservative so called and they hope thatis conservative so called and they hope that is the one they are going to get but there are others of course in the european research group we are not just in the european research group we are notjust pro brexit but a lot of them

we look forward to that, thank you very much indeed, vicki young, that's about it from me in this specialoverage of the final round as far as mps are concerned of the conservative leadership contest in which boris johnson and jeremy hunt are as you now now the file to go the city wider tory party membership. i want to thank our guests here in the studio who have been watching and listening with us. the former adviser to david cameron and former adviser to david cameron and former adviser to david cameron and former adviser to theresa may. thank you for your expertise. it doesn't leave you with a treat, we had from one of the defeated contenders today. it's a handwritten letter and he says: translation: ticket to look and feel a bit different to their classmates, those who don't have many toys and private tutors, delegates —— those who feel like outsiders and wonder whether opportunity isjust like outsiders and wonder whether opportunity is just other people work hard, have faith in your abilities and don't let anyone try to cut you down to size or essay you are not big enough to get to ai

gerald guillen of the united 22 committee, let's get more from our chief political correspondent, vicki young parliament, vicki just mixed—race year, dominic rob is out, but rory stewart keeps going. that's right, he was the outsider at the guinea, i think there is suspicion among some here, that supporters ofjeremy hunt may be have lent their support to rory stewa rt‘s have lent their support to rory stewart's commit means of course that he takes part in that debate tonight, and has been quite striking how much he has really laid into borisjohnson, so that's going to be pretty fascinating to watch, but let's speak to guy opperman, who is with me now, he is from team gove. a bit of support for michael gove, but not a huge amount. are you worried that momentum has stalled. no, ithink that momentum has stalled. no, i think after the problems of la st no, i think after the problems of last week and, he has slowly but surely his back way back into the contest, i think michael has a prove n contest, i think michael has a proven debater, expecting to do very well tonight. i also think that a signif

we are going to go to vicki young now. his teeth with 33 votes earlier on. let's find out what his team think about the performance. victoria atkins joins me. he looked to me like someone who was going for dominic raab's votes, talking about hard brexit and other things i think people might have thought, that's not what we thought you represented. i think he wants to deliver brexit and he wants to do so with a deal, but also he's realistic about preparing for no deal. in terms foregoing for other people's votes, tonight has shown that a win isa win votes, tonight has shown that a win is a win and it is all to play for 110w. is a win and it is all to play for now. tomorrow, colleagues will be thinking about how the debate went and who did well. the standout factor from this debate is that in a time where the country is disagreeing, when there's a certain amount of anger, saj cut through that and got a bit of unity among the candidates on several occasions. where doing a count to how many times the other candidates mentioned

vicki young reporting, there.s women's world cup quarterfinal against norway. captain steph houghton was injured during england's victory over cameroon on sunday, while fellow centre—back millie bright has picked up a virus. but manager phil neville says he's confident that his back—up players are ready to step up to the challenge if his first choices are ruled out of the game. the dalai lama says president trump lacks moral principle. in a rare interview, he also shared some controversial views on women. the buddhist spiritual leader fled to india from tibet in 1959 after china sent in thousands of troops to enforce its claim on the region. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan went to meet him, as he approaches his 84th birthday. in the shadows of these himalayan peaks, he's lived in exile. i have come to the north indian town of dharamshala, home to one of the world's best known religious leaders. his spiritual stardom attracts celebrities and politicians the world ever. but as china rises, is his in

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham.ils on our website about the leadership contest. you can get a comparison of the two men, and also their brexit policies and some details of the timeline of the vote. more details on our website. two typhoon fighter aircraft were scrambled tonight to escort a plane back to a london airport after reports of a disruptive passenger on board. thejet2 flight had been travelling to dalaman in turkey when it was redirected back to stansted. a 25—year—old woman has been arrested. manchester airport has said an it failure prevented many passengers from checking in at all three of its terminals for several hours yesterday. long queues built up, with some passengers describing chaotic scenes. the airport says the problems have now been fixed. this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has announced "major" new sanctions on iran. he says it's to stop the country obtaining nuclear weapons. climate change protesters have stormed a german coal mine as part a week—long campaign against fossilfue

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham.ership contest, including how the two candidates compare. that is jeremy including how the two candidates compare. that isjeremy hunt and borisjohnson, details compare. that isjeremy hunt and boris johnson, details on compare. that isjeremy hunt and borisjohnson, details on their brexit policies as well if you're interested. and some more comparisons between the two. that's all on our website. or you can download the bbc news app. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: celebrating the arrival of caribbean migrants. the uk marks the first national windrush day. i take pride itake pride in i take pride in their words, itake pride in theirwords, he should be proud to be our leader. he said not a single word in". it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he says that god told him to plead guilty and that was the end of it. they have been told to the government that they are linked to an increase in lung cancer. it was closing time for che

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham.till to come: celebrating the arrival of caribbean migrants. the uk marks the first national windrush day. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade centre armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim in certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that onjune 8, god told him to plead guilty and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has announced major ne

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham. ld be encouraged to act as safe havens for young people at risk of becoming victims of knife crime. the plan will be discussed at next month's general synod of the church of england — where they'll consider whether churches should open their doors to vulnerable children after school. kathryn stan—cheshun has more. they have always been places of sanctuary, but could churches now become a bigger part of the fight against knife crime? there are calls today for buildings like this to make sure their doors are open in the hours after school finishes, a safe haven for any child at risk. members of my church have lost loved ones through knife crime and i think having the resources of churches... it is an amazing resource and i think actually, we should look at ourselves and say, are there ways in which we can open our churches in that critical post school hours? certainly, i think it's possible and could be one of the responses we could make. partners to put up a... another idea is for all c

vicki young there, our chief political correspondence. henry hill talking to him about the various contenders. what we have seen is that borisjohnson is currently streets ahead with the membership, despite whatever else they think about him, they think is serious about delivering breakfast operators and partly because they fear nigel farage in his new brexit party? the brexit party are knocking the conservatives to such a terrible result in the european elections has sent a bolt of lightning through the race. and he says that the conservative party had space to reposition, then you have a new party hot on their heels. think mps, especially mps worrying we were facing an imminent election, will wa nt facing an imminent election, will want a leader who they think gives them the best chance of holding the seat. and they think it's boris johnson. that means, assuming mr johnson. that means, assuming mr johnson get through to the final two, he is pretty much a shoe in for party leader and prime minister?m is dangerous to say that with a leader

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham. more on that leadership contest and details on the two men, the background, their policies on brexit, go to our website and you can get all those details there. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: celebrating the arrival of caribbean migrants. the uk marks the first national windrush day. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement storm three world trade centre armed with pistols and guns. we believe that according to international law that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country. i'd take pride in the words, i this country. i'd take pride in the words, lam this country. i'd take pride in the words, i am a berlinale. chapman, president palin and slightly chubby said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain to the court ‘s decision for murdering john leonard. he believes injune eight murdering john leonard. he believes in june eight god murdering john leonard. he believes injune eight god told him to plead guilty. the medical researc

vicki young, bbc news, surrey.ll speak to our europe editor katya adler but first laura kuenssberg is in westminster. jeremy hunt very much trying to make this personal now? he is, sophie. the power in this race, even though he is being buffeted a row, is with borisjohnson. jeremy he is being buffeted a row, is with boris johnson. jeremy hunt has he is being buffeted a row, is with borisjohnson. jeremy hunt has been called very dull, and boring and doesn't have the flash and bash as borisjohnson. but doesn't have the flash and bash as boris johnson. but his doesn't have the flash and bash as borisjohnson. but his answer is he will sharpen up his attacks on the controversial former foreign secretary. even though he was careful to insist he wasn't attacking mrjohnson personally, he wasn't saying of course, you cannot trust him. but when it comes down to a race with two candidates and one of them says, i am the one who can be trusted and we mustn't have anyone we cannot trust. it doesn't ta ke anyone we cannot trust.

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham.sident trump says his administration plans to impose additional sanctions on iran, to try to prevent the country acquiring nuclear weapons. the foreign office here says one of its ministers will meet senior officials in tehran tomorrow, for talks aimed at easing tensions between iran and the united states. our north america correspondent chris buckler is in washington. president trump appears to be favouring diplomacy, despite the fa ct favouring diplomacy, despite the fact that many of his most senior advisers in the white house has been calling for military action after an american drone was struck down in the gulf by iranian forces. there are some who feel that mixed m essa 9 es are some who feel that mixed messages are being sent to tehran when a clear warning was badly needed. but today, president trump continued to walk the fine line between reaching out to iranian leaders and also threatening dire consequences if there were further attacks. for the moment, donald trump is choosi

0ur chief political correspondent vicki young has been finding out.etty crowded field, and here they all are, all hoping to be our next prime minister. the first round of voting for conservative mps is on thursday and before that many are using campaign launches to lay out some of their key messages. now, of course, their approach to brexit is going to be one of the most scrutinised areas. one group argues that the uk must leave the eu on the 31st of october, with or without a deal. they include boris johnson, dominic raab and andrea leadsom. there are those who say they would consider a delay if a deal is close, but would be willing to leave without a deal. this group includes michael gove and jeremy hunt. and two of the candidates say we should only leave with a deal. they are rory stewart and matthew hancock. now, what about life beyond brexit? there's a pretty lively debate under way about other policies. borisjohnson wants a tax cut for those earning over £50,000. he said he'd use money currently set aside for a no—deal brexit. what aboutjeremy h

vicki young, bbc news, birmingham.et some of the day's other news and polling stations have officially closed in mauritania, a country marking its first democratic transfer of power since independence from france in 1960. president mohamed ould abdel aziz seized power in a coup in 2008, but he has agreed to step down and abide by a two—term limit of office. six candidates are running to replace him. three suspected al—sha bab militants have been killed after they attacked a police camp in kenya's eastern county of garissa, close to the border with somalia. the al-qaeda—linked group has carried out attacks and kidnappings in kenya, vowing retribution for the country's involvement with amisom — a 20,000—strong african union force helping to support the government in somalia. anti—russian protesters in georgia have held a third day of demonstrations. thousands of people gathered in front of the parliament building in the capital tbilisi, calling russia an occupier state. in response to the protests russia has announced a

that was becky young. -- vicky young.s the conservative group leader on portsmouth city council, and parliamentary candidate for portsmouth south. and in surrey is angela richardson, deputy chair of guildford conservatives. thank you both for coming on. i know both of you have been in the room with either one or both of these candidates in recent times. donna, give us a sense of what you learned. on friday, i saw both of them at the local governments association. they came and spoke to conservative leaders across england and wales. it was a very useful meeting, it gives an opportunity to hear from them first hand what their priorities are. for dealing with a huge issue of leaving the european union and also about some domestic policy as well. and angela, i think you have beenin well. and angela, i think you have been in the presence ofjeremy hunt recently? we had an association dinner withjeremy recently? we had an association dinner with jeremy hunt on recently? we had an association dinner withjeremy hunt on friday even

vicki young, bbc news, surrey. laura joins me now. this campaign all very personal now. he is, absolutely. strange as it may seem to imagine that a cabinet minister who has held high positions in the government for a decade is an under.com, jeremy hunt is the underdog in this race and where does he see an opportunity of changing that? well, by talking about character. because he knows very well that many tory members, many tory mps, members of the public have real doubts about whether or not borisjohnson is suitable to take the reins at number ten. although he tried very hard to deny it, it was very telling today he chose again and again, to emphasise he is the one to trust, and only if someone you can trust is in charge is there a possibility of getting a deal on brexit, with the european union. so while he is sort of dancing on the head of a pin trying to say he is not making personal accusation, he clearly is determined to push and push and push again at the doubts that are in some people's minds about the suitability, the tempt br

vicki young reporting there.ren if they were gay — but he would be nervous about the added pressures they would face in society. prince william made the comments while talking to young people at a lgbt youth charity in london. 0ur royal correspondent daniella ralph has this report. it was a visit to support the lgbt community, a chance for the duke of cambridge to listen but also give an insight into some personal concerns. this trust helps young lgbt people rejected by their family and made homeless. during the visit, william was asked how he would feel if one of his own children was gay or lesbian. it is something i'm nervous about, not because i'm worried about them being gay, it's more about the fa ct them being gay, it's more about the fact that i'm worried about the pressures , fact that i'm worried about the pressures, as you are fact that i'm worried about the pressures, as you are here, fact that i'm worried about the pressures, as you are here, that they will face at home. it's much harder that their li

that's vickie young there in central london. so, what happens now in the leadership race? well, tomorrow and possibly thursday, there will be further ballads of mps to whittle down the candidates. until we get to the final two, and at that point, conservative members will get under way. tory members will vote, and the winner of the contest and our next prime minister will be announced beginning the attorney 2nd ofjuly. you can watch tonight's live tv debate between the remaining candidates on the bbc news channel. and bbc one at eight o'clock. there's our next prime minister, hosted by a full reaction programme here in the bbc news channel. with yours truly. from nine o'clock. let's move on to some other news now, and there are two natures who are neo—nazis, sent to prison after encouraging people on social media to shoot prince harry for for marrying meghan markle. michal szewczuk, who's 19, was jailed for michal szewczuk, who's19, was jailed forfour michal szewczuk, who's19, was jailed for four years and three months. 18—year—old oskar dunn—koczorowski got 18 months. the

we go back to westminster and join vicki young again.ons is, dominic raab eliminated, what happens to his 30 votes? when we go forward to the next round, this time tomorrow, he is a brexiteer, some would say on the harder side of brexiteer, so very interesting to see where his votes will go. but you would think most of them would go to borisjohnson or michael gove, would think most of them would go to boris johnson or michael gove, but you can't be sure. i've had people saying, i shared an office within 20 yea rs saying, i shared an office within 20 years ago, that's why i'm voting for them. you can never be sure. what you make of the results, boris johnson still adding more names, way out in france, some say there is no point in even holding a contest?” don't agree with that, i think we need to go through this process and we need to talk about conservatism in modern britain. obviously, boris isa in modern britain. obviously, boris is a long way in front, but this is not done yet, there is probably two ballots for thursday, so we need to

vicki young, bbc news, surrey.een ordered to pay a record £126 million in fines and refunds to customers because of serious failures at its sewage treatment sites. the regulator said there was a lack of investment, equipment failure, but more damning, southern deliberately misreported data over a seven—year period. ofwat said the company had shown scant regard for the environment, and it has now led to a criminal investigation being launched. emma simpson has more. cleaning and treating sewage — it is a vitaljob. this is southern water's state—of—the—art plant. but at other sites, it failed to operate them properly. there was deliberate manipulation of samples to avoid fines, and that led to wastewater being spilled into the environment. this is absolutely the biggest penalty proportion of turnover that we've ever levied on a company, and it would have been higher had the company not agreed that what they'd done was shocking and needed to be changed to. it is still not clear how much sewage was released, or where.

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament for us. the scale of borisjohnson‘s win has raised eyebrows, so has the fact that the number two isjeremy hunt. that is right. i think everyone feels that borisjohnson is the frontrunner in all of this, and the campaign really is to see who is going to challenge him. i think, actually, jeremy hunt might be slightly disappointed that he is not further out in front ahead of the rest of the chasing pack, if you like. there is all to play for, of course. 30 votes immediately up for grabs because of the three who are dropping out. of course, each campaign will be fighting very hard to try and secure at those and maybe steal some others from elsewhere. let's speak to david who is backing rory stewart who is very much seen as somebody who didn't have a hope, really. he is still quite some way behind. make the case for rory stewart. a lot of people didn't think he would get the votes he needed today, but he has done that. in fact, he is the candidate that is surprisingly on the upside was that he

let's go to vicki young whojoins be on bbc one. let's go to vicki young who joins me be on bbc one.lobby and the decision not to take pa rt lobby and the decision not to take part in the debate last night appears to have paid off for boris johnson. it has not done him any harm. there were a few moments when the other candidates were asking, where is he? then of course today, matt hancock who has dropped out of the race, endorsed borisjohnson so in that sense it doesn't seem to have done him any harm. his audience of conservative mps tonight and it does seem to be a case of the others jostling for second place. by not being there, he left them all to read. let's speak to one of his supporters, a treasury minister who was with me now. some will say he is running scared by not putting himself up for questioning, notjust last night but today, lobby journalist here in westminster. why is he not showing up? this is the mp stage of this competition so he is spending all of his time being grilled by members of parliament and that seems to be working. he is building the broadest coalition of

see you later, vicki young!too late to avert serious damage to the climate — but others fear the ambition will be impossible to achieve. 0ur environment analyst, roger harrabin, has more details. carbon pollution from fossil fuels. it‘s helped drive our economies and increase our wealth for more than 200 years. now, in the uk by 2050, it‘ll have to stop. to ensure that we make our contribution to dealing with climate change by laying the legislation for a net—zero target by 2050 today. this puts us on the path to become the first major economy to set a net zero emissions target in law. the announcement has won applause. i think it's very welcome, it is the first major economy to set this target, which is the target which will get us to where we need to be globally. it sends a very strong message to developed countries — you need to come along and do this too. and it sends a very important message to developing countries that developed countries are taking their responsibility seriously. in many ways, the clean e

girlfriend recorded by a neighbour and that bbcjournalist has followed it up extensively, including vicki youngetin. why would the police outside your house last night? he has been accused of hiding from scrutiny, hiding detailed answers on his policies of brexit. we meet and dark days for a party. the questions are more personal as borisjohnson party. the questions are more personal as boris johnson face hundreds of conservative party members and was asked why police have been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morning. have been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morninglj don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. but the judgements of bbc news and come up with much of the news media is that people did want to hear more about that domestic dispute. it continued to feature prominently in news coverage of the leadership contest for the next few days and was also brought up on monday's panorama. the race for number ten. jan that one of the many to be refused, talking about his reviews may have only sharpened the media appetite for stories like this. called

we can now cross to speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is on the southbank, waiting stewart has been going around the country, talking to real people, filming himself, putting it on social media. what has this led us to expect from his launch? it's interesting, it's unusual, he is continuing that by being in a small theatre on the south bank here in london. i spoke to a couple of the people who turned up amongst quite a large number of people and asked them why they were here. one of them said she is not a conservative party member and doesn't vote conservative but would if he became the leader. another person said they don't have a vote but they are trying to get theirmp to a vote but they are trying to get their mp to back rory stewart. i think that shows that there is some cut through with members of the public, not necessarily those who vote conservative, which is finding a general election. the problem for rory stewart is that the first hurdle is to get the of conservative mps and some feel he should spend more time talking to them with his message rather than g

vicki young has been taking a look.brexit on march the 29th was the original date. but after two extensions the uk's studio leave the eu on october 31. how are the two candidates for the top job planning to solve the brexit that bob? boris johnson led the leave campaign back in 2016 and quit the cabin over theresa may's plan. he voted against its white before backing her in the file —— final failed vote. its white before backing her in the file —— finalfailed vote. he its white before backing her in the file —— final failed vote. he says we believe the eu on october 31 with or without a deal do or die and he would withhold the £39 billion divorce payment the uk is due to give the eu. mrjohnson wants a new deal which would remove the so—called irish backs up from the withdrawal agreement. the exit plan agreed between london and brussels but rejected by parliament. this is extremely controversial because it's the insurance policy to avoid the return of checks at the border between northern ireland and ireland. mrjohnson w

vicky young is there.saying the conservative party leadership race is ceding the centre ground and has to regain that for the long term, and ina to regain that for the long term, and in a sense, he is right. the four left in the race have the same policies. he thinks his honesty is what caused him, he was telling the party things they did not want to hear particularly about brexit because he thinks it is unreasonable to think that a new deal can be negotiated by a new prime minister before october 31 as some of the other candidates are suggesting but yes, i suppose it is not surprising giving that more of the conservative mps are on the brexit side of the argument and they know the grassroots of the conservative party is as well so there are tory mps who say there has to be two brexiteers going forward to that final vote and it has to be someone signed up to the project who can show optimism and enthusiasm for it, something they say theresa may did not have so they say theresa may did not have so the dream

here's our chief political correspondent vicki young.be prime minister, you had to face some tough questions. borisjohnson you had to face some tough questions. boris johnson is you had to face some tough questions. borisjohnson is refusing to talk about his private life and police visit after a row with his girlfriend it is under pressure to give more details about his policies for government too. and peter today, his leadership rivaljeremy hunt says what happens in peoples personal lives as a matter for them. but mrjohnson should answer questions on everything. but mrjohnson should answer questions on everything] but mrjohnson should answer questions on everything. , and do live tv debates with me, do interviews, interviews on the today programme because it is no way to become prime minister by ducking these very important questions in so far, he is not answering them. supporters of boris johnson far, he is not answering them. supporters of borisjohnson are downplaying what happened here in friday morning when neighbours heard and reco

let's go now to the houses of parliament, where our chief political correspondent, vicki young, joinsel gove gaining a bit of momentum. some seeing an intriguing possibility of a battle between him and boris johnson, possibility of a battle between him and borisjohnson, these old rivals, and borisjohnson, these old rivals, a new psychodrama perhaps in the tory party? that is not much in it. borisjohnson way out in front as he has been from the beginning, now has the support of more than half the number of conservative mps, so the battlers who will join number of conservative mps, so the battlers who willjoin him on that ballot paper when it goes to a vote of the conservative party grassroots? let's speak sir alan duncan who is backing jeremy hunt. why do you think it should bejeremy hunt? some people are saying it would be better to have two passionate brexiteers. it might not be the best formula for a successful contest. but i think germany is very capable, very logical, good international relationships. —— jeremy. i have worked throughout theirtenure in jeremy. i have worked through

vicki young, bbc news, surrey. story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are sebastian payne, the whitehall correspondent for the ft and kate proctor, political reporter for the evening standard. southern water has been ordered to pay £126 million in fines and customer rebates because of spills of waste water from some of its sewage treatment sites. the regulator, ofwat, said the company had shown scant regard for the environment and had also deliberately misreported its performance. emma simpson has more. cleaning and treating sewage, it's a vitaljob. this is southern water's new state—of—the—art plant but today's report finds serious problems at a host of other smaller sites. there was a lack of investment and equipment failures but more damning, it deliberately misreported data. examples of waste water were manipulated over seven years to present a false picture of compliance. the regulator said it led to unpermitted an

vickie young, thank you very much, we will watch with great interest.is evening. —— by our colleague emily made us, it should be fun to watch. will you be watching katty? 0h, watch. will you be watching katty? oh, yeah, i will be up on bbc world ina oh, yeah, i will be up on bbc world in a couple of hours‘ time, and we will have all of the results on bbc world too, because there‘s a lot of interest, of course the name that is known around the world is boris johnson, but people are focused on this leadership contest. and we will be back with other news tomorrow as well. they with us. stay with us. hello. it's already a wet and to the day across parts of england and wells. there could be much heavier rain arriving in some spots, as we go through tonight. close to this weather system, humid air, moisture associated with that, had outbreaks of rain pushing northwards across parts of england and wales through the day, so still some of that around as we go deeper into the evening. showers in scotla nd into the evening. showers in scotland and northern ireland

we can cross over to surrey now, where boris johnson is. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki youngand a change in strategy fair boris johnson's team. he has been accused of having a submarine strategy where he has not been seen, hasn't taken questions, has been avoiding questions, particularly about his private life. that all seems to have changed now, so that all seems to have changed now, $03 that all seems to have changed now, soa number of that all seems to have changed now, so a number of radio interviews this morning where he turned out to be an expensive outing on the radio because he made lots of pledges about more funding for social care, police, tax cuts, infrastructure. not much of a price tag on any of it, but quite a comprehensive list there. also asked about brexit. he has talked a little bit more about details about what he means when he says that he thinks that the eu would not impose tariffs if we left without a deal to stop what he's really saying is he needs a new kind of agreement with the eu, not the one that theresa may has negotiated, but another one. and he

here's our chief political correspondent, vicki young.you ruined your chances of becoming prime minister, mrjohnson? mrjohnson, why were police outside your house last night? he's been accused of hiding from scrutiny. avoiding detailed answers about his policies on brexit and tax. today the questions were more personal. as borisjohnson faced hundreds of conservative party members and was asked why police had been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morning. i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. unless i'm wrong. police were called to the flat mrjohnson shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds after neighbours reported hearing an angry row and were concerned about her welfare. a neighbour passed on a recording to the guardian newspaper. it's reported a woman can be heard screaming and saying, get off! and, get out of my flat! the metropolitan police told the bbc there was no cause for police action. so what about questions of character? would mrjohnson answer that? does a person's private life... don't boo.

here's our political correspondent, vicky young. have you ruin your chances of becoming prime minister, mrjohnson? why were police outside your house last night? he had been accused of hiding from scrutiny, avoiding detailed answers on his policies on brexit. i cannot hide it that we meet in dark days for our party and i have never known us to be under 17 points in the polls stop by today, the questions are more personal as he faced hundreds of conservative party members and was asked why police had been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morning. i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. i think, forgive me. ithink what hear about that kind of thing. i think, forgive me. i think what they wa nt think, forgive me. i think what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country and for our party stopped by police are called to the flat that he shares with his girlfriend after neighbours remember hearing an angry route and were concerned about her welfare. guardian newspaper reported that a woman can b

here's our political correspondent, vicky young.our chances of becoming prime minister, mrjohnson? mrjohnson, why were police outside your house last night? he's been accused of hiding from scrutiny. avoiding detailed answers about his policies on brexit and tax. i cannot hide it from you that we meet in dark days for our party and i have never known us to be down at 17 points in the polls. today the questions were more personal. as borisjohnson faced hundreds of conservative party members and was asked why police had been called to his flat in the early hours of friday morning. i don't think they want to hear about that kind of thing. unless i'm wrong. i think, forgive me, i think what they want to hear is what my plans are for the country and for our party. police were called to the flat mrjohnson shares with his with his girlfriend, carrie symonds, after neighbours reported hearing an angry row and were concerned about her welfare. a neighbour passed on a recording to the guardian newspaper. it's reported a woman can be heard scr

we can now cross to westminster to speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young.g that they can fix brexit, they can get the deal through, but they are all part of a government which pateley hasn't. that is the question they are being asked. some of the leadership contenders are making that point. that was what mark harper was saying, all of the candidates are talking about some kind of renegotiation, but he says it is not credible to say that can happen by 0ctober credible to say that can happen by october 31, because there isn't much time left. the commission is evolving, they won't be in place in time, their chief negotiator is changing. how can you possibly say you can do that and get it through parliament? it's impey won't happen. the argument from some of those leadership contenders is you change the prime minister, you change the dynamic, different people in the room, dynamic, different people in the room , you dynamic, different people in the room, you can change the momentum. in the end, used to have have a smacker you still have to have a sense of realit

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament for i suppose the big question at the moment is three eliminations, who will the people they were backing follow now? immediately there are 30 vote up for follow now? immediately there are 30 vote upforgrabs, follow now? immediately there are 30 vote up for grabs, i am sure things are busy as the remaining candidates try to persuade them to come over. that's what happens after the first round, the jostling for position continues. the position looking at these results is all about who comes second, who's going to be the person who gets onto the ballot paper so this goes to the vote of the conservative party members. jeremy hunt at the moment is in that position but it's still pretty close. his major supporter amber rudd today making the case for him. the plan is to make sure that as many voters as possible get buy in jeremy hunt, and continues to build momentum and pick up some of the votes may be from people who believe the race. it looks highly likely boris will be in the final two then

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. the disappearance of rory stewart's tie, what else are they discussing their today cosmic i still think the issue of brexit is the dominating thinker. it was not entirely clear from any of the candidates how they expect to secure an exit from the eu, with or without an exit from the eu, with or without a deal. a lot of questions about that. many pills are still trying to beat between the lines about what it candidate —— many mps are still trying to read between the lines about what it candidate is offering. sajid javid squeaked home yesterday getting in with just three votes. they's ballot is going to be very close. i would say to any of my colleagues that any sick every single vote is going to count on that ballot this afternoon. i believe sajid javid can and will progress. he offers the opportunity of uniting the party in the country and reaching out beyond our core vote to people who would not ordinarily put conservative. that's exactly what we need to do in order to any future gen

our chief political correspondent vicky young joins me now.in the selective camps about how the story has been handled, and how difficult it is proving for borisjohnson to move on from it? it is difficult for both of them, actually, but not unexpected in both camps. there is a lot of confidence in boris johnson in both camps. there is a lot of confidence in borisjohnson being the front runner, but his team have a lwa ys the front runner, but his team have always been cautious knowing that there is a long way to go. let's not forget there are 15 more hustings to come. borisjohnson forget there are 15 more hustings to come. boris johnson has forget there are 15 more hustings to come. borisjohnson has never a nswered come. borisjohnson has never answered questions about his private life, but i can remember one occasion he denied an affair, but it turned out to be true, which led to his sacking of file ago. this was under michael howard. yes, he has spoken up in the past, but it didn't go very well. if the answer is one question, he will be asked