the brexit party swept the board in the european elections, sending ann widdecombe to brussels. the tory vote collapsed. do you know people here who have been traditionally conservative voters who switched to the brexit party in the european elections? hmm... could be one or two. did you vote conservative in the european elections? i'm not going to say how i voted in the european elections. that is a very tory disaffection, but it finds its echo in a very different england. this is labour—voting stoke—on—trent. much of its proud industrial heritage has been reduced to dereliction. here, leave sentiment seems motivated by a sense that a cherished part of the city's identity has been lost. next wednesday, did you say? yeah. earlier this year, i met shirley ray. i don't feel proud to be british any more, and i think a lot of people feel the same way as well. i think we're a laughing stock of the world. no, ijust want us out. to be honest, i've got no confidence in any of the mps... at all. metropolitan manchester is also traditional labour territory, but the contrast with the decli

finally, the new mep for the brexit party and widdecombe made her maiden speech on thursday in the europeant. —— ann. it proved to be a controversial one. there is a pattern consistent throughout history of oppressed people turning on the oppressors. slaves against their owners, the peasantry against the feudal barons, colonies against their empires and that is why britain is leaving! although the speech came in a week when bbc news has also reported on the new appointments made to some eu posts, one viewer was prompted to e—mail saying. thank you for all your comments and do get in touch if you would like to share your views about what you see on bbc tv news, online, or on bbc social media. you can e—mail or you can find us on twitter. you can call us, and do have a look at our website where you can watch previous interviews. that's all from us, we will be back to hear you thoughts again next week. goodbye. hello. we saw the peak in the heat yesterday, and the top temperature, 28 celsius, 82 fahrenheit, compared with the cooler, cloudier 16, that's 61 fahrenheit, further north. and that co

welcome, ann widdecombe, thank you for joining welcome, ann widdecombe, thank you forjoining us.former party, the conservatives, have a general election, get together and deliver a no—deal brexit. i presume you think that is a good idea too? what nigel farage is saying is, if it comes to a general election, then obviously of what is wanted is brexit, then those who want brexit should consider cooperation, but i might also point out that an awful lot of labour voters want to brexit and look to the brexit party to deliver that, and as we are the party at the moment that is commanding huge support from the popular vote, i think that obviously what we are saying should be taken into consideration. but at the moment, forget general elections, what we want at the moment is brexit, and we have been promised by these new incoming prime minister that we are going to get that on october the 31st. well, i am not convinced, but i am prepared to wait and see. would you return to the conservative party? it sounds is not a difference between what you want and what's being offered by the former

brexit party mep ann widdecombe has compared the uk's departure from the eu to the emancipation of slavesher remarks, which she made in herfirst speech at the european parliament, as disgusting and offensive. a student paramedic has died after a collision between an ambulance and a car in burton—on—trent in staffordshire. 31—year—old tammy marshall was airlifted to hospital in birmingham yesterday evening but died from her injuries. a firearms officer has described to an inquest how he shot dead one of the ringleaders of the london bridge attacks because he feared the attacker would stab and kill him, or detonate an explosive device. eight people died when three men drove a van into pedestrians on london bridge before launching a knife attack in nearby borough market two years ago. daniel sandford reports. sirens wail 0n the night ofjune the third, 2017, armed officers from city of london police were called to reports of a van that had crashed into pedestrians, and men stabbing people with knives. it was declared as a marauding terrorist attack, which meant theirjob was to identify, locat

the brexit party mep ann widdecombe has compared the uk's departure from the eu to the emancipation ofed her remarks "disgusting" and "offensive. " she made them in herfirst speech at the european parliament after winning a seat last month. iran has summoned the british ambassador in tehran to complain about what it says is the illegal detention of one of its oil tankers in the straits of gibraltar. the vessel was stormed by royal marine commandos this morning, after concerns that it was carrying two million barrels of iranian oil to syria — in breach of eu sanctions. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me now. tell us more about this. this was a very dramatic night time seizure. some of the royal marine commandos came down by rope from helicopters, others boarded their vessel from fast boats. 0nce others boarded their vessel from fast boats. once they had can taken control of the bridge and the vessel was under their control, it was ordered to go to an anchorage off gibraltar. there was no violence or resista nce gibraltar. there was no violence or resistance offered by

the brexit party swept the board in the european elections, sending ann widdecombe to brussels.opean elections? hmm... could be one or two. did you vote conservative in the european elections? i'm not going to say how i voted in the european elections.

the former conservative minister and brexit party mep ann widdecombe has been criticised for comparing during her first speech in the european parliament. critics branded the remarks "disgusting" and "offensive". a student paramedic has died after a collision between an ambulance and a car in burton—on—trent in staffordshire. the 31—year—old woman was airlifted to hospital in birmingham yesterday evening but died from her injuries. the police watchdog for england and wales has warned that public safety could be put at risk unless there are urgent and far—reaching reforms to the service. in his annual report, the chief inspector of constabulary, sir tom winsor, said forces were straining under significant pressure, trying to meet demand with weakened resources, and the 43 forces needed to work more closely together and share resources. at wimbledon, british players johanna konta, harriet dart and dan evans have gone through to the third round. but there was a much sterner test for 20—year—old jay clarke, who faced the eight—time champion roger federer. natalie pirks has been following a

we can talk now, to the brexit party mep for the south—west of england ann widdecombe.ountry are a nation. it is a federal superstate which hasn't been voted for by any of the nations so been voted for by any of the nations so what we were saying as we turn out so what we were saying as we turn our back on this institution. you turn your back on this institution but don‘t mind being a member of it? we are a member of it simply in order to get britain out, to try and resist any further intervention in out resist any further intervention in our affairs. we don't know what is going to be proposed this session and to encourage if we were ever to be so lucky that it came up anything which reduced their intervention in out which reduced their intervention in our affairs. there is a very major point in being in the european parliament but it is a parliament, not part of a superstate. there was another protest by liberal democrat meps at the same session. they were wearing t—shirts saying stop brexit, wearing t—shirts saying stop brexit, we can see them. one of your brexit part

finally, the new mep for the brexit party ann widdecombe made her maiden speech on thursday in the europeanntry against the feudal barons, colonies against their empires, and that is why britain is leaving! although the speech came in a week when bbc news has also reported on the new appointments made to some eu posts, michael solitro was prompted to e—mail, saying... thank you for all your comments this week. do get in touch with us if you would like to share your views about what you see on bbc tv news, online, or on bbc social media. you can e—mail, or you can find us on twitter. you can call us, and do have a look at our website where you can watch previous interviews. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye.