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And despite a dramatic fightback, englands one goal wasnt enough against sweden for a womens world cup third place playoff. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election, which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our country. We need to get brexit done, we need to get it over the line by october the 315t voting has already begun, and one Party Insider said at least 1,000 people might have received an extra vote. Some were registered in several local associations. Others were women who received separate ballot papers in their maiden name and their married name. Im pretty certain the chairman of the conservative party has already been asked to look carefully at how they sift, so obviously there is an issue here, i accept that, but rather than get bogged down in the process, the truth is that even in a general election, people are registered in different areas. The process has been flawed. Ive seen separate sets of ballot paper sent to the same person at the same address. But neither the conservative party nor the independent body theyve hired to scrutinise the election were able to tell us how many ballots were sent out in error, but they are adamant that it doesnt damage the legitimacy of the vote. Its made very clear on the ballot paper that youre only allowed to vote once, and i expect conservative members to follow that. You rightly point out that if people have joined two associations, they may get two ballot papers. I get two ballot papers, because im on two different sets of electoral registers. It doesnt mean that i vote twice i dont. Electoral law doesnt apply. If people are caught voting twice, they face expulsion from the party rather than a criminal conviction. The conservative partys own internal rules will decide if the vote for the next Prime Minister is a fair and legitimate vote. And for the members, like those in nottingham, they have until july the 22nd to decide. Manveen rana, bbc news. The former head of British Intelligence has told the bbc that the uk is going through a political nervous breakdown. Sirjohn sawers has said hes deeply concerned about the calibre of politicians in the uk as the country prepares to leave the european union, criticising both the conservative party and labour. Some breaking news to bring your now. Police in the United States are investigating an explosion that has taken place at a Shopping Mall in florida. It is being reported that several people have been injured. The explosion happened a short while ago in plantation which is west of fort lauderdale. According to local reports, the blast sent large pieces of debris across the street. 0fficials of debris across the street. Officials say the street has not been closed to traffic and the Fire Department says it is dealing with a gas explosion. These are the wife pictures coming from plantation in florida. You can see the road affected and the traffic at a standstill there. There is the damage as the windows are blown out of that shopping plaza. But very few further details at the moment. We will of course keep a night on it and bring you more details as we get them particularly with regard to those multiple entries that are being reported. Multiple injuries that are being reported. Murderers who refuse to reveal the location of their victims bodies could spend longer behind bars, under legal changes being set out by the government. Whats become known as helens law, which will apply in england and wales, follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt. She was killed 31 years ago, but her body has never been found. Ben ando has more. For 31 years Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter, who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts about of helens body. To have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. I believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no torture worse than that. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refuse to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remains spend longer behind bars. In 2016, mps voted in favour of helens law, but it didnt receive government backing until now. With thejustice secretary david gauke proposing that it be introduced as soon as is practicable. The parole board can already use withholding information as a reason not to release a prisoner, because it suggests they are still an ongoing risk to the public. But it is optional. Helens law changes that, and makes factoring it in a legal requirement. Even now, marie lights candles every week at her home in merseyside. Although she still does not know where her daughters remains are, the creation of helens law may provide some comfort, especially if it means other families wont have to face both the pain of loss, and the agony of not knowing. Ben ando, bbc news. The son of the duke and duchess of sussex has been christened by the archbishop of canterbury in a private ceremony. Archie harrison mountbatten windsor was baptised in front of close family and friends in the private chapel at windsor castle. Two photographs from the day, taken by fashion photographer chris allerton, were released on the couples official instagram account. The post which also shared details about archies christening gown, said the couple were happy to share the joy of this day with members of the public. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell is here. Hgppy happy to share the images but not anywhere but social media. Not for much but that is the whole point. There he is and this is the first recite we have gotten of archie mountbatten harrison windsor. He was covered up with shawls at his birth but there he looks like a balmy little chap sitting on the lap of his mother in this one photograph of this a family setting, we see Doria Ragland in the background and if we refer to the other photograph and i would point out that a rather touching fact is that diana princess of wales is in the other photograph in the background. So a deliberate inclusion of her family. But that is it, that is all we will see of this christening because of course harry and megan are determined that he should be as far as possible treated asa should be as far as possible treated as a sort of non royal royal. He has no title at the moment. They have made it clear by giving him the name mountbatten windsor without an hrh, without being a prince that they do not at this stage see him having a royal future or taking his not at this stage see him having a royalfuture or taking his place in the way that george and charlotte and louis have and are accessible to the public. I suppose that is the difficulty assented for some people . There is a huge amount of Public Interest but there is a desire for this child to have a different kind of upbringing but at the same time if you have the privileges of being in the royal family, if you have the privileges of being in the royalfamily, if if you have the privileges of being in the royal family, if you are to receive certain money from the taxpayers purse, there is a tension there. That is some arguments being put forward in some tabloid newspapers. They are in receipt of public money, it is on trickery speaking taxpayers money because it comes from the sovereign scratch. But the fact they have received £2. 11 million to renovate the new college in windsor has fanned this debate no question about that at all. It is argued that they are in receipt of public money and they should therefore as it were played the game in terms of making themselves and their son more accessible to the public because the public that is with the British Public expects of senior members of the royal family. Now they would argue that he is seventh in line to the throne, he is not a significant indirect line number of the royal family and they would wish him to have as private a wife as possible and the solution to thatis wife as possible and the solution to that is to issue this one photograph of this family group. You notice the queen was not there because she had a prior engagement. So we see baby archie with his parents and on the brink there the cambridge is, on the left the whales, and just behind, mother and auntie, two aunts. Yes. As you say a small Family Gathering stopping just a small Family Gathering. Sometimes it is all we want. And that is what they want clearly mech nick, thank you very much. Emergency crews in Southern California are tackling a number of fires and gas leaks after the state was hit with its biggest earthquake in more than 20 years. The epicentre of the quake, which had a magnitude of 7. 1, was near the city of ridgecrest, about 150 miles north east of los angeles. Angus crawfords report contains some flashing images. Oh, my god. Fear and shock. Two quakes in two days. This one with the magnitude of 7. 1, the strongest for 20 years. Evacuate nerves stretched to the limit. Go, go, go panic is infectious. 8. 21 here on the air, we are experiencing. And very public. I think we need to get under the desk. 0k, were going to go to break. Well be right back. Wow. In hollywood, tourists werent sure what to make of it. Everythings moving, and the chandelier was shaking, and the kids were saying, its an earthquake. We saw that the rest of the people in our neighbouring rooms were also looking at each other. We were all kind of scared, just freaking out about it. Landslides blocked some roads. Motorists using their bare hands to clear the debris. Broken gas pipes caused fires, though no serious injuries were reported. And heres why. The epicentre, remote ridgecrest near death valley. But theres more to come. This was a very large earthquake. And we also know theres going to be a series of aftershocks as a result of the main quake. So we want to prepare ourselves in being able to have those resources in place. For now, california counts the cost of this quake and waits for the next. Angus crawford, bbc news. Speaking to me a little earlier our correspondent david willis gave us this update on the quake. There are reports of aftershocks, wads of them already from that area around ridgecrest and beyond. And the seismologists are saying they expect those aftershocks to continue for days if not weeks. There are no reports of deaths or serious injuries at the moment in this latest 7. 1 earthquake but thousands of people are without power, buildings have been damaged, fires have been sparked by ruptured gas means. And people in the disaster area, disaster and rescue area of the municipal authorities, are breathing a sigh of relief i think that this earthquake was centred around a fairly remote desert town ridgecrest which is 125 miles northeast of los angeles. Had it beenin northeast of los angeles. Had it been in or around an area, a big city area, a city of high population density, then clearly the outcome could have been a lot worse. Yes and of course the californian authorities are well prepared for earthquakes given that part of the world is rather prone to them. Earthquakes given that part of the world is rather prone to themm earthquakes given that part of the world is rather prone to them. It is very prone to them and it is 25 yea rs very prone to them and it is 25 years since the last big one, that was the northridge quake back in 1994. In which 57 people died, billions of dollars worth of damage was caused and we have been on tender hooks there in california for a repeat and possibly something far worse for quite some time. It hasnt come yet but some are wondering if it these two earthquakes over the space of 34 hours could portend Something Like that. We will have to wait and see but meanwhile if you area wait and see but meanwhile if you are a resident at the moment in ridgecrest, you are very much on edge i would think because they are being told there as well as those suffering aftershocks they are being told to take down pictures and anything they might have on the walls and also to stock up on supplies while the stores are still open. David willis in washington. The headlines on bbc news. As the two men vying to be pm again attempt to win over members in two hustings today, a bbc investigation discovers some Party Members are receiving two ballot papers. An explosion rocks a florida shopping center. Local media say authorities are investigating a possible gas leak. And several people are reported to have been injured. The duke and duchess of sussexs son has been christened at windsor castle. Theres been criticism for excluding the public and keeping secret the identity of archies godparents. A National Newspaper has reported that a senior british establishment figure was given anonymity after accusations of Sexual Harassment and assault in an employment case. The times reported that one woman said she was groped at his Country House and another that she was sexually assaulted in his private office. Earlier i spoke to the lawyer Sarah Chilton whos a partner at cm murray and specialises in partnership and employment law. She explained that it can be difficult for employers to defend these agreements. They are frequently between employers and employees and they have been used for years and years and continue to be so. But where we see these types of situations being concerning is where you see repeated potential allocations being brought up by multiple employees and you see the potential use of nondisclosure agreements in fact allows that repeated conduct to continue. How difficult is it for a woman or a complainants to resist signing such a document . That is one of the problems, there is such an inequality between the claimants and the powerful employer be that an entity or an individual respondent in a claim. Like in this case to have both the company and respondent. Its difficult for someone who is offered money in exchange for silence to really do much about it because the alternative is to take their case to an employment tribunal and there is quite a lot of money to paid to get a remedy. Its a small amount of money compared to what they might be offered by settlement. We have seen in the cases of some celebrities who have broken these nondisclosure agreements to speak out against regular perpetrators. How great is the risk of doing that . I think that the legal risk remains fairly significant. There are various different exclusions to what an nda prevent people can talk about and whom. The persons being out does run the risk of potentially being sued. In practise that that there has been such a backlash against ndas, an employer has sued someone for speaking out when they should not have under an nda runs the risk of significant adverse publicity and also the horse has bolted at that point they achieve by doing that . When our confidentiality agreements would judgmentally used to defend . Because we use the word gagging order and mean it in a pejorative sense. There are legitimate uses. They are used to protect trade secrets. If you work for a big company that has a secret formulas for their food then you will enter into a confidentiality clause and that is a legitimate use of the type of provision. If you settle a claim for Sexual Harassment, the victim might want a confidentiality clause as well because you might be concerned by your identity or details about allocation being revaled. That would be which admit use. Where we get concerned about the use of ndas is where they are effectively being acquired from people who are victims of Sexual Harassment when they dont have any alternatives. So they cant seek a remedy through the employment tribunal for whatever reason and they may feel that may be their only option. How likely is it do you think that the government will choose to take some action to ban the use of ndas in cases of harassment as you describe . I dont think they will ban them. I think there is a purpose to having them but i think what we need to see and what has come out of the inquiry is a significant tidying up of the use of them and also some increased governance in employers to monitor the use in one organisation so if you do have repeat offenders you can try to deal with that rather than all those cases be covered up. There is no internal dialogue as to how many ndas are being entered into. Lawyer Sarah Chilton. The uks biggest pride event is under way in central london, celebrating 50 years since the start of the modern lgbt rights movement. More than 30,000 people arejoining the parade itself, the organisers say this years london pride could be the biggest ever. 0ur lgbt correspondent ben hunte gave us this update. The countrys flagship pride event is in full swing. Pride in london has taken over the streets. Over 1. 5 Million People are expected to be standing on either side of the road watching the parade go by. There is over 30,000 people marching. Many of them are in new groups that have not marched before. We have spoken today to a romani gypsy group who are marching for the first time and they are very excited to be here representing themselves and their community. Of course the streets are completely filled with people covered in rainbows, they have glitter across their faces and they are very excited to be here for what is thought to be the countrys biggest pride event of all time. But it is notjust the pride march that is happening. There is also a main stage in Trafalgar Square where we will see some huge headline names. Some activists say this is all too commercial and too corporate and say that actually, as a result of the homophobic and transphobic attacks we have seen within the uk over the past few weeks and months, that events like this and celebrations like this should be less of a party and more of a protest. Ben hunte. The mayor of london sadiq khan was there. And he told us why it is so important. The great thing about pride in london is a just to celebrate our diversity. Its also good chance for those who arent from the Lgbtq Community to be allies and to be proud allies. Its really important that we celebrate the diversity of our city and i want today to be the biggest pride event i think it will be. The mayor of london sadiq khan. One of britains most senior female Asian Police Officers has accused the metropolitan police of discrimination. Parm sandhu has begun legal action against the force, claiming she was denied promotion on the basis of her race and sex. Last month, she was cleared of allegations that shed breached rules about the Police Honours process. The met said it was inappropriate to comment. 0rkneys archaeological treasures are of global significance but their World Heritage status could soon be under threat because of climate change. Experts say rising seas and higher rainfall mean popular sites like the ancient village of skara brae are extremely vulnerable. James cook reports from 0rkney. Skara brae is important to me because its part of 0rkneys history. They taught us about skara brae at school, and it was a really interesting thing to learn about. It brings a lot of people into orkney, and into the surrounding areas. And personally, for me, i had a lot of great experiences there when i was younger, as well. It draws tourists, and it generates a lot of interest which, like, everybody benefits from. Everywhere where you we go in 0rkney, you meet history. But now, that history is under threat. Skara brae is onlyjust clinging on. For years, ewan hyslop has been watching nervously as the sea advances on the village. This has been here for, what, 5,000 years, this site . Is there really that severe a threat from the way that climate is just changing in the last few years . The threat here is very real, in terms of the survival of this site. The global projections for Sea Level Rise are quite astonishing, in that by the end of this century, by 2100, sea level around most of the planet could be a metre higher than it is now. If these defences werent here, what wouldve happened to the site . If these defences werent here, we certainly would have lost parts of the site, and possibly up to two thirds of the site would have gone. Two thirds of skara brae would have been washed away . Yeah, yeah, so these defences are absolutely essential. And it isntjust skara brae. Access to the ancient ring of brodgar is also threatened by climate change, say conservationists. Well, the treasures of 0rkney have weathered the elements for thousands of years, and so it is tempting to think of them as robust. But Scientists Say theyre actually more fragile than that, and they are now extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. But there is some good news. This report also finds the community here is tough enough to respond to the challenge. The photo was taken at the ring of brodgar in, i think, about 1962 or so. I was brought up in a family very interested in 0rkneys history, so taken to visit these sites. This building here is different. It isnt a house, because it doesnt have beds in it. Patricia long has been intrigued by 0rkneys heritage since she was a little girl. She is now a tourist guide, and she exemplifies that 0rcadian resilience. I mean, weve always had the climate to contend with. Its always an unpredictable factor. But the fascinating thing about the social history here is how we take what is the next thing and we make the most of that, and when that moves on, whether its the shoals moving on or the end of the war, and so we look at the next thing. Of course, now its renewable energy. This is where the Main Business in the world for wind power and wave and tide power to be tested. So we just make the most of whats come along, and deal with events. So there are grounds for optimism. After all, 0rkney has been adapting to the climate for thousands of years, and 0rcadians say this time, too, their Island Heritage will endure. James cook, bbc news, 0rkney. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello, some of us have got away with a fine start to the weekend but for others, there is a weather front that has been pushing southwards in parts of england and wales. Notjust cloud, some outbreaks of rain as well and it slips further south into parts of southern england on through this evening. Still a few showers overnight, towards north east scotland and many other areas, we are looking dry with a mix of cloud and clear spells and temperatures at the lowest, the clearer parts of scotland and northern ireland, down to five or 6 degrees in some spots. Into tomorrow and the early drizzly rain along the south coast of england should clear away. We will still have a few showers running into north east scotland, one or two popping up into Northern England but for most places, it will be a dry second half for the weekend with a mixture of cloud and the sunshine. Notice the breeze, not especially strong but it will be quite breezy with those showers in the north east. The breeze is coming down from the north, indicating it is not especially warm out there. For most of us, temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. Bye bye. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The bbc learns that some conservative members have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next Prime Minister. Both borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have been attempting to win over members in two hustings today. Murderers who refuse to say where theyve buried their victims could be more easily denied parole under a proposed new law. An explosion rocks a florida shopping center. Local media say authorities are investigating a possible gas leak and several people are reported injured. The duke and duchess of sussexs son has been christened at windsor castle. 0nly close family and friends attended the service for Archie Harrison mountbatten windsor. Theres been criticism for excluding the public and keeping secret the identity of archies godparents. Hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of the capital for the pride parade. London mayor sadiq khan said he hoped it would be the biggest pride event to have been held in the city. And despite a dramatic fightback, englands one goal wasnt enough against sweden for a womens world cup third place playoff. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im john watson live at wimbledon. Konta keeps her cool the british number one books her place in the last 16. Murrays hopes wrest with serena as he crashes out of the mens doubles. 23 grand slam champion marches on in the singles. Im Gavin Ramjuan at the bbc sport centre. England are beaten by sweden in their 3rd place playoff match, the video assistant referee again deniying them a crucial equaliser. The usa take on the netherlands in tomorrows final us co captain Megan Rapinoe thinks she has the answer to maintaining

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