at a campaign event. six men are found guilty for taking part in a series of robberies and burglaries including a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. come on, cam! cameron norrie battles against djokovic for a place in the wimbledon final. we ll have the latest from sw19 at 5:30pm. and coming up on the film review later this hour, find out why mark kermode loves a new british film about a man who built his own robot. that s at 5:45pm. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has confirmed he ll be standing in the contest to take on the leadership of the conservative party and the country. mr sunak launched his leadership bid in the last hour. hejoins tom tugendhat and the attorney general for england and wales, suella braverman, in putting his hat in the ring. the announcement isn t a surprise. he s been tipped as a possible successorfor some time. mr sunak quit hisjob on tuesday evening, shortly after the health secretary, triggering a tsunami of resignations from boris johnson
this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm the former chancellor, rishi sunak, enters the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. durham police clear sir keir starmer of breaking lockdown rules. he d pledged to resign if fined. the labour leader says his party is now ready for an election. if there was a general election, this government will fall. and we ve got a plan for the country, we want that fresh start. britain s former counter terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new head of the metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men have been found guilty for taking part in a string of robberies and burglaries, including the theft of a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. it is all overfor it is all over f
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whether that s the changes he made to universal credit so people could keep more of their money there, whether that s the changes he s made to national insurance, which benefit the lowest well off, whether it s the interventions he made on energy and giving people a discount if they lived in council tax bands a d. all of his measures are focused on helping people who need help the most. i think that s been his record while he was chancellor, and i think that he ll continue to do that as prime minister as well. we spent £407 billion during a once in a lifetime, once in 100 years pandemic, putting our arms around the country, supporting people s livelihoods. through the furlough scheme, we saved 11 million jobs, we saved millions of businesses through the grants that we intervened with, so i think that rishi s proven himself to be someone who comes to support when it s required. he s the only candidate, i believe, who can restore trust, rebuild the economy, reunite the country and, cruc