Mrjohnson has already promised to deliver brexit by october the 31st the president of the Eu Commission says he is looking forward to working with him and President Trump has already congratulated borisjohnson saying he will be great. Well have all the latest from here in westminster and well be getting reaction from across the country and from brussels. Also this lunchtime the uk prepares for a heatwave as temperatures climb well above 30 degrees this week and coming up on bbc news, Jimmy Anderson is out of englands only warm up match for the ashes. They play ireland tomorrow but anderson has been struggling with a calf injury. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news at one. So now we know and in the end there was no great surprise. Boris johnson was favourite to win from the start and now hes been voted in as the new conservative leader. He will officially take office as Prime Minister tomorrow after a meeting with the queen at buckingham palace. Borisjohnson gained around double the
And coming up look at the sport with gavin. We are awaiting an update on the condition of chris froome the time time Tour De France champion badly injured after a crash in france, more on the story and what it means for him and his team later on. Thanks gavin. Good weather for that duck . Yes, another day with heavy rain in june. Further localised flooding today with whether staying on the rubbish side as we head into the weekend. Well also look further afield in india for we are watching carefully for the arrival of a cyclone about to hit the north west of the country. Also coming up, the critically endangered bermuda snails released into the wild with the help of the british zoo. Boris johnson has emerged as the clear frontrunner in the conservative leadership election to determine the next Prime Minister, with more than a third of the votes cast by tory mps in the first ballot of the contest. The field of ten conservative mps has been narrowed to seven with the former cabinet minist
You by sandals resorts. Ainsley all inclusive. Can you take the kids there. Pete not summer until the summer Concert Series takes off. That looks like summer. Steve our friend at famous daves kicking off the barbecue at fox square. Ainsley especially the sailors. Wasnt that cool . Steve here is the problem, ainsley. They are all dressed in white. We have barbecue. Can we get some bibs . Ainsley i have a drawer full of them in my kitchen i could give you. Steve thank you very much busy news out of the british Prime Minister theresa may is stepping down. Time for a new Prime Minister. Today i am announcing i will resign as leader of the conservative and Unionist Party on friday the 7th of june so that a successor can be chosen. Ainsley her announcement follows months of speculation and criticism over her failure to finalize that brexit deal. Pete she will continue leading the country until a successor is chosen. Steve thats right. Pete this announcement trigger an election for Prime Mini
EXCLUSIVE: As a new book reveals, Mr Brexit had to take on the Remainer Establishment in order to set up the new party which did so much to get us out of the EU and, ironically, it all started with obstructive banks.