How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledging action on climate change. Mark harper called for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. Rory stewart will laun
Out we could see 20 30 millimetres in the high ground of wales and scotla nd in the high ground of wales and scotland could end up with a0 millimetres of rain. Tuesday, low pressure still close to the north west of scotland and parts of Northern Ireland, still seeing a fairamount of rain. Northern ireland, still seeing a fair amount of rain. Later in the day this is with embedded thunderstorms which could cause an issue. 0therwise between those two extremes it is a decent sort of day with some sunshine but already the met office this yellow warning. Some of those areas badly affected by flooding in lincolnshire. More rain into wednesday and as that clears away it may be that as the day comes along we have more thunderstorms and somewhere in that warning area 30 a0 millimetres but some could get 50. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Hong kongs leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. I conf
hello. we now know the names of the starting xv for englands rugby world cup opener on saturday and there are a couple of intriguing calls in there. alex mitchell and jonny may start against argentina in marseille despite initially missing out on the 33 man squad. mitchell was drafted in after jack van poorvliet was ruled out of the tournament and started england s final warm up game against fiji, winning just his sixth cap. may meanwhile will start at right wing after anthony watson joined the world cup injury list. england are ranked eighth in the world and lost three of theirfour warm up games heading into the world cup. wales number eight taulupe faletau has been passed fit to face fiji in his side s opening game in bordeaux on sunday. faletau missed all three world cup warm up games with a calf injury but has recovered in time to win his 101st cap. the squad are confident ahead of their first match the boys were good, it is a good group and a good bone. you never see any
On wednesday mornings on cspan2. We invite your participation via twitter. Prior to question time members are finishing up other business, now live to the floor of the british house of commons. An important point, the National Security advisor based in the Capital Office is responsible for 3. 2 billion pounds of cross departmental spending, and look forward to discussing with how that money will be spent and take account of my honorable friend, hughes. Over 2000 in improvisation, very important to finish contacting me on the electoral vantage stock but im not happy with it. What is the government going to do about it. Online registration, we accept theres more to do and encourage all our citizens, and the democratic right they have to cross a vote. A number of constituents who suffered terribly as a result of the contaminated blood scandal. With my right honorable friend talk about the timescales following the inquiry . Mister speaker, the contaminated blood scandal was an appalling tr
Happy new year. At least 1. 4 million households across the uk have been victims of unfair practices including my constituent emily martin. With intended legislation, what commitment will the Prime Minister make to ensure thousands of people tied into this scandal are compensated by developers now . I say to the honorable gentlemen we are concerned when we hear of unfair practices taking place. Im sure the secretary will be happy to hear the particular case is an example of this, we are looking to see what action the government can take to assure people are secure in their homes and not subject to what they are subject to. James cleverly. Thank you, mister speaker. [wednesday] secretary met with Michelle Varney or, the Prime Minister, passionately embraced, not me, passionately embraced the agenda she set out last year to build a britain did for the future to encourage homeownership, education and other chances and leave this the way we found it. Talked about passionate embrace, never