it was his last appearance at prime minister s questions. also on the programme. as inflation hits a ao year high, i m in derby, where we ll be reporting on how the local community is feeling the impact. higher food and petrol prices have pushed the latest inflation figure to 9.4%. if the prices do continue to rise, as it is predicted, i really. i don t know what we ll do. it doesn t seem feasible for us at the moment to actually be able to support ourselves. putting out the fires of climate change yesterday was the london fire brigade s busiest since the second world war. gold forjake wightman! jake wightman wins the 1500m race at the world championships. the last time a british man achieved that feat was nearly a0 years ago. england manager sarina wiegman tests negative for covid and will be in the dugout ahead of the quarterfinal against spain. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. conservative party mps have had their say. they have chosen two of their number
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, political correspondent at the guardian, and former trade minister lord digbyjones. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the telegraph leads on penny mordaunt pushing liz truss into third place in the conservative leadership race. so does the i, which says the trade minister is rattling her rivals. the times predicts she may even be the ultimate victor of the contest, with her grassroots popularity outstripping rishi sunak s. meanwhile, the mail says the tory right was under pressure to get behind third place candidate liz truss. the sun focuses on the narrowing race with the headline the six factor . the mirror has a different spin by accusing the candidates of ignoring the cost of living crisis, claiming people are using washing up liquid to clean their hair. meanwhile, the ft says inflation in the us is piling the pressure on the federal reserve, and he
appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co