0n track for less pollution. The uks First Hydrogen powered train goes on display. These were the soggy scenes at ascot yesterday. Can we expect more today . Carol is there. Well, add royal ascot today there is the risk of a shower, particularly later on. Not as frequent as the last couple of days. It is a mixture of sunshine and showers. As we head into the weekend and next week it is getting hotter. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, june 20. Our top story by the end of today well know the final two candidates in the race to be the next Prime Minister. Conservative mps will vote later to whittle down the remaining four, and the final decision will then be made in a postal ballot by around 160,000 Party Members. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. If people are feeling slightly wary of all these votes, this is getting to the final stages of. It is nearly overin to the final stages of. It is nearly over in terms of what happens in parlia
And, scotland are out of the womens world cup. There was penalty drama as they let a 3 0 lead against argentina slip, whilst england beat japan. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The tory race to become the next Prime Minister continues today, as mps decide which two candidates will face a members vote. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson looks certain to make the final pair. He topped the ballot in the first three rounds of voting. Last night, he secured the support of 143 out of 313 conservative mps. But the race to join him remains too close to call. Jeremy hunt, michael gove and sajid javid are all in the contest after fellow candidate rory stewart was knocked out last night. Lets look at how the process works. Conservative mps will begin voting for who they wish to be the next Prime Minister in a secret ballot this morning, with the results expected ataboutipm. The candidate with the fewest votes is knocked out, leaving three candidates remaining. There will then
Members has been passed to conservative hq. And stopping children viewing porn online. An age check scheme designed to stop under 18s viewing it expected to be delayed by the government yet again, but will it work when its eventually rolled out . U nless unless every single household in the whole world is asking for the password before you log in, there is no way to police it. If somebody else has a laptop, what do you do . What is he looking at . Now you have watched something accidentally. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. So there are four left and one of those four will be your next Prime Minister whether you want them or not. So of the four who would you prefer it to be . Let me know victoria bbc. Co. Uk or message us on twitter. Also later well talk to the stars of itvs new sunday night period drama beecham house, starting this weekend, described as downton in delhi. Tom bateman and bssie carter, are live in the studio at around half ten. Before al
Newly released images from cold war era satellites reveal the dramatic melting of ice in the himalayas. And getting rid of diesel for good the uk is trialling its First Hydrogen powered train. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Voting hasjust closed in the latest ballot to decide the conservative leadership, as mps decide which candidates will good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Face a members vote. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson face a members vote. Former foreign secretary borisjohnson looks black cab Rapistjohn Worboys, certain to make the final pair, now known asjohn radford, after topping the ballot in the who was almost freed from jail last year, first three rounds, but the race to has pleaded guilty to four join him remains too close to call, further offences in which he drugged women with the intention with jeremy hunt, michael gove of sexually assaulting them. Join him remains too close to call, withjeremy hunt, michael gove and sajid javid
Wigan and newport. Lets speak to marc ashdown, business correspondent. How rapidly have rents been rising . The bbc teamed up with that property portal and we asked them to track rent rises over the past three years. Between 2020 and 2023, they looked at 65 areas across the whole of the uk. For the areas which have seen the biggest increases. This graph tells a story. This is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31 . These are the areas that have seen the biggest increases. Manchester, bolton, glasgow as you would expect. But six out of these ten are areas close to cities but not cities. These are towns within touching distance of cities. They have seen the biggest rent increases, luton, newport, bolton. Nearly 39 over the last three years, rents have gone up in bolton. 15 injust the last year. One of the Estate Agents we spoke to said in his 23 years, he hasnt seen anything like it, he described a staggering. Baez hasnt seen anything like it, he described a