Weve got to figure out ways to put ourselves in the best place possible to perform. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, journalist and broadcaster Yasmin Alibhai brown and the political commentator and former conservative staffer jo anne nadler. Stay with us for that. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said he would field a candidate in every seat in britain if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit plans, which he described as a sell out. Today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties would putJeremy Corbyn into number ten. More on that shortly, but first, here is john pienaar. The biggest grin in politics, but what has he got to smile about . Nigel farages party is trailing in the polls, but stil
cheering thank you for putting your faith in me to thank you for putting your faith in me to lead thank you for putting your faith in me to lead our great conservative party liz truss will become prime minister tomorrow what s her answer to some major questions facing the uk? i will act immediately on bills and on energy supply. he ll have to leave number 10 first have we heard the last of him? he will be a great loss to politics, but hopefully it ll only be a temporary loss. and will prime minister truss be able to unite her party after all of this? £40 billion more borrowing. i that is the country s credit card, i it s on children and grandchildren. it has been a busy summer and a busy first day back. i m joined by gerard lyons, wes streeting, sebastien payne and isabel hardman. we ll bring you all the developments as they happen. first let s show you how the results looked. just over 57% to liz truss, just over, actuallyjust under 43% to rishi sunak. and let s l
Also this hour who ewe looking at . How sheep can be trained to recognise a familiar face from a photo including barak 0bama and the bbcs fiona bruce. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The future of the International Development secretary, priti patel, is in doubt after details emerged of further undisclosed meetings she had with israeli politicians. Ms patel is currently flying back from africa, after being ordered to return to the uk by the Prime Minister. She apologised to theresa may on monday about unauthorised meetings with israeli politicians in august, but it appears she did not reveal details of further meetings held in september. Joining us from westminster is our assistant Political Editor norman smith. Is there any course of action open to theresa may other than to sack priti patel . It is very hard to see any other outcome, all the signs are priti patel, when she landed back in london, will be summoned to meet the Prime Minister, and she will be asked to give her
Are slowing the spread of this virus. I want to pay a special tribute today to captain tom moore who at the age of 99 has raised over £7 million so far for Nhs Charities by completing 100 laps of his garden. Captain tom, you are an inspiration to us all and we thank you. At the core of our plan is to protect the nhs from being overwhelmed. So that its ability to ca re overwhelmed. So that its ability to care for everybody who needs that ca re care for everybody who needs that care is always there and is never outmatched by the ability of the virus to do us harm. That is central to our plan and im glad to say that the Spare Capacity in Critical Care in the nhs today has reached a new record high of 2657 beds. Expanding the nhs faster than the growth in demand has been a critical objective throughout this crisis, and it means that every Single Person who has access to nhs care has been able to get the very best available. At no point has the nhs been unable to offer ca re point has the
'Why do so many of us walk around with a palpable sense that something has gone fundamentally wrong,' wondered a speaker at the recent National Conservatism conference in the UK. Just how wrong and how disenchanted will become clear on July 4, when Britons go to the polls in Rishi Sunak's surprise election