Joining me conservative homes executive editor mark wallace. The westminster correspondent for the yorkshire post, liz bates. The liberal democrat mp chuka umunna. And the brexit party mep Ann Widdecombe. Today this man, Boris Johnson, already has the support of almost half the Parliamentary Party. That leaves only one place left to fight for. Im looking forward to making it through to the front two, and looking forward to a civilised debate of ideas. Im sure i will be picking up some votes but these can be unpredictable, so, i want to go for it. May the best man win, and thats going be me. Barring an upset, we expect that challenger to be jeremy hunt or michael gove. Well be live in this room in the commons at 1pm to bring you the results of the latest ballot in this conservative leadership contest. So, we are pretty sure mrjohnson goes forward to the final two, not yet sure who will be with him, we will know by the end of today. Lets find out who you think, who will be the second . I
from the kremlin. on the road to the capital, wagner mercenary forces seize military headquarters in two, cities prompting an angry response. this is treason in the face of those who are fighting on the front. this is a step in the back of our troops, and the people of russia. wagner s leader and its forces are cheered as they withdraw from rostov. you have ghani prigozhin, the man dubbed putin s pitbull will now move to belarus with repercussions in russia s military offensive in ukraine. also this morning the prime minister is criticize for reportedly planning to block pay rises for public sector workers next year. plus, how glastonbury went from, grime to glam. hello, good morning. the russian president vladimir putin has faced the most serious threat yet to his leadership, the mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin whose forces have fought for the kremlin in key battles joined the war in ukraine, seized control of the russian city acting as the merchant for the invasion,
Good afternoon. Im joined today by drvin dawakarand martin good afternoon. Im joined today by dr vin dawakar and Martin Hewitt. The roll out of our fantastic Vaccination Programme continues to make good progress. The brilliant nhs is vaccinating people at the rate of 200 jabs a minute. As of today, four million 900 and 73,000 people have been vaccinated across the uk. The nhs are working as quickly, efficiently and as fairly as possible to get the vaccine to priority groups. I want to take this moment and opportunity to counter some of the disinformation about the vaccine. Especially any messages targeted to those from an ethnic minority background. This vaccine is safe for us all. It will protect you and your family. Safe for us all. It will protect you and yourfamily. It is our safe for us all. It will protect you and your family. It is our best chance of beating this virus. So i urge everyone across our wonderfully diverse country to get the vaccine when their turn comes, to keep us
Including lean on me, lovely day and aint no sunshine has died from heart complications. Hello, good afternoon. The first of the nhss Nightingale Hospitals has been opened, set up to expand capacity during the coronavirus outbreak. Its been built in less than a fortnight, inside the excel Conference Centre in east london, and the first patients are due to arrive early next week. It comes as the uk records 684 coronavirus related deaths in a day. Its the highest rise so far, but slightly below the expected trend. The death toll now stands at 3,605. Meanwhile, from self isolation the Prime Minister took to twitter to urge people to stay inside this weekend mrjohnson also said he would continue his isolation as he still has a fever. And more messages of support on their way, as its announced her majesty the queen has recorded a special broadcast to the nation, which will go out on sunday evening at 8pm. More on that soon, but first, our correspondent Angus Crawford reports on the opening
21,067 people have tested positive. That is an increase of 5000 850 cases since yesterday. 18,000118 people are currently in hospital was coronavirus in the uk when compared to 80,006 on the 17th of april. Sadly, others hospitalised with the virus, 16,060 have now sadly, others hospitalised with the virus,16,060 have now died. Sadly, others hospitalised with the virus, 16,060 have now died. That is an increase of 596 fatalities since yesterday. We must not forget that behind every single statistic there isa behind every single statistic there is a heartbreaking story and my sincere condolences go out to eve ryo ne sincere condolences go out to everyone who has lost someone they love. These are challenging times for all of us and each of us has a role to play in fighting this virus. Those who are working in the nhs, those doctors and nurses, those clea ners those doctors and nurses, those cleaners and porters and ambulance crews. They are all doing an amazing job. They are truly heroic