we ll have the latest. good morning. the heat continues to build over the next few days. today it is looking dry, with strong sunshine, and it will feel very warm, especially in the south. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s sunday, iothjuly. our main story: eight candidates are now officially running in the conservative leadership contest, following a series of announcements from senior figures within the party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward and the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrance into the race are the first to set out detailed plans, and both focus on economic policy. entrants. jeremy hunt, who lost a borisjohnson in the final two last time around, promises to council rise in corporation tax, and reduce it further. to cancel. he would also cut business rates
in sport, england s matt fitzpatrick wins the us open after clinching his first major trophy, sealing a sensational victory in boston. why gorilla populations in parts of africa are on the rise. we have a special report form the front line of a conservation success story. it s monday 20th june. train services across england, scotland and wales will run on a severely reduced timetable from this evening, ahead good of the biggest walk out on the railways in 30 years. strikes will take place on almost all major lines from tomorrow, with disruption expected all week. the rmt rail union has warned it will intensify industrial action if a deal over pay isn t reached and says it will run its campaign for as long as it takes. morning. here s our business reporter esyllt carr. a chilly for this it ll be a week of huge disruption. and it starts tonight as services begin winding up ahead of the first of three days of industrial action. thousands of workers represented by the rmt union t
some people will already have had a postal vote. the slight complication was when he was asked again, what are you going to do about these candidates, would you encourage people still to vote for them what are you going to do? and they said, we would encourage them to vote for the party in these areas because by voting for these people, it is all about the share of the vote that reform uk gets and that is important. so they are saying they have dropped the candidates but still want people to vote for reform so that is the slightly unusual position. even the party accepts that this is not ideal. that this is not ideal. what has also not been that this is not ideal. what has also not been ideal that this is not ideal. what has also not been ideal other - also not been ideal other revelations in a channel 4 revelations in a channel a documentary, allegations made about a reform uk canvasser but there is a dispute over that between reform uk on channel 4. this dispute over th