members of the national education union will walk out on the 5th and 7th ofjuly. the government says the strikes will cause real damage to pupils. now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. rishi sunak is talking rubbish, at least that s what boris johnson says, as a bitter row between the two men that have been simmering for weeks burst into the open. it s just the latest episode of tory infighting that dates back notjust to the fall ofjohnson, but arguably to the fall of margaret thatcher decades ago. my guest on political thinking this weekjoined the conservative party back then, in the early 1990s, he s been close to or an adviser to five of the last seven conservative leaders from john major to rishi sunak. and for much of that time, daniel finkelstein, lord finkelstein has been a columnist for the times newspaper, chronicling the ups and downs of british politics, drawing on his experience of that politics, but also drawing on his family s extraordinary
the first of king charles reign as monarch. now on bbc news newscast. this is the second time we have put custard today, because this is the second time we have put custard today, because when this is the second time we have put custard today, because when the report was published this morning, we assembled and it a bit of an extra newscast, which we have published on bbc sounds. so that was the rehearsal, and now we can try and get it right. yeah. so you can probably tell me very quickly and very easily what s in it now. yeah, its extraordinary, really. the thing is about today, the reason this kind of postcode and more widely the electorate. and we ve got some people from this postcode with us here as well. well indeed. i ll introduce them now, shall i? salma shah, former adviser to sajid javid. hello. and pippa crerar, basically the inventor of partygate as a news story. you didn t do it, you didn t instigate it. i wasn t at any of those parties. just to be clear. but y
now on bbc news spencer kelly meets the gamers competing in the uk s first live fortnite tournament, in click. this week. three, two, one. cheering. ..the battle is on as we go to the uk s first ever live fortnite tournament. this is a sport where every player is in their own world, their own zone. ..marc speaks to xbox s big boss about what s on the horizon in the next few months. can you give us a sign that you can hear us, please? please. ..and we re hunting ghosts with some terrifying tracking tech. in amongst edinburgh s elegant architecture stands the iconic mcewan hall. in 1897, it was gifted to the people of the city by philanthropist william mcewan and throughout its life, it s been the home of graduations, concerts and even edinburgh fringe comedy gigs. but i wonder if william mcewan ever thought that his hall would be used for this. it s been turned into a fortnite den. four, three, two, one. it s the best feeling ever. basically the only game i ve been playing f
day on the way for some of us on sunday with thunderstorms forecast. some of them could be severe, bringing hail, gusty winds and a lot of rainfall in a short space of time, leading to flash flooding. butjust down the road, you might miss the storms and it ll end up being fairly dry and bright. low pressure is close by to the uk. you can see it on the satellite picture here. this vortex and this low pressure will help to spawn some of these storms over the next day or two. now, there s already a lot of cloud across the uk. skies have been quite hazy in places and we ve had some showers as well, drifting from south, moving northwards. quite a muggy air mass. so that means that tonight will be quite close for many of us. a generally dry night, but not completely. there will be some showers around. the temperatures early in the morning will be around about 15 16 celsius in the warmest spots. but in the fresher areas there, newcastle, hull closer to ten celsius.
now there s already a lot of cloud across the uk. skies have been quite hazy in places and we ve had some showers as well, drifting from south, moving northwards. quite a muggy air mass. so that means that tonight will be quite close for many of us. a generally dry night, but not completely. there will be some showers around. the temperatures early in the morning will be around about 15, 16 degrees in the warmest spots. but in the fresher areas there, newcastle, hull, closer to ten degrees. so when will these storms start forming? well, from late morning onwards into the afternoon, i think the risk of thunder increases across england and wales, in particular, a big range in the rainfall forecast. locally, 30 millimetres of rain in an hour is possible later in the afternoon, perhaps even 80 millimetres in a few hours. from central southern england, through central england, all the way to the north.