now with our political correspondent, iain watson. it seems pretty clear who is leading the race, but second place is not as clear. ., . . the race, but second place is not as clear. ., ., ., . ., ., clear. not at all clear. there are onl six clear. not at all clear. there are only six votes clear. not at all clear. there are only six votes separating - clear. not at all clear. there are only six votes separating liz - clear. not at all clear. there are i only six votes separating liz truss from only six votes separating liz truss from penny only six votes separating liz truss from penny mordaunt, penny mordaunt in second from penny mordaunt, penny mordaunt in second place as she has been consistently but with kemi badenoch oin consistently but with kemi badenoch going out consistently but with kemi badenoch going out of the race there are quite going out of the race there are quite a going out of the race there are quite a few votes up for grabs, 59 of them, quite a few
out. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning from bbc london, i m alice salfield. a major incident remains in place following a series of fires across london, where temperatures exceeded 40 degrees celsius for the first time yesterday. a large grass fire in wennington on the london/essex border took 100 firefighters more than eight hours to bring under control. it destroyed several people s homes and a church. across the capital, more than 400 firefighters battled at least nine major blazes, which began burning on tuesday afternoon. london fire brigade said large grass fires are becoming more common. it is something that we are now properly planning for and preparing for because what was once regarded as once in a generation incidents are now becoming much more regular. it s not just wildfires or extremes of heat, it s also when we re dealing
which see a government of all the talents, which sounds like she is reaching out to which sounds like she is reaching out to some of her opponents to make sure if out to some of her opponents to make sure if they out to some of her opponents to make sure if they have dropped out of the race their sure if they have dropped out of the race their supporters might get behind race their supporters might get behind herand she race their supporters might get behind her and she can get into second behind her and she can get into second place. you would think rishi sunak second place. you would think rishi sunak is second place. you would think rishi sunak is almost guaranteed a place there. sunak is almost guaranteed a place there. but sunak is almost guaranteed a place there, but a slight health warning on that, there, but a slight health warning on that, you need 120 mps to guarantee a place in the final two and he guarantee a place in the final two and he has guarantee
with wide area flooding as well which we experienced last year. london fire brigade has well practised and well rehearsed plans in place to deal with these types of significant incidents that spread across the whole of the capital. well, london fire brigade is urging people not to have barbecues or bonfires due to the scale of the challenge currently facing crews. the body of a 14 year old boy, who went missing in the thames has now been recovered. he entered the river at tagg s head island in hampton on monday afternoon, and the body was found yesterday. the teenager s death follows a number of others in open water in recent days, and authorities have warned of the dangers of trying to cool off in rivers and canals during the heatwave. yesterday s record temperatures had a major impact on the transport network, too. commuters are being advised to still check before travelling today. on the trains, there are currently no services at all at kings cross. but let s see what s