Night. Youre watching bbc news. More on oui youre watching bbc news. More on our top story and rory stewart has become the latest conservative mp to become the latest conservative mp to be eliminated from the race for the Party Leadership after failing to get enough support in the latest round of voting. Borisjohnson was the clear winner with nearly 90 votes more than his nearest rival. The results came through in the last hour. Lets have a listen back. The total number of votes given to each candidate in alphabetical order were as follows. Michael gove, 51. Jeremy hunt, 5a. Sajid javid, 38. Boris johnson, 143. Rory hunt, 54. Sajid javid, 38. Boris johnson, 143. Rory stewart, 27. The following candidates are eligible to continue onto the next ballot on thursday the 20th ofjune at ten i am. Michael gove, jeremy hunt, sajid javid and Boris Johnson. Apologies for the slight sound issues there. A short while ago rory stewart gave his reaction to being eliminated. Disappointed because i thi
The results of the latest round of voting were announced earlier. Michael gove 51. Jeremy hunt 5a. Sajid javid 38. Boris johnson 143. Rory stewart 27. Rory stewart is out. Yesterday he got the support of 37 tory mps, today 27 and that wasnt enough. Borisjohnson is top again up 17 votes on last time and almost getting the support of half the mp5. Those mps will vote again tomorrow twice if need be. And that will leave us with two candidates. The conservative partys140,000 members will then select the winner. And well get the result in latejuly. Well Rory Stewarts campaign definitely shook up this contest. And he spoke after his exit. The fact that the lib dem voters and labour voters wanted to vote for me should be something we should be proud of. Something we should embrace in this party and im disappointed also that in the end, perhaps some of the things i was saying that a no deal brexit would be catastrophic or that she cant negotiate a new deal with europe, probably proved the trut
Leaving the eu on the 31st of october is, for me, a hard red line. Im afraid it is not credible to so you can renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement and get it through both houses of parliament by the slst of october. And well be going live to the Campaign Launch of another leadership hopeful rory stewart during the programme. The nhs contaminated blood inquiry hears how six siblings from one family were infected, and the impact on their mother. And on the eve of what would have been the 90th birthday of anne frank, the teenagerfamous for her wartime diary, well be speaking to her stepsister, eva schloss. Its 5 oclock. Our main story. Oxfam has been issued with an official warning following an independent report which severely criticises the charity for its handling of claims of serious Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti, following the earthquake there in 2010. The aid agency has said its deeply sorry for what happened and has taken steps to improve. The revelations led to thousands
Over the radio or in Rory Stewarts case, all bracken britain, boris has been very carefully hidden away from media and even the official launch yesterday he only the media six questions only answered one or two of them, so his handlers have kept them away from the media spotlight. Clearly rattling some of them because here on the independent we have stopped boris wright will step up the race, for second place. It wasnt. It wasnt fully expected necessarily a few months ago that so many mps would want to vote for him, i suppose it there was a stop for a sort of campaign within the party. Yes, it did not a name, anyone but boris campaign, i think people have been surprised to see the breath of support for him in the party, 114 tory mps have written behind them, and the criticism of him was that while he had a price of the country, he didnt really have appealed to his colleagues in parliament, he has proven this critics wrong today. Im interested to see that both boris supporters and those
A retaken penalty gives hosts france a win over nigeria and could be a huge boost to scotlands chances of progressing. And who could resist those puppy eyes . But did dogs develop a sad look to help them bond with humans . Good morning. Today we are looking at some sunshine and showers across scotla nd at some sunshine and showers across scotland and Northern Ireland. Although it is a dry start for most across england and wales, later we will see showery rayner moving northwards, some will be heavy and thundery, followed by some torrential thunderstorms for some. I will have more details in 15 minutes and rainy. Good morning. Its tuesday, the 18thjune. Our top story heathrow, one of the worlds Busiest Airports, will publish details of its expansion plans this morning. The project to build a third runway is expected to cost £14 billion, but is facing fierce opposition from environmental campaigners. The public will have 12 weeks to comment on the plans. Our transport correspondent tom