extreme heat across large parts of the uk is expected to last into early next week. the met office issues an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies vote to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the composer monty norman, whose works include the james bond theme tune, has died at the age of 94. and still to come in sportsday, england and northern ireland are an action at euro 2022 and we will have all the latest. hello and welcome to bbc news. so far, all 11 mps are in the running to replace borisjohnson. the tories aim to reduce that number to two over the next ten days. boris johnson has refused to endorse any candidate. you he said he didn t want to damage anybody s chances. ros atkins is at westminster. let s head there now. you thank you forjoining us on coueg
an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. and still to come, we ll be looking at england and northern ireland s chances ahead of both their euro fixtures tonight. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. colleagues chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. ro
in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. colleagues chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. ros atkins is at westminster for you. hi, victoria, thank you. we are waiting on the details of how this contest will work. even though it began the moment borisjohnson said that he would be stepping down, we don t have the precise dates around how this will play out. we know that the mps will whittle the field down to two, we know the final vote will go to the members of the conservative party. but exactly how the chronology will play out, we re hoping to 1922 committee that
hello and welcome to bbc news. so far, all 11 mps are in the running to replace borisjohnson. the tories aim to reduce that number to two over the next ten days. boris johnson has refused to endorse any candidate. you he said he didn t want to damage anybody s chances. ros atkins is at westminster. let s head there now. you thank you forjoining us on couege you thank you forjoining us on college green. the 1922 committee is not going to decide the exact shape
hello, welcome to bbc news. i m victoria derbyshire. here are your headlines at 5 o clock. 11 candidates so far are in the running to become your next prime minister. as conservative mps meet to set out the rules for the party s leadership contest this evening, borisjohnson says he won t be backing any of the contenders. there s a contest under way and i just wouldn t want to damage anybody s chances by offering support. and i m ros atkins, live in westminster, with the latest on that conservative party leadership contest. a 15 year old boy has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 13 years for the murder of the schoolgirl ava white. extreme heat across large parts of the uk is expected to last into early next week. the met office issues