support for a penny from colleagues. we had that support from all sides of the party yesterday. and last night borisjohnson put an end to days of speculation about a comeback when he dramatically pulled out of the race saying it would not be the right thing to do . rishi sunak praised johnson for his achievements after he pulled out of the race nominations close at 2pm that s when we should find out whether or not there has to be a ballot of conservative party members or if one person will be moving straight into number ten. we ll be bringing you updates throughout the day. i m lewis vaughan jones some other headlines. the us, britain and france condemn russia s claim that ukraine is preparing to use a radioactive dirty bomb on its own territory. disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. opening statements in the case are expected to begin on monday. and david tennant makes a surprise appearance
Some rain. Some wetter weather to begin with earlier today across Northern Ireland, being replaced by sunshine and sharp showers but the rain is pushing further into scotland, still affecting western parts of england and wales. Further east, likely to stay dry. Sunnier skies more towards east anglia, lincolnshire and the south east, temperatures here reaching 17 or 18. To the west, still stuck at around 13 or 1a. As we were over the weekend. Wet weather to end the day across northern and western isles. It should become drier with clearer spells in scotland and we will see it turning drier Northern Ireland before we get rain later. Still cloudy across Northern England and wales to the south west with more rain later. Clearer skies in the south east, minimum temperature 6 or 7. Tomorrow, more rain in western areas, but whether pushing back into Northern Ireland for a while. Rain returning to wales and the south west. A little rain for the far West Of Scotland otherwise it may well be joy
media majority minorities in our country. all the media majority in minorities in our country. all the media majority in the minorities in our country. all the media majority in the chamber l minorities in our country. all the - media majority in the chamber today to support media majority in the chamber today to support this legislation, the majority to support this legislation, the majority of the public oppose the bill including most snp labour and liberal bill including most snp labour and liberal democrat voters. this bill reduces liberal democrat voters. this bill reduces women s rights and potentially risks women s safety. but what potentially risks women s safety. but what is the new process for changing gender in scotland? well, it will be faster. instead of living for 24 months in your new gender before applying, adults will now have to wait only three months. younger people will also be able to apply, the age limit drops from 18 to 16. although the process will
general election. as shadow attorney general, labour s emily thornberry, expressed earlier. 70% of the public want to have a general election, why on earth should a small group of people in westminster abbey deciding the fate of our nation? we are supposed to be a democracy, and, we can tjust keep changing lead all the time and not go back for some kind of mandate. some of the tory mps did seem to understand that, i suppose, in that they were using it as an argument for why they had to support boris johnson because at least he had led the conservative party in 2019 when they got that majority, but the other side of the coin was, they were saying rishi sunak or whoever would not have a democratic mandate. well, yeah. that is why we need to have an election. we shouldn t be allowing this government to crush our economy, crows a crisis cause
supporting. i spoke earlier to lord forsyth. lord forsyth is a conservative peer and was secretary of state for scotland injohn major s government. he is now chairman of the association of conservative peers in the house of lords. he told me that he feels penny mordaunt should reconsider her candidacy. we need to bring this whole pantomime to a conclusion. i think the best thing would be for penny mordaunt to do what she says she wants to do, which is to bring unity to the party by withdrawing so that we have a coronation of one candidate and that we can get on with the business of governing. it s perfectly obvious that she now has the support of a vast number of conservative mps compared to penny. and we need to move forward. and the last thing we need is for us to have an extended period when markets are unsettled and when, quite frankly, the conservative party is looking ridiculous, both at home and abroad. labour and the labourand the snp labour and the snp are calling for a