penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192
chief political correspondent nick eardley. this is another big moment, nick. another prime minister. it is this is another big moment, nick. another prime minister. this is another big moment, nick. another prime minister. it is a huge moment, joanna, another prime minister. it is a huge moment, joanna, partly another prime minister. it is a huge moment, joanna, partly because . another prime minister. it is a huge i moment, joanna, partly because rishi moment, joanna, partly because rishi sunak is someone who will come into this office with some of the biggest challenges that any prime minister in modern history has faced. i said that several weeks ago in downing street when liz truss took over but the challenges that this is scenic is going to face have only gone up over the past few week set the challenges that rishi sunak is going to face. he has to try and steady the ship economically and we have a rough idea of how he wants to do that because he has talked about s
temperature heat has caused travel disruption here. also on the programme tonight: higher than expected pay rises for many public sector workers across the uk, but they won t keep up with inflation. and from four to three, as kemi baydenoch is knocked out of the race to become our next prime minister. and coming up on the bbc news channel: ben stokes is out cheaply in his final odi as england are beaten by south africa in durham. good evening. it has been a day of record breaking tempertaures breaking tempertu res across the united kingdom more than a0 degrees celsisus for the first time. the uk s top temperature today was in coningsby in lincolnshire, where it hit 40.3 degrees according to the provisionalfigures. but more than 30 weather stations across england beat the previous record of 38.7 degrees set injuly 2019. and scotland had its hottest day ever. 34.8c was recorded in charterhall in the borders. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in cambridge where the uk s pr
From the newsroom. Birmingham city council has effectively declared bankruptcy in a statement, the council said its issued a section 114 notice which prevents all but essential spending. It says its part of spending. It says its part of plans to meet its financial liabilities relating to equal pay liabilities relating to equal pay claims. The council also says its facing a financial gap within its budget currently standing in the region of £87 million. Finances related to protecting Vulnerable People and Statutory Services remain in place. However all other new spending will cease with immediate effect. The schools immediate effect. The schools minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools and has been issuing guidance to schools since 2018. In speaking to gb news nick gibbs, comments come after the education secretary apologised for using Strong Language while expressing her frustration at the situation. Both rishi sunak and Gilli
Like rwanda. Hs2. The Prime Minister is going to effectively say in his speech today, its not going to happen. That link from london to manchester. The mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, says cancelling it will tell the people north of england people in the north of england theyre class citizens theyre second class citizens when transport theyre second class citizens when belief transport theyre second class citizens when belief in transport theyre second class citizens when belief in some ort theyre second class citizens when belief in some ways that beggars belief in some ways that they are about to do this, to pull that plug here in manchester would show complete contempt for the people of this city, region and of the north of england as a whole. More strikes today is the first ever joint strike action by rail workers and the train drivers. Junior doctors and hospital consultants are all taking industrial action. This morning and changing the status quo. And changing the sta