Forced johnson to questions from members of the house of commons on his governments reopening efforts and response to the coronavirus pandemic. Later, the Prime Minister commented on the terrorist that claimed the life of one American National telling members quote, we will not let this kind of senseless murder distract us or in any way allow us to be intimidated or to change our way of life and quote. This is 35 minutes. We are now going ahead to the questions to the Prime Minister. We are going to start with sara. Question one, mister speaker. Mister speaker, this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house ill have such meetings later today. Mister speaker my constituents by the chief medical of wales, north ireland and england to reduce the uk level from four to three. Indeed through my works ive seen a reduction in the number of covid positive cases leap needing to be treated. Does the Prime Minister agree with me, is uks wise approach
They are indeed. Steady progress for england on the second day so far of that first ashes test at edgbaston. They have had a bit of luck along the way but rory burns has just passed 50, england 88 1. Thanks, hugh. And louise has all the weather a bit quieter out there. It certainly is. Im pleased to say that we have got sunny skies, and the showers are few and far between today, a much better picture in parts of derbyshire. Ill have the Bigger Picture coming up in half an hour. Thanks, louise. Also coming up is this your aircraft, sir . The plane that landed on a busy street and had the police to answer to. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im martine croxall. Raf helicopter crews are trying to save a dam in derbyshire amid fears it could burst and engulf much of the town of Whaley Bridge. The chinooks are dropping bags of sand, gravel and stone to shore up the dam wall. Experts say the situation is critical. Around 1500 residents were moved out of their homes yesterday. The Prime
Centre in westminster, where theyll make their first speech as leader moments later. This is the scene outside the hall, where mps and officials are starting to arrive to take their seats. Norman smith is there for us. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt borisjohnson and jeremy hunt are expected to arrive in the next two minutes on the challenge facing whoever wins is enormous. Tonight the tory party will give their vision to the country and deliver brexit by october the 31st. Well take you through every moment of this crucial day, as the conservative party selects the uks next Prime Minister. Good morning and welcome to westminster. Within the next hour, we will know who will be our next Prime Minister, as the result of the conservative leadership contest is announced. This is the scene live at the Queen Elizabeth ii Conference Centre here in westminster where the outcome of the ballot of conservative Party Members will be revealed. Borisjohnson is the clear favourite over his
Please welcome the chairman of the conservative party, brandon lewis. [applause] class that morning, and this morning marks the culmination of a conflict that surely affects every inch of our party. Our values, our ideas, our people and organization. A party that isfundamentally strong and united in a common purpose. Prosperity, opportunity, fairness and security for everyone in our United Kingdom. Im usually proud of chairman of everyone in our party throughout this election so colorless, working together to deliver a fair and efficient election. Held postings and 16,000 cities across the United Kingdom and in every region and in every nation. Our candidates have covered some 30,000miles , taking over 400 questions and answered hours of questions in interviews. Its been a fantastic event last wednesday. We welcome thousands of our Party Members and friends and family here directly from our candidates. And its a first for a Political Party with all the online hosting open to everyone i
Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we get dazzled by some cutting edge of light art heres what else is coming up. In our continuing series 100 german must reads a personal account of the wrong realities of trench warfare in world war one. Our new series underground europe explores whats going on below the surface of the continents many must see locations this time in poland. And some exciting news in film as the latest from Marvel Studios and ventures and skate has become the highest grossing film of all time. Oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the worlds 1st Museum Dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for International Light art opened in 2001 when addition to its Permanent Collection its currently showing the finalists for the 3rd International Light art award with some brilliant explorations of a material that of course is