Into the record books. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news england women are pegged back on the opening day of the ashes test in sydney, one that they cant afford to lose. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. For the second time in just a week, theresa may is embarking on another cabinet reshuffle. She is carrying out a delicate balancing act as she decides who will replace priti patel as International Development secretary. Ms patel is a prominent brexit supporter, and the Prime Minister is facing calls to replace her with someone who also backs leaving the eu. 0ur Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports from westminster. Cleaning up after a chaotic week. Notjust one but two cabinet ministers gone within days. No pressure on the Prime Minister to get her Government Back on track. How damaging is all this for the government . As the rest of a cabinet like the brexit secretary and fresh faces like the new chief whip try to get on with theirjobs
Of their world cup play off. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. For the second time in a week, theresa may has been forced into a mini reshuffle of her cabinet. Penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary replacing priti patel who resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians. Like her predecessor, ms mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. With brexit talks at a crucial stage mrs may will be hoping thats the end of her cabinet woes. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 0ne one for sorrow, two for joy. One for sorrow, two forjoy. 0ne brexit minister departs through the back door and another is about to arrive. Even the driver of the shiny ministerial car was expecting Penny Mordaunt as the favourite but neither he all we knew for sure, until gates opened up. So a little bit before half past two, the carefully choreographed arrival of the
We are talking to edward st albert about his new novel, dunbar, the story of a media mogul whose life becomes a retelling of the tragedy of king lear. Coming up, on meet the author. King lear. Welcome to bbc news. Good evening. For the second time in a week theresa may has been forced into a mini reshuffle of her cabinet. Penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary replacing priti patel. She resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday. Like her predecessor, penny mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. One for sorrow, two for joy. One brexiteer cabinet minister departs through the back door and another is about to arrive. Even the driver of the shiny ministerial car was expecting Penny Mordaunt as the favourite but neither he all we knew for sure, until gates opened up. So a little bit before hal
Welcome to bbc news. For the second time in a week, theresa may has been forced into a mini reshuffle of her cabinet. Penny mourdaunt has been appointed as the new International Development secretary replacing priti patel. She resigned last night, admitting she had not been transparent enough about high level meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday. Like her predecessor, penny mourdaunt backed the leave campaign in the eu referendum. Its my first day here and im delighted to be here. Ive already met some of the staff and theyre doing a terrificjob building a more safe, more secure and more prosperous world for us all, and i want to continue doing that, but also to give the British Public confidence and pride in what were doing. You might recognise her from a rather unlikely she raniolparliamenl 25 sagad segnsixzzrl 57. Le. The woman she replaced. In terms of brexit, whilst i hope everyone is united behind the prime ministers approach, nevertheless its also helpful to have an
Off the argyll coast. And six months after nearly losing his life at sea, surfer Matthew Bryce heads back to the waves. And coming up in the sport on bbc news meeting bully the crocodile englands cricketers enjoy some down time before the battle for the ashes begins in ten days time. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A powerful earthquake in western iran has killed nearly 350 people, and injured its thought more than 5000. Rescue workers have been digging through the rubble in a hunt for survivors. Irans Emergency Services say theyre having trouble getting rescue teams to the affected areas, as roads have been cut off by landslides. The epicentre of the quake which measured 7. 3 hit the border between iran and iraq, just under 20 miles south of halabja, and was felt as far away as lebanon and turkey. Richard galpin reports. Ata at a big dam ata big dam in the at a big dam in the region last night, suddenly, the duty officer iu ns night, suddenly, the duty officer runs