you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial as to what you did. rail passengers face severe disruption after transpennine express axes more than 50 of its services in a single day. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. elon musk, the world s richest man, has finally taken control of the social media platform twitter, in a deal worth £38 billion. he tweeted that the bird is freed , and is reported to have fired a number of the firm s top executives. it brings to an end an on/off takeover saga that has gone on for months. mr musk, the boss of tesla and spacex, says he believes in absolute free speech and there s speculation that some people who ve been banned from twitter, including former president donald trump, may now be invited back. here s our north america technology reporter, james clayton. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week,
hello and welcome to westminster. conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader and prime minister. let s take a closer look at the timetable for today.there are eight candidates through to the first round of voting each one of them needs to secure 30 votes today to stay in the race. the poll opens at 1:30 the electorate is made up of conservative mps. we are expecting a result at about five o clock. to be announced, as before, by graham brady, the chairman of the conservative backbench 1922 committee. further votes will take place over the next few days in order to whittle the number of candidates down to two. let s get more from our political correspondent ione wells. i can report that we have eight candidates, duly nominated. and then there were eight. one of these candidates will be the next prime minister, having secured the backing of at least 20 tory mps. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, the attorney ge
is taking aim at more than scotland s historic st andrew s course. it may look more like an oil rig and an oil painting but this former north sea platform standing more than 100 feet high is being brought into weston super mare to become a major art installation. fix, into weston-super-mare to become a major art installation. major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, feeling - major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, feeling a - major art installation. a pleasantlyj warm day for many, feeling a good deal more comfortable than of late. it continues in the south east of england. the full forecast coming up here on breakfast. it s wednesday, the 13th ofjuly. our main story. conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader. eight candidates are left in the race to become the next prim
# happy birthday to you. and as the duchess of cornwall turns 75, we look at the mark she s made on public life. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll be live at the home of golf as we count down to the start of the of the open championships which gets under way in st andrews tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was 14. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a predator . the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi chi izundu contains distressing accounts of alleged sexual assault. the archers was a club in vauxhall and tim westwood would be there holding his club night, so it was really popular. it was a bi
next week. widespread impact on health and infrastructure so one to watch. at the moment we have got hot conditions in the south and east. somewhat cooler conditions and a few showers in the north and west. quite breezy across the north of scotland. that is blowing in the art shower. by that is blowing in the art shower. by and large fine weather. temperatures quite considerably lower apart from the south east. but the cloud we have in the south holds onto that heat and humidity and that slips away overnight tonight with a few showers to follow. and still warm but not tropical as it was last night in the south east. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping in the next couple of nights. tomorrow the next couple of nights. tomorrow the best of the sunshine again in the best of the sunshine again in the south with a peppering of showers in the north of scotland and across northern ireland and northern england. the wind starting to switch to the north west. again in the south e