for the third season in a row. and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn stapleton and kate proctor — stay with us for that. good evening. the race is on to find the next prime minister after theresa may announced her resignation yesterday. tonight the former brexit secretary dominic raab — and andrea leadsom, who resigned as leader of the house on wednesday — joined the list of conservative mps who've announced they will run. reports in the sunday newspapers also suggest environment secretary michael gove is about to confirm his entrance into the contest. mrs may will stand down as tory leader on the 7th ofjune but stay on as pm while the contest takes place. a new leader's expected to be chosen by the end ofjuly as our political correspondent chris mason reports. look into the camera if you want to be prime minister. the contest is on to this man is keen and so is he. we need a leaderfor the to this man is keen and so is he. we need a leader for the future, not just for now. matt hancock playing on his relative youth. he's a0. he reckons he could clear the way to do what theresa may failed to do — persuade the current crop of mps to back brexit. the majority in the house of commons wants to leave europe. there have been disagreements on how. and some of my contenders may say that if they don't get their preferred option, whether it be no deal or something else, then they'll have a general election. and i put it to you that that would be a disaster for the country and it would risk corbyn by christmas. both mr hancock and fellow cabinet minister rory stewart voted remain — though they'll tell anyone who'll listen that brexit must — and, crucially, can — be delivered. but... anyone who pretends there is some magic solution to brexit is misleading the public. if there had been a magic solution it would have been done already. the reason there isn't a magic solution is it's not about the detailed lines in this deal, it's about the way in which people communicate and negotiate. and i worked in iraq, i worked in afghanistan. i was a professional diplomat, i negotiated. if distinctive jogging styles are enough to get you the job, michael gove — who voted for brexit in the referendum — would be a shoo—in. tonight, his friends are talking up his prospect. he could declare as soon as his prospect. he could declare as soon as tomorrow. his prospect. he could declare as soon 3s tomorrow. so his prospect. he could declare as soon as tomorrow. so how his prospect. he could declare as soon as tomorrow. so how will this contest work? theresa may is not leaving downing streetjust yet. she will stand down as conservative leader a week on friday. the following weeks the race to replace will begin. that she will stay on as prime minister until the beginning ofjuly when her successor is chosen. the former foreign secretary, boris johnson, is currently seen as the favourite. this former conservative leader hasn't said yet who he will vote for, but appears tempted by mrjohnson. i do take umbrage at people going around saying, you know, there's all sorts of stuff and there are problems with boris. you know, there are plenty of leaders with a past... if you can name me one leader who hasn't got a past, who hasn't done things that are sometimes wrong or whatever, you would never have had people like churchill or attlee or anyone else, for that matter, that's ever been elected. so here we go. the topic is clear. and so is the prize. chrisjoins us now chris joins us now from westminster. it seems that a couple of hours is a long time in the world of x and things have changed since your report. evening. we now know that michael gove will be a contender. he will declare on the bbc‘s political thinking pod cast due to be recorded tomorrow. and that means the tantalising prospect of a contest between two people in michael gove and boris johnson who between two people in michael gove and borisjohnson who were collea g u es and borisjohnson who were colleagues on the leave campaign and stood alongside each other so often during that campaign three years ago who were then colleagues as part of boris johnson's who were then colleagues as part of borisjohnson's leadership who were then colleagues as part of boris johnson's leadership campaign immediately after the referendum, only for michael gove to pop out midway through and effectively finish off his friend, mrjohnson, forcing mrjohnson to pull out, mr gove to carry on a bit longer and then him to be beaten as well. they are back on together as rivals and thatis are back on together as rivals and that is a fascinating contest because on brexit and the big picture they are both in the same place but as characters they are very distinct and different. and then throw into the mid—‘s, breaking tonight, dominic raab the former brexit secretary. he will be setting out on sunday that he will be a candidate, tapping into the central fault line in this contest so far which is where do you stand on a no deal brexit. dominic raab saying he would like a deal but would be co mforta ble would like a deal but would be comfortable with the uk leaving without one on over 31 which is the current deadline. he also said out some other policy ideas, talks about taking a penny of the basic rate of income tax, and paternity leave. then we also have andrea leadsom who resigned as leader of the house not that long ago. things move so quickly i can't even remember when it was. the beginning of this week... maybe? i cannot remember. a recent departure and she is saying that she would live with no deal if necessary and if that were to happen she would then try and strike arrangements quickly on citizens rights and things like reciprocal healthcare and the thorny issue of gibraltar. the point being made really, chris, that much of this, the opening salvo is, is all about borisjohnson. the opening salvo is, is all about boris johnson. yeah. that is the short answer. a longer one would flesh out that yes, he is the front runner, the favourite. he was last time as well but he did not come close to winning. it does not mean it isa close to winning. it does not mean it is a shoo—in by any means that he is the person to beat. there is no doubt about that. he is hugely popular amongst the conservative grassroots and there are plenty of conservative mps, even those with reservations about him, who think he could be the best weapon for the conservatives in taking on labour and jeremy corbyn and the brexit party and nigel for arch. anybody wanting to be prime minister, by the time people are packing up and going on summer time people are packing up and going on summer holidays, will need to be dorisjohnson on summer holidays, will need to be doris johnson and that on summer holidays, will need to be dorisjohnson and that will be quite a challenge. that there is quite a contest shaping up here because there are a shed load of contestants and contenders. expect more to come our way... at the rate it is going tonight, more may came out in the next five minutes. and then one heck ofa next five minutes. and then one heck of a battle as they try to get down to the final two in the contest amongst the mps here at westminster and then the final two going out to around 100,000 conservative members. idid around 100,000 conservative members. i did some number crunching earlier on and by my mathematic, which is a bit ropey, but by my mathematics i think the conservative party membership represents about 0.2% of the uk population, around 100,000 people from a population of 66 million. what an awesome responsibility they have, deciding on the behalf of everyone else who will govern us in eight or nine weeks time. quite sobering and to our discussion there. thank you very much. and dominic raab will be among the guests on tomorrow morning's andrew marr show, at 10am, on bbc one. along with the chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond. that is definitely one to watch. officials say a british man has died on mount everest, bringing the death toll to 10 this season, on the world's highest peak. 44—year—old robin haynes fisher reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. there have been reports of overcrowding and climbers have been queuing near the peak. an irish man also died on the mountain yesterday, located in the himalayas. andy moore has the story. did you see where you were going, robin? i'm going to the top. but i'm going via the ice form! yeah, it should be a trip to remember. robin haynes fisher was filmed by his partner at everest base camp just a few weeks ago. and this was him four years ago on the summit of mont blanc. he had also climbed aconcagua, the highest mountain in south america. he got into trouble on everest on the way down, according to the man who organised the expedition. we've just got to get down now! just at the 150 metre... that's about 8700 metres... he just fell down. and then our sherpa tried to wake him up. but he couldn't. and he tried to give him more oxygen and water. but he didn't respond. these extraordinary pictures were taken just a few days ago as dozens of mountaineers queued to get up and down the final knife—edge ridge to the summit of everest. 0ne experienced mountaineer who was stuck in that trafficjam says the authorities need to do more to regulate numbers. we can make the duration of the summit much longer. by setting up six lines well in advance, so that people can have at least six or seven weather windows rather than two or three, where everybody would like to go at that same time. the family of mr haynes fisher have paid tribute to him, saying he was an aspirational adventurer who lived life to the full. andy moore, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to rebecca stevens, who became the first woman to climb everest nearly 25 years ago. the crowding, it's difficult to imagine on that summit ridge, which is very narrow, how you can have people moving in two directions. and, you know, it must be that they pass each other but, i tell you, it is extremely narrow and i would have thought dangerous just in that manoeuvre. but the worrying thing is sort of twofold really. 0ne, as slow as you are climbing everest, you do want to be able to keep moving if you possibly can. you know, just standing still because there are people in front of you means that you can get cold incredibly fast, and that in itself is a problem. but then the other thing, if you make a decision and want to move down and you physically can't do that because of people, that does create a very dangerous situation. talk us through some of the emotions that you go through as a climber. because the physical strain on the body must be incredible. yeah, i think that's right, but i think... i've always thought the biggest fear really is that of summit fever and i'd probably say that i was inflicted with that myself where, you know, the emotional drive is so strong that you can lose any sense of rationality and fail to turn around when you should. you know, the magnetism is so great that you want to keep going. and you know, i'm pretty sure i was in that emotional bubble, but we were fortunate enough that we had plenty of time, so i wasn't really pushed to the question whether i would have kept going longer than i should have done. but it remains a dangerous place. it always will be. it's extreme altitude, there's not very much oxygen in the air and, you know, we're not meant to be there. most of us can only get there with bottled oxygen and you don't take more than you need because it's too heavy to carry. so, if you run out of that and you find yourself on a very, very high mountain, you know, with temperatures plummeting at nightfall and your body's not strong enough to resist the cold, then the chances of survival are very, very small indeed. yeah, i was just going to ask you, in terms of training and from a climber‘s perspective, what is the worst—case scenario and how do you prepare yourself for that? well, i think you could probably think of a few, but the most common one is that, is the top sort of 3,000 feet or 1,000 metres of the mountain. they now call it the death zone, which might sound very dramatic, but it is true that people die there simply because they're too high. the other dangerous area on the southern side is of course the icefall that's just been made reference to, where it's a very unstable area of ice, where the icefall, sections of it can collapse at any time. and statistically — if i can be sort of mathematical to talk about that — didn't used to be regarded as so dangerous, just rather frightening to travel through, but that's been proven wrong in recent years, when a number of people have been killed in the icefall. do you think that today's climbers are adequately experienced to take on everest, or do they underestimate the dangers? i think it's very easy to do so and i think i was probably guilty of doing that myself as well. i mean, the problem really is this — going through somewhere like the icefall is extremely frightening and you're very aware of that. high on the mountain, that sort of adrenal fight—or—flight reaction isn't necessarily triggered because the slopes don't look particularly steep, it doesn't look particularly dangerous. you can't see the lack of oxygen in the air. and also, you're not really functioning 100% because of the lack of oxygen. so, it's easy to make bad decisions at extreme altitude, for sure. investigations are continuing into the suspected murder of two boys aged 13 and 1a at a house in sheffield. a 37—year—old man and 34—year—old woman are being questioned by police. 0ur correspondent phil bodmer has the latest. south yorkshire police have said that four children rescued from a house in the shia green area of sheffield yesterday have now been released from hospital. emergency services were called to an address, a semi—detached house some six miles from the city centre at around 7:30am yesterday morning. neighbours reported seeing emergency services and dozens of police cars and ambulances on the street. six children including a seven—month—old baby children including a seven—month—old ba by were children including a seven—month—old baby were ta ken children including a seven—month—old baby were taken to hospital. sadly, two teenage boys aged 13 and 1a died. now, today people have been laying flowers, there have been balloons and floral tributes outside the house where this tragic incident took place, as police investigations continue. the house remained sealed off tonight. 37—year—old man and a 34—year—old woman remain in custody, they are being held on suspicion of murder. the results of postmortem examinations are due sometime over the weekend. the headlines on bbc news: michael gove, andrea leadsom and dominic raab are the latest candidates to enter the race for the conservative party leadership, making it eight mps officially in the running for thejob now. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season. four children are released from hospital after two teenagers died in sheffield. a man and a woman are questioned on suspicion of murder. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. neil lennon has been offered the celtic manager's job permanently after the completion of an historic treble—treble. celtic beat hearts 2—1 to win the scottish cup. here's chris mclaughlin. the 134th scottish cup final. for celtic, though, three was the magic number. their prize — a treble for the third year in a row. for the men in maroon, a single—single would do just fine. the first half was pretty much like the mid—may glasgow weather — all a little bit dull. hearts sat in to soak up what celtic could offer, and despite this edouard chance, the champions offered up very little. but, shortly after the break, the goal the game was crying out for. this could be a big moment. it could be a very big moment! first blood to the underdogs, but their lead didn't last long. celtic pushed, hearts tripped, penalty given. edouard's leveller providing relief for those in green and white. it all got a little bit stodgy again until ten minutes before the end. with history in their sights, edouard once again made hampden roar. a victory, silverware, and enough for neil lennon to be offered the job on a permanent basis. it wasn't their best performance. these supporters won't care about that, but celtic have made world football history. the treble treble is theirs. chris mclaughlin, bbc news, hampden park. peter and mr desmond and a few others came into the shower area, and said they wanted to offer me the job, and it isjust a privilege. there's always an ambition to come back and manage celtic, i am so pleased that this has come, it takes a lot of hard work. i know people areafan a lot of hard work. i know people are a fan of the blue, but i am a professional. very dedicated to my job, and had two great years at hibs, andi job, and had two great years at hibs, and i believed in my own ability. england won their penultimate warm—up game ahead of the women's world cup. they beat denmark 2—0 in walsall. it was a far from perfect performance with even their manager admitting moments of boredom. joe lynsky reports. ina in a footnote's time, england's women's what the west midlands for the south of france. the world cup now is coming into view and these are the final lessons before the summer's main exam. the tournament next month sees the first use of the ar in the women's game, and had it been around here, denmark might have gonein been around here, denmark might have gone in front —— var. the wayside thought they had the opener, but it was ruled out, debatably, for handball. at times like this england need their star quality, and in france that may often come from nikita parris. nikita parris has just been voted the rightist player of the year. these are the moments she can muster to change an underwhelming first half. and soon, from being up against it, england found control. jill scott, it is a terrific second goal for england. that goal number two would see england through to the finish, but this was a day when denmark were unlucky and the home side toiled. at this stage, this close to a finals, they know there is work to do. slowy. they know there is work to do. sloppy, slow, our players they know there is work to do. 51°ppy. slow, our players have shattered. i have to say we have worked hard, and yet there are still massive improvements to go. england have one more home farewell to go next weekend, but as performances 90. next weekend, but as performances go, they will hope the world cup looks very different to walsall. england lost what proved to be a tight world cup warm up match against australia. steve smith scored a century as australia set a target of 298 in southampton. england fell 12 runs short after losing their last four wickets for just 35. jos buttler captained england due to eoin morgan's injury. yes, we never liked losing. i think obviously reflections on the day, i think we were pretty good, but not quite up to the mark as we expect. i think, you know, we are probably ready for the tournament to start yesterday, probably. ithink eve ryo ne yesterday, probably. ithink everyone has been chomping at the bit to get started, but again, a very good run up. i thought some really good performances, and tom curran with the new bowl was excellent, good to see ben stokes bowling as well as he did. —— new ball. leinster held off a fightback from glasgow warriors to retain their pro14 title. glasgow took an early lead through matt ferguson's try, before the irish side hit back with tries from garry ringrose and cian healy to seal an 18—15 victory at celtic park. and world championship leader lewis hamilton is on pole position for tomorrow's monaco grand prix. that's all the sport for now. exit polls in ireland suggest voters have overwhelmingly backed easing the republic's divorce laws. the irish government has suggested it will change legislation to shorten the time spouses have to have been living apart before they can apply for a divorce. divorces granted abroad will also be recognised. earlier i asked our correspondent louise cullen about the significance of today's vote. well, if you consider, lukwesa, that divorce only became legal in the republic of ireland just over 20 years ago, and that referendum in 1985 passed with a tiny margin, just 50.3%, here we are some 23, 2a years later, and now we're looking at the figures you've just quoted there, more than 80% supporting these changes to the timeframe required for couples to have lived apart. it's a massive amount of change, and social upheaval, really. and voters were asked to vote not just on the timeframe, it was a single question, but two changes — a change to the timeframe for divorce, but also changes to the rules recognising foreign divorces, to make that more consistent in the constitution, and to make life easier, really, for people in this situation. you know what, the republic has gone through quite a number of socially liberalising votes. why do you think that is? well, it seems to have been really a period of very rapid transition, from a country that was largely dominated by the catholic church to a country which is very much loosening those ties, and making an emphatic statement about the loosening of those ties, by changing those laws on various social issues. there are few if any developed nations, i would argue, that could — that have actually made these changes at such a pace. but this is a nation that is emerging from, as i say, domination by the church. and tonight, we'll expect a result from this latest referendum. the only question will be byjust how much of a margin it will passed. around 300 people are taking part in a peace walk from belfast to londonderry in memory of the murdered journalist lyra mckee, who was shot dead by dissident republicans during rioting in derry last month. the walkers began theirjourney outside st anne's cathedral, where ms mckee's funeral was held. the march is due to finish on monday. police are appealing for witnesses after a mugger held a knife to a young child's throat and then robbed his grandmother. the incident happened in normanby, middlesbrough, between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. the victim, in her 40s, was taking her 19—month—old grandson for a walk. the suspect is described as aged 20—25 years old, around 6 feet tall, with a medium build and short black hair. he was wearing a black tracksuit and gold nike trainers. anyone who might have seen a man matching this description should contact police. the number of migrants arriving in the uk on small boats this month has reached 1110. that is higher than the figure in december, when the home secretary, sajid javid, declared a major incident. eight migrants decribing themselves as iranian and afghan were picked up in the channel today by border force officials and taken to dover for health checks and questioning. the troubled retail giant arcadia is to close twice as many stores as it had said it would earlier this week. the group, which own brands such as topshop, burton and dorothy perkins, said it would close a further 25 sites on top of the 23 already announced as part of a rescue plan. let's introduce you now to a puppy named shuck who has become the newest recruit at a thatcher‘s firm in norfolk. hejoins his owner, richard, on roofing jobs across east anglia, without showing any fear of heights. they have only been together for a few weeks, but have become inseparable. now it's time for a look at the weather, with alina jenkins. hello. some of us have started the bank holiday weekend with some sunshine. a fair amount of it around across parts of south and south—east england. this was the scene earlier on the isle of wight. for others, a very different story. a lot of cloud around, outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, northern england and scotland, and it remains a mixed picture through the rest of the bank holiday weekend. it will be turning cooler, the winds will be strengthening as well, and most of us strengthening as well, and most of us will see some rain at times. it all comes courtesy of this frontal system moving in from of the atlantic. it's going to linger across much of northern scotland through the bank holiday weekend, and it is here across scotland that we will see the lion ‘s share of the rain overnight. heaviest the further west you are, driver 0rkney and shetland. the rain will ease from northern england, so much of england wales will be dry, some clear skies, mist and fog developing and later in the night rain arriving into northern ireland, western parts of england and wales. but it is not going to be a cold night. for most, it will stay in double figures. this rain will continue on its journey eastwards through tomorrow. heaviest across scotland, later on patchy across scotland, later on patchy across east anglia and south—east england. behind it we will see some spells of sunshine developing, with the rain likely to continue across northern scotland. the winds will be strengthening as well. quite gusty for the western isles. so despite some afternoon sunshine for many, it is going to feel a bit cooler tomorrow. 15— 19 celsius for most, just eight or 94 northern scotland underneath the cloud in the rain. and we keep the rain here as we go into bank holiday monday. elsewhere, there will be some spells of sunshine. also some sharp showers, especially across northern ireland, southern scotland, north—west england, down into parts of wales in south—west england. fewer showers and more sunshine the further south and more sunshine the further south and it you are but nowhere immune from shower on bank holiday monday, temperatures typically 14 to 19 celsius. i need and you can see we still have this brisk north or north—westerly wind so cool feel and tuesday. they will be fewer showers around compared to bank holiday will monday. watch out for one or two showers but many should escape with a mainly dry day, especially across northern scotland. an improvement here but still on the cool side, nine or 10 celsius, elsewhere 16 or 17. this cool and fairly unsettled theme continues through wednesday and thursday. a mixture of sunshine in and showers. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. michael gove, andrea leadsom and dominic raab are the latest candidates to enter the race for the conservative party leadership — making it eight mps officially in the running for thejob now. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season. four children are released from hospital after two teenagers died in sheffield. a man and a woman are questioned on suspicion of murder. exit polls in the republic of ireland suggest voters have

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