0n track for less pollution. The uks First Hydrogen powered train goes on display. These were the soggy scenes at ascot yesterday. Can we expect more today . Carol is there. Well, add royal ascot today there is the risk of a shower, particularly later on. Not as frequent as the last couple of days. It is a mixture of sunshine and showers. As we head into the weekend and next week it is getting hotter. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, june 20. Our top story by the end of today well know the final two candidates in the race to be the next Prime Minister. Conservative mps will vote later to whittle down the remaining four, and the final decision will then be made in a postal ballot by around 160,000 Party Members. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. If people are feeling slightly wary of all these votes, this is getting to the final stages of. It is nearly overin to the final stages of. It is nearly over in terms of what happens in parliament with the tory mps. But likewise, if you are really excited by this you are in luck today because it is a double bill. What will happen this morning as they will happen this morning as they will be the first vote of the day, they will whittle the list down to three and then there will be another one this afternoon to get it down to two, the final two candidates. Almost asserting, 90 sure that Boris Johnson will be one of the two that makes it onto the final ballot almost certain, 99 sure. Jeremy huntand almost certain, 99 sure. Jeremy hunt and michael gove are very close to one and other in yesterdays boats. A bit harderfor sajid javid, the home secretary, but he is confident he can make it up today. Boats. He is confident he can make it up today and has always acted against the odds. Today we get the final two, they go out to conservative members across the country. This campaign is not going to stop. In a couple of days time on the 22nd we will have the first hustings. There will be a bunch of hustings. There will be a bunch of hustings around the uk for conservative members to choose between the two candidates. We should have that new Prime Minister in the week beginning the 22nd of july. There is a long way between now and then. How often have we stood here in the morning and said borisjohnson is the stood here in the morning and said Boris Johnson is the front stood here in the morning and said borisjohnson is the front runner . It will be very hard to stop him. That is absolutely true. Nothing has changed in that sense. Things often do go slightly off the rails are sometimes in the story leadership raises. Nick, thank you very much. The result of todays vote will be watched carefully in brussels, where leaders are arriving for a two day European Council summit. The bbcs adam fleming is there. Adam, how much time will be assigned to brexit chat and will they have their favourites as to who comes out of this battle with yellow so brexit has been allotted a five minute slot at the very end of the summit tomorrow morning. Just before eve ryo ne tomorrow morning. Just before everyone heads out the door to go home after two days of solid discussions. I think it will be an update on where we have got to from the president of the European Council, donald tusk, and Jean Claude Juncker will give an update on the eus planning for no deal. Diplomats anna bassett is wonder if one or two of the eu leaders will have their say on how the tory leadership raises looking at what that might mean for the Brexit Process in the next few months. In terms of whether the eu has a favourite, they are being very diplomatic and not making any public comments. Though the working assumption here in brussels is that borisjohnson will be Prime Minister, because he is so popular with mps and even more popular, it seems, with Party Members. So now they are trying to work out where he stands, what his position will be, to his advisers will be, and whether he really means that when he says the uk will leave on the 31st of 0ctober, deal or no deal. They suspect is softening his position that a bit double eight adam, thank you very much. We will talk later. The rate at which himalayan glaciers are melting has doubled in recent years. Scientists from Columbia University in new york used Spy Satellite pictures from the cold war to show that ice loss in the region has doubled over the last a0 years. 0ur science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has more. Covert images snapped from space. These were taken by us Spy Satellites in the 19705. Recently declassified, they reveal how the himalayas once looked. Now scientists have compared them with modern satellite images and theyve been able to see how the himalayan glaciers have changed. Since 2000, the height of the glaciers has shrunk by an average of half a metre every year. That means theyre losing 8 billion tons of water annually. Scientists say that Climate Change is the main cause of this rapid melt, leaving the area dramatically altered. The concern is that there are millions of people who rely on the glaciers for water. Researchers are continuing to track the vanishing ice, but they warn if the climate continues to warm, the melt will be hard to stop. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. Detectives investigating the death of the cardiff city footballer, emiliano sala, have arrested a 64 year old man on suspicion of manslaughter. The argentine player, who was 28, died along with his pilot when their plane crashed into the channel injanuary. The man has been released from custody while investigations are ongoing. An age check scheme designed to stop under 18s viewing pornographic websites is expected to be delayed for a second time. The controversial changes, which require users to verify their age using personal identification, was due to come into effect next month after already being delayed from april 2018. The reason for the delay is not clear. A charity for childrens hospices in england is warning that some will be forced to shut, unless the nhs increases its funding across the sector. Together for short lives says a reduction in donations means hospices have had to turn families away. The government says funding for childrens end of life care will double within the next five years. Phil mackie reports. For little amad and his family, acorns childrens hospice in walsall is a lifeline. Its this kind of respite care thats vital for children like him, but because of a shortfall in funding, it could close in september. More than 200 children and their families will be affected and 70 jobs will go. I can sing a rainbow. Isabellas 8 year battle with cancer ended in april. Her parents, mark and jenny, relied on acorns for respite and end of life support. I dont think wed have had as long with isabella have been for the support that we received from staff here at acorns. Childrens hospices are keeping our children alive longer. If that costs more money, then, you know, something needs to be done about it short term and long term. The Charity Together for short lives has urged the government to increase the amount it pays to the 3a childrens hospices in england from £11 million to £25 million, or it says more hospices will cut services or shut. Why are we, as a society, to say that when isabella came to the childrens hospice, that 70 of the care she received would have to be funded by people jumping out of aeroplanes or running marathons or baking cakes . This is complex healthcare and childrens hospices in the uk need a proper settlement from the nhs. Acorns needs help soon as it will have to decide whether or not to close this hospice in the next few weeks, phil mackie, bbc news, walsall. Young people under 30 are spending less on their social life than the same age group did at the turn of the century. Thats according to a new report from the Resolution Foundation looking at Living Standards amongst different generations. In contrast, people aged over 65 are devoting a greater share of spending on things like restaurants and hotels. Hows this for a tight knit community . Some keen knitters have recreated their local high street in wool. Have a look. Residents of thrapston, northamptonshire, spent a year knitting replicas of buildings including the church complete with stained glass windows as well as the post office, bank, market stalls, cinema, and memorial gardens. There it all is. We covered it yesterday. It was in the papers yesterday. It was in the papers yesterday. It was in the papers yesterday. It is nice to see pictures. Real wool. Can yesterday. It is nice to see pictures. Realwool. Can you knit . It is not my forte. You are going to make a it is not my forte. You are going to makea link it is not my forte. You are going to make a link between the knitting and your top story. It was not knitting, it was more you talking about pictures. It was going to say scotland dont want to see the pictures. There was penalty drama, if retaken penalty. They were 3 0 up. There was penalty drama, if retaken penalty. They were 30 up. Give me an idea. They did not see the game. 30 an idea. They did not see the game. 3 0 up until when . An idea. They did not see the game. 30 up untilwhen . Until about 20 minutes to go. Then argentina got three goals in the last 20 minutes. Then it was a penalty, which was then re given because the scotland goalkeeper was off the line, which is against the rules, because you have to be on your line when it is kicked. They use the video referee to check it and she was off alive. This is heartbreaking. Her line. There is the picture. Those pictures you wont want to see again. Scotla nd you wont want to see again. Scotland wont. Scotland are out in dramatic circumstances. They gave away a penalty in added time against argentina and goalkeeper Lee Alexander saved it but the video assistant replay showed she was off her line when the ball was struck and she couldnt keep out the retake. And those pictures say it all, dont they . England were already through but two goals from ellen white helped them beatjapan 2 0 to finish top of their group. England Hooker Dylan Hartley is set to miss out on the Rugby World Cup after struggling all year with a knee problem. Regular captain hartley led england to back to back six nations titles in 2016 and 2017. And new zealand knock it out of the park, to continue their unbeaten start at the cricket world cup with a a wicket win over south africa at edgbaston. Captain Kane Williamson steered them home in final over thriller, with a century. A captains a ca ptains performance a captains performance from him. No surprises, really, that new zealand remain unbeaten so far in the cricket world cup and still have england to play. We talk about england to play. We talk about england being pretournament favourites, they still have to face new zealand. What was the record in the number of sixes . 26 or 27. Clearly batting well. Theyjust need to stitch together. Still slightly reeling from the events of the scotland game. That is so cruel. For them, you would hate to go to a world cup and with any kind of major tournament you dont wanted to be decided on a moment like that. Video system referee seeing a retake. For the scotland goalkeeper, she thought she was the hero for her team, first time round only for them to be awarded the retake. They fought hard. Very good. We will see you later. It is 12 minutes past six. Good morning to you. Criminals who are considered to be vulnerable, may be offered targeted treatment to improve rates of rehabilitation. A Successful Pilot scheme means the treatment for offenders with Mental Health problems or conditions will be rolled out in nine more locations in england. Graham satchell has been to meet one woman who says the initiative has changed her life. Life was very chaotic. I didnt feel like anything was going to improve. Like was going feel better at any point. So, to me, not being here, not being alive seemed the only option. Her home life had fallen apart, her Mental Health in crisis. 18 months ago she attempted to take her own life by setting fire to her home. Chloe was charged with arson and faced a potential custodial sentence. Life would have been extremely different had that happened at the time. And i dont really know where i would had been 01 really know where i would had been or how life would have progressed had they ended up in prison. Milton keynes magistrates court, one of five areas in england piloting a new sentencing regime. Mental health teams are on site here to assess the vulnerable, those with addiction and Mental Health problems. Magistrates, who decide someones sentence, have been encouraged to send people for treatment rather than to prison. This is a sentence that is robust, it gives us an option in the community to really address peoples behaviour and why they are offending. We want to punish, but you want to break the cycle of offending behaviour and so far all the statistics have told us this is working really well. Theres a growing debate about the effectiveness of short term prison sentences. More than half the prison population in england and wales sentences of six months or less stop almost two thirds will reoffend within a year. In scotland is already presumption against prison sentences of less than three months. So how did you find it . Chloe was ordered to undergo a six month Mental Health treatment requirement. I quickly learned there was a different way of managing things. Criticism of programmes like this is that they are soft. People who commit crimes should go to prison. Soft option might be to go to custody or six weeks and come out and continue with the same pattern of behaviour, but to work with conditions and work with providers to really address what is happening ina to really address what is happening in a persons life to make that change, is not a soft option commissions. For chloe, working with clinicians has had a dramatic impact. You think the treatment saviour . Yes, i do. Saved you. It not only saved me physically and being still alive, but piece by piece they have put things back together and i have got a life that is now much happier, calmer, and im in control of it. The government is rolling out the use of Treatment Centres across england from today. The hope is that fewer people will end up in prison and fewer will reoffend. Graham satchell, bbc news. Its ladies day at royal ascot today and so, of course, there was only one person we could send. Morning, carol. Looking resplendent in that gorgeous hat. Is that issues in case it gets a bit wet later . No, its flowers. Tissues. Talking of tissues, the pollen levels in the south east are going to be high and climbing to very high as we go through the course of this weekend. If you do have an allergy to grass pollen, bear that in mind. We are at royal ascot. Perhaps more traditionally known as gold cup day. Tuesday wednesday, weve seen some torrential rain. Lots of saltiness. It didnt dampen the fashions. The queen was well prepared with their umbrella. A very glamorous day in particular. We are expecting 70,000 race goers to attend today. The gold cup is one of the pinnacles of royal ascot and the weather, for royal ascot and the weather, for royal ascot itself, there is still the risk of showers this afternoon but the risk is not as high as the last couple of days. The maximum temperature here will be 18 celsius. If you are coming early on, its chilly in the breeze. The forecast todayis chilly in the breeze. The forecast today is one of scattered showers and also sunny spells. Whats happening is, low pressure is driving a weather. There is rain in it and driving a weather. There is rain in itand a driving a weather. There is rain in it and a fair bit of cloud across east anglia and the south east. Then essentially, for us all, it is a day of sunny spells, some bright spells. Also, some showers. We can see a shower almost anywhere over the likelihood is we will see more across parts of northern and western scotland. Not feeling as muggy as it has done in the south east. Highs around 19 degrees. Into this evening and overnight, a cool night in prospect. Still some showers across the north west. A breezy night as well. Temperatures dipping down in rural parts of the north into single figures. First thing tomorrow, that will be the scenario that does greet us. Will be the scenario that does greet us. Tomorrow, friday, i pressure is going to start to build in. That will kill off a lot of the showers. For scotland and Northern Ireland, we might see the odd one. Damages is high is about 21 degrees. A heads up. Its high is about 21 degrees. A heads ing high is about 21 degrees. A heads up. Its going to be dry, sunny were, son and i will see some rain. Its going to warm up by day and by night and we could have temperatures as high as 29 degrees by day. By night, not dropping lower than 19 degrees. We are going to see a real switch and the weather forecast. I tell you what, it really has been warm at night lately. Im glad you said that. 19 degrees is a lot. Four contenders remain in the race to be the next conservative leader and by the end of the day, therell be just two. The final decision will then be made by around 160,000 Party Members. Professor of politics, jon tonge is here to help us assess which names will be on that postal ballot and who will ultimately become our next prime minster. There was hope with rory stewart. A lot of people looking for an alternative. Rory stewartjust didnt make it. Rory stewart was a lwa ys didnt make it. Rory stewart was always up against it. We cannot leave the European Union without a deal. Boris remains out front, the frontrunner all the way through. The lead he has is huge. You talk about royal ascot. Boris s home and hosed in terms of getting on the vinyl ballot paper. It is this contest to lose. Without it, borisjohnson, his 821 to