And coming up at 1. 30 Hardtalk Stephen sackur speaks to former Prime Minister sirjohn major. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Murderers who fail to disclose the whereabouts of a victims body could spend longer behind bars, under legal changes being set out by the government. Whats become known as helens law which will apply in england and wales follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt. She was killed thirty one years ago, but her body has never been found. Ben ando has more. For 31 years Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter, who was just 22 when she was abduct and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts about of helens body. To have this law means that other families will not have to hopefully go through the pain and grief for as long as i have. I believe that these killers now have to face up to what they have done, because to take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one, and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no torture worse than that. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refuse to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remains spend longer behind bars. In 2016, mps voted in favour of helens law, but it didnt receive government backing until now. With thejustice secretary david gauke proposing that it be introduced as soon as is practicable. The parole board can also use withholding information as a reason not to release a prisoner, because it suggests they are still an ongoing risk to the public. But it is optional. Helens law changes that, and makes factoring it in a legal requirement. Even now, marie lights candles every week at her home in merseyside. Although she still does not know where her daughters remains are, the creation of helens law may provide some comfort, especially if it means other families wont have to face both the pain of loss, and the agony of not knowing. Ben ando, bbc news. The former conservative leader, iain duncan smith, says more work needs to be done to ensure that Party Members do not vote twice when they elect the countrys next Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has uncovered evidence that some members have received two ballot papers. Around 160,000 people are being sent postal ballots as they decide whether to endorse borisjohnson orjeremy manveen rana reports. The conservative campaign rolled into nottingham today as the tory leadership rivals face members again in the battle for number ten. Voting has begun, but the bbc has learned that some Party Members have received more than one ballot paper in the post. From the total membership of up to 160,000. Some were based in more than one constituency and joined the local party in each area, others included women, who received separate ballot papers in their maiden name and married name. I am certain the chairman has been asked to look carefully at how they sift, so there is an issue here, i accept that, but rather than get bogged down to process, the truth is in a general election people are registered in different areas. But unlike general elections, electoral law doesnt apply in this contest. The vote will be governed by the conservative partys internal rules, and its ability to police them. Well, it is made clear on the ballot paper you are only allowed to vote once, and i expect conservative members to follow that, you point out that if people have joined two associations they may get two ballot papers, i get two in elections because im on two different sets of electoral registers, it doesnt mean i vote twice, i dont. The conservative party couldnt confirm how many had been sent in error or how they would ensure the votes they received were valid. Instead they issued a statement saying those who vote twice will be expelled from the party. The onus is on members to vote once for one of the two candidates before the ballot closes on 22nd july. Manveen rana bbc news. The former head of British Intelligence has told the bbc that the uk is going through a political nervous breakdown. Sirjohn sawers has said hes deeply concerned about the calibre of politicians in the uk as the country prepares to leave the European Union criticising both the conservative party and labour. Emergency crews in Southern California are tackling a number of fires and gas leaks after the state was hit with its biggest earthquake in more than twenty years. The epicentre of the quake, which had a magnitude of 7. 1, was near the city of ridgecrest, about 150 miles north east of los angeles. Angus crawfords report contains some flashing images. Oh, my god. Fear and shock. Two quakes in two days. This one, seven. 1 on the richter scale, the largest for 20 years. Nerves stretched to the limit. Go, go, go panic is infectious. 8 21am here on the air, we are experiencing. And very public. I think we need to get under the desk. 0k, were going to go to break. Will be right back. Wow. In hollywood, tourists werent sure what to make of it. Everythings moving, and the chandelier was shaking, and the kids were saying, its an earthquake. We saw that the rest of the people in our neighbouring rooms were looking at each other. We were all kind of scared, just freaking out about it. For cinemagoers, an unnerving experience. My friends and i were watching a movie when it happened. We were watching midsommar, which is a horror movie, and there was a part where the world turned upside down, and we thought it was the speakers, but the whole theatre started shaking. And after about, like, ten seconds people started to get up to leave. Landslides blocked some roads. Motorists using their bare hands to clear the debris. Broken gas pipes caused fires, though no serious injuries were reported. And heres why. The epicentre, remote ridgecrest near death valley. But theres more to come. This was a very large earthquake. And we also know theres going to be a series of after shocks as a result of the main quake. So we want to prepare ourselves and be able to have those resources in place as the days go on here. For now, california counts the cost of this quake and waits for the next. Angus crawford, bbc news. Earlier i spoke to sonia dangio who was near ridgecrest when the earthquake struck. I was pretty lucky. I was on the sand dunes in death valley. San doesnt move that easily, so we knew it was quite a strong one. Sand doesnt. Its one thing to feel it ona doesnt. Its one thing to feel it on a solid floor like concrete, to feel it on a surface that already undulating under you must be quite freaky. It was freaky. We were lucky because there was no sense of danger for us. It felt like sand shifting but without you walking on it. It wasnt unpleasant at all. I was lucky. It was just an experience for me. Have you been in earthquakes before . I live in la, so ive been through some small ones and ive been through one in india, and in italy, but this was different, i think. Yesterday was definitely a different experience for me. It was longer and bigger than im used to, this was definitely a more serious earthquake. Given that your state is built on the san andreas fault, tell us built on the san andreas fault, tell us about how people day to day treat the risk of earthquakes, because we we re the risk of earthquakes, because we were hearing from an expert hourly who said there will be more tremors and that california has gone a long time without a significant earthquake. There are two types of people in la, people like myself who have an earthquake kit, shoes under their bed, everything ready to go when it happens. And people who lived through the big earthquake in the 90s, and it struck everything, and they say its fine, we can handle the big one, its no big deal. Tell us about your emergency shelter, where is it . I have a water supply. I have a bag to get out and run. She was under my bed. Food supply. I have all of the things. The duct tape and plastic sheeting, that kind of stuff. You are really well prepared. That kind of stuff. You are really wellprepared. I am, i like to be wellprepared. I am, i like to be well prepared. But the important thing is it doesnt stop you getting on with daily life, you are not paranoid by the threat of an earthquake. No, you make the kit, you put it away, you hope you dont have to use it, but thats the reality of living here. We are blessed with great weather, not a lot of hurricanes and blizzards, because they are hard to deal with, but we have to deal with earthquakes. Thats probably something you cannot blame on climate change. Right, its been Strange Weather around here, but thatis Strange Weather around here, but that is how it is in la and in california in general. I think this scared a few people because it was a lot longer than we are used to nowadays. One of britains most senior female Asian Police Officers has accused the metropolitan police of discrimination. Parm sandhu has begun legal action against the force, claiming she was denied promotion on the basis of her race and sex. Last month, she was cleared of allegations that shed breached rules about the Police Honours process. The met said it was inappropriate to comment. The duke and duchess of sussexs son will be christened by the archbishop of canterbury today. Archie harrison mountbatten windsor will be baptised in front of close family and friends in the private chapel at Windsor Castle. Theres been some criticism for the decision to exclude the public, and for the secrecy surrounding the identity of the archies godparents. 0ur correspondentjohn mcmanus is in windsorfor us. We do know a few things about todays ceremony, but there is much we dont know. For example, how many godparents there are, and who they are we dont know their names, that is a deliberate policy by the palace, they say they are protecting the privacy of the godparents themselves, but i wonder how sustainable that might be over the coming years to keep those names secret. The ceremony itself, as you say, takes place at the private chapel within the grounds of Windsor Castle here at some point today. Members of the public who might want to wish them well have not been invited into the grounds to do that. Neither have members of the press who, of course, often provide those all important pictures for tv and for newspapers. And that has prompted much criticism from several newspaper columnists who say that the Sussex Family take public money and therefore should, in their view, provide more Public Access to baby archie. Thats something prince harry is determined not to do, and that will probably not worry him or his wife too much today. People who we do know will be at the ceremony includes the prince of wales, the duchess of cornwall, the duke and duchess of cambridge, but not her majesty the queen, she has a prior engagement. The uks biggest pride event is getting underway in Central London celebrating 50 years since the start of the modern lgbt rights movement. More than 30,000 people arejoining the parade itself, with up to 1. 5 million expected to line the streets to cheer them on. The organisers say this years london pride could be the biggest ever. 0ur lgbt correspondent ben hunte is watching the pride celebrations get underway. He is up on the roof. Number is growing as you are looking out. What is your impression as a lookout at the start of this pride event and why it is so important for the community. Activists have said this is their one opportunity to show up and represent their sexualities and genders for an entire massive audience to see. Thats why they are here. This is a huge event. This is set to be one of the uks biggest lg bt set to be one of the uks biggest lgbt pride event of all time, if not already the biggest. Pride in london, we have millions of people in the streets, we have over 30,000 people marching, they are from 600 groups. That is a record for pride in london. You assume all corporations here than ever before, more Charity Groups than ever before, and you are also seeing some groups who have never been here before, such as a group of romany gypsies who are marching for the first time. Some activists are saying this is too much of a celebration and the party has gone on for too long and its too big and that we should be getting back to the root of what initially because the root of what initially because the lgbt movement, which was protests. Protests against the degree of discrimination against people because of their sexuality and gender. The reality, as you will know, not only do those issues continue today as they always have done, but also there is this tension that has developed between some parts of the community over definitions come over words, over how people respect or disrespect each other. Give us a flavour of that, and how important it is for people celebrating pride in london do not have those issues overshadow it. 0ne it. One of the organisers said the reasons they are so impressed is that over the past year there is friction within the Lgbt Community itself, especially when it comes to Transgender Affairs and transgender lives. Some lesbians do not want to have the same rights given to transgenderfemales. But have the same rights given to transgender females. But at an event like this, nothing bad has happened. No major drama has happened in the same way as last year when some people stormed to the front of the parade and outwardly stated they did not want transgender people to have the same rights as them. This year its a celebration at the moment. Good things all round at the moment. You were in new york for the stonewall commemorations last weekend, or the weekend before. Why is that regarded as such an important event . Even for the community here in this country and other parts of europe when it happened on the other side of the world. 50 yea rs world. 50 years ago on christopher street, new york, the Stonewall Inn was raided. It was a gay bar. It wasnt really anything different or unique for the police to raid. But on that night there was a big number of the community present and they decided to fight back. Its one of the first time lgbt to fight back. Its one of the first time lg bt people to fight back. Its one of the first time lgbt people fought back against the police. That went on for several nights. Violent protesting happened in the streets. That kicked off the modern lgbt rights movement, many people say. Something like this many activists would say would not have happened without that initial protest in new york. And thats the reason why ultimately many people around the world celebrate pride in the way they do. Some activists have said its too far, it needs to go back to the original protesting roots, so may be over the next few yea rs we roots, so may be over the next few years we will see london pride stripped back a little. But we need to remember that london is still blessed to have something of this scale like this. We were speaking to people earlier who are not even lgbt who are in the crowd supporting lgbt rights. You can see how far things have come. But around the world the situation is not the same. Eloquently put, thanks very much. The headlines on bbc news. Murderers who refuse to say where theyve buried their victims could be more easily denied parole under a proposed new law. As the two men vying to be pm again attempt to win over members in two hustings today a bbc investigation discovers some Party Members are receiving two ballot papers. A powerful earthquake has hit Southern California for the second time in a matter of days. Its the strongest in the region for twe nty five yea rs. He was last heard telling us if the earth moves he will be running, so keep your eyes out in salford. If you spot will perry in a hurry you know an earthquake is on the way. All is calm there at the moment, but maybe not at wimbledon. I would be out the door before you know it. So much to look forward to at wimbledon today, lets take you straight over to the all england club and join john watson. A big day for the british players today, isnt it . Yes and we are still feeling the tremors from last night when cori gauff progress. We have three brits in action. In the singles, arie we have three brits in action in the singles, and we have andy murray in action in the doubles. Ashley barty is playing against harriet dart. It is impressive when you consider she had not won before her opening week here. We hope harriet dart fares better than she did the last time she played on a show court when she was beaten by Maria Sharapova 6 0, 6 0 at the Australian Open at the start of the year. On court two, andy murray will be alongside Serena Williams in the mixed doubles. That match was moved from yesterday to today. But he is in mens doubles action at the moment. They are warming up. Things just getting under way on the main show courts. We know he could have beenin show courts. We know he could have been in line to face his brother jamie ifjamie been in line to face his brother jamie if jamie were been in line to face his brother jamie ifjamie were to progress, but he couldnt do that, he was knocked out of the mens doubles, so andy murray and his partner herbert will be playing today. Joanna konta faces sloane stephens. She beat her in the french 0pena stephens. She beat her in the french open a few weeks ago. And dan evans in action later on. Away from british interest, some huge names on court later. Yes, absolutely, we have no dowel up againstjo wilfried tsonga. We have a rafael nadal up againstjo wilfred tsonga. Serena williams in action, as well, she is currently up againstjulia gergen is julia goerges. Lots of people looking forward to seeing andy murray and Serena Williams. We will see both of them in the mixed doubles. First of all she needs to emulate margaret courts record. Shes been trying to do that for a long time now. She hasnt won a major in a long time, a big slam, but could we see her do it this year at wimbledon . It certainly would be a story. Petra kvitova, two times previously won here, she is through, she came through in her match earlier on. Potentially somebody to win the title this year. She beat magda linette. We know about her pedigree on grass