saying that rishi sunak has demeaned his office by whipping up a public frenzy against her. and she also accuses mr sunak of running a zombie parliament — with a government which is adrift. and she claims he has squandered the goodwill of the nation. our political correpondent ian watson gave me the details. well, nadine dorries said she would resign back on june the 14th. she said she would resign with immediate effect. it's well known that nadine dorries is a close ally of the former prime minister, borisjohnson. she was culture secretary, of course, in his administration. she was not at all pleased at the way in which she was ejected from office and none too chuffed about the short lived nature of his successor liz truss�*s time at number 10 downing street either. so therefore, it is unsurprising that she's taking a swipe at the current prime minister, rishi sunak, in her resignation statement. now, first of all, let's take a look at the timing of what she's done. she says this will allow for a by—election to be called when parliament resumes in september. in other words, she is quite keen to see her mid bedfordshire parliamentary seat be contested around the time of the conservative party conference, putting maximum pressure again on rishi sunak, although he may try to of course delay the date of that by election. but opposition parties are already campaigning in her seats and seem to be hopeful of some success, despite the fact that she's got a huge majority of more than 20,000. but let's take a look at the nature of that attack. rishi sunak, as i say, not desperately surprising that she'd want to have a bit of a go at him, but nonetheless, she is known for speaking her mind and she certainly doesn't hold back. so let me just give you a few choice quotes from her resignation statement. she says, "you have no mandate from the people," she says to rishi sunak. she says his government is adrift. she says he's squandered the goodwill of the nation. and she's also accused him of orchestrating daily personal attacks. and there is a pitiful low level, which his government, she says, has descended to. now, obviously, we're going to try to get the reaction from downing street to her comments, but she's not somebody who backed rishi sunak�*s first attempt to become leader of the party, never mind his second successful attempt to lead the conservatives. it is well known, i think, that she was displeased about not receiving a peerage. she said her reason for staying on as an mp after initially announcing her resignation and then not following through was because she wanted to find out the reasons why she hadn't been elevated to the house of lords. i'm not sure she's been yet given those reasons, but that's certainly the case. i think that she suspects that the current administration, number ten, had something to do with it, despite their denials. number ten, had something to do with it, despite their denials. but she is somebody who writes bestselling books as well number ten, had something to do with it, despite their denials. but she is somebody who writes bestselling books as well as had a seat at the cabinet table. so it is unsurprising that anything she does gets a huge amount of coverage and she certainly knows how to, shall we say, coin a memorable phrase, plenty of them in her resignation statement. let's get the labour response now. in her resignation statement. peter kyle is the shadow northern ireland minister and he's also been overseeing labour's preparations for a by—election in nadine dorries�* mid bedfordshire constituency. he gave me the labour point of view. it doesn't surprise me that she has gone out in this fashion, because the conservative civil war has been raging for a long time. rishi sunak and nadine dorries and a whole group of others behind them are at war with each other and of course, the people who have suffered the most have been the people of mid bedfordshire, residents there who have been prevented from having the by—election that they need because of nadine dorries refusing to do so. earlier we spoke to former conservative special adviser mo hussein, who says dorries�* statement will have had an effect on the conservative party. i think he is trying to really move on from his predecessors, draw some clear water between thejohnson administration and the truss administration. incidentally, she has rose tinted glasses for both of them. she doesn't talk about any of the failures of those administrations and instead puts it all on rishi sunak�*s door. so i think he willjust see this as somebody who's never been supportive of him, has never been a loyal mp. and like i said, you know, a lot of it, he will expect to come from her. but there will be some things around the what will happen going forward. there is there is a sense within the conservative party, among some camps, some who are supportive of the prime minister, that it really feels like government by management, dealing with problems. he would say, the prime minister, that he inherited them. but going forward, what is the offer to the country? what's the retail offer? what are the things that people will be able to campaign on? and when you have that situation and you have a divided party so explicitly so out there in the open, people don't vote for a divided party. so this will really be concerning to mps, who are seeing 20,000 seat majorities being overturned by opposition parties. a lot of the content in here is really good, really good substance for the opposition parties to put on leaflets and use in their campaigning material as well. so i think it will stir up the concern that's already been underlying and it's fair to say a question that has been circling social media, parliament and her constituency is where is nadine? so how do you think the constituents are feeling at the moment? well, i think they were probably thinking, finally we have something because the first part of the letter is dedicated to herself and her own record. so clearly that struck a nerve. and clearly she's using it to try and set out what she achieved and what she did in government, because she has been under scrutiny and has been in pressure for, has she been doing her job properly as an mp? why has she not had a surgery for several years? what has she actually done for her constituents? so i think they will want to move on. but the prospect of another by—election for the conservative party in the current political climate is not a good one. we've seen what can happen in previous elections, so they will want to use this an exercise, perhaps a protest vote, and it could be more about her than the prime minister. we'll have to wait and see. but to have an mp that is not really as present as they should be and not really doing what they should be and clearly she would dispute that, i think is not going to be a good situation for anyone who is a constituent. john rentoul, chief political commentatorfor the independent told me why he thinks this resignation is coming now. well, she's been under a lot of pressure too, to live up to her word. she said she was resigning with immediate effect back injune. and so she's finally accepted the inevitable and and quit, trying to cause as much damage to rishi sunak as she possibly can on the way out. but i'm afraid she's just gone completely over the top. i mean, this ridiculous long letter to rishi sunak. but, you know, she's lost it is my conclusion. and i don't think anybody is going to take her very seriously, which is a shame, because i thought she she brought something she brought something to the public life. i mean, she was a plain speaking, working class tory and proud of it. but the way she has left is is extremely unprepossessing, put it that way. yeah, a number of scathing attacks there. what do you think this does in terms of the unity for the conservative party moving forwards now? well, they're not particularly united. but i mean, as mo hasjust said, you know, this was all priced in. i mean, she was not a rishi sunakfan. and by going so over the top in her attacks on him in her resignation letter, i think actually she strengthens him because she has no credibility left. she resigned in a fit of pique because she didn't get a peerage, which doesn't reflect well on her. and trying to do as much damage as she can to the party again, does not reflect well on her. it's a sad end to to a colourful career. and what do you think rishi sunak�*s priority priorities will be now? so no doubt he'll be turning his attention to the by election in the constituency. what happens next and what do you think his priority priorities will be? well, ithink rishi rishi sunak will want to want to move on as quickly as possible, because the point about by elections at the moment is that the government can't win them. but this is an interesting by—election because labour and the lib dems both intend to fight it and they'll end up fighting each other. for all the talk of an implicit pact between keir starmer and ed davey, i don't see either labour or the lib dems standing back from this seat. there's only been one poll in the constituency which put labour ahead by a small amount, a bit of a chaotic poll. but the lib dems think that they can get it because they're good at this kind of safe tory seat, taking it on. so it'll be a very interesting fight. yeah, indeed. interesting indeed. now, the bbc, they did actually visit her constituents and some of them said that they hadn't actually seen herfor a really long time. despite her boasts of doing more surgeries more often than the average mp. yes. i don't think she's endeared herself to to her constituencies, to constituents. and i don't think she's made life easy for the the conservative candidate who has to follow her. but, i mean, i think the thing about byelections at this stage of a parliament, when the government is is unpopular, as unpopular as it is, is that they're virtually unwinnable. so i think rishi sunak will want to just move, move on and forget that this ever happened. and he must be very, very annoyed with nadine dorries for delaying the by—election because he could have got all the by—elections out of the way before the summer recess. that wasjohn that was john rental, that wasjohn rental, cheap political commentator for the independent newspaper. —— chief political commentator. luis rubiales has said he will defend himself, after fifa provisionally suspended him as president of spain's football association. his suspension from all football—related activities, came after he refused to resign after being accused of forcibly kissing a winner of the women's world cup on the lips. the spanish football federation accused jenni hermoso of lying about the incident when she said she did not consent to being kissed on the lips by him, following spain's victory over england in sydney. the organisation said it would take legal action against her. more than 80 players have now said they will boycott the games until he quits. earlier our reporter sergi forcada told us more about mr rubiales�* response to fifa's provisional suspension. well, this is the latest statement by the spanish football federation and in which mr rubiales says that he's going to fight these accusations by fifa. he's saying that he will legally defend himself in the competent bodies. he says that he trusts fifa and that this will give him the chance to begin his defence so that the truth, his truth prevails and that he's also able to prove that that his innocence, which is something that he's been repeating throughout the past few days, saying that he didn't do anything wrong when the spanish national team was celebrating the world cup a few days ago. this is obviously the response, the answer to what fifa said earlier. so in another statement, they said that luis rubiales has now been provisionally suspended and that suspension is going to last for 90 days starting today. while there is an ongoing investigation. another thing that fifa is also saying is that he should refrain through himself or third parties from contacting or trying to contact withjennifer hermoso. and that's relevant because a few days ago, the spanish football federation said that they had tried to contact jennifer hermoso to talk about this incident. well, now what fifa is saying, while this investigation is going on, do not contact her. and we know that 11 members of spain's coaching team have resigned. what more reaction has there been? yeah, it's a day of lots of statements, counter statements, a lot of reaction. so the latest that we have now is that 11 members of technical staff across spain's women's football now have resigned. they say that the attitude and that the statements by mr rubiales are unacceptable. and it's interesting to see who is part of this resignation letter, because the manager of the women's national team, jorge vilda, is not there. and that makes him one of the very few public figures that is now supporting mr rubiales, because the men's manager, luis de la fuente, is now also criticizing or being quite critical with the president of the spanish football federation. and that's quite a change because both of them yesterday were applauding mr rubiales while he was giving his press conference in which he said that he had done nothing wrong. of course, lots of things changing and a lot of attention in international, but specifically in spanish media. many wondering not if, but when mr rubiales will go. sergi forcada rock reporting there. earlier i spoke to jane purdon — author of �*the homecoming: the lionesses and beyond' and the director of women in football — an organisation which works across the football industry to support women in the sport. she gave me her reaction to rubiales�* latest statement. the actions of one man has been putting pressure on the player to say she consented when she didn't give in to that pressure, he put out a statement saying she consented anyway, which she then said was false and i think it's this reason he's been banned from contacting her. it is party for her own protection. that's where the story started. his position and what happens to him were ramble on but it's come wider than that. we have the spanish federation put out a statement to say that she was lying and i'm thinking, this is not how a properly functional organisation works. if there is a dispute between two employees, there are a fair processes to arbitrate that. so i think fifa, uefa, may be the spanish government need to look hard at what's going on in this federation and decide if it is still fit for purpose or if it needs to be put in special measures or the like. fifa have launched disciplinary proceedings and they will run their course and of course he is entitled to fair process but i think the other side of fifa need to really think about the governments —— governance 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wasn't enough — and west ham go top, on goals scored, level on points with tottenham and arsenal. tottenham briefly topped the table before that hammers result in the late kick—off. they continue to enjoy life under new manager ange postecoglou — after that moral boosting win over manchester united last week, they won 2—0 at bournemouth. james maddison and dejan kulusevski with their goals. the girls can come from different avenues and want to be that sort of team, is notjust because harry left, its worth setting my teams up, if we can have multiple threats from wider central, it makes it harderfor the from wider central, it makes it harder for the opposition to stop us. elsewhere, brentford drew at home to crystal palace, whilst everton remain bottom after losing to wolves. it's the first time in 33 years that they have lost the first three games of a season, and they are yet to score. that has never happened. in scotland, leaders celtic have dropped points in the premiership for the first time this season — after a goalless draw at home to stjohnstone. rangers a point behind after beating ross county. also wins for livingstone and motherwell. in germany, union berlin have made it two wins from two to sit top of the bundesliga. they beat darmstadt 4—1 — despite playing 70 minutes with ten men, after having brendan aaronson sent off early on. wins too for bayer leverkusen, wolfsburg, hoffenheim and freiburg. in france, psg are still looking for their first win of the new season — they kicked off against lens around 60 minutes ago. brest missed the chance to go top after losing at marseille — who leapfrog them into second. whilst in italy, atalanta could have gone top but were stunned by frosinone. ac milan will go top if they beat torino — and if they don't, verona could take advantage if they can beat roma and they are currently 3—0 up. there was a moment of history at twickenham earlier — but it won't be one to remember for england's rugby team with the world cup less than two weeks away. they were beaten by fiji in theirfinal warm up match — with the visitors winning 30—22. fiji scored three tries as they beat england for the first time in their history. for steve borthwick�*s side, it's a fifth defeat in six matches. the formula one world champion max verstappen has put himself in the perfect position to keep the home fans happy at sunday's dutch grand prix. he's on pole again in his red bull — qualifying half a second quicker than mclaren�*s lando norris. verstappen is chasing a record equalling ninth grand prix win in a row. mercedes' george russell will start third, whilst his team—mate and seven—time world champion lewis hamilton could manage only 13th. the penultimate day at the world atheltics championships has just come to a close in budapest with six finals taking place. it's proven to be another dominant night for sweden's armand duplantis. the defending champion successfully defended his pole vault title — jumping 6.10 — he then tried to break his own world record of 6.22, but couldn't manage it this time. in the final races of the night — the us won both the men and the women's four by 100 metre relay event. and he'll need to pull off one of the biggest shocks in british boxing history — but heavyweight daniel dubois says he's ready to "prove to the world" he's the best as he prepares to fight the champion 0leksandr usyk. the wbo, wba and ibf titles are on the line in poland. dubois will go into the fight at his lightest for six years — at 16 stone nine pounds — weighing in almost a stone heavier than usyk, who is the overwhelming favourite. and that's all the sport for now. you can follow that fight on the bbc sport website. the ringback is probably about one hour and three quarters from now. —— ring walk. around 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the british museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered. that's according to the museum's chairman. the organisation is one of the uk's most prestigious cultural institutions, but revealed earlier this month that a number of treasures were reported missing, stolen or damaged. a member of museum staff suspected of involvement has been sacked. and hartwig fischer, the museum director, is stepping down after saying a 2021 investigation was mishandled. it's the final weekend of the world's largest arts festival. throughout the past month thousands of people from across the globe have visited the scottish capital to witness the edinburgh festival fringe. 0ur reporter courtney bembridge is there for us. covering the edinburgh comedy awards, described as the oscars of comedy, and i have with me the director, nica burns, to tell me all about the awards and their history. nica. hi, good afternoon. yeah, been a wonderful occasion and we have another three fantastic winners this year. so i think very, very happy. and this year has been absolutely outstanding. it's like... it's now two years after we've come back, post—covid, there's a sense of optimism, which has been fantastic. there's so much laughter and a complete diversity of shows. any kind of comedy funny bone that you might have, you'll find someone who will have actually hit it for you and have you rolling — literally rolling — in the aisles. having a look through that short list, there's an estonian clown, there's all sorts there. how do you go about picking these finalists, or how does the panel go about it? well, we literally see every single show that's eligible, which means playing the right dates as the main one. and we've seen about 560 shows — different shows — and paid 1,800 visits. so the marks keep coming in, the shows people like the most, the more the judges get to go. so they see the shortlist notjust once, but twice in order to get to the final vote — which, this year, i have to say, it was very nail—biting! we had to go several rounds. wow, so a very close competition. very close competition, yeah. speaking of close calls, almost the awards didn't happen this year because of funding. it was an 11th-hour. .. that's right. totally 11th hour. because we've always had one big—time sponsor and our sponsorship contract ended last year. and when we wet out to find a new one, we found that, post—covid, the landscape had changed. and here we are. there's a lot of love in the room today. so i've decided that it's... we've got to make sure it's secure for the future. so what i will be doing is setting up a trust for it — a foundation — so we can raise money from lots of different places in order to ensure the awards can continue forever, and not be so dependent on one small, though very passionate woman. long may it continue. thank you very much, nica burns, for talking to us from the edinburgh comedy awards. corgnet bembridge reporting. thank you so muchjonny may and do stay with us on bbc news. hello, there. part one of the weekend has been very showery indeed. we've seen some torrential downpours in places with flashes of lightning, rumbles of thunder. we can expect much of the same for part two of the weekend as well. now, most of the heavy showers and thunderstorms which we've had through the day will fade out this evening and many places to turn dry with lengthy, clear skies. still some cloud, one or two showers across some western coasts. later in the night, we'll start to see this weather front working into western parts of northern ireland. that'll bring outbreaks of rain here. but under the clear skies, it'll be fairly cool, i think, for the time of year. so, this weather front then very slowly pushes its way eastwards across northern ireland, eventually crossing the irish sea, where it'll be very weak featured, no more than a band of cloud. so i think for northern ireland for sunday, although it starts bright, will see the clouds build and a light and patchy rain will move in from the west through the day. for scotland, england and wales, it's a day of sunshine and showers and again, some of the heaviest showers will be across eastern scotland, eastern parts of england, with some rumbles of thunder, flashes of lightning there as well. top temperatures, 21 or 22 degrees. otherwise, it's the high teens for most. and expect a shower as well for part two of the weekend, both the reading and the leeds festival, some good sunny spells in between, temperatures around 19 or 20 celsius. for the notting hill carnival, where the greater chance of catching a shower will be on sunday. it looks largely dry on monday with some good sunny spells and temperatures in the low 20s celsius. now, as we head through sunday evening, it looks like that weather front continues to push its way eastwards into western britain. a band of cloud, one or two spots of rain on it. but for most places, the showers will fade away and it'll be another clear and fairly cool night to come. so that's sunday night out of the way. let's head into monday. and for many of us, monday's a bank holiday. this front, this weather front, will be a very weak feature as it crosses england and wales. so, patchy cloud and one or two spots of rain as it pushes its way eastwards. 0therwise, quite a bit of sunshine around on either side of that front. and we'll start to see this sunshine appear in abundance across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 21, maybe 22 degrees in the south—east. again, it's the high teens further north and west and it stays quite showery and unsettled across the country for this upcoming week, although we will see a quieter spell with some sunshine and warmth across england and wales for a time. this is bbc news — the headlines... conservative mp and former culture secretary nadine dorries has resigned her parliamentary seat — with a scathing attack on the prime minister rishi sunak. she accused him of "demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy" against her. downing street have not yet commented. 11 members of the coaching staff from spain's women's team have resigned over the behaviour of the country's football federation chief. fifa has provisionally suspended luis rubiales after he refused to resign for kissing a world cup winner on the lips. rail passengers across england, scotland and wales are continuing to experience disruption, as 20,000 staff have walked out over pay and working conditions. the chairman of the british museum, george osborne, says some of the 2,000 treasures estimated to have been stolen from its collection have already been recovered. now on bbc news, windrush: portraits of a generation — episode three.