Since he government scrapped Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. And the conservatives will start voting on chosing their next party leader. Lets speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. I dont know whether the Prime Minister himself got a Summer Holiday, he had to scrap its plans. But he is facing a big political autumn with a lot of legislation to push through and a Budget which he has signalled very firmly is going to be tough. He has signalled very firmly is going to be tough to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at all to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at all having l Summer Holiday at all having postponed his Summer Holiday to deal with the riots taking place across england, he cancelled it in The End altogether. He certainly might be hoping he managed to rest at some point when he starts to think about the things he will confront as Pa
that he heading our way? that s a very good question. i ll answer that question later. iberia stands out like a source and temperatures and grenade are currently 35 degrees, 39 would be a record temperature for april. it s going to be the peak of the heat probably today, andalusia a popular holiday spot, people may be heading there over the next few days. it s not going to be quite as hot, not as hot as it is at the moment and still a drought there and it s going to stay dry. here at home we are seeing rain developing particularly coming in from the south where in scotland temperatures are still only 7 8 in the north of the country. could make 15 or 16 in england. this evening rain around in many areas, heavy for a while and eastern parts of england but the worst of the rain just moves away out into the north sea. it becomes a bit drier in most places later and there will be a lot of cloud so a mild night, milder than it s been of late across a good part of scotland. into fir
a record tenth australian open, beating greece s stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets in the final. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury
the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi s fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i m
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with some breaking news from scotland, where the prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is complete. it follows the outcry of the case of isla bryson, a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. isla bryson was initially remanded to cornton vale women s prison before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. the scottish prison service says that we have commenced an urgent review of all trans gender cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst cases currently manage in our establishment. our first concern cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst concern is always and remains the health, safety and well being of all the people in our care and that of our staff. we have very robust risk assessment processes and a track record of keeping people safe in ofte