accepting the results of elections. tonight we re looking at a congressional race that was a total blowout. the winner receiving almost 80% of the vote. and yet the loser refuses to accept the result, won t concede even as his opponent is sworn into congress. we re also on the ground in georgia where those in power are actively making it harder for citizens there to exercise their right to vote. this is about good old boys, their power and their will to stay in control. and we ll go to texas where a new restrictive voting law is having widespread impact. huge numbers of registered voters seeing their applications for mail-in ballots, ballots to which they are entitled, rejected. and where local election officials face possible felony convictions with jail time if they help voters clear simple hurdles. you registered using a driver s license and now you use a form using your social, i don t a have a way to verify that social. and as we watch efforts to ensure voting ri
northern england and wales and bright spells in the south east of england and north east scotland. temperature six or seven in the east, but we are back into double figures further west. then more heavy rain sweeps in from the west on saturday night and into sunday and that is when we start to see the arrival of this system here. you can see the proximity of the isobars means there will be very windy weather on sunday. rain in western parts of the uk, gail is developing in the afternoon, still some sunshine in the north east and south east, with temperatures up to about 12 or 13 for some of us. still chilly in the north of scotland. but we do have various amber warnings in force, the storm is set to cause some disruption, particularly in southern scotland, northern ireland and the south east of england, we could see cuts of 70 to 80 miles an hour, so power cuts in travel disruption as possible. thanks, sarah. and that s the bbc news at six. hello, and welcome to sportsday i
dozen ges of conservative mps now joined by one of the biggest tory beasts of all. housing secretary michael gove. handshakes and hugs in parliament tonight, as more and more mps bid farewell, and andrea leadsom the latest big beast to go. we hearfrom our election panel. and live from a sunak loyalist who is standing. labour s ahead in the polls but is there danger from the left, asjeremy corbyn says he ll stand against the party he led? we talk to a member of the shadow cabinet. also tonight. with policing being stretched now more than ever, could live facial recognition help? and what impact could it have on people who get misidentified? i m just focussed on, you know, getting through. and then all of a sudden that s when i felt the nudge on the shoulder, saying, oh, at that time i m wanted. you could call it the big goodbye, the great resignation perhaps a giant surrender even. tonight, as parliament is prorogued, the number of conservative mps standing down continues to