theirjourneys being told not to travel unless their journeys are being told not to travel unless theirjourneys are essential and there are no trains at all running out of london s king s cross. across europe, the heatwave has brought deadly wildfires in france, spain, portugal and greece, with thousands forced to flee their homes. and we ll be answering your questions about how to keep cool and safe in these record temperatures. also this lunchtime. pay rises are about to be announced for more than two million public sector workers, including doctors, nurses and teachers. conservative mps are voting now in the party leadership race, whittling the current four contenders down to three. and laura muir wins the first medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. and coming up on the bbc news channel, ben stokes plays his final one day international for england later in their series opener against south africa at the cricket grounds where it all began. good afterno
however, kemi badenoch is not out of the race yet. her supporters have said this morning she is trying to pick up last minute votes to get her through to the final vote tomorrow. whoever comes last is eliminated. the smart money here seems to be on kemi badenoch being knocked out in a couple of hours. if that happens, she could become a kingmaker. where her votes go will be absolutely crucial. there is the battle for the leadership going on, the boris johnson is still fighting some battles this afternoon. he has thrown tobias ellwood, one of his most vocal critics, out of the conservative party for not taking part in the confidence vote that the government won comfortably yesterday. it is hot in here, the chances of mps at the conservative party cooling down before the summer break starting a couple of days is slim indeed.