The us open. He is hardly a household name but he has had and is interesting journey. And matt taylor . If you are fed up of rain, more downpours to come, particularly for Eastern England tomorrow night. Where is the summer . I will tell you more in the next half an hour. Also coming up can you have a naughty corner in the oval office . It isa it is a fantastic financial statement. Lets do that over, he is coughing in the middle of my answer, i dont like that. If you get a cough, please leave the room. His views on germs are well known. Well tell you how the president reacted to that cough, during a television interview. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Boris johnsons campaign to become conservative leader and Prime Minister received a boost this morning with the endorsement of the Health Secretary, matt hancock, who said mrjohnson was best placed to re unite the fractured party. Matt hancock dropped out of the race last week. He made his announcement after the
On english soil. Coming up in the sport later in the hour, we have the latest from queens. But it has been a very wet start to the second day of the grass court tournament. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The race to become conservative leader and Prime Minister intensifies today, with a second round of voting by mps on the six remaining candidates. Theyll be knocked out if they come last, or if they fail to secure at least 10 of the vote, that is 33 supporters. Those who get through will take part in a live bbc debate this evening. It will be a chance to scrutinise the frontunner Boris Johnson, whos almost certain to make it through. He refused to take part in a tv debate at the weekend, and a westminster hustings yesterday. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. Who will win the race to call this place home . No shortage of ministers with eyes on the top job. Place home . No shortage of ministers with eyes on the topjob. Jeremy hunt wants it, so do Mic
He says he has done absolutely nothing wrong. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport damienjohnson. We are looking at cricket . Yes, a world record for eoin morgan, he gives england a huge total against afghanistan. I will talk to you later. You need to wipe that lens, phil thunderstorms, i will have all the details with you in the studio in just a few minutes. I will see you then, phil. Also coming up ion industry is told to put an end to the era of throwaway clothes and poor working conditions. Iam simon i am simon mccoy, good afternoon. The race to become conservative leader and Prime Minister intensifies in the next few hours with a second round of voting by mps on the six remaining candidates. Theyll be knocked out if they come last, or if they fail to secure at least 10 of the vote, thats 33 supporters. Those who get through will take part in a live bbc debate this evening. It will be a chance to scrutinise the frontunner borisjohnson, whos almost certain to make it through. H
At least £22. 5 billion has already been spent building the london to birmingham section, while over £2 billion has gone towards the second phase on things such as buying up land and property. Labour manchester mayor andy burnham said ditching the manchester link would be a permanent statement to people in the north that they were second class citizens when it came to transport. Lets discuss the pros and cons. Joining me now is Alexandra Hall chen, whos the principal Policy Advisor for sustainability, skills, and employment at the institute of directors. Good morning to you. This has been such a contentious story. Ever since the leaks came out weeks ago about the future for hsz. What weeks ago about the future for hs2. What do you make of this decision on the part of the government . Decision on the part of the government . The key here is about stability government . The key here is about stability and about stability and Policy Making. Any instability in the business environment, i
To those wanting catalonia to be independent of spain . Join us tonight at 7. 45 here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Jeremy corbyn is under pressure to explain why he appointed the labour mp, Kelvin Hopkins, to the shadow cabinet months after hed been reprimanded for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards a young Party Activist. In the past few minutes mr hopkins said he absolutely and categorically denied allegations of Inappropriate Conduct. Earlier this evening, labour said it would appoint an independent organisation to offer confidential support to anyone affected by Sexual Harassment. Theresa may has issued the partys own new code of conduct. Meanwhile the labour activist who accused mr hopkins Ava Etemadzadeh has told bbc news she feels disillusioned by the partys response at the time. Our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. Step by step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, young labour activist with more allegations of Sexual Miscon