we ll have the latest. good morning. the heat continues to build over the next few days. today it is looking dry, with strong sunshine, and it will feel very warm, especially in the south. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s sunday, iothjuly. our main story: eight candidates are now officially running in the conservative leadership contest, following a series of announcements from senior figures within the party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward and the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrance into the race are the first to set out detailed plans, and both focus on economic policy. entrants. jeremy hunt, who lost a borisjohnson in the final two last time around, promises to council rise in corporation tax, and reduce it further. to cancel. he would also cut business rates
Good afternoon. The government is facing anger from the car industry about the plans being considered by the Prime Minister to delay a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Rishi sunak spoke to the cabinet this morning, and is to make a speech in Downing Street later this afternoon. The Carmaker Ford Has said the proposal would undermine the governments ambition, commitment and consistency. one option seen by bbc news is for the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be moved to 2035 in line with the eus timetable. Another measure being considered is weakening a commitment to phase out all gas boilers within 12 years. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. Commitment to the movement of emissions to zero by 2050 is set in law, and by then the country will only be able to put as many pollutants into the atmosphere as it can take out but rishi sunak is about to make a significant gear shift in how the government plans to get there. Ministers insist it is j
of prime ministerial debate also on the bbc, a week on a week tomorrow, a week on wednesday. so, yeah. i kind of feel like. i ve got that in my phone on the wrong day. 0h, have you.? i thought it was on the friday. yeah. no, there is going to be something i think on the friday too, a week on friday. so, yeah, that s kind of the vibe. that s kind of the vibe i think at the moment. i m going to call this the champagne problems period. oh, yeah? because that s the halfway point on the on the set list for taylor swift s eras tour. is that right? halfway through the concert. right, well, there you go. i think that s entirely zeitgeisty and appropriate and very adam, yeah. right, let s see what else we can shoehorn into this episode of newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. and it s chris in the studio. face to face, you re not in the back of a train. so i ve spoken to you on a train, in a car and a pub garden, in a car park. yes. and then there s the boat
we are estimating about 29 celsius, going forward into the week, tuesday they expect 32 33, but in terms of they expect 32 33, but in terms of the hottest day of the year so far, that was actually last month at heathrow airport, where they recorded 32.7, so we not quite there are two days, but 90% of the country will be basking in wall to wall sunshine, so that is southern and central england and wales, the coolest parts of the country will be the far north west, that is scotland and the surrounding area. so we will see some sunshine for most of the country today. see some sunshine for most of the country today- country today. greg, that s brilliant. country today. greg, that s brilliant. thank country today. greg, that s brilliant. thank you. - country today. greg, that s brilliant. thank you. a - country today. greg, that sl brilliant. thank you. a great audition for a weatherjob there. i am sure sarah still has a lot to say am sure sarah still has a lot to say good am sure
party enough to make it seem more mainstream now? mainstream now? i think she has, clearl to mainstream now? i think she has, clearly to some mainstream now? i think she has, clearly to some extent mainstream now? i think she has, clearly to some extent and - mainstream now? i think she has, clearly to some extent and many i clearly to some extent and many people clearly to some extent and many people believe she is very different from people believe she is very different frorn her people believe she is very different from her father who is a convicted anti semitism and that she is not as racist. anti semitism and that she is not as racist, should the national front was the racist, should the national front was the former name of the party and it was was the former name of the party and it was different and she is more focused it was different and she is more focused on it was different and she is more focused on people, their struggle and on focused on people, their