good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
In the next hour Prince William speaks out about his mothers death. Prince william says the shock of losing her is still with him 20 years on. You never get over it, its such an unbelievably big moment in your life, that it never leaves you. Police want to question the boyfriend of a Reality Tv Star Arthur Collins about an acid attack at a london nightclub. Sam warburton of wales is named as captain of the British And Irish Lions for their tour of new zealand this summer. Our main story at five. Mps have voted overwhelmingly to back the Prime Ministers call for a General Election on june the eighth. They backed the motion by 522 votes to 13 easily surpassing the two thirds majority of all mps needed to trigger the poll. Theresa may says a conservative victory would give Britain Stability during and after brexit. But The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, told the commons voters would have their chance to pass judgement on the conservatives record on austerity, the nhs and child poverty. Alr
another mild night. it is going to be another unsettled day as we head through friday. this low pressure flinging towards sea fronts, and that s going to bring some showers through the course of friday. still some sunny spells there, as well, but the temperature tomorrow feeling especially mild. 19, the maximum temperature, so very much above average for the time of year. and you can see all this orange and yellow, we re going to hang on this warmer air as we head through the weekend, as well, through saturday and through sunday. now it is going to stay unsettled. largely dry at the moment for saturday. for sunday some showers, some of which could be heavy. you mayjust hear a rumble or two of thunder. if you haven t had a chance to see the elizabeth line s newest station yet, head over to our website or instagramn to see the pictures of bond street. that s it. i m back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. thousands of royal mail workers, bt s