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
households are without power following a new wave of russian attacks. and england s lionesses will face china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. now on bbc news. we are england: trouble at sea. it s been described as an ecological catastrophe that wiped out marine life across much of the north east and north yorkshire coastline. we ve seen crabs completely decimated. something catastrophic had gone wrong with the ecosystem. it s dying. in fact it s not dying, we re murdering it. i itjust left you with a sinking feeling that there s going to be no future in this job. it s a really complicated difficult puzzle to try and fit together. everybody is treating the sea like it is a rubbish tip. it is mind blowing! as a community that i know the environment better than anybody else, i you know, listen to them. i used to go out to sea with me grandad. i think the first time i went out i was only seven. a bit sad that it could all end pretty shar
china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next prime minister. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if
Will nudge their way northwards and eastwards, potentially heathery and thundery. more heavy thundery rain starts to push on from the south west late in the night. it is another mild night, temperatures typically ten to 1a celsius. tomorrow is another day of sunshine and showers. the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery, especially in the morning. this band works its way north and eastwards as the day moves on. sunshine following behind, and then heavy thundery rain following on behind. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: sources close to the former chancellor rishi sunak say he s secured the backing he needs to enter the conservative leadership race. meanwhile borisjohnson arrives back in the uk as speculation grows he lljoin the leadership contest. the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, is the only person to formally announce
Thundery. more heavy thundery rain starts to push on from the south west late in the night. it is another mild night, temperatures typically ten to m celsius. tomorrow is another day of sunshine and showers. the showers are much more likely to be heavy and thundery, especially in the morning. this band works its way north and eastwards as the day moves on. sunshine following behind, and then heavy thundery rain following on behind. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: sources close to the former chancellor rishi sunak say he s secured the backing he needs to enter the conservative leadership race. meanwhile borisjohnson arrives back in the uk as speculation grows he lljoin the leadership contest. the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, is the only person to formally announce that she s running. ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million