the singer says she is heartbroken, but has damaged her vocal cords. the british and irish lions have beaten new zealand in a thrilling second test to level the series. and in half an hour dateline discusses the still fragile nature of britain s new government and the campaign against the jihadist group isis. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the mayor of london sadiq khan has written to the prime minister asking her to appoint commissioners to take over the running of kensington and chelsea local authority which he says has lost the trust of local residents. the council leader, nicholas paget brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday. simonjones reports. after angry protests at the council offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press. reporter: were you pressured by number 10 to resign? ..the pressure for the leader got too great. i have decided to step down as soon asa i have decided to step down as s
abortions costing quite a money, that was because otherwise the government would have been defeated. this is going to happen on a regular basis. it did when we last had in effect a minority government between 74-79, effect a minority government between 74 79, they were defeated all the time and if they were undefeated they were making manoeuvres all the time. apart from anything else, it s exhausting for the prime minister and the government. if you add on top of that brexit, and the beginnings of a sort of opening within the government, about what has really been going on, now they are in the cabinet position themselves very differently, this all feels very fragile. the point is they weren t public therefore, it was a very tight ship. theresa may has lost her two key advisers. when we hear today that apparently david davis, the man in charge of brexit, is struggling with those red lines, the tough lines theresa may wants to keep two, does that resonate with the people you ta