three candidates have been nominated by parliament to replace the outgoing gotabaya rajapaksa. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are natasha clark, who s a political and environmental correspondent for the sun, and eleanor langford, political reporter at politics home. welcome back to you both. let s take a look at tomorrow s front pages. burning hot britain is the headline in the metro which leads with the record breaking temperatures and fires across the country today. for the mirror, this was the hottest day in history. it shows the damage caused by fires in wennington where several homes were destroyed. the telegraph also leads with the devastation in wennington, describing how hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes. the i says the uk became a tinderbox as fire services as far apart as yorkshire and suffolk declared major incidents. the express leads with the tory leadership contest, and an i
here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary, nadim zahawi, will become the uk s new finance minister. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? yeah. not according to the man on the right. sitting next to the prime min
who are fighting with each other about just how appalling they ve been in government and neither has come up with any plan to deal with this problem. unforgivable. we ll be looking in detail at what the incoming prime minister could do to help, as households and businesses face huge energy costs that are set to rise further. also on the programme. as tributes continue to nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was fatally shot in her own home, a second man is arrested on suspicion of murder. devastating floods in pakistan destroy property and claim hundreds of lives the government has declared a national emergency. and lost in nasa s archives until now previously unseen space photos of the first missions to the moon. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, england are on top in the second test against south africa at old trafford, as ben stokes scores his first century as skipper. good evening. energy bills are to soar by 80% in october for te
and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
the shooting of nine year old olivia pratt korbel merseyside police say the suspected gunman has not handed himself in despite repeated appeals. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked after failing to send officers in to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teachers. how bad is flying for the planet? google is accused of airbrushing the answer. england make a great start to the second test against south africa at old trafford, as they try to level the series. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest from the second test between england and south africa, where the hosts made a strong start. good afternoon. students in england, wales and northern ireland have been getting their gcse results after the first exams in three years. grades are lower than during the pandemic when they were based on teacher assessments, but higher than pre covid. the government say that s part of the plan in t