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extreme heat across large parts of the uk is expected to last into early next week. the met office issues an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies vote to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the composer monty norman, whose works include the james bond theme tune, has di...

This election should take place. they can now choose the election rules for this leadership contest, and we expect that will mean measures to try and reduce the size of the field. many of the hopefuls have been setting out their plans. its thought the current contenders will be whittled down to two by the end of next week when parliament goes on recess. we arent quite sure of the precise process. we think the election could be late august. heres our political correspondent, david wallace lockhar...

Party membership. number one, is there a threshold for mps to get into that first round of voting? if we cast our minds back to the last election, i candidate had to have eight fellow mps backing them in order to become an official candidate. theres talk of that figure going quite higher, potentially up to 20, and then therell be a decision about how often the boats will happen. we know they want to get down to a final two by the time parliament goes into recess. in by the time parliament goes i...