to announce his resignation in early july following repeated criticism of his conduct in government. the decision on who the new prime minister will be is down to a relatively small group of 160,000 conservative party members. borisjohnson will formally resign tomorrow and the the queen will then ask liz truss or rishi sunak to form a government. u nfortu nately, we unfortunately, we have some technical issues with our link to huw, but there is a picture of the door at no 10, who will be walking into it as the new prime minister? we are half an hour away from that announcement. and as huw mentioned, it will be the fourth prime minister in six years. so, the scene is set at the qeii conference centre, which is just around the corner from downing street. as you can see, there is a large press contingent gathered there, waiting for the announcement. and around the corner is where the announcement will be made. we can see all of the journalists lined up, the cameras trained on th
Cancel flights at heathrow following yesterdays computer problems. They are telling customers they wont be admitted to terminal five until 90 minutes before the scheduled flight time. We have tried desperately to Contact British Airways and find ground staff and we havent found anybody on the at all. The number of people known to have died in severe flooding in sri lanka has risen, to just over 150. Its thought nearly half a Million People have been forced out of their homes. Now on bbc news, its time for the final edition of our special series nicks election takeaways. On monday, the Bbcs Nick Robinson shared fish and chips with voters in eltham, south east london. The group selected by the pollsters ipsos mori represent some of those who arejust about managing otherwise known as the jams. The people who are in work but still struggle to make ends meet, to pay those bills at the end of the week. How will they make up their minds how to vote . Weve come to the suburbs of south london t
Cancel flights at heathrow following yesterdays computer problems. They are telling customers they wont be admitted to terminal five until 90 minutes before the scheduled flight time. We have tried desperately to Contact British Airways and find ground staff and we havent found anybody on the at all. The number of people known to have died in severe flooding in sri lanka has risen, to just over 150. Its thought nearly half a Million People have been forced out of their homes. Now on bbc news, its time for the final edition of our special series nicks election takeaways. On monday, the Bbcs Nick Robinson shared fish and chips with voters in eltham, south east london. The group selected by the pollsters ipsos mori represent some of those who arejust about managing otherwise known as the jams. The people who are in work but still struggle to make ends meet, to pay those bills at the end of the week. How will they make up their minds how to vote . Weve come to the suburbs of south london t
Our Political Editor nick watt reports. For the moment, our unlikely Prime Minister reigned supreme, a by election win in an area that had been beyond the reach of the tories since the interwar years leaves theresa may surveying a Political Landscape with few credible opponents. Theresa may once likened herself to Queen Elizabeth the first, a woman who thrived in a male dominated world by knowing her mind. But shes never seen herself as a glory on a figure but shes never seen herself as a gloriana like figure and she is one of the least assuming occupants of number ten. Shes more Likejohn Major than Margaret Thatcher in her imperial pomp and, just Likejohn Major, who secured the highest number of votes of any tory leader, theresa may is not the slightest bit complacent and knows that around every corner there are bear traps. Theresa may has been shrewd in her position, she has a huge amount of authority and the Conservative Party believes shes an election winner. Those three things giv
Scotla Nd Scotland Raked break out and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Tom watson, labours Deputy Leader, has said the party must change tack and do better at winning over voters but he has said that now is not the time to change leadership. Speaking at the Scottish Labour Conference in perth mr watson acknowledged the loss of a long held labour seat in copeland on thursday had been hugely disappointing. Labours Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he will stay on. Heres our Political Correspondent carole walker. Jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. He was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win the by election. But hes facing questions about the partys defeat in copeland. What about copeland, mr corbyn . The tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had been in labours hands since it was created. Lab