:00:00. > :00:08.In just two days' time, she'll be moving in to Number 10
:00:09. > :00:16.The sudden development took Mrs May by surprise.
:00:17. > :00:18.She rushed back to London to make a statement
:00:19. > :00:24.I am honoured and humbled to have been chosen
:00:25. > :00:30.by the Conservative Party to become its leader.
:00:31. > :00:32.Earlier this morning, her rival Andrea Leadsom fell
:00:33. > :00:34.on her sword and quit after a bruising weekend
:00:35. > :00:41.The interests of our country are best served by the immediate
:00:42. > :00:48.appointment of a strong and well supported Prime Minister.
:00:49. > :00:51.Now deprived of a leadership contest, what do the Tory party
:00:52. > :00:57.Some members of the party will feel a bit cheated,
:00:58. > :01:05.and will feel that Andrea has thrown the towel in too early.
:01:06. > :01:08.Meanwhile, one party that will be having a leadership contest
:01:09. > :01:11.is Labour, after Angela Eagle formally launches her bid
:01:12. > :01:20.Jordan Spieth has pulled out of the Olympics beacuse of fears
:01:21. > :01:50.The top four players in the world have all withdrawn from Rio.
:01:51. > :01:54.If you were thinking Westminster politics couldn't get any more
:01:55. > :01:59.We now know that the next Prime Minister will be Theresa May,
:02:00. > :02:01.after her rival for the Tory party leadership, Andrea Leadsom,
:02:02. > :02:08.And as for David Cameron staying as PM until September - not any more.
:02:09. > :02:10.Theresa May will be moving into Number 10
:02:11. > :02:16.In the last half-hour, Mrs May said she was honoured
:02:17. > :02:19.Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, has been
:02:20. > :02:27.following today's fast-moving developments.
:02:28. > :02:38.Our new Prime Minister and the Torys' new leader. I am honoured and
:02:39. > :02:42.humbled to have been chosen by the Conservative Party to become its
:02:43. > :02:46.leader. I would like to pay tribute to the other candidates during the
:02:47. > :02:51.election campaign, and I would like to pay tribute to Andrea Leadsom for
:02:52. > :02:55.the dignity she is shown today. After the anger and arguments of the
:02:56. > :03:01.referendum campaign and its brutal aftermath, even to make her party
:03:02. > :03:07.work would be quite a feat. Frexit means Brexit, and we are going to
:03:08. > :03:13.make a success of it. Dub-dash Brexit. We need to unite our
:03:14. > :03:18.country, and we need a strong new positive vision for the future of
:03:19. > :03:22.our country, the vision of a country that works not for the privileged
:03:23. > :03:27.few, but for everyone of us, because we are going to give people more
:03:28. > :03:37.control over their lives. That's how, together, we will build a
:03:38. > :03:40.better Britain. You. Theresa May is in because she walked out. Just
:03:41. > :03:48.before 11 this morning the rumour mill began to well, was Andrea
:03:49. > :03:53.Leadsom, the eurosceptics' darling, about to quit? The grim faces of her
:03:54. > :03:58.supporters confirmed it. For me to have won the support of 84 of my
:03:59. > :04:03.colleagues on Thursday was a great expression of confidence for which I
:04:04. > :04:08.am incredibly grateful. Nevertheless, this is less and 25%
:04:09. > :04:13.of the Parliamentary party, and after careful consideration, I do
:04:14. > :04:18.not believe this is sufficient support to lead a strong and stable
:04:19. > :04:23.government, should I win the leadership election. I have,
:04:24. > :04:29.however, concluded that the interests of our country are best
:04:30. > :04:35.served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well supported Prime
:04:36. > :04:38.Minister. I am therefore withdrawing from the leadership election, and I
:04:39. > :04:48.wish Theresa May the very greatest success. Why have you changed your
:04:49. > :04:50.mind? There was disbelief in one of Westminster's impossibly immaculate
:04:51. > :04:58.side streets. Some of her supporters are furious. About what they called
:04:59. > :05:02.the abuse that was thrown at her, especially after she suggested in an
:05:03. > :05:05.interview that she would be a good Prime Minister partly because she
:05:06. > :05:14.has children and Theresa May does not. One of her team told me simply,
:05:15. > :05:17.the abuse was too much. With 199 MPs supporting Theresa May, we think it
:05:18. > :05:22.is in the best interests of the country to say should withdraw. Has
:05:23. > :05:28.she been bullied out of it? I wouldn't put it in those terms. We
:05:29. > :05:31.face very sophisticated opponents in this contest. They carefully
:05:32. > :05:36.positioned her as something she is not, and if we were to continue, the
:05:37. > :05:41.damage would be too great. The level of personal abuse that has been
:05:42. > :05:45.directed at her is something I have been rather appalled about. Even if
:05:46. > :05:50.Mrs May was the overwhelming favourite, we should have had a
:05:51. > :05:56.contest, so I am disappointed. I'm sure Andrea has made this decision
:05:57. > :06:00.for very good reasons, and I'm sure there's a lot of pressure, but I
:06:01. > :06:05.can't deny that I am disappointed. It is 12:20pm now. Andrea Leadsom's
:06:06. > :06:11.surprise decision to move out of the leadership rests -- race means that
:06:12. > :06:15.in the next few days, the next Prime Minister could be in Number 10. Now
:06:16. > :06:20.over to the party machine to decide what happens to the government next.
:06:21. > :06:26.They didn't waste any time. Following the decision of Mrs Andrea
:06:27. > :06:29.Leadsom to withdraw from the Conservative Party leadership
:06:30. > :06:34.contest, Theresa May is the only leadership candidate. Could she be
:06:35. > :06:39.the Prime Minister by the end of this week? Buries a constitutional
:06:40. > :06:44.process to gone through. In the space of less than half an hour,
:06:45. > :06:47.Andrea Leadsom has quit the race, and the Tory party have confirmed
:06:48. > :06:53.Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister. Are you looking at the
:06:54. > :06:58.face of Theresa May's next Cabinet's Tory MPs who have given overwhelming
:06:59. > :07:04.support, and were ready for a long campaign to Number 10. But they will
:07:05. > :07:09.not need it now. He will not stay any longer than is polite to leave
:07:10. > :07:13.Downing Street. We do not need a long period of transition, so
:07:14. > :07:18.tomorrow I will chair my last Cabinet meeting. On Wednesday I will
:07:19. > :07:21.attend the House of Commons for Prime Minister's Questions, and
:07:22. > :07:25.after that, I will go to the palace and offer my resignation. So we will
:07:26. > :07:30.have a new Prime Minister in that building behind me by Wednesday
:07:31. > :07:38.evening. Toulouse office must be painful, but perhaps with it, some
:07:39. > :07:40.might relief. A cheer from the Prime Minister. We will not call him that
:07:41. > :07:45.for long. Theresa May is one of Britain's
:07:46. > :07:47.longest-serving Home Secretaries - a keen advocate of modernising
:07:48. > :07:49.the Conservatives and shedding its image as the
:07:50. > :07:52.so-called "nasty party". She has also faced criticism
:07:53. > :07:54.for failing to meet promises Our Deputy Political Editor,
:07:55. > :08:00.John Pienaar, looks at Mrs May's route to the top job -
:08:01. > :08:13.and what kind of Just moments before she knew the job
:08:14. > :08:19.was hers, Theresa May opened up a little. She doesn't do showing,
:08:20. > :08:24.thinks Britain has had enough surprises, but her mission is a big
:08:25. > :08:29.one. A society that works for everyone, so we bring people back
:08:30. > :08:33.together, North and south, urban and rural, young and old, male and
:08:34. > :08:39.female, black and white, sick and healthy, those with skills and those
:08:40. > :08:45.without. Reaching well beyond the Tory tribe. It was a pitch to be a
:08:46. > :08:51.one nation Prime Minister, uniting a divided country. Curbs on corporate
:08:52. > :08:55.pay and more homes built. We need to unite our party and our country. We
:08:56. > :08:59.need a bold new vision for the future of our country, one that
:09:00. > :09:04.works not for the privileged few, but for everyone of us. She wanted
:09:05. > :09:08.to stay in the EU, yes, but that was then. She looked control EU
:09:09. > :09:17.migration and get the best deal for Britain. Brexit means Brexit, and we
:09:18. > :09:20.will make a success of it. Theresa May's story is unremarkable.
:09:21. > :09:26.Middle-class, Grammar School and Oxford, where she met her husband,
:09:27. > :09:31.who was at her side today. Home is home, work is separate. She's
:09:32. > :09:36.private, and likes it like that. But since her time working in the city,
:09:37. > :09:40.since the start of her political career, she relied on herself, and
:09:41. > :09:53.never saw her gender as an obstacle to rising higher. I have never
:09:54. > :09:55.experienced any barriers in the Conservative Party. Is she a
:09:56. > :10:00.feminist? That is a woman who asks gets no favours, according her. Many
:10:01. > :10:06.Tories hated it when she told them, in opposition, that many hated them.
:10:07. > :10:11.Our base is too narrow. Many call us the nasty party. A police conference
:10:12. > :10:15.might have even less when she told them they had to change, when she
:10:16. > :10:20.was Home Secretary. Theresa May never liked David Cameron's pledge
:10:21. > :10:25.to get immigration below 100,000. Some colleagues thought she was too
:10:26. > :10:29.tough and pushed too hard to get numbers down when colleges and
:10:30. > :10:34.businesses wanted more. But they are all acting her now, including a
:10:35. > :10:39.former rival watching from across the Atlantic. She has the integrity,
:10:40. > :10:44.strength and leadership that our country needs. In Britain and around
:10:45. > :10:49.the world, the British economy need certainty. It is in everyone's
:10:50. > :10:53.interests that she takes up the position of Prime Minister in the
:10:54. > :10:58.coming days. We'll Theresa May own a mention among Britain's's most
:10:59. > :11:02.notable leaders? Who knows. But she is coming to power in the most
:11:03. > :11:08.testing time since the Second World War. Tonight, the party will rally
:11:09. > :11:12.round, and she will enjoy something of a political honeymoon. But over
:11:13. > :11:16.the coming months and years, the harsh realities of government can
:11:17. > :11:20.only compare harshly to the dreams of leadership that she nursed with
:11:21. > :11:22.her future husband at her side as a young woman.
:11:23. > :11:29.Our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, is here now.
:11:30. > :11:34.Now that we know that Theresa May is going to be moving in here on
:11:35. > :11:36.Wednesday, she will have lots of key decisions to made.
:11:37. > :11:38.This lightning turn of events seems to have taken most
:11:39. > :11:52.There are big days ahead, but events today have gone 1 million miles an
:11:53. > :11:58.hour. We have had to run from one event to another. That is in
:11:59. > :12:01.contrast to Theresa May's style. She is a steady, careful politician.
:12:02. > :12:05.Officials say she likes to read every document and look at every
:12:06. > :12:10.detail herself before deciding anything. I think we will see a very
:12:11. > :12:15.different style of leadership here under her. She's not flash. She
:12:16. > :12:28.doesn't try to be votess' friends. She doesn't try to comment on
:12:29. > :12:30.anything or be on the television every single night. She is somebody
:12:31. > :12:33.who wants to emphasise, almost every time she appears in public, that her
:12:34. > :12:36.priority is getting on with the job. When that job is being the Prime
:12:37. > :12:41.Minister, that is a very tall order. It's one thing to say that she likes
:12:42. > :12:46.to keep her head down when you are Home Secretary, but quite another to
:12:47. > :12:49.do that when you are in charge at Number 10. She is taking over at a
:12:50. > :12:57.time when the Tory party is split from top to bottom over Europe.
:12:58. > :13:05.Those who campaigned to leave, they were tricky under David Cameron, but
:13:06. > :13:09.they may prove far trickier under Theresa May. This morning, we
:13:10. > :13:14.thought it would be a couple of months before we knew who would run
:13:15. > :13:17.the country. In events that have surprised everybody today, we now
:13:18. > :13:20.know, and we have days until she walks through the door door. Thank
:13:21. > :13:22.you. The decision on who should lead
:13:23. > :13:25.the Conservatives was to be decided by the party's 150,000
:13:26. > :13:27.members this summer. But the withdrawal of Mrs Leadsom
:13:28. > :13:30.from the race means they will no longer have a say in who should
:13:31. > :13:32.be their future leader. Our correspondent Danny Savage
:13:33. > :13:34.reports from Harrogate. England's largest county,
:13:35. > :13:37.and overwhelmingly Conservative. With only one hat left in the ring
:13:38. > :13:40.for Tory leader, voters here are surprised, but fairly
:13:41. > :13:45.positive about today's events. Do you think she can
:13:46. > :13:52.unite the party? She is a very experienced
:13:53. > :14:00.lady in government. And you are a Conservative
:14:01. > :14:05.supporter. But you're happy
:14:06. > :14:09.with that? I'm happy with that,
:14:10. > :14:11.yes. I just don't know, it's something
:14:12. > :14:14.to do with the lady, I think she will be
:14:15. > :14:18.fine as Prime Minister. I know she said she's
:14:19. > :14:22.going to operate the Brexit ASAP. I think it is going to be incredibly
:14:23. > :14:25.difficult for somebody who believed I'm not quite sure how
:14:26. > :14:29.it is all going to work. But what about the next level up
:14:30. > :14:32.in party politics? These three would have had a vote
:14:33. > :14:34.in the leadership ballot. Do you think Conservative members
:14:35. > :14:37.will be disappointed that they don't have a chance to vote
:14:38. > :14:39.on the next leader? I think some members of the party
:14:40. > :14:45.will feel a bit cheated. And will feel that Andrea has thrown
:14:46. > :14:53.the towel in too early, really. I would have voted
:14:54. > :14:55.for Theresa anyway. I think the news that Andrea has
:14:56. > :15:00.pulled out today means that we can install Theresa as our leader
:15:01. > :15:03.and Prime Minister in a much I think that is very
:15:04. > :15:07.good for the country. I also think it is important
:15:08. > :15:10.that we start to put The voters have decided we're
:15:11. > :15:17.going to go out, and therefore And getting on with it is a message
:15:18. > :15:22.we repeatedly heard today. A broad welcome from the broad acres
:15:23. > :15:25.of certainty at the top As you've been hearing,
:15:26. > :15:42.Theresa May will be the next prime minister after her rival
:15:43. > :15:44.Andrea Leadsom unexpectedly quit And still to come, we've
:15:45. > :15:52.been to Gosport that voted to leave the EU -
:15:53. > :15:54.what do people there make of having a prime minister
:15:55. > :15:57.who campaigned to stay in? A day after winning Wimbledon,
:15:58. > :16:01.Andy Murray says he is very unlikely The quarterfinal against
:16:02. > :16:22.Serbia starts on Friday. Well one party that will be having
:16:23. > :16:26.a leadership contest now is Labour. The ex shadow business secretary
:16:27. > :16:29.Angela Eagle has formally launched her attempt
:16:30. > :16:32.to oust Jeremy Corbyn. She told supporters these were 'dark
:16:33. > :16:35.times for Labour' and she couldn't stand back while Britain became
:16:36. > :16:38.a one party Tory state. Mr Corbyn has said he'll
:16:39. > :16:40.fight any challenge. Here's our Political
:16:41. > :16:54.Correspondent Ben Wright. Dug in and fighting on. Are you
:16:55. > :16:59.prepared for a leadership challenge? Labour MPs have pleaded with Jeremy
:17:00. > :17:03.Corbyn to go but persuasion has failed and a leadership challenge is
:17:04. > :17:07.on. This is the Labour MP leading the charge. I have lodged my papers
:17:08. > :17:12.with the general secretary today to launch this challenge. Angela Eagle
:17:13. > :17:14.had threatened to charge for days but with the country in political
:17:15. > :17:20.turmoil she said that Labour could not put up with weak leadership any
:17:21. > :17:23.longer. We know to be leader of the Labour Party you have got to lead in
:17:24. > :17:29.Parliament as well and we have seen Jeremy not do that job. He has been
:17:30. > :17:35.hiding behind a door, not talking to his Members of Parliament. That is
:17:36. > :17:37.not leadership. She has the support of many parties towards, longing for
:17:38. > :17:46.a change of leadership but Angela Eagle promised to be a break from
:17:47. > :17:54.the past. I'm not a Blairite, a Brownite or Corbin style politician.
:17:55. > :17:58.I am my own woman. The former Shadow Business Secretary has been a Labour
:17:59. > :18:02.MP since 1992 and has a twin sister, Maria, also a Member of Parliament.
:18:03. > :18:06.It is not clear whether Jeremy Corbyn will be able to stand in the
:18:07. > :18:09.coming contest. The Labour ruling body will decide tomorrow if he
:18:10. > :18:13.needs nominations from MPs and MEPs to get on the ballot or if he has an
:18:14. > :18:18.automatic right. And powerful trade union figures are standing firm
:18:19. > :18:22.beside Jeremy Corbyn, today Len McCluskey denounced what he called a
:18:23. > :18:27.political lynching. This was a despicable and cowardly act, a
:18:28. > :18:34.Westminster coup, perpetrated on a decent man, a kind man, a man who
:18:35. > :18:38.has a complete mandate, a massive mandate from the membership of the
:18:39. > :18:41.party. Jeremy Corbyn has lost the confidence of most Labour MPs, they
:18:42. > :18:46.think he is an electoral disaster and they want him gone. But Jeremy
:18:47. > :18:49.Corbyn is banking on the backing of Labour Party members and paid up
:18:50. > :18:52.supporters to elect him again. It is that split that has thrown the party
:18:53. > :18:56.into crisis. Labour membership numbers continue to grow with some
:18:57. > :19:00.websites trying to sign up people who want to test out Jeremy Corbyn
:19:01. > :19:05.and others trying to shore up his support on the left. Labour, their
:19:06. > :19:10.ongoing agonies are stark contrast to the Conservatives doodle bugs
:19:11. > :19:14.with replacement of a leader. The contest both now imminent.
:19:15. > :19:17.Now for some of the day's other stories.
:19:18. > :19:20.Two Turkish men have been found guilty of smuggling cocaine -
:19:21. > :19:23.with an estimated street value of half a billion pounds -
:19:24. > :19:27.The vessel was intercepted last year by the Royal Navy
:19:28. > :19:29.and the Border Force following an international operation.
:19:30. > :19:32.Cutting equipment was used to get access to the hidden stash of drugs
:19:33. > :19:40.The RMT Union has accused the train operator Southern Rail of living
:19:41. > :19:43.in an "insane parallel universe" after it cancelled hundreds
:19:44. > :19:46.of services a day, in response to months of disruption
:19:47. > :19:51.The company says the new timetable will provide certainty
:19:52. > :19:57.It has blamed action by RMT members and high levels of staff sickness
:19:58. > :20:03.for cancellations on services from the south coast to London.
:20:04. > :20:06.The parents of a man who died when his car was hit by a speeding
:20:07. > :20:08.driver today put the wreckage on display outside Parliament.
:20:09. > :20:12.It was part of their campaign for tougher sentences for those
:20:13. > :20:14.who cause fatal crashes in dangerous circumstances.
:20:15. > :20:17.Joseph Brown-Lartey died when his car was struck by a vehicle
:20:18. > :20:21.travelling at more than 80 miles an hour.
:20:22. > :20:25.That driver - Addil Haroon - was jailed for six years,
:20:26. > :20:32.Back to our main story and the news that Theresa May will be Prime
:20:33. > :20:36.She of course campaigned for Britain to remain in the EU
:20:37. > :20:38.during the referendum, but stressed today that she accepts
:20:39. > :20:41.the result and that "Brexit means Brexit".
:20:42. > :20:48.But how do some of the millions of people who voted
:20:49. > :20:51.for Britain to leave the EU feel about having a new Prime Minister
:20:52. > :20:55.Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports from Gosport in Hampshire,
:20:56. > :20:59.Once home to Britain's submarine service, Gosport can often feel
:21:00. > :21:03.submerged by its larger neighbour, Portsmouth.
:21:04. > :21:06.But in the EU referendum, it stood out as one of the most
:21:07. > :21:15.So what do Leave voters here think of Theresa May,
:21:16. > :21:21.Do you think it is a betrayal of the way the country voted?
:21:22. > :21:27.I mean, the country spoke and everyone went well,
:21:28. > :21:31.Yes, I think we're being stabbed in back.
:21:32. > :21:39.And on Gosport high street many Leave voters shared that angry
:21:40. > :21:46.You would have preferred a Leave Prime Minister?
:21:47. > :21:50.Because then I know that we would have left.
:21:51. > :21:56.Because we voted out, which means we want to get out
:21:57. > :21:59.How disappointed are you that Britain has got
:22:00. > :22:04.When people like you and the country voted to leave?
:22:05. > :22:14.Slip into this reptile shop, and here too there were not many
:22:15. > :22:18.The majority seemed to want to get out.
:22:19. > :22:20.But I do not really think the government
:22:21. > :22:26.But in Poppins cafe, we did find Leave voters who trust
:22:27. > :22:32.Do you think Britain should have gone with a pro-Leave
:22:33. > :22:37.Prime Ministser in wake of the referendum vote?
:22:38. > :22:43.I think that would have been probably correct to do so,
:22:44. > :22:47.but now we have got this lady, we have got to try and support her.
:22:48. > :22:49.Theresa May may have some support among the Leavers,
:22:50. > :22:53.but on one afternoon in one town, there's of evidence our
:22:54. > :22:57.new Prime Minister has a job to do convincing winners of the referendum
:22:58. > :23:04.Duncan Kennedy, BBC News, in Gosport.
:23:05. > :23:08.In a moment I'll be speaking to Laura Kuenssberg.
:23:09. > :23:10.But first our Europe Editor Katya Adler is in Brussels.
:23:11. > :23:13.How has the news gone down in Europe that they will be dealing
:23:14. > :23:18.with Theresa May when it comes to the Brexit negotiations?
:23:19. > :23:25.First of all a big sigh of relief here in Brussels that things now
:23:26. > :23:29.appear to be moving forward in the UK. Uncertainty is bad for an
:23:30. > :23:35.already weak EU and its wobbly currency. The feeling here is if the
:23:36. > :23:39.UK is going to exit the EU it should get on with the formal process of
:23:40. > :23:42.leaving. Here in Brussels, in Germany and France, leaders were
:23:43. > :23:45.reluctant to be drawn into detail about Theresa May until she actually
:23:46. > :23:51.becomes the British Prime Minister. Privately they say they feel that
:23:52. > :23:54.she is a known quantity, as British Home Secretary she was often in
:23:55. > :23:59.Brussels meeting with European counterparts. One high-level source
:24:00. > :24:03.described her as a hard negotiator and an Italian newspaper likened her
:24:04. > :24:07.to the tough German Chancellor Angela Merkel and said that she is
:24:08. > :24:11.cold and competent and determined. Not the kind of person said another
:24:12. > :24:17.source, who is likely to bow to considerable EU pressure to start
:24:18. > :24:20.formal time negotiations with the EU about the UK leaving as soon as
:24:21. > :24:23.possible. She will instead want to inform readers found out her
:24:24. > :24:27.European counterparts beforehand to see what kind of deal the UK can
:24:28. > :24:34.expect outside the EU. European Commission doesn't like the idea but
:24:35. > :24:39.there's not much it do about it. Let's talk about the process between
:24:40. > :24:41.now and Wednesday. When of course the removal vans arrived.
:24:42. > :24:43.And given that Mrs May will be an unelected leader,
:24:44. > :24:46.what are the chances of a general election?
:24:47. > :24:54.That is a good question. David Cameron will have his last cabinet
:24:55. > :24:58.tomorrow so Theresa May will come up this street for the last time as
:24:59. > :25:00.Home Secretary. He and his cabinet colleagues will have the final
:25:01. > :25:06.meeting, you can only imagine whether anything will get done. Then
:25:07. > :25:09.on Wednesday he goes again to the dispatch box for Prime Minister's
:25:10. > :25:12.Questions for the last time and straight after that offer up the
:25:13. > :25:14.road to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation formally to the
:25:15. > :25:18.Queen and after that Theresa May makes the same journey to go and
:25:19. > :25:22.accept the job. Sober looking at late Wednesday afternoon, Theresa
:25:23. > :25:26.May will walk into Downing Street for the first time officially as
:25:27. > :25:29.Prime Minister. In terms of the question of a general election,
:25:30. > :25:33.Theresa May was firm when she launched her campaign are given the
:25:34. > :25:37.Conservatives were elected just over a year ago, she believes there does
:25:38. > :25:41.not have to be an election for her to take over as Prime Minister. But
:25:42. > :25:46.already both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats have basically
:25:47. > :25:50.said that is not democratic. We as the general public have not voted
:25:51. > :25:54.for her and without a contest even amongst Tory party members it may
:25:55. > :25:58.be, I say it may be, but there is a growing demand for her to go to the
:25:59. > :26:02.country. But that is not her intention was up and I think the
:26:03. > :26:07.decision will be based on how smoothly things go. I think knowing
:26:08. > :26:11.the character of Theresa May, she can avoid it and will want to
:26:12. > :26:13.introduce a calm period of government while those tricky
:26:14. > :26:20.negotiations get underway. Thank you. Downing Street is full of
:26:21. > :26:24.reporters and it has been threatening to rain this afternoon.
:26:25. > :26:25.Let's see what the weather has been doing across the rest of the
:26:26. > :26:34.country. It has been sunny one minute and
:26:35. > :26:38.pouring with rain the next. This shot was taken by one of our
:26:39. > :26:44.Weather Watchers in Lincolnshire. For some of us we had torrential
:26:45. > :26:48.downpours across the South East of England. Not far from the
:26:49. > :26:55.Farnborough airshow which was badly disrupted. Many other places
:26:56. > :26:59.enjoying a fine and to the day. The showers tend to ease away with time
:27:00. > :27:05.but then we have another clutch pushing into Wales later on. Most of
:27:06. > :27:12.us end the night dry and fresh as well. If you are in rural areas,
:27:13. > :27:17.down to single figures. So some sunshine first thing in the morning,
:27:18. > :27:21.showers already across parts of Wales tracking further east. By and
:27:22. > :27:27.large the further north and west you are in the country, the better
:27:28. > :27:33.chance of staying dry. Plenty of sunshine in Northern Ireland and
:27:34. > :27:38.parts of Scotland. Out of the breeze not feeling too bad. After a shower
:27:39. > :27:42.restart across parts of Wales, things perk up as the focus of the
:27:43. > :27:47.downpours tracks towards East Anglia and the South East. Some slow-moving
:27:48. > :27:52.and heavy downpours, warnings could be issued by the time we reached
:27:53. > :27:59.tomorrow. On Wednesday the showers drift away some more showers coming
:28:00. > :28:02.in from the north and west. Another hit and miss date with some places
:28:03. > :28:06.having heavy showers and others staying dry. But again not all that
:28:07. > :28:11.warm. Mid to high teens. And overnight this week it turns cold in
:28:12. > :28:16.rural areas, down into single figures. But in the sunshine not
:28:17. > :28:22.feeling too bad and Thursday looking like a decent day for most. The wind
:28:23. > :28:29.fairly light and some good stuff of sunshine. How long that lasts is
:28:30. > :28:32.another matter. Here in Downing Street as has been
:28:33. > :28:35.an incredibly fast moving day with news that Theresa May will be the
:28:36. > :28:39.new Prime Minister, she will be moving in here on Wednesday when
:28:40. > :28:43.David Cameron will resign. With the last hour Theresa May said should
:28:44. > :28:44.she was honoured and humbled to have been chosen.
:28:45. > :28:48.That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye