Legal Cases and Weather Warnings

The former mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has been sworn in as an MP hours after Sakir Starmer announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party Mr. Burnham has confirmed he'll seek to succeed Sakira as Prime Minister, following his victory in the Maker Field by election last week. Nominations for the new Labour leader will be open for a week starting the ninth of July. Fandy Burnham is challenged, a leadership contest would conclude by September. The deputy leader of the Labour Party, Lucy Powell, has called for unity. Now what I want to see happen coming together as a Labour Party and really getting behind the next leader, people really need to start feeling the benefits of a labour government in their everyday lives. Our political correspondent Henry Zeffen says it's not known where Andy Burnham stands on a number of key topics. He sees it as an alliance of business and the public sector to fuel growth. He talks about needing greater public control of utilities, for example, so water companies and others. He talks about needing greater infrastructure, particularly in the North of England. But what does Andy Burnham think about welfare, about defence, about foreign policy, about immigration policy, about so many of the issues which cross a Prime Minister's desk day to day? Well, on that, I think we have to say we don't really know. In other news, a man has appeared in court , charged with five counts of attempted murder linked to terrorism following alleged anti Muslim attacks in Edinburgh on Friday. Lewis Hawkes was also charged with assault and robbery, breach of the peace and culpable and reckless conduct. The thirty six year old made no plea and was remanded in custody. The former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, has been found guilty of eighteen sex offences, including one of rape. He was charged after two women accused him of sexually abus ing them when they were children, her island correspondent Chris Page reports from New Recrown Court. Donaldson was driven away from the court in a prison van after being remanded into custody. The judge indicated he was facing a lengthy jail term . The man who had been the longest serving MP in Northern Ireland showed no emotion as the jury delivered its verdict, convicting him of all eighteen charges . The offences were one count of rape, thirteen inde ofcent assault, and four of gross indecency. They were committed between nineteen eighty five and two thousand eight. Donaldson's two victims gave evidence during the course of the trial, which lasted for more than four weeks. The former DUP leader will be sentenced in the autumn. A red weather warning for extreme heat for large parts of England and Wales has been announced by the MET Office. Comes into force on Wednesday morning and lasts until Thursday night. A separate amber alert is already in effect until tomorrow when temperatures are expected to reach up to thirty nine Celsius in some areas. And at the men's football cup, Leino Messi has scored to put Argentina into the lead against Austria and become the competition 's all time leading scorer. He now has seventeen goals across six World Cups