Yahoo Movies Saturday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph
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1. Tory rebels plot next move to oust Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson is facing a new plot to oust him, as Conservative rebels launched a push to change party rules in order to hold another vote on his leadership.
MPs who want to remove the Prime Minister are seeking election to the 18 most senior posts on the 1922 Committee, which dictates how to conduct confidence votes in Tory party leaders. Read the full story.
2. Priti Patel tipped to replace Oliver Dowden as party chairman after by-election disaster
Priti Patel is being tipped by allies of Boris Johnson to become the party’s chairman after the shock resignation of Oliver Dowden in the wake of the Conservatives’ double by-election defeat.
The Home Secretary is seen by sources in the Government whips’ office as the favourite to replace Mr Dowden due to her strong lines with the party’s grassroots and hard won reputation as a campaigner. Read the full story.
3. Strayed into the cycle lane? A £160 fine could be on its way to you
Drivers in London could be hit with £160 fines if they veer into a cycle lane by a tyre’s width, as Transport for London wields new powers to enforce traffic offences previously only dealt with by the police.
From next week, Transport for London will begin issuing fines to vehicles that repeatedly drive within, or cross, cycle lanes marked by a solid white line. Read the full story.
4. Exclusive: Labour's Angela Rayner brings a splash of champagne socialism to Glyndebourne
While trade unionists were manning the picket lines in the first national rail strike for decades this week, Angela Rayner had other ideas and went to watch one of Mozart’s most famous operas in the Sussex countryside.
Under clear blue skies, Ms Rayner in a summer dress, sipped champagne with two friends, before settling down to watch the Marriage of Figaro on Thursday evening at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Read the full story.
5. US abortion ban: Joe Biden blames Donald Trump’s ‘extreme ideology’ for decision that splits America
Half of America faces abortion being banned as Joe Biden blamed Donald Trump for having enforced an “extreme ideology” on the country.
The US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade ruling, which had enshrined the right to abortion nationwide for half a century. Read the full story.
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