unpaid work from five o clock today unless ordered to do so, amid a pay dispute. xijinping defends china s model of ruling hong kong during a visit to mark 25 years since britain handed over control but the territory s final governor, chris patten, labels the comments absurd . cheering in sport, britain s heather watson is through to the last 16 of wimbledon after beating kaja juvan in straight sets. and coming up on the film review later, if you want some comedy the minions are back. find out why marco made loves them so much. that s coming up at 5:45pm mark kermode. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street has insisted that boris johnson was not aware of specific allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him as the conservative party s deputy chief whip. the prime minister is also facing calls to suspend the mp who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much a
ofcom says the bbc has an impartiality. does it? jonas tonight at 8:45pm here on bbc news. join us tonight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the conservative party has suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations he assaulted two men at a private members club on wednesday night. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drank far too much . two senior female conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradley, had joined labour in calling for his suspension from the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps. with the latest from westminster here s our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. until yesterday, hisjob was this is chris pincher. until yesterday, his job was to enforce discipline among conservative mps. but last night he resigned his government role after allegations that he had groped two men. mr chris pincher had been drinking here, a private members club
he reacts differently when they are people who are loyal to him and that they help him stay in power. also on the programme. another sharp rise in covid across the uk. hospital admissions are up too. the number of new cases has jumped by half a million in a week we ll be looking at the latest figures. in ukraine, at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes near the black sea port of odesa. the end of an era for radio two s steve wright in the afternoon as the dj announces he is leaving the show after a0 years. and tennis history for britain s heather watson and cameron norrie at wimbledon, as they make it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a swashbuckling century from india s pant frustrates in england on the first day of the test in edgbaston. good evening. the conservatives party have suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations