we will deliver together . a former member of the house of lords has beenjailed for five and a half years for child sex offences. lord ahmed of rotherham carried out the assaults on two children in the 1970s when he was a teenager. there are now calls for him to be stripped of his title. the 64 year old was tried under his real name, nazir ahmed. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: queen elizabeth marks her platinum jubilee viewing some quirky cards and gifts celebrating her 70 years as monarch.
of the tory mp sir david amess. anna firth got a majority of more than 12,000. the seat was not contested by labour, the liberal democrats or the green party because of the nature of the circumstances of this by election. just 24% of the electorate voted, making it one of the worst turnouts for a by election since the second world war. a former labour member of the house of lords has beenjailed for 5.5 years for child sexual offences. lord ahmed assaulted two children in the 1970s when he was a teenager. his victims are calling for him to be stripped of his title. 0ur correspondent danny savage has been following the story. a key appeal that is being made today in the wake of the sentencing, danny? today in the wake of the sentencing, dann ? , , ., ., i. ., danny? yes, it is not often you have a court case danny? yes, it is not often you have a court case where danny? yes, it is not often you have a court case where both danny? yes, it is not often you have a court case where bot
hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control after another tory mp calls on him to go, and the resignation of a fifth downing sreet adviser. a cabinet colleague came to his defence. i believe that the best thing for the country is for the prime minister to continue, and i think he is doing a greatjob. a spectacle in beijing to mark the opening of the winter olympics but fewer world leaders attend because of claims of human rights abuses by president xi s government china and russia s presidents meet as the two countries move closer in the face of western pressure and pledge to oppose further nato expansions. a court orders checks on food and agricultural goods from britain to northern ireland must continue for now. a former labour peer, lord ahmed, is jailed for sexually abusing two
but the big house he is headed to will not be so convivial. lord ahmed was inobled for his service to his community and he was the pride of rotherham but he was hiding in awful truth. in the early 1970s he had sexually abused a boy and a girl. one of them, his voice played by an actor told the bbc his position of power made speaking out even harder. ever since the abuse all i try to do is bury it. you try and lead a normal life. but you can never lead a normal life. i was quite worried in terms of the consequences of going and making a complaint against him in terms of what he might be able to do to me and i have no doubts if he was not found guilty he would make sure that my life was not worth living. he was a child when he committed these offences.
happen. it might goodness knows how they will do it but that might have a backlash from the public and i also wonder isjeffrey donaldson hoping that there will be an agreement between the uk and the european union that will make the deal acceptable and that he can claim credit for it because he is the one who was the muscular unionist. you don t need any more questions from me. thank you so much. a former member of the house of lords has beenjailed for five and a half years for child sex offences. lord ahmed of rotherham carried out the assaults on two children in the 1970s when he was a teenager. there are now calls for him to be stripped of his title. the 64 year old was tried under his real name, nazir ahmed. from south yorkshire, tom ingall reports. once he sat on the comfortable red benches of the house.