up to a million households in england, scotland and wales could be paid to use less electricity this evening, as part of a scheme to avoid blackouts. would you switch off your oven or avoid using the washing machine to get a discount? get in touch with me. california police say the gunman suspected of killing ten people near los angeles was a 72 year old man, who shot himself dead as they tried to apprehend him. former employees of the welsh rugby union have told the bbc about a toxic culture of sexism at the organisation. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is facing growing pressure today, over allegations about the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi, as well as a separate row about the appointment of the bbc s chairman. it s emerged that former chancellor mr zahawi paid a penalty to hm revenue & customs of around £5 million, to settle a dispute over his tax affairs. he says the error that caused it was careless and not deliberate
Question john. [ Inaudible Question ]. John. They are devastated. The democrats lost so big today, their party is in shambles right now. Theyve got the squad leading their party. They are a mess. Where even you take a look at scribe and so many of the people that were the most outspoken and they say this was a devastating day for the democrats and you know it john and everybody else knows it. This was a devastating day for the democrats. [ Inaudible Question ]. A very dumb and very unfair question. Because if you look at his correction, he took that totally out of play. He made his decision based on the facts, not based on some
rule. So you shouldnt even ask that question because you know it is a phony. [ Inaudible Question ]. Go ahead. [ Inaudible Question ]. The democrats had nothing. And now they have less than nothing. And i think theyre going to lose the 2020 election very big including congressional seats because of the path that they chose. Now who knows where it goes. From what
makes me happy as well. they make me so happy when i go there. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, help is available from bbc action line just visit bbc.co.uk/actionline storm henk has hit the west of england particularly hard. there s been extensive flooding on many roads, rail services cancelled, rivers swollen and dozens of trees down. as we ve just heard man in his fifties from the bath area has died near kemble in gloucestershire after a tree fell on the car he was driving. live now to our reporter steve knibbs in cirencester in gloucestershire. awful news about the man who s been killed. what more can you tell us? you are right, a terrible start to
the new year to have to tell you the story. this is the road, cirencester is just in front of me, you story. this is the road, cirencester isjust in front of me, you can story. this is the road, cirencester is just in front of me, you can see the tree in the distance with the white car in front of it, that white car was not involved, the driver and occupants of that car managed to escape uninjured, butjust behind the tree is the card their tree fell on to, and as you say, a man in his 50s from the bath area died. his family has been told, they are being supported by specialist family liaison officers from gloucestershire constabulary, the gloucestershire constabulary, the gloucestershire coroner has been informed, we are just waiting for the police to finish their investigation before the row can be cleared. is investigation before the row can be cleared. , ., , , ., ., cleared. is there more disruption to come,? cleared. is there more disruption to come. ? my cleared. is there more