the sunshine is back today across scotland the sunshine is back today across scotland and northern ireland but england scotland and northern ireland but england and wales, more cloud. and for some, england and wales, more cloud. and for some. it england and wales, more cloud. fific for some, it will england and wales, more cloud. fific for some, it will be england and wales, more cloud. e ic for some, it will be on england and wales, more cloud. el ic for some, it will be on the wet side. it s friday, the 21st of april. our main story. the prime minister is under increasing pressure this morning to make a decision over the future of his deputy, dominic raab. rishi sunak has been accused of dithering by opposition parties, as he considers a report into bullying allegations against mr raab, which he denies. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. have you always behaved professionally, mr raab?i dominic raab s fate is in the prime minister s hands, as rishi
on pay and conditions. it has been the greatest experience of my entire life, my own children and family notwithstanding! and a hollywood ending, perhaps, for wrexham, looking to win a return to the football league this weekend. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister dominic raab has resigned from his posts a day after a report investigating bullying allegations against him was handed to the prime minister. mr raab had promised to step down if the inquiry found against him, and in a statement he said it was important to keep his word. but he s claims the investigation hasn t been fair, calling it kafkaesque , and accused the inquiry of making the threshold for bullying so low that it would encourage spurious complaints against ministers. with the very latest from westminster, here s our political correspondent, iain watson. let s make him our next prime minister. please welcome rishi sunak. he minister. please welco
will take place in under three months. i don t think there is any question that leah williamson is out. it looked pretty bad on wednesday when she was substituted. she collapsed after appearing to catch her at studs in the turf and then she limped quite heavily. met by her team mate there down the tunnel. arsenal have got four players out with long term injuries now, including beth mead, kim little, so there title prospects look bleak but it is missing out on the world cup that will be hurting leah williamson so much. fix, the world cup that will be hurting leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina wiegman - leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina wiegman and - leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina wiegman and the i blow for sarina wiegman and the fans. ,, ., ., , fans. she led england to their first ma or fans. she led england to their first major tournament fans. she led england to their fi
welcome to bbc news. we start with a huge political sotry here in the uk, where the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has been forced to resign. wherever you re watching, this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult or domineering bosses. the investigation into the bullying allegations has been going on for months and a report was given to the prime minister, rishi sunak yesterday. in his resignation letter today, dominic raab claimed the inquiry hadn t been fair, calling it kafka esque, and saying the threshold for bullying was now so low, it would encourage spurious complaints, against ministers. let s go straight to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, live at westminster. talk live at westminster. about a reluctant resignation. that s talk about a reluctant resignation. that s right. dominic raab had pledged to stand down if this independent report upheld complaints of bullying against him
welcome back to bbc news. we bring you some breaking news that s come in the last few minutes. the confederation of british industries has in the last few minutes announce its suspending all policy injune. this comes after dozens of firms paused or even cancelled their membership. a number of huge names have ditched the cbi and moved on. this includes bmw, john lewis, avi, mastercard, virgin media, lloyd s of london, schroders. these have either paused or cancelled their membership completely. the business lobbying group has been at the centre of all what only could be described as varying degrees. there really has taken a toll on the organisations. we ve seen its share resigning, stepping down. a new chair is do to take over, but we have had a lot of companies who rely on the cbi to not only lobby for them, but also to give best practice for businesses, to advise businesses on what is best practice. we ve seen one of those companies who are really the bread and butter of the