wimbledon quarter final. but heather watson has been knocked out. some breaking news. danish police say several people have been hit, after shots were fired at a shopping centre in the capital copenhagen. dozens of heavily armed officers have been deployed to the fields mall in the east of the city. all roads there and the metro line linking it to the centre is have been closed, and ambulance and fire crews have arrived at the site. the shopping centre is close to a music venue where the british singer harry styles is due to perform this evening. we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about how much he knew when he appointed chris pincher as deputy chief whip in february after a series of fresh allegations about his behaviour emerged. the tamworth mp resigned from the government on thursday, after he was accused of groping two men in a private members club the night before. mr pincher, who admits that he d had too much to
is halted on the first lap after a huge crash fortunately no one is seriously injured. these wonderful wimbledon champions! and wimbledon serves up it s sunday best as champions past and present celebrate 100 years of centre court. good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about how much he knew when he appointed chris pincher as deputy chief whip in february after a series of fresh allegations about his behaviour emerged. the tamworth mp resigned from the government on thursday, after he was accused of groping two men in a private members club the night before. mr pincher, who admits that he d had too much to drink, says he s now seeking professional help. he denies the latest claims which are made in a number of sunday newspapers. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. for borisjohnson, new scrutiny about his decision to appoint chris pincher, one of his most loyal supporters, to the powerful post of deputy chief whip. mr pincher resigned t
good evening. welcome to bbc news. we are beginning this hour with the shooting in the danish capital of copenhagen. several people have been killed in the danish capital copenhagen after a shooting at a shopping centre in the city. a 22 year old man from denmark has been arrested after chaotic scenes at the fields mall in the east of the city. police say there is no indication that other gunmen were present but police cannot rule out terrorism as the motive of the incident. the chief police inspector told journalists at a news briefing just a few minutes ago that several people were killed. the motive of the gunman, described by the police as an ethnic dane, you have just heard that they cannot rule out terrorism, but they have not confirmed any motive. those are the latest lines coming from that news conference. booster emil kirchner is a freelance journalist and knows the shopping mall area well. very surprised. denmark is a very peaceful country, we are not used to these
asked if that was true, downing street has remained silent. no denial issued. i don t think they ve taken these things seriously. i think they ve made decisions which they shouldn t have made. i can t believe some of the things that are in the papers today about what the prime minister may have personally been aware of before he made decisions like this. but all of politics suffers. for his part, mr pincher has this weekend said, the stresses of the last few days, coming on top of those over the last several months have made me accept i will benefit from professional medical support. chris pinter has made clear he does not intend to resign from parliament but has agreed to stay away while the independent investigation happens. meanwhile, borisjohnson sjudgment and the culture he oversees are both once again being questioned. damian grammaticas, bbc news. russia says it s taken control of the eastern city of lysychansk with president putin informed of its capture. ukraine has yet to c
borisjohnson is facing fresh questions about how much he knew when he appointed chris pincher as deputy chief whip in february after a series of fresh allegations about his behaviour emerged. the tamworth mp resigned from the government on thursday, after he was accused of groping two men in a private members club the night before. mr pincher, who admits that he d had too much to drink, says he s now seeking professional help. he denies the latest claims which are made in a number of sunday newspapers. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. for borisjohnson, new scrutiny about his decision to appoint chris pincher, one of his most loyal supporters, to the powerful post of deputy chief whip. mr pincher resigned that post after the events here at the carlton club on wednesday, accused of publicly groping two men. he said he had drunk far too much and embarrassed himself and others. this weekend has brought six more allegations. all are denied by mr pincher. three are tha