the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zaha
and there. there is a chilly wind blowing. we ve got high pressure for the momentjust north of us, that means the winds are coming and off the north sea and the weather front will bring more cloud into east anglia and the south east of england and eventually a few showers as well and eventually a few showers as well and there may be a little bit of low cloud and haar toying with the east coast of scotland. otherwise plenty of sunshine, chilly down the north sea coasts with the wind off the sea, highest temperatures probably in the western highlands, 18 degrees here. this evening we will see the wetter weather pushing its way further inland, probably not too much rain, it is is off overnight but there will be more cloud for england and wales, heavy rain perhaps turning to eastern parts of england by the morning. it will be milderfor england and england by the morning. it will be milder for england and wales, further north colder and in the grampian region temperatures could be
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. borisjohnson may have misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic. that s according to mps investigating the former prime minister s conduct. the privileges committee says evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to mrjohnson, and identified four examples where he may have misled the house of commons. mrjohnson said there was no evidence he knowingly misled parliament. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. joining me now is caroline slocock director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harri
warwickshire. in cambridge we have already seen more than 2.5 times the rainfall we d normally expect in a typical march. looking further north to orkney, up to 9am here we had only seen a surge of the rainfall we d normally expect that there rain gauges have had a top up today, this band of cloud pushing northwards across orkney and shetland, bringing outbreaks of rain, then a mixture of sunshine and showers that here comes the next rain bearing weather system pushing into northern ireland, parts of west wales and south west england by the end of the day, the breeze and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, ii and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, 11 degrees. in a way and perhaps 16 in hull, really mild for the time of year 11 degrees in stornoway. heavy rain over the hills in south west england, wales, north west england and western scotland where gales will develop by the end of the night, turning very when she windy for western
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