abroad. good evening. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates, craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george, a conservative member of the welsh parliament, is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates, kevin craig, who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and now a cabinet minister has said he was joking when he told the bbc he d won more than £2,000 on the timing of the election. more on that in a moment, but here s our political editor chris mason. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the 4th ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an err
will come along. we are 90 minutes away from kick off in cologne. england preparing for theirfinal group game in the european championship, which is against slovenia. in many ways, it s alreadyjob done after results elsewhere last night confirmed that england are through to the last 16 no matter what happens in tonight s game. but they look a long way off that pre tournament tag as favourites. that has dominated the post match analysis in germany, especially after their draw against denmark last time out. our correspondent nesta mcgregor is pitchside. good evening to you. pressure should be all because of qualification already with the game to spare but this is the game to spare and with a not love to take a really good performance into the knockout stages and who ever waits for them there? yeah, you would imagine but before this tournament, people that know the game better than you and i used the game better than you and i used the phrase tournament football is all about res
thanks for your company have a good night. live from london. this is bbc news the general election betting controversy deepens a fifth conservative figure is investigtated two conservative candidates lose their party s support and a labour candidate has been suspended the wikileaks founderjulian assange lands in a remote us territory in the pacific, where he ll face a final court hearing and then should be free we re there live. and, a england draw 0 0 with slovenia but they re still through to the last 16 at the euros. hello i m kasia madera. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george a conservative member of the welsh parliament is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates kevin craig who admitted he had bet again
Has been named as 22 year old salman abedi. The big question for investigators was he working alone . One man has been arrested in manchester. The flag at half mast over Downing Street. Election campaigning has been suspended for the day. All acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out for its appalling sickening cowardice deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless Young Children. At four oclock this afternoon, the queen led a minutes silence at buckingham palace. Well be hearing from the fans youngsters who will remember last night for all the wrong reasons. It had been building up for years. When we booked the tickets it was so exciting, but its turned into the most traumatic thing. This is the scene right now at Albert Square a vigil to remember the dead and show solidarity. With many people still searching for missing loved ones, well have the latest. And in other news tonight, the actor sir roger moore has died at the age of 89. He was b
In east london. Its thought that four of the 12 people arrested are women. The us singer Ariana Grande, the british Band Coldplay and oasiss liam gallagher, were among the stars taking part in a concert In Manchester, in aid of the families of the victims of the bombing that took place in the city two weeks ago. Stars from Around The World took part in the event. Performers dedicated many songs to the people who were affected by the attack which took place at a concert held by Ariana Grande last month. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the political commentator, james millar and jo phillips. Tomorrows front pages. Starting with the guardian a Counter Terrorism chief refuses to confirm whether the attackers were were already known to the police or intelligence services. The ft focuses on theresa mays plans to review existing police and security powers, increase pressure on Tech Companies and introduce tougher anti terror