Inside the Great Pyramid of giza. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, labour has announced that its suspended one of its mps, Kelvin Hopkins, from the party. A spokesman said that it was on the basis of allegations received. This comes amid a raft of allegations against numerous mps of inappropriate behaviour reports that have seen sir Michael Fallon resign as defence secretary. Lets talk to emma vardy, our political correspondent. What is known about Kelvin Hopkins at this stage . This has come about after a statement sent by the party in the last hour, saying on the basis of allegations received by the labour party, Kelvin Hopkins has been suspended from Party Membership and therefore the labour whip while the investigation takes place, and Kelvin Hopkins is the labour mp from luton and has been since 1997. A supporter ofjeremy corbyn. We are not clear about what these allegations are but clearly they are serious enough for the labour party to have taken a serious
Seen amongst the best in europe, well discuss their magnificent night in europe and Gareth Southgate is about to name his england squad forfriendlies is about to name his england squad for friendlies with germany and brazil. And some new faces are included. Stav has the weather, it gives a clue as to whats happening this weekend. Its going to turn judy this weekend. Some choice in the forecast but sunday night looking dry. Ill be joining you in the studio later for a full weather forecast. Fake news you wont hear it here but you will see it in the collins dictionary as their word of the year. This afternoon live, im simon mccoy. For the first time in 10 years the bank of england has raised its key base Interest Rate. Its up by a quarter of one per cent to 0. 5 . Its not much but with inflation running above target the bank said it was time to act. And there could be further rises on the way good news for savers, but a prospect that will worry borrowers. Heres andy verity. The bank of e
With warnings of snow in scotland, strong winds and more rain on the way. Bernie sanders warns president putin to keep out of american politics after reports that russia was trying to help the democratic president ial hopefuls campaign. Some of englands top Rugby Union Clubs back a new scheme being rolled out to help young boys spot the signs of Mental Health problems. Harry and meghan will stop using their sussexroyal brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. Now on bbc news, a family breaks their silence after their son died, not on the battlefield but after mistakes during a Training Exercise in wales. Hope this postcard finds you well. Im in a monastry at the moment, in a place called tasso and i have met many interesting people and have been taught to sing badly in many different languages. It has been fascinating talking to people about their different views and opinions on god and life in general. Looking forward to seeing you again and telling y
Craig roberts, from penrhyn bay near llandudno, signed up as a reservist at university. He wanted to join the reserve sas. Its not what we wanted to hear but he was passionate and said he wanted to be the best soldier that he could be and they were the best of the best. We were worried about what he could be asked to do if he was deployed but the thought of training did not occur to us at all. Craig and two other reservists died while attempting a special forces selection test in the Brecon Beacons in 2013. An inquest found that the exercise was run by people who had not been trained properly and planning was poor. Things went terribly wrong up there. We should not be talking about failures or deaths within Training Exercises when theres things in place that could prevent it. To stay safe on the battlefield, tough training is essential. This is where some of the most extreme tests take place including for the sas. Just three years after Craig Roberts died here in the Brecon Beacons cam
Was in 4th grai. D once again, 3345 years in prison for 15yearold 35 years in prison for 15yearold robert gladden, jr. The shooting there and at sandy hook helped spark the gun control debate. There could be some wet weather headed our way. Meteorologist Wyatt Everhart is in the weather center. A fast moving february pattern. Dont get too used to the beautiful weather. Temperatures in the mid40s still. Days getting longer. Sunset pushing 6 00. Were clear tonight but we take a look to the south. You see quite a bit of rain coming out of florida. The main storm system out of texas. Double barreled low pressure system bringing heavy rains by tomorrow night, even flooding rains. In the meantime were clear. Well talk about when the heaviest of this downpour arrives. Its coming up. Tick, tick, tick. The clock keeps ticking on congress. Senator ben cardin met with workers who were facing furloughs. Dont ask anyone you know. If they dont know, more than 300,000 furlough workers are all in the