the conservative mp at the centre of a row over parliamentary standards has resigned today saying he will remain a public servant outside the cruel world of politics . the former northern ireland minister, owen paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules and had been facing a 30 day suspension, which might have trigged a recall in his constituency. except yesterday his fellow mps voted not to uphold the suspension and instead voted to overhaul the standards watchdog, the very body that had ruled against him. after an intense backlash from all directions this morning the government has performed an embarrasing u turn. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the detail. a different kind of protest. a different kind of attack to green activists busy in westminster today. sleaze is the accusation against the government, corruption, the claim. a former minister has now quit as an mp after he was found to have lobbied the government more than a dozen times for companies
southwards through the day, heaviest across western facing hills. blown in on a strong wind. to the south of england, perhaps east anglia staying dry. scotland brightening up but with increasingly frequent snow showers developing through the afternoon. some gusty winds for all of us, the strongest in the of scotland, up to 50 or 60 miles per r. my list in the south, 9 or 10 sources. our weather front continues to journey southwards during saturday night and into the early hours of sunday foot of the rain could pick up for a time across southern parts there are questions about how quickly it will clear away on sunday. for most, will see centring, lots of snow showers across scotland, that really accumulating, could cause some problems in places. another windy day, gail is possible in southern areas. and a really chilly day for many, temperatures north to south for to 10 sources. a bit of everything this weekend. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and
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from poverty. and their children are suffering from poverty- and their children are suffering from ove . . ~ , . from poverty. thank you very much indeed. aryana that s all for tonight. i ll be back tomorrow. before we go music may be under threat in parts of afghanistan controlled by the taliban but not here in the newsnight studio. so to play us out on the rubab, british afghan engineer and musician durri zahir. goodnight. now, this has come through the news agency, which is quite often the outlet that the so called islamic state tend to use to announce when and claim various different attacks and the same thing for their affiliate groups as well. now, while this declaration did include the name of the individual that they say was the suicide bomber, it hasn t contained any further details of the motive and the intention behind it. but the fact that this has happened and this is not the first time that the so called islamic state has carried out attacks in pakistan