view of events in the uk and around the world in dateline. the conservative party has suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations he assaulted two men at a private members club on wednesday night. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drank far too much . two senior female conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradley, had joined labour in calling for his suspension from the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mp s. with the latest from westminster here s our correspondent nick eardley. last night chris pincher resigned his government role after allegations that he had grouped two men. he had been drinking here, a private scope in london, with other conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things incredibly he had embarrassed himself. we take over the
unpaid work from five o clock today unless ordered to do so, amid a pay dispute. xijinping defends china s model of ruling hong kong during a visit to mark 25 years since britain handed over control but the territory s final governor, chris patten, labels the comments absurd . cheering in sport, britain s heather watson is through to the last 16 of wimbledon after beating kaja juvan in straight sets. and coming up on the film review later, if you want some comedy the minions are back. find out why marco made loves them so much. that s coming up at 5:45pm mark kermode. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street has insisted that boris johnson was not aware of specific allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him as the conservative party s deputy chief whip. the prime minister is also facing calls to suspend the mp who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much a
decide the future of our country. now is the time to get scotland on the right path, the path chosen by those who live here. the committee investigating the washington riots last january has heard evidence about donald trump s behaviour on the day. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand out the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing, we are not going to the capital. the met police has been put in special measures after a series of failures. ghislaine maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in a us prison for helping paedophile jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. maxwell was convicted last december of five charges of recruiting and trafficking four teenage girls for abuse by epstein, her then boyfriend. wearing navy prison overalls and ankle shackles, ghislaine maxwell said it was her greatest regret to have ever metjeffrey epstein, and that she em
belfast. it stays warm for all areas through the weekend. but northern areas will see more cloud at times thanks to low pressure and there will be outbreaks of rain, some quite heavy, very little of it getting into the south east. so it does remain dry here, sophie. thank you. and that s bbc news at six from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england s lionnesses return to base as european championship finalists can they go one step further on? head coach sarina wiegman s transformation of the team is earning high praise all around. i v e i ve not seen anything like it in all my time in sport and i think, you know, she is quite remarkable leader and a very special person and were extremely lucky to have her. elsewhere, the commonwealth games gets under way in birmingham tomorrow, but