Kicked off last night, with hosts france easing to a dominant 4 0 win over south korea. A new law to protect Service Animals comes into force today. Nicknamed finns law after a police dog who was stabbed, well be meeting finn in the studio in the next half hour. And at 10. 30, the travel show follows tony giles an independent blind backpacker as he heads to ethiopia. One of the frontrunners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldnt rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. Dominic raab, who is also running to become conservative party leader, said he thought mr gove deserved a Second Chance. Im not sure i want to be in the business of commenting on other candidates, but i think michael set out that he made a mistake, it was a long time ago. People willjudge it as it
Hello, good morning. Welcome to bbc news. One of the front runners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldnt rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. Our political reporter peter saull explained why mr gove may have decided to talk about his past. His message really in that interview is, judge me on my record in parliament and not what i may or may not have done. Michael gove is clearly one of the front runners in this conservative leadership contest which gets under way this week, with the first round of voting taking place on thursday. He may feel that this is about clearing the decks, so to speak. Putting it out there, past misdemeanours, and i suppose he will still rely on the support of a lot of his colleagues within the conservative party. He does have quite
Of the front runners in this conservative leadership contest which gets under way this week, with the first round of voting taking place on thursday. He may feel that this is about clearing the decks, so to speak. Putting it out there, past misdemeanours, and i suppose he will still rely on the support of a lot of his colleagues within the conservative party. He does have quite a lot of support within parliament. The question mark really for him is whether, if he makes it to the final two, the conservative membership at large take a more dim view of his activities in the past, because the clue is in the name. They are conservative members, arent they . They are indeed, and i suppose the other impact of this is that we now have a range of candidates who in their youth, some in the last ten or 15 years, some further back, have acknowledged that theyve used illegal drugs. Now, as he wasjustice secretary subsequently, in part of his cabinet career, and that raises questions about the abili
The world cup. They comfortably beat south korea 4 0, in front of a sell out crowd in paris. Its not a perfect start to saturday, wet and windy for many of us. Saturday, wet and windy for many of us. Even as the wind clears it leaves a trail of sunny spells and scattered showers. Ill have all the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 8th ofjune. Our top story one of the frontrunners in the race to become the next Prime Minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions. It comes two days before the conservative Party Leadership contest officially begins. Our Political Correspondent peter saull is in our london newsroom. What details has mr gove given about his use of the drug . This was more than two decades ago. At the time michael gove was working asa at the time michael gove was working as a journalist. He is 51 now, this was probably in his late 20s. He says
To a dominant 4 0 win over south korea. And coming up on bbc news following recent sexual abuse allegations against several high profile creatives, the 100 Women Programme asks whether we should be pausing for thought before going to the cinema or the book shop. Thats at 2 30. Good afternoon. One of the candidates for the leadership of the conservative party, michael gove, says he deeply regrets taking cocaine more than 20 years ago. He told the daily mail that he had taken the drug at several social events while working as a journalist. He said it was a mistake but he didnt believe it should disqualify him from becoming prime minister. Pete saull reports. Michael gove has put himself out there like ten of his colleagues. confirm that i am putting my name forward to be prime minister. But he is now admitting to his past, admitting taking cocaine more than two decades ago. In his confession today, he says. One of the other would be leaders has some sympathy. I think michael set out he m