and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise
companies also revealed plans for a solar farm in this protected area of countryside the day before a firm he controls made a second donation to mr gething, others have questioned the new first minister s judgement. you get offered £200,000. the level of due diligence that you would expect to take place in that context would be significant. vaughan gething has not broken the ministerial code in taking the donation and he retains the full backing of labour s uk leader with only weeks to go before the general election. i m really looking forward to a new partnership where we can both deliver together for wales. thank you, vaughan. but we ve also discovered that one senior labour figure offered to lend mr gething money to repay the controversial donation in full. he turned down the offer. we ve repeatedly tried to ask the first minister about the new evidence. did you know about the criminal investigation before you accepted the money?
only has a working majority. it could be difficult for vaughan gething given the disaffection and disgruntlement in some labour ranks. for the time being he remains at the forefront of labour s general election campaign. it is difficult to get a cigarette paper between him and sir keir starmer. keir starmer was down here last week giving his backing to vaughan gething. it will be a difficult time for mr gething but again he says he has done nothing wrong it hasn t broken the ministerial code and the company which gave him this £200,000 has again said it wasn t trying to buy anything, seek influence or change government policy by doing so. wyre davies, government policy by doing so. wyre davies. thanks government policy by doing so. wyre davies, thanks very government policy by doing so. wyre davies, thanks very much indeed. you can find out more about this story by watching the documentary wales investigates a big stink. it s on the bbc iplayer now and on bbc one wales tonight
that this is an issue he feels very strongly about. anna miller, thank ou. strongly about. anna miller, thank you- hannah strongly about. anna miller, thank you. hannah miller. the liberal democrats are promising new protections for rivers and coastlines if they get into power. the party says it will expand marine protected areas, and introduce a new blue flag status for rivers, to end what they call environmental vandalism . leader sir ed davey says families should be free to swim safely in the knowledge that our waters are not polluted with sewage. the leaders of four of scotland s parties will take part in a televised debate tonight. the snp sjohn swinney, labour s anas sarwar, the liberal democrat s alex cole hamilton, and the scottish conservative leader douglas ross willjoin the 90 minute debate, which starts at nine o clock on stv. the scottish green party has described its omission as out rageous work has begun this morning on the rob burrow centre for motor neuro