And a further £14,000 was spent on private medical bills. He strongly disputes the claims, according to the times. The Conservative Party was made aware of the allegations three months ago. It says its investigating. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports the honesty needs to start now. The lack of clarity needs to stop. This was mark menzies last week in a local campaign video. When this was filmed, he was still a conservative mp. But last night he was suspended from the party. It came after allegations in a newspaper that he used funds from donors to pay thousands to so called bad people who had apparently locked him in a flat. The bbc has checked details of some of the allegations printed in the times this morning that mr menzies called a 78 year old local activist in the middle of the night, asking for money. It is claimed he said he was being detained against his will, that he needed money as a matter of life or death. The £6,500 was provided by a local activist, the m
Story from the newsroom tonight is that the former american footballer, oj simpson, has died of cancer at the age of 76, his family said in an announcement this afternoon. He died this afternoon. He died surrounded by his children and his grandchildren. Oj simpson his grandchildren. Oj simpson was acquitted of killing his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend ron goldman in 1994, in a trial that gripped america and almost 100 Million People watched Live Television coverage of the now famous pursuit of oj simpson driving a white ford bronco, followed by multiple police cars across l. A. After his record breaking career in the nfl , he became his record breaking career in the nfl, he became an his record breaking career in the nfl , he became an actor his record breaking career in the nfl, he became an actor and had roles in naked gun. But in 2008, he was convicted for his role in a las vegas Armed Robbery and served almost nine years in prison here at home. Institutional bias prev
Smith apologised today for a 2010 email hed sent, saying a pregnant subpostmistresses prison sentence was brilliant. Prison sentence was brilliant. News. A moroccan Asylum Seeker on trial for the murder of a pensioner in hartlepool told police he was motivated by the conflict in gaza. 45 year old ahmed ali denies murdering 70 year old Terence Carney as well as the attempted murder of his housemate javid nouri last october. He says he carried out the attacks as an act of revenge for what he called israels killing of children in the palestinian conflict. He also accused. Hes also accused , accused. Hes also accused, rather of assaulting two female Police Officers whod interviewed him after his arrest. A change to family visa rules comes into force today as part of the governments plan to reduce immigration in its part of the home secretarys promise to transform the uks immigration system. Cut off unfair levels of migration and ensure those arriving here dont burden the taxpayer. The meas
London. Manus a little bit of breaking news. We have assets under management at the end of october, 393 billion swiss francs. Number, the fight for new funds. Its not just about new funds, its about the profitability of those funds and putting them to work. Thats the headline number coming through from julius berg. 393 billion swiss francs. Thats the top line, and we have a little bit more that we will bring to you. Angela merkel, who would have thought the stalwart of europe cannot get a coalition together . Eurodollar, euroyen, swissie. Anna does that lead to more talks . Perhaps. A minority government, new elections . The euro is the key message. Manus the question is this. Do you look into the eye of the storm and say she will pull it back . There will be a rapprochement . What we have is a reflection. These are the risk reversals. He were trading higher, quite a bullish sentiment on friday. The most bullish since 2009. The risk reversal, trading back at levels we havent seasons oc
To the Economic System and our position in it than perhaps you have heard before. And even more important, and what this book is about, an alternative solution for dealing with it different from what you might have heard before. So, first, where are we here in the United States and in the World Economy . And im not gonna tell you what you already know, which is that this is the worst economic crisis in my lifetime and therefore in yours, that it began in 2007, which means it is now comiming to the end of its fifth year and that there is no end in sight, that the efforts of governments around the world, including the United States, to end it long ago have not proved successful, that the prognosis is not good, that the problem is almost like a disease in the sense that it begins in the United States in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The europeans look at the United States and thank their lucky stars that it isnt so bad only to discover that it has metastasized over there. And the last 2 or 3 year