A day after the Regions Parliament voted for independence. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn calls for politicians who engage in Sexual Harassment and abuse to be held to account. Environment secretary michael gove has apologised for a joke made on air about harvey weinstein, with former labour leader lord kinnock, whojoined in with the joke, under pressure to apologise too. Nine crew members on the hms vigilant submarine have been dismissed for illegal drug use leading to compulsory drug testing being ordered on board all royal navy submarines. More on those stories at eight oclock. Now on bbc news sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with Katherine Downes and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening. England are world cup winners a remarkable fightback means the under 17s beat spain 5 2 in the final in india. Its fight night for anthonyjoshua, he defends his two world titles against challenger carlos takam in cardiff. Also coming up in the programme. Englands women battle to resc
Was a missed opportunity for the Prime Minister. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Theresa mays closest ally in the cabinet, damian green, has insisted that the police never informed him of allegations that pornography had been found on a computer at his office in parliament. A former head of the metropolitan police, sir paul stephenson, has said his force was aware that material had been found in a search of the offices, back in 2008. Previously, damian green had described the claims as completely untrue. Our Home Affairs Correspondent dominic cascianis report contains some flashing images. At the heart of the government, the Prime Ministers right hand man. But now damian green, first secretary of state and de facto deputy Prime Minister, is under increasing pressure over allegations that he says are untrue and a smear. It all goes back to this 2008 raid on mr greens office. Special Scotland Yard detectives were hunting a home Office Insider who was leaking documents to the the
Elections the spanish president visits catalonia for the First Time Since he imposed direct rule on the region. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Theresa mays closest ally in the cabinet, damian green, the environment secretary, michael gove, has said he doesnt know what a british iranian mother jailed in iran had been doing in the country before her arrest. He told the Andrew Marr Show that too much focus on borisjohnsons comments, which gave the false impression that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe was training journalists, was playing into the hands of the iranian authorities. Tom barton has been following the days political developments. This row all started with Boris Johnson earlier this month telling the Foreign Affairs committee that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe had been in iran training journalists rather than on holiday, as herfamily and her employer said. As a result of those comments, pressure piled on borisjohnson, and forced him, to the house of commons on tuesday last week,
For the first time, the prince of wales leads the country and honouring its war dead, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, the british woman imprisoned in iran on charges of spying, says she has seen a medical specialist after finding lumps on her breasts and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In a statement, Richard Ratcliffe said he had spoken to the foreign secretary, who had expressed deep sorrow at her suffering and agreed to meet in person with mr ratcliffe in the next few days. It comes as the government is facing further criticism over its handling of the case. Our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier reports. Jailed in iran, separated from her family for allegedly trying to bring down the government. But Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes family has always maintained shed been on holiday. Now another government minister is facing accusations of a blunder after appearin
Balcony. A bbc investigation into the abuse of Student Loans in one of the biggest private colleges in england. Also in the next hour well be taking our second look at tomorrows front pages. That includes the metro. It says children should be free to decide their own gender. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The government was accused today of worsening the predicament of a british woman imprisoned in iran after the environment he says he does not want the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to resign because of the case. Secretary michael gove said he did not know what she had been doing in the country. The foreign secretary had earlier been accused of fuelling iranian suspicions by failing to make clear that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe had been in iran on holiday. Shes facing charges of espionage. Tonight, herfamily have revealed that she has sought Urgent Medical attention after finding lumps in her breasts. Our political correspondent, eleanor garnier, reports. Jailed in iran, sepa