Its thursday 8th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Within the next half hour the leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom will be presenting the results of a cross Party Investigation into Sexual Harassment at westminster. Well be taking you there live when it starts, but first the findings show that nearly a fifth of people working in parliament have experienced or witnessed Sexual Harassment in the past 12 months. And the report recommends a new code of conduct and compulsory training to help mps understand and prevent harassment. The review was set up last year after several harassment claims against mps and staff. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is at westminster. We now have a set of proposals which mps will vote on, to revamp procedures for pursuing complaints of Sexual Harassment, a new investigating process, a new code of conduct, but nothing particularly new in terms of sanctions, and that is what will concern many people who work at w
Tea m Lizzy Yarnold, she has been named as team gbs flag bearer. More from her later. Louise has the weather. that is 1; our l. That iseeeizz they that is ; they are they are glorious start, cold and frosty, 6 vii; fiifc in southern england. Unfortunately, the cloud has arrived and we have a weather front. It is the cloud has arrived and we have a weatherfront. It is bringing rain, if we look at the Lake District, we ¥ w 7 12 ; ii can see rain pushing east overnight. More coming up. Thanks, louise. Also coming up well be giving a warm handshake and not in any way a dodgy one to the head of the freemasons in england and wales. Hell tell us why he thinks theyre getting an unfair press. We always seem to talk in a negative way when we discuss seen on the ie Interest Rate rises, have seen on the banknotes, is the seeing eye, but for millions of savers efi ourselves z z ~ of course they are good news. They, at least, will take cheer from bank of england chief mark carneys suggestion that
Fever reducing medication. Dr. Karyl rattay urged sick people to call their doctor rather than show up an emergency room antiviral drugs can be prescribed over the phone without the risk of affecting others and like pennsylvania, new jersey and other states, delaware is seeing a higher share of b strain cases than normal for this year. So, even if youve been sick once, get a flu shot if you havent gotten one already because it is possible to get sick again. And while School Absentee rates are higher than normal theres no reason for any of the schools to close because of this. And there are also other viruses going around this time of year. As for the flu we expect high levels of the virus to stick around for several more weeks so you want to make sure that youre washing your hands with soap and water frequently, wipe down common surfaces with a disinfectant and of course cover all coughs and sneezes with your elbow or with a tissue. You want to do what you can to protect yourself. Rick
Soldiered on. I think that we need more reputable people in congress and in office. We need better people in. It seems like hes made the right decision because his behavior was hypocritical with what role hes taken on in the house of representatives. Reporter Republican Party bosses tell me theyll begin looking at potential candidates next week. At least three so far are women. None has Held Elected Office before. They hope to have an endorsed candidate chosen by february 20th at the latest to avoid a primary battle. The Democratic Party has a dilemma as well. State senator dale len leach the original frontrunner remains one of six listed candidates but he had to suspend his Campaign Amid allegations of Sexual Misconduct towards an aide. He says hes reflecting on his behavior and apologetic but the Party Chairman says hes heard from a half dozen others who want a shot at this now suddenly opened congressional seat. The party wants leach to drop out. I certainly call for him to withdraw
Out how much the eagles the nfl and philadelphia will each pitch in to cover the cost of everything. One look at the conditions on eakins oval and the ben franklin parkway shows the amount of work that is ahead for crews in the coming days. Mud is now where the grass used to be and were told thats only temporary. So is the trash but theres still a lot of it and it seems to be everywhere. For more on that lets head to action News Reporter bob brooks along the ben franklin parkway. They still have a job ahead dont they. Reporter yeah, rick and monica, they do. Maybe a record setting day in attendance certainly a record said in setter in the fact that that was a first, the first of many we hope but also a record setting day in the amount of garbage. You can see some of it surrounding me 60 tons of garbage had to be removed. Like the spot you see in front of me they still have a few places to tidy up. It was a celebration for the ages. When you have a party like that, youll also have a cle