A former head of Scotland Yard confirms he was aware of allegations that pornographic material was found on a computer used by the cabinet minister, damian green, in 2008. Also in the next hour the spanish Prime Minister visits catalonia for the First Time Since he imposed direct rule on the region. Hell be campaigning for his Peoples Party ahead of next months early Regional Elections. And the travel show goes to china to meet the daredevil spider men thats coming up later on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Prince charles has led the tributes at the cenotaph as the nation comes together for remembrance sunday. Big ben chimes. Music last post. Prince charles laid the first wreath at the foot of the cenotaph, with the queen watching on from the nearby balcony at the foreign and commonwealth office. Prince charles was follwed by the duke of cambridge and prince harry, both of whom have served in the armed forces themselves. The Prime Minister theresa may led the leaders
On mr greens office. It was filmed by a conservative party worker. Scotland yard detectives were inventing acie investigating leaks from the former shadow frontbencher. Claims of what they found have surfaced. Last weekend, the sunday times reported that officers had found pornographic material on one of damian greens parliamentary computers. No action was taken at the time. In a statement, mr green said now, the former metropolitan police commissioner, sir paul stephenson, seen here in 2010 with theresa may, says he, too, was aware of the pornography claim. He told the bbc that the find involved no criminality, no victims, and in his view, no extraordinary public interest. He added that it was not scotland yards rolled to police the workplace. Today, damian green reiterated his innocence. Todays public words. Todays public words did not repeat last weeks assertion that the allegation was completely untrue. The enquiry could report back next week. Scotland yard has not said if it has h
Separatist havoc in the area. The prince of wales has led the country and honouring its Service Personnel on remembrance sunday, taking the queens place to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in london. For the first time, the queen watched the surface in whitehall from a balcony. Whitehall is starting to get back to normal now. You whitehall is starting to get back to normal now. You can see whitehall is starting to get back to normal now. You can see lots of people looking at the wreaths that we re people looking at the wreaths that were laid during the ceremony. At its height, the crowds were ten deep. Lots of people came to take pa rt deep. Lots of people came to take part in the act of remembrance. Of course, lots of veterans are here as well, Something Like 8800 veterans took part in the march passed down here, all with their own thoughts. I have a member of the serving personnel, kevin stacey from the regimental division. It is a proud achievement for my family. I am delighted to be he
As long as i can get a lift, taking me back and forth. So you will be there next year, 101 . Well, i say, i dont know. Im getting a bit shaky on my legs. As an ex serviceman, remembrance sunday and the poppy is personalfor ron. In World War Two he endured horrors that scarred him for years, after his squad was captured and they spent two years as prisoners of war near auschwitz. By far the worst experience they endured was the death march. They marched us through the carpathian mountains, czechoslovakia, bohemia, saxony, bavaria, and down into austria. I was on a march for about 17 weeks. We lost. Around about 100 men died. And when you finally came home, just describe the state and the toll that auschwitz. Oh, i was in a shocking state when i came home. For instance, my wife put me in the bath that first night, and she started to cry cos i looked like somebody from belsen. Isaid, 0h, dont cry, love. I left men out there whos never going to come home. Ron suffered with post traumatic s
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,