Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee is in barcelona. The organisers of this prounion demonstration say the silent majority are coming out. Police say there are 300,000 in the crowd, organisers say more than a million. This is what has developed over the last few hours. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by their now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Well, this is becoming
Talks of inappropriate intimate touching. New expose day after day. One is spinning out of control. Struggling to find the words to cope with it. Jeremy corbyn was asked about it this morning but was unable to offer any comment. Goodbye. This evening, we had new accusations against three mps coming out how after all. Two former members of the shadow cabinet at one well known conservative mp. Lets start with charlie elphicke. An mp for the conservative. The tory chief whip issued a statement saying they received allegations against charlie elphicke. They suspended him from the party and passed the issue to the party and passed the issue to the police. Charlie elphicke at cricket a statement. Saying he is not aware of any allegation and denies any wrongdoing. We know very little about that. Clive lewis, he was pretty well known and indeed got into trouble for using the phrase get on your knees at a party conference. A brief Party Statement said the party is investigating a formal complai
Xijinping are likely to be dominated by tensions over north korea. And theyre not as stupid as you might think new Research Suggests sheep are capable of facial recognition. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, priti patel has resigned from her post in the government as International Development secretary. Last friday the bbc revealed that ms patel had held several unauthorised meetings with israeli politicians while on holiday in the country this summer. She apologised for that on monday but earlier today more questions about other meetings she did not disclose emerged and she was recalled back to the uk from an official trip to africa. As her resignation was announced priti patel issued a letter which she had written to the Prime Minister. In her two page Resignation Letter ms patel said it had been a tremendous privilege to serve in the cabinet. But perhaps the most significant line came on the second page where she apologised for her conduct and said. While my ac
Wants his legacy to be overturning those bereaved payment changes. Well talk to campaigners before 10am. And found alive after 32 hours in the sea. The extremely lucky surfer who was rescued off the coast of belfast. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning the latest Breaking News and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later well hear from Paula Radcliffe who says European Athletics proposals which could lead to World Records being rewritten are cowardly. The Governing Body wants to eliminate any doping doubts. It means radcliffes Marathon World Record from 2003 would be wiped out under the plans. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Labour is promising to put 10,000 more police on the streets of england and wales if it wins the election. The party said it would fun
The rain pushing out of the area. Still a few light showers lingering across parts of Southern Maryland from leonard town to reedville, clark county. These will be going away over the next couple of hours. By Late Afternoon were looking dry with even maybe hints of sunshine coming through in a few spots. 48 now. Southsouthwest winds and today will be the warmest day of the next several and the foreseeable future. 45 gaithersburg. 42 frederick. In the 30s for martinsburg to havingers town. Andrews 48 degrees. Lingering showers possible, 1 00, 2 00. By 3 00 p. M. And 4 00 were starting to see things drying out and even hints of sunshine coming through the clouds. Well be in the 50s today. But later this week we are talking about low temperatures that could be in the Single Digits for a few spots and windchills in the afternoon in the teens. Well your sevenday forecast in a bit. Police are investigating after a 21yearold is shot and killed in an up scale area of northwest d. C. Last night