Also in the next hour. Forty people have died and hundreds are still missing in california after six days of wildfires. The governor said it was one of the greatest tragedies the state had everfaced swathes of countryside and thousands of homes have been destroyed. Also, Donald Trumps denunciation of iran. Theresa may, the eu and brexit. Thats all in dateline london, in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Harvey weinstein has been been kicked out of the academy that runs the oscars. In a statement, the board said he no longer merited the respect of his colleagues. It follows a series of Sexual Assault accusations against the producer including rape which he has denied. Mr weinstein has been denounced by many of the celebrities he launched to stardom and called a depraved predator by his own brother. Peter bowes reports from los angeles. He once ruled the roost. One of the most powerful men in hollywood. Harvey weinstein. The movie mogul, the studio bos
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Be closed tomorrow. And click goes inside the Fukushima Nuclear power plant where robots are helping to clean up after the disaster. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The british actress Lysette Anthony has come forward to say she is the woman who reported a Sexual Assault by hollywood Film Producer Harvey Weinstein to merseyside police. The actress, who stars in hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. He continues to deny any allegations of non consensual sex. Alexandra mackenzie reports. The allegations against Harvey Weinstein have shaken the Film Industry to its core, and notjust in hollywood. The british actress Lysette Anthony met the producer in 1982 when she was given the lead role in the film krull. Now in hollyoaks, she is the fifth woman to claim she was raped by him, in her london home. In a sunday newspaper, she said she tried to push him off but he was too heavy. She said this historical alle
News. The bbc understands the metropolitan police is investigating a further three Sexual Assault allegations made by one woman against Film Producer Harvey Weinstein. A short time ago i spoke to our correspondent Alexandra Mackenzie who brought us up to date with latest from the metropolitan police. This statement from the met police, they have not named the hollywood reducer Harvey Weinstein but the bbc understands thats who they are referring to in this latest statement. Producer. They reminded us on the 11th of october Merseyside Police had referred an allegation of Sexual Assault to the metropolitan Police Service and what theyve said is its alleged ballot man sexually assaulted a woman in the late 80s in west london. We understand that to be the british actress liz said anthony, she has spoken to a sunday newspaper and she said she met the reduced in 1982 when she was given the lead role in a film, she is now in hollyoaks, and she is the fifth woman to claim she was sexually assa
Welcome to bbc news. British police are now investigating claims by two women one of them the actress Lysette Anthony that they were sexually assaulted by the hollywood film executive Harvey Weinstein. Ms anthony, who stars in the channel 4 series hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. The metropolitan police say a second victim has alleged that she was assaulted in westminster in 2010 and 2011, and in camden in 2015. Heres daniel sandford. Guys, im not doing 0k. Being battered by a storm of sexual abuse allegations in america, the clouds are gathering over Harvey Weinstein in the uk too. This was british actress Lysette Anthony in 1982, 19 years old and at the start of her career, filming the Science Fiction film krull. That was when she met Harvey Weinstein. And in todays sunday times, she claims that a few years later, he raped her at her london home. Now well known for her role in channel 4s hollyoa ks, she told the paper. While Harvey Weinstein h