Heard, andrews answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. The reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. The consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill advised. Andrews denial of impropriety with the then 17 year old Virginia Roberts is based in part on his recollection that, on the night in question in march 2001, he was at this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey. How had he managed to remember a specific night so many years ago . Because going to Pizza Express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. A very unusual thing for me to do. Ive never been. Ive only been through woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. As soon as somebody reminded me of it, iwent, oh, yes, i rememberthat. In the united states, home to most of the young women who say they were trafficked to perform sexual favours, lawyers are saying andrew should now repeat his t
At a Student Accommodation building in bolton after more than 200 firefighters spent nine hours putting it out. Competing on Climate Change policies, the conservatives say they will plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 if it wins the general election but the lib dems say they can plant twice as many trees. Meanwhile, leading labour and trade union figures are meeting to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. And in half an hour, brexitcast looks back at the first full week of Election Campaigning. Good afternoon. The duke of york has told the bbc he has no recollection of ever meeting the woman who says she was made to have sex with him when she was 17. In an exclusive interview with newsnight, to be broadcast tonight, Prince Andrew insisted he didnt remember Virginia Roberts, despite the existence of a photograph showing the two of them together, said to have been taken in 2001. He also said it was wrong to stay at the home ofjeffrey epstein, after h
Problem, a new national conversation. Will come shortly. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The defence secretary, sir Michael Fallon, has resigned in the light of allegations about his past conduct. Hes admitted that his behaviour in the past may have fallen short of the high standards required. Sir michael had already apologised for putting his hand on the knee of a female journalist in an incident more than a decade ago. Sir michael whos been one of the Prime Ministers strongest supporters in cabinet told the bbc he believed it was right that the issue of Sexual Harassment was now being taken very seriously. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Quiet outside the ministry of defence tonight, but inside, turmoil. The secretary of state quits. In recent days allegations have been made about mps conduct, including my own. Many of these allegations have been false. But i realise that in the past i may have fallen below the high standards that we require of the armed forces t
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