After being groomed by epstein. He denies any inappropriate conduct. In other news, Scotland Yard is investigating claims of electoral fraud, after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. Out on the general Election Campaign trail, the conservatives and the liberal democrats make promises to plant millions more trees to tackle climate change. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton. More than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze at 10 30am, the travel show heads to japan to seek out the countrys ancient burial mounds. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. In an unprecedented interview, Prince Andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Speaking to Newsnights Emily Maitlis at buckingham palace, the duke addressed accusations that hed had sex with a 17 year old american girl. He said he
Into claims of electoral fraud, after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. The labour partys executive Committee Meets to finalise what policies it will put to voters in the general election. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton. More than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze at 11 30am, tts dateline with my colleague carrie gracie, shell be talking about trump, the crisis in hong kong, and floods and fires. Hello, good morning. In an unprecedented interview, Prince Andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Speaking to Newsnights Emily Maitlis at buckingham palace, the duke addressed accusations that hed had sex with a 17 year old american girl. He said he couldnt remember meeting Virginia Roberts and denies allegations of inappropriate conduct. Our royal correspondent, Nich
The prince denies any inappropriate conduct. In other news, Scotland Yard says it will look into claims of electoral fraud, after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton. More than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze and in half an hour the bbcs Technology Programme click looks at the perils of the gig economy. Hello, very good afternoon, and if youve just joined hello, very good afternoon, and if youvejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. In an unprecedented interview, Prince Andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Speaking to Newsnights Emily Maitlis at Buckingham Palace, the duke addressed accusations that hed had sex with a 17 year old american girl. He said he couldnt remember meeting Virginia Roberts as she was then called, and denies
At the time he felt it was the right and honourable thing to do. The year is 2010. Prince andrew was in new york. He is videoed staying at the mansion of a convicted child sex offender called Jeffrey Epstein who had just been released from an 18 month prison sentence. Andrews presence gives rise to questions put to him by bbc Newsnights Emily Maitlis. You were staying at the house of a convicted sex offender. Yes. It was a convenient place to stay. I mean, i have gone through this in my mind so many times. At the end of the day, with the benefit of all the hindsight that one can have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. But, at the time, i felt it was the honourable and right thing to do. I, i admit fully that myjudgment was probably coloured by my, um, tendency to be too honourable, but thats just the way it is. And then, there is andrews alleged friendship with the then 17 year old Virginia Roberts who was onJeffrey Epsteins payroll. She has alleged andrew seduced her. She says
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