political problem, it s about the culture in westminster as a whole and it s about the other party being careful that they are cleaning up their act if they are throwing stones at this particular political glasshouse. stones at this particular political glasshouse- glasshouse. thank you to kate maltb , glasshouse. thank you to kate maltby, journalist glasshouse. thank you to kate maltby, journalist and - glasshouse. thank you to kate i maltby, journalist and campaigner. glasshouse. thank you to kate - maltby, journalist and campaigner. a reminder of the breaking news. parliament s standards watchdog has recommended an eight week suspension for the mp, chris pincher. the weather is quite mixed today but we have some heavy and persistent rain coming our way across northern ireland and western scotland later courtesy of this area of low pressure. we are also under the influence of this area of high pressure further south. here is where we have the driest conditions across the south and
be based, there have been satellite imagery showing some gas being built but this idea that evgeny prigozhin is now back in st petersburg, it appears, and that is i think quite surprising and his future is clearly unknown because we haven t seen him, there has been some audio, so i think what happens next is not clear, russian media have released some images which are said to be from its headquarters or a house in st petersburg showing gold bars and wigs, but his exact location hasn t been clear since that mutiny a couple of weeks ago when he led his wagon forces towards moscow with the threat to try and topple at least russia s military leadership. thank ou. some news breaking in the last hour here in the uk parliament s standards watchdog has recommended an eight week suspension for the mp chris pincher, a former government whip, over
house for eight weeks. that is indeed a long suspension. we will get full clarification of it and anything else that is in a report from our political correspondent in just a moment or two. but this whole notion that this was part of the beginning of the end, part of the demise of borisjohnson is very significant in all this because he had appointed chris pincher to this government position having previously been told about the misconduct complaint against him. there was a notorious quote at the time attributed to mrjohnson, talking about mr pincher, inch by name, pincher by nature, which some people reckon has a ring of truth about it, given the colourful turn of phrase. mrjohnson described this all as a. you re watching bbc news. i m celia hatton with some breaking news. parliament s standards committee has
10 days triggers a recall petition. can you put that eight weeks into context for us, have we seen similar sanctions in the past? we context for us, have we seen similar sanctions in the past? sanctions in the past? we have certainly seen sanctions in the past? we have certainly seen similar- sanctions in the past? we havej certainly seen similar sanctions before. it is a long one but for example, when the mp rob roberts was found to have sexually harassed a member of staff in the house of commons he received a six week suspension. at the time that didn t trigger a recall petition and by election because at the time mps who were suspended by parliament s independent complaints and proven scheme process couldn t face a by election. that rule has now been changed, now they can. this however is a report that was made by the standards commissioner, it has been published by the standards committee, so it is an automatic recall petition that is likely to be triggered by this recommended e
eternal youth without immortality and she did that performs of that. this is bbc news. that why why why the mp chris pincher is facing an eight week suspension from the commons, after an inquiry found that he groped two men at a private members club in london. parliament s standards committee said the former conservative deputy chief whip s behaviour was completely inappropriate and an abuse of power . mr pincher apologised and resigned from borisjohnson s government when the allegations emerged last year but he denied breaching the code of conduct. mrjohnson s handling of the situation led to the fall of his government, after a wave of ministerial resignations. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. a connection that brought down a government. pincher by name, pincher by nature. now, has the prime minister ever said words to that effect?