At the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative partys biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a Business Meeting in 2019. The guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. This morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude, but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. Henry zeffman has the story. Some people who give millions to Political Parties have high public profile is. Frank hester didnt. Until now. This is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the Health Care Software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. Its like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate All Black Wom
Warnings in place through the Severn Estuary and the south coast but also lots of Surface Water around. Looking at the Rainfall Accumulation Charge for the rest of the week, for most areas we expect 20 to 30 millimetres of rain, across North West England the west and wales we could see 70 to 80 millimetres to the rest of the week. Parts of the South East Of England had seen their average march rainfall by the 12th of the month. It has been a wet week, it will stay wetter, we have seen rain today pushing further east, it is clearing away from east anglia and kent through the rest of the afternoon. Lots of low cloud and mist, some showery outbreaks too. Further north dry but lots of low cloud, the best of any brightness across Northern Areas of scotland. A brisk South Westerly Winds and temperatures now or 13 degrees the south. This evening and overnight, a couple of Weather Fronts bring more heavy rain, further south and east it is drier, lots of low cloud and very mild temperatures exp