Major currencies this morning. Iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces hes stepping down after a challenging period for the company. Poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. Coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrids pre season trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club. Greg and amber and, as the winners of this years love island are crowned, well ask whats made the reality show such a success. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. Carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. Sir Richard Henriques, who carried out a review of the Scotland Yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused o
The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says the uk will form a european led Maritime Mission to counter irans piracy, after their seizure of a british registered tanker. Get your suncream ready, this week is set to be the hottest weather of the summer so far. Temperatures rising into the mid 30s in some parts of the country. And motsi mabuse has been confirmed as the newjudge Dame Darcy Bussell on strictly come dancing. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. He accused some of the uks highest ranking public figures of child abuse, torture, even murder. But today carl beech was found guilty of making it all up. A convicted paedophile himself, beech had said he was sexually abused in the 70s and 80s and pointed the finger at, amongst others, the former Prime Minister edward heath, the ex chief of the Defence Staff lord bramall, his allegations led to a £2 Million Police investigation that resulted in not a single arrest. Today the police insisted they acted in good faith. June kelly reports
By by lunchtime we will know whether borisjohnson by lunchtime we will know whether Boris Johnson can achieve by lunchtime we will know whether borisjohnson can achieve a lifetimes dream or whether jeremy hunt will be the next occupant of number ten. The liberal democrats have announced their new leader. Jo swinson takes over from sir vince cable. She becomes the first woman to lead the party. Dozens of pro democracy protestors are injured in hong kong after theyre attacked by masked men in white carrying metal bars and sticks. And adam peaty makes history as he wins the 100m breaststroke his third successive gold at the World Championships in south korea. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could gareth bale be about tojoin the Chinese Super league for a Million Pounds a week . Good evening. A convicted paedophile who accused some of the uks highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51 year old carl beech who was known by
So desperately needs. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katy balls, from the spectator, and political commentator, lance price. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. A convicted paedophile who accused some of the uks highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51 year old carl beech, who was known by the pseudonym nick, claimed he was sexually abused in the 1970s and 80s. Among those he accused were the former Prime Minister, edward heath, the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall, the late lord brittan, and the former tory mp, Harvey Proctor. His allegations led to a £2 Million Police investigation. But the court heard he was a fantastist whod ruined peoples lives. June kelly reports from newcastle. In hours of Police Interviews he played the part of a victim. I had poppies pinned to my chest while they did whatever they wanted to do. Carl beech claimed
Mr. Chair, you have a quorum. I would like to acknowledge commissioner lopez who has joined us here as well. Madame clerk, are there any announcements . Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copy of any documents to be included as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk. Thank you. I wanted to also make a quick announcement which is this is intended to be a committee where everyone, commissioners, trustees, supervisors can bring forward agenda items. For anyone who has an agenda item that they would like to have heard, please send those to myself, as well as to one of my staff so that we can track those , and there will be, unless something changes, a meeting in july, which will be on july 12 th. If you have any agenda items, if you want to bring it to that meeting or future meetings, please let me know. We will not have a meeting in august because this entire building shut down and there are no Committee Meetings in aug