He returns from california. Im going to explain why in my digest straight after the news headunes digest straight after the News Headlines with Polly Middlehurst i dan, thank you. Good evening. Well, the top story on gb news tonight, police in Northern Ireland say theyre confident that leaked data of officers and staff is in the hands of dissident republicans. Earlier sinn fein confirmed that a redacted version of the police data had been posted on a wall facing its belfast offices, which it described as sinister. Which it described as sinister. Last week, the details of 10,000 Police Officers and staff were published online by mistake. Published online by mistake. Chief constable simon byrne said police are now operating under the assumption the data will be used to generate fear and uncertainty. Uncertainty. We are now confident that the Workforce Data set is in the hands of dissident republicans and is therefore a planning assumption that they will use this list to generate fear and
Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
Technology boss frank hester who donated £10 million to the Party Last Year is said to have made the comments in 2019. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made comments that the Prime Ministers spokesperson has described as Racist And Wrong. Its like trying not to be racist. But you see diane abbott on the tv, frank hester is reported to have said in 2019, and you just want to hate all black women because shes there, and i dont hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. Mr hester has apologised and said that he abhors racism. In a statement he said that he accepts that he made comments that were rude about diane abbott, but said his criticism had nothing to do with her
Spence, the conservative commentator, scarlett maguire, the Director Ofjl Partners and a really interesting call from steve in burnley. Tell the audience why you like lee anderson . Basically because he just says what everybody is thinking. And hes got to say it. We listen to rishi sunak saying, we are going to do this, we are going to stop the boats. He is not stopping the boats. He says they have them down by 30 . Let me bring you some breaking news. This has been the Talk Of The Town in news overnight and this morning. The photograph that was released on mothers day by the Princess Of Wales with her kids. People spotted discrepancies, saying it was photoshopped and then the Press Agencies withdrew it. This has just come in. Like many amateur photographers, i do experiment with editing. I do want to apologise for any confusion by the photograph issued yesterday. Lets go to that Press Conference from reform uk. We are Press Conference from reform uk. Are very proud of it, or largely a
And its a Political Party growing in popularity. But will reforms announcement this morning help or hinder their ambitions . Well be hearing live from richard tice in about an hour with further insight then from deputy leader ben habib. From deputy leader ben habib. And muslim Protection Fund. The government is spending more than £117 million to keep muslims and mosques safe in britain. Is that how you want to see your money spent and generation creativity . Generation creativity . After rishi sunak said he wants teens to study maths until 18, an labour leader, sir keir starmer , announces that he wants starmer, announces that he wants the arts to be accessible to every child in britain, not just privileged pupils but what lessons will they ditch to meet this aim . Weve got a sneaky suspicion us conference might be about. So were going to talk to our political editor, chris hope, about that. Look, its been very quiet. Its quiet politically. Post budget. So reform are choosing make thi