And its time for lenny s last turn the comedian will present his final comic relief tonight after 39 years. Plus do you fancy more rain . I did not think so, but another wet morning for many. This weekend sunshine at times and hopefully more brightness. Its friday the 15th march. Our main story. Exposure to violent online content is now unavoidable for children in the uk, with many seeing it while still in Primary School, according to a new ofcom report. The regulator is urging social Media Companies to strengthen Child Protection on their platforms. Our Technology Reporter Shiona Mccallum reports. How much time do you think you spend on your phone a day . Even Prince William is asking these questions when meeting with a group of schoolchildren at a west london youth centre yesterday. Thats quite a lot. But i bet you feel better coming here. But when children are on their smartphones, their innocence can soon be compromised. Ofcom say out of the 2a7 children it spoke to, all of them ha
With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn internationals. North london bragging rights go to arsenal as Arsene Wengers side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. Ruling the race to dubai justin rose is ahead in the desert but Tommy Fleetwood is still in the chase. Also coming up in the programme. It wasnt perfect. Head coach Trevor Bayliss on a difficult day for englands bowlers in theirfinal warm up match. And david beats goliath. Goffin sends the great Roger Federer packing at the world tour finals. So, plenty to come in this evenings sportsday, but we start with rugby unions autumn internationals and an impressive win for eddiejones england at twickenham. They scored four tries as they ran out 30 6 winners over jones native australia. But as joe wilson reports, it was a closer encounter than the scoreline suggested. The bricks and mortar
Was no knock out punch from Ricky Hattons non league minnows hyde, who were given a Football League education by the Milton Keynes dons. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Fairly wet start to the weekend for some but things will get drier, brighter and colder through the day with a few showers in the north and west. Full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. See you then. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservative mp, Charlie Elphicke, has been suspended by the party after it said serious allegations had been passed to the police. The party didnt specify what the allegations were or who had made them. Mr elphicke, a member of the commons treasury select committee, said the media had been told of his suspension first and he wasnt aware of the nature of the claims. Heres our political correspondent, chris mason. New allegations are emerging ever more frequently. Political parties accused by some of previous unwillingness to open about allegations they themselves were
He added meanwhile, the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied an allegation of impropriety at the Labour Party Conference in september. There are serious questions about kelvin hopkins. And Jeremy Corbyn is facing questions over why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet even after this came to light. Mr hopkins says he denies the allegations. Today the Party Leadership said thorough investigations must now ta ke thorough investigations must now take their course, to reassure the public. We have got to ensure there is confidence in the investigation process , is confidence in the investigation process, from those expressing the concerns and their complaints and also from those who are accused as well. I am also from those who are accused as well. Iam hoping now also from those who are accused as well. I am hoping now we can start giving the confidence back to people because we are establishing this independent process. Clive lewis has strongly denied groping a wom
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labours shadow chancellor John Mcdonnell has called on all the main Political Parties to agree a new independent system to tackle Sexual Harassment at westminster. Mr mcdonnell said the recent allegations of misconduct by mps were distressing and undermined Public Confidence in the political system. Last night, the conservative mp, Charlie Elphicke, was suspended by his party. The tories said serious allegations had been referred to the police. Mr elphicke said hed done nothing wrong. Emma vardy reports. Claims of harassment and abuse in the political sphere show no signs of subsiding. Charlie elphicke, the conservative mp for dover since 2010, is no longer a tory mp, at least for now. Last night the new chief whipjulian smith issued a statement. I have suspended the conservative party whip from Charlie Elphicke, mp, following serious allegations that have been referred to the police. Charlie elphickes anger at how hes been treated was clear. He