Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.
A massive blow to Liverpools Premier League title hopes is inflicted by neighbours everton, who pull off a shock win in the Merseyside Derby, and it pretty much ensures theyre staying up. Good morning. After a chilly start to the good morning. After a chilly start to the day, good morning. After a chilly start to the day, for most of us it will be a to the day, for most of us it will be a day to the day, for most of us it will be a day of to the day, for most of us it will be a day of bright spells Sunny Intervals be a day of bright spells Sunny Intervals and some showers. Not as windy intervals and some showers. Not as windy as intervals and some showers. Not as windy as yesterday but it does remain windy as yesterday but it does remain unsettled and some showers. Not as remain unsettled and some showers. Not as windy as yesterday but it does not as windy as yesterday but it does remain unsettled right the way through does remain unsettled right the way through the weekend. All the de
Yes, so this is William Wragg, the conservative mp, who says he met this person on the gay dating app grindr, and he handed over a number of mps phone numbers. He spoke to the times afterwards saying that he was very sorry, that he was mortified by it, but that he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. So there has been support, as you heard in helens report for William Wragg from senior mps within the Conservative Party who fear that he may have been a victim of this. There are questions, though, over hisjudgment in handing over those phone numbers, for a parliamentarian to do that when these numbers are clearly sensitive information, has been questioned by some mps, including within the Conservative Party, but William Wragg told the times that he was mortified and frankly he felt scared because this person that he had met initially on the dating app grindr had Compromising Material on him. Well, to that point, when it comes to Compromising Material, what does
Of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours australias Foreign Minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a deadly failure of deconfliction. Deconfliction is the process by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defense Forc
Charlotte wright has more. Yes, so this is William Wragg, the conservative mp who said he met this person on the gay dating app grinder and he handed over a number of mp phone numbers. He spoke to the times after saying he was very sorry, mortified by it but he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. There has been support, as you heard and helens support, as you heard and helens support, from William Wragg from senior mps within the conservative party who feel he was a victim of this. There are questions over his judgment on him handing over these phone numbers, that has been questioned by some mps, including within the conservative party, but William Wragg told the times that he was mortified and frankly he felt scared because this person he met initially on the dating app grinder had Compromising Material on him. When it comes to Compromising Material what does this whole episode tell us about the risks that mps face when it comes to Cyber Security and the sor