speaking to someone who knows who i am, and i m trying desperately not to come across as rude. the messages continue. the former mp then replies, asking who it is he s talking to. charlie falsely says he used to work in the office of another mp. he later sends a sexually explicit image, and the former mp blocks the number. the questions now are how widespread this is, who is behind it and whether the attackers got hold of any useful information. we ve seen another series of messages sent to a political journalist from the same number and following a similar pattern. according to the website politico, which first reported the claims, at least 12 people with connections to westminster have been targeted. this wasn tjust, as i d thought, someone being stupid and doing something that they d regret the next day. maybe this is something more sinister than that, potentially malicious. we tried to call the number associated with the messages, but nobody picked up. a parliamentary spo
conservative mps to back him. if he d lost tonight it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote for the government. to give you an example, the climate minister who was at the climate talks in the middle east, flew all the way back so that he could vote. that is how nervous the government was, despite the result when we finally got it. quite an evening then after quite a day. quite an evening then after quite a da . . , . , ., day. excuse me,
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The Royal College of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. Daniel sandford is with me now. First ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. It all goes back to the Titanic Battle In the 2015 General Election between nigel farage and a Conservative Party. He was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. The Conservative Party were trying to keep them out. Craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. As all candidates have to do, he then filed his Election Expenses
After months of wrangling, lenders agree on more Bailout Money for greece and the chance of debt relief next year. Could the greek tragedy be reaching its final act . Plus, Havana Rethink are cubas growing Business Ties with the us now under threat from President Trump . Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Also coming up, after the biggest recall in the history of the car industry, could faulty air bag maker takata be about to file for bankruptcy . Well have the latest from asia. We start in greece which has edged back from the brink of financial collapse once again. Late on thursday, after months of wrangling, European Finance ministers, together with the International Monetary fund, finally agreed to give athens its latest slice of Bailout Money. And theres a hint it could get some relief from its crippling Debt Mountain next year. Lets show you the details. Greece will finally get this 8. 5 billion euros part of an 86 Billion Euro bailout plan agreed in 2015 which is