Sporting event since the olympics. And the official engagement portraits as prince harry and Meghan Markle prepare to spend christmas at sandringham. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The sacking of damian green, one of theresa mays closest allies, has prompted a furious backlash from conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation came into the public domain. The first secretary of state was sacked from the cabinet last night after a government inquiry found he made inaccurate and misleading statements about the pornography on his Parliamentary Office computer. He is the third cabinet minister to leave their role in the space of two months. 0ur Political Correspondent ben wright has this report. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave theresa mays team in less than two months. Reporter why did you liethe public, mister green. This morning, damian green wasnt keen to talk, but fo
Ambitious spirit and they have been picked for the games, but they were the only option. Thank you very much. All the weather this afternoon with sarah. And the run of mild weather continues . Yes thats right. It is very mild even on the winter solstice. The sun is setting on the shortest day of the year, but things are remaining quiet and cloudy. All the details to the run up to christmas in about half an hour. Also coming up people buying new build houses in england will no longer be obliged to enter leasehold agreements. Well be analysing how the governments plans will work. Hello everyone this is afternoon live, im martine croxall. The Prime Minister theresa may has called for proper investigation into the officer accused of making comments that led to the sacking of the first secretary of state, damian green. The dismissal of mr green has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a Police Investigation nine
For the troubled retailer. Birmingham. Cheering and, birmingham is confirmed as host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It will be the most expensive sports event in britain since london 2012. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that the forced resignation of damian green, one of theresa mays closest allies in government, has prompted a furious response among a number of conservative mps. They have renewed their condemnation of former Police Officers who revealed that pornography had been found on damian greens parliamentary computer, nine years ago, before be became a minister. Scotland yard says it has asked the information commissioner to investigate the retired officers and whether Data Protection laws have been broken. That decision has been welcomed by theresa may, whos on a visit to poland. Our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. Sacked from the cabinet and out the door. The third senior minister to leave theresa mays team in less than two months. Reporter why did you lie
New at 11 00 a state of emergency. The governors of florida and North Carolina both declaring one as Hurricane Matthew churns this way. Good evening. Im wendy ryan. Im paul la jamison uhler. This is some of the heavy rain people in jamaica are already seeing. The storm is expected to hit haiti the hardest. Lets go right to chief meteorologist denis phillips. This is going to be a devastating night for haiti. This will be moving on shore right on the western tip of haiti with winds of about 145 Miles Per Hour, a surge of incredible rainfall totals. This is a nasty hurricane, category 4, Even Stronger now than it was earlier on. The lowest pressure thats been recorded at 934 millibars. Where is it going . The new track that just came out has given us a little bit of a change compared to the 5 00 track. And as we expected it is a little more to the west. Our computer models have been trending that way for the last day or so, so we kind of figured the Hurricane Center would go a little bit
And, it was such a close call. And, if you have friends on the east coast drop them a call. This is a storm that could track at 5 pm, it has drawn closer and are reliable models continues to hinge that this is going to be a very close call. And at last check this is about 20 miles from the projective path. In the actual landfall the Treasure Coast now look at the margin of error, a lot of folks say that, its coming this way. If it were to go west it would weaken significantly and i just dont think that its there. We are very comfortable with this track. And, its not nearly as much for us look how large this is. Or highlands county. And, later tomorrow and into thursday and friday and, there is certainly a blend, but the most reliable models are right here coming in from the southeast along the space coast and, jacksonville curving out into the area. And, and how it impacts our area. Video coming in, church in haiti. And, for the st. Petersburg area. This is video of the church in haiti