of some hormone replacement therapy products women can access, to improve general supply. neil parish, the mp being investigated for allegedly watching pornography in the house of commons, has told the bbc he is going to resign. in an exclusive interview he says what he did was a "moment of madness" and "totally wrong". mr parish is the mp for tiverton and honiton in devon. yesterday he insisted he would carry on as an mp while an investigation continued, but has now changed his mind. he spoke to martyn oates, political editor at bbc south west. yes, i thought that i could explain to the standards committee what happened and it would be worth explaining what happened, which i will in a minute, but in the end i could see the furore and the damage i was causing my family and...my constituency and association, it was not worth carrying on. is your decision based on an acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes, and i will explain to you exactly what it is. 0k. the situation was that, funnily enough, it tractors i was looking and i did get into another website with a very similar name, and i watched it for a bit, which i should not have done. but my crime, my biggest crime, is that on another occasion, i went in a second time. and that was deliberately? that was deliberate. was that in a select committee or in the chambers? it was sitting waiting to vote, on the side of the chamber, not sure if it is technically chambers or not, it is on the side door as you enter back into the lobbies. so to be clear, on at least one occasion, you blatantly viewed pornography on your mobile phone in the chamber of the house of commons? yes. i have, that... what made you think that was remotely acceptable? nothing made it feel... so what was going through your mind? a moment of madness and also totally wrong. what i do want to put on record is that for all my rights and wrongs, i was not proud of what i was doing. the one thing i was not doing, which i will take to my grave as being true, is i was not actually making sure people could see it, in fact i was trying to do quite the opposite and it was wrong what i was doing, but this idea that i was there watching it and intimidating women, i have had 12 years in parliament and probably have one of the best reputations ever, or did have, so if there had been anything else on me, the press would have got it by now. so i thought i may as well come and tell the truth and that is why i am resigning. but you could have viewed this content privately in your own time, but you chose to do it in the chamber of the house of commons. yes, madness, total madness. i mean, i'm not going to defend it. i am also not going to defend what i did. what i did was absolutely totally wrong and so in the end, what do you do? i could have... what was going through your mind? i appreciate you decided, having accidentally stumbled upon this content, that you wanted to view more more of it. but what on earth possessed you to choose to do that in the house of commons? i don't know. i think i must have taken a complete leave of my senses and sensibilities and sense of decency, everything. so i'm not defending what i did for one moment, but i thought the best thing i can do, and that is why i want to put this on record, is absolutely tell the truth. for labour, the shadow leader of the house of commons, thangam debbonaire mp, said mr parish's resignation was the right decision, but she says, "it's shocking that the conservatives have allowed this debacle to drag out over many days. time and again the tories refuse to act, resorting to cover ups and dragging the reputation of other mps and the house down with them." our political correspondent ben wright has been giving us the latest on the resignation. yes, and neil parish who was not very well known till yesterday but now will go down in history books in the house of sleaze as an mp watching pornography in the commons, after trying to look at a website about tractors, initially, but as he said in the interview deliberately then look to the website again while waiting to vote. i mean this was so offensive to many people, but he thought, after he had been named yesterday, that he could plough on through this and hope that a parliamentary investigation by the standards commissioner might in the end enable him to save his career, but as he said, clearly the damage this was doing to his family, to his constituency in devon, meant that he realised by the time we came to do this interview this afternoon that he couldn't carry on. he was full of remorse in that interview, describing his actions as a moment of madness. he said he was clearly not proud of what he was doing. he also said he was not trying to intimidate anybody. he said in the interview he was looking at this material discreetly, he wasn't trying to flaunt what he was doing, which has been said over the last few days and what made this so offensive to people, that it was being seen by other members of the house of commons while he was doing this. but he is going and it will mean a by—election in his constituency of tiverton and honiton in devon, he is sitting in a very large majority, 25,000 of the tories the last election and you would assume that that would be an easy hold for the party, but politics is a very volatile place at the moment, particularly with this being the backdrop, it is impossible to say what might happen. and in lots of ways the damage already done. because it was right at the beginning of the week where senior people in the conservative party knew who this was and yet it has taken until now for a resignation. and that is really problematic for the conservative party, and a number of female tory mps have said as much. this was raised at a meeting of conservative mps on tuesday night and then there were speculation around westminster about who mp involved might be. it was not until yesterday afternoon that the conservative party's chief whip withdrew or suspended mr parish from the tory party in parliament, pending the outcome of an investigation after mr parish referred to him to the commissioner for standards. yesterday afternoon it was still the position that this may well go through a lengthy investigation before mr parish's political fate was decided. that felt untenable yesterday and he has now realised he cannot continue. i don't know whether there were conversations between him and number 10 orfurther conversations today with the whips as they read the papers this morning. you can still hear the anger across the house of commons about the fact this has happened in the first place and how it had been dealt with. where do we go from here, in terms of political reaction, question for parliament and as you do to earlier on in the by—election and practical issues? he will resign his seat, but we don't know yet the timing of the by—election, there is another by—election coming up in wakefield for us to look forward to. where goes next in terms of the reputation of parliament, hard to see. this comes in a week or we have had all sorts of stories and claims and focus on sexism and misogyny in parliament. senior mps have come forward with their own stories of intimidation and harassment, it has been a bad week for the reputation of parliament once again and i think perhaps this will again be a moment where parliament looks hard at itself and asks what sort of culture is it fostering that an mp felt able to do this while waiting to vote in the chamber. joining me now is tim montgomerie, who is a former socialjustice advisor to borisjohnson. he is the founder of conservativehome. thanks for coming on the programme. what do you make of this? resignation, is this bowing to the inevitable? i resignation, is this bowing to the inevitable? ~ , . inevitable? i think it is and i auree inevitable? i think it is and i agree with _ inevitable? i think it is and i agree with what _ inevitable? i think it is and i agree with what has - inevitable? i think it is and i agree with what hasjust - inevitable? i think it is and i i agree with what hasjust been inevitable? i think it is and i - agree with what hasjust been said agree with what has just been said about unfortunately it should have all happened a little bit more quickly. at the start of this week when mr broke, i could not actually quite believe that it was two. the idea that a member of parliament would actually watch pornography in the house of commons chamber. it seemed extraordinary to me and i was not sure whether the allegation was credible. unfortunately, it has proven that it was credible and mr parish has done the right thing and resigning. it's a very sad end to obviously his political career. by all accounts, obviously his political career. by allaccounts, he obviously his political career. by all accounts, he was an assiduous local mp, a very effective chairman of the agricultural select committee, but unfortunately now he is only really going to be remembered for this very sad somewhat sordid episode. how damauuin somewhat sordid episode. how damaging the _ somewhat sordid episode. how damaging the you _ somewhat sordid episode. how damaging the you think this is for the conservative party? it’s the conservative party? it's certainly — the conservative party? it's certainly not _ the conservative party? it�*s certainly not helpful. the conservative party could and should have acted a bit quickly. this is only going to be the latest by—election caused by a tory mp having to resign over an ethical failure. it's not good for the conservative party, and i think the conservative party, and i think the conservative party, and i think the conservative party probably does need to work harder when these stories arise and to many of them seem to be arising just at the moment, to work harder to get ahead of them, to look like it is taking at moral lead rather than following public outrage, public opinion, and downing street is a lot 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change. figs something wrong with the culture and something needs to change. $5 i something wrong with the culture and something needs to change.— something needs to change. as i said a few moments _ something needs to change. as i said a few moments ago, _ something needs to change. as i said a few moments ago, i _ something needs to change. as i said a few moments ago, i did _ something needs to change. as i said a few moments ago, i did not - something needs to change. as i said a few moments ago, i did not at - a few moments ago, i did not at first believe that this was even possible, that someone considered this and perhaps i am naive, complacent about the culture that does exist in parliament. the fact it was conceivable for neil parish to do this does still shock me. as i look for a silver lining in this very unhappy episode, what is clear now is that neil parish is going to pr very heavy price for his foolishness. it's the same price that someone would in any, in most professional settings if you watch pornography in your office you probably have to resign or be sacked, but i think every mp now knows there is a very low tolerance in the public for any kind of behaviour like this and if it is not from within a sort of moral sense, i think the fear now of your career ending in such public ignominy will hopefully now concentrate a few minds and if this is typical of some people, some mps's behaviour, hopefully it will cease from now on. ijust hopefully it will cease from now on. i just want to speak to your long political experience and how you have watched events like this unfold and almost equalled the public imagination and how they are remembered and it feels already, the line about searching for a tractor website. that is kind of something that very easily sticks in public consciousness and will be remembered for a long time. consciousness and will be remembered for a long time-— for a long time. well, ice or neil parish's interview _ for a long time. well, ice or neil parish's interview with _ for a long time. well, ice or neil parish's interview with the - for a long time. well, ice or neil parish's interview with the bbc l parish's interview with the bbc south—west and i saw the red in his eyes, it looked like he had been crying, he has clearly been through a terrible ordeal and i take no pleasure in that but my goodness, talking about tractors the way he did, he really has moved himself now from notjust a figure of disdain but potentially a figure of ridicule as well, i wish you had someone alongside him, a better media advisor because you can just see the means on social media, the late—night chat show type things, he is going to be ridiculed now as well and that is not nice for him or his family and i wish he had not gone there. but yes, he did. tim great to have you on the programme. thank you. we have watched a clip of your interview. it was raw and emotional as tim was just saying. what did you make of it as it was unfolding? i think the big question over this episode of the last 2a hours has been what did he actually do? in the brief interview he gave yesterday she referred to the viewing of the pornography as a mistake. when he expanded on that today, he said he had initially been apparently looking at a tractor site and had stumbled on the pornography, had watched some of that, but then, and this is clearly the crucial point, on other occasions in the commons chamber itself, he had deliberately revisited the same site. what intrigued me and identity at some length was his suggestion that yesterday he was going to attempt to carry on as an mp, his initial thought that he could contest this process, the investigation and somehow emerge unscathed and remain as an mp given that by his own admission, really this was an open and shut case. he had really quite extraordinarily in the chamber of the house of commons viewed pornographic website. {line the house of commons viewed pornographic website.- 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been done? yes, yesterday he was placed - the harm had been done? yes, yesterday he was placed in - the harm had been done? 1a: yesterday he was placed in the emphasis on apologising to his wife and bear in mind his wife learned of this from the media. he had not actually told her before he went off to a constituency surgery and then the news broke. he did offer that apology to female colleagues today. i also asked him about this issue of culture because of course he gave an interview to gb news earlier in the week. he was invited to talk about something else and doubtless very uncomfortable for him, the topic then shifted to this issue and he said i don't think it is a huge culture of this. i put it to him thatjust going by his own conduct, people might well feel that actually there is a culture of contempt and arrogance if someone feels they can stand in the house of commons and watch pornography. stand in the house of commons and watch pornography-— watch pornography. indeed, we will leave it there, _ watch pornography. indeed, we will leave it there, thank _ watch pornography. indeed, we will leave it there, thank you _ watch pornography. indeed, we will leave it there, thank you for - watch pornography. indeed, we will| leave it there, thank you for coming on and talking to your interview with neil parish. norwich city have been relegated from the premier league after a 2—0 defeat at aston villa. norwich city have been relegated from the premier league after a 2—0 defeat by aston villa. we will have more on that, more reaction in the sport a little later. a body has been found by police searching for a woman who went missing more than a week ago. 33—year old mother of two katie kenyon was last seen getting into a ford transit van in burnley on the 22nd of april. jo makel is in the forest of bowland where the body was found. what is the update from the police? they discovered a body last night, they have said they are not in a position to formally identify that body, but they have said that they do believe it is katie. she was last seen over a week ago getting into a ford transit van in burnley and it was a reported sighting of that than that led police to focus their search on the forest of poland, an area of outstanding natural beauty in lancashire. —— forest of bowland and this beautiful park which is used for cyclists and walks, that is now a crime scene and as you can see behind you, there is still a lot of police activity here. we had about a dozen vehicles here, forensic officers and also specialist search teams who have been making very detailed searches of the area for any further evidence. the police of course are supporting katie's family, they have been informed, they are working with them and also they are working with them and also they have said there is a postmortem examination to be carried out to establish a cause of death. legal proceedings _ establish a cause of death. legal proceedings under _ establish a cause of death. legal proceedings under way _ establish a cause of death. legal proceedings under way as - establish a cause of death. legal proceedings under way as well? establish a cause of death. legal - proceedings under way as well? there is, earlier proceedings under way as well? there is. earlier in — proceedings under way as well? there is, earlier in the _ proceedings under way as well? there is, earlier in the week, _ proceedings under way as well? there is, earlier in the week, a _ is, earlier in the week, a 50—year—old man from burnley was arrested and charged with katie kenyon's murder. he has already appeared at crown court in preston and will also appear in court later on in the year. and will also appear in court later on in the year-— and will also appear in court later on in the year. thank you very much for bringing — on in the year. thank you very much for bringing us _ on in the year. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date - on in the year. thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date with - for bringing us up—to—date with that. thank you. the latest now from ukraine, where the ministry of defence says russia has been forced to merge and redeploy some of its forces in ukraine, because of failed advances in the north—east of the country. the mod blamed tactical shortcomings including inconsistent air support. in the last few weeks, moscow has refocused its efforts in the country's east and ukraine's army have released pictures today showing what is says are strikes on russian reinforcements to the area around the city of izyum, a key battleground in the kharkiv region. meanwhile, less than 20 miles from the southern front lines is the city of mykolaiv. 0n the black sea coast, it stands between the russian army and 0desa. shelled nearly daily, it's been without running water for over two weeks. caroline davies has been speaking to those who live on a city on the edge of the war. birdsong in mykolaiv. spring has arrived, but there's little sign of a new beginning. we're in the south of the city at the moment with the bomb disposal unit. they're following up on reports that they've had of multiple rockets have landed, and then checking to see if they can make the area safe. through a suburban front yard into what remains of valery�*s sitting room. a rocket hit his home two days ago. translation: there was a strong explosion and when a rocket - fell here, there was a massive shock wave. books, my things, everything is damaged. the unit move from home to home, removing a rocket from a front room and a section of an unexploded bomb from the driveway. the city is less than 20 miles from the front line and has been heavily shelled since the beginning of the war. this children's hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, j we've got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don't know what comes tomorrow, what comes within an hour, what may happen to your relatives, to your patients. in the premature babies' ward, care continues. the windows have been blocked and the unit have relocated into the centre of the building. translation: we can't - evacuate children who need artificial ventilation. we can't close the department, because there are other children who may need our help. dotted around the city, people queue to refill their bottles at tankers or at natural springs. mykolaiv has been without running water since the supply was cut off after russian shelling more than two weeks ago. now, even the fire brigade have to find new ways to refill. here, it's our bathroom. no water too. grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the city despite the constant shelling and lack of water. it's not easy, but what we can do? i was trying to join - the army, but they say that "you are a little bit too old. and another problem, you are nearly blind". | i said, "maybe i'm nearly blind, - but i can smell a russian tank, 0k?" if it will be necessary, - if russians will come here, of course i will fight. after months of living on the edge of the battle, mykolaiv has found a way to continue. but the constant threat from russia sits just over the horizon. caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. 0leksiy goncharenko is an mp for the port city of 0desa in southern ukraine. he told us ukraine is thankful for all the assistance the uk's provided and that the situation in the black sea has recently changed. first of all, we are very thankfulfor all support we are receiving from the west from the united kingdom, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine and, yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are en route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without, i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flag ship. it was a missile cruiser which became a submarine, because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. it's advantage liverpool in the premier league title race, but their place at the top of the table could be shortlived as rivals manchester city kick off their match against leeds in around 5 minutes time. earlier, liverpool overcame a spirited newcastle united side at st james park beating them by a goal to nil. managerjurgen klopp made five changes, and left top scorer mohamed salah on the bench, but his side still prevailed thanks to a first half goal from naby keita. i saw isawa i saw a top—class game, it was not only a job done it was under a creamy difficult circumstances playing this kind of football... —— under extremely difficult. i think it is respect, to be honest, that is why i am really, really happy, you want to win football games in the best case scenario, you win them when you deserved to win them, we did today, 100%, against a team in form in their stadium, did today, 100%, against a team in form in theirstadium, great atmosphere, that is really special and not onlyjob done. elsewhere, norwich city have been relegated back to the championship after their 2—0 defeat to aston villa and other results. it's a record sixth relegation from the premier league for the canaries. but burnley�*s remarkable late run in the bid to avoid relegation continues. they came from a goal down at watford to beat them 2—1, with two goals in three minutes. elsewhere, brighton beat wolves at molineux by 3 goals to nil. a late winner from wilfired zaha gave crystal palace a late 2—1 win over southampton. the old firm meet again tomorrow in the scottish premiership. today third placed hearts drew 0—0 with ross county. elsewhere wins for aberdeen, dundee united, livingston and st mirren. england's women have won the six nations grand slam, beating france in bayonne by 2a to 12. england had a substantial lead at halftime, thanks to two tries from sarah bern and one from abbie ward. in the second half, england could only add to their lead from the boot of emily scarrett, but despite a late french try, the red roses held firm for the win and the grand slam. that's their fourth consecutive six nations title. it means so much. like, obviously we have fortunate to have a couple of days but they mean so much every single time we get to do it. you know, obviously there are certain players who have had so much to do this campaign, six nations, and they would love to have been here and contribute so much of this for every person in oursquad. while wales lost their final women's six nations match against italy in cardiff by ten points to eight. however it's still a third place finish which is their best in 13 years. wales had two players sin binned in the first half and italy capitalised with scrum half sara barratin touching down to give them the lead. it took wales until the seventy fifth minute to get a score, keira bevan went over and wales had a one point lead. but they were unable to hold on and a last minute penalty from michealla sillari sealed the win for italy. next let's head to the crucible in sheffield where mark williams has come back from 9—2 down to lead judd trump by 16 frames to 15, in the final session of their semifinal, with 17 frames needed to win. earlier today the penultimate session of the match between ronnie 0'sullivan and john higgins finished 15—9 to o sullivan, they resume at 7 o'clock tonight. and just one other football line to bring you — real madrid have won their 35th la liga title in spain. they of course face manchester city in the second leg of their champions league tie on wednesday. that's all the sport for now. i'll be back with sportsday at 630 now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. for some the last day of april has brought some much needed rain and for others just a continuation of a very dry theme. the wettest weather has been found in scotland and northern ireland but it will be sinking southwards and eastewards as we head through tonight. but rain tending to weaken somewhat but there will be missed and murk and hill fog here and there and much milder than it was last night with seven or 10 degrees. but a bit of a flip in our fortunes tomorrow, the cloudiest weather will be found across england and wales but eastern parts of england probably will not see much rain, worse for scotland and northern ireland there will be something drier, a little brighter, still with extensive cloud and the odd shower but sunny spells lifting temperatures to 17 degrees. it will be cooler further south. as we head into bank holiday monday quite a mixed day. some large areas of cloud and some sunny spells and equally the odd spot rain and the odd spot of shower here and there and highest temperatures at this stage in the south, 18 degrees feeling a little bit cooler further north. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lois vonjones. the headlines... in an exclusive interview with the bbc, neil parish says he is resigning as an mp, after admitting he watched pornography in the house of commons. in the end, i could see that the furore and damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association was not worth carrying on. the uk ministry of defence says russia has been forced to merge and redeploy some of its forces, after failing to make advances in the north—east of ukraine. the government is taking urgent action to limit the amount of some hormone replacement therapy products women can access, to improve general supply. and norwich city have been relegated from the premier league, after a 2—0 defeat by aston villa. hello, welcome to the programme. the unite union has criticised tesco and sainsbury�*s for cutting the right to extra sick pay. it says it will put financial pressure on staff to come to work when they have coronavirus. the supermarket giants say they've changed their rules in line with the government's "living with covid" policy. joining me now is our business correspondent, noor nanji. 0nce once the details? well, people across the uk with covid no longer have to illegally self—isolate. those rules have changed. and what we are seeing now our company is also changing and perhaps reviewing at their covid sickness leave policies that were put in place during the pandemic. so, from today, staff at tesco will no longer be offered additional sick leave if they test positive for the virus, and the same applies for staff at sainsbury�*s from tomorrow. this was first reported by the guardian newspaper, and it is a big change because until now workers who tested positive with coronavirus at there businesses were entitled to extra sick leave to cover them while they isolated. �* ., , .,. ., isolated. and what is the reaction been to this? _ isolated. and what is the reaction been to this? the _ isolated. and what is the reaction been to this? the move - isolated. and what is the reaction been to this? the move has - isolated. and what is the reaction - been to this? the move has prompted some criticism. _ been to this? the move has prompted some criticism, particularly _ been to this? the move has prompted some criticism, particularly from - some criticism, particularly from unite the union. they say that by scrapping those policies, sainsbury�*s and tesco's are essentially encouraging staff to test positive and may be infected with coronavirus to come into the workplace, perhaps because they fear not being able to claim their sick pay if they don't come in. night say that will have an effect, could hurt other colleagues and possibly shoppers at risk. sainsbury�*s for its part say it is simply reviewing its part say it is simply reviewing its policy is in line with the latest government guidance, and as part of that they are now approaching sick leave for covid—i9 like they would for others, like the flu. as we move into the new world, we might now start to see other companies starting to review the policies they put in place during the pandemic. we should add that both sainsbury�*s and tesco do ask or encourage people who develop symptoms to stay at home. more now on the situation in ukraine — and although russia hasn't oficially declared war on ukraine yet, fears are growing it may be about to do so. sean corbett is a former air vice—marshal with the raf. he's been explaining what change a formal declaration of war would bring to the ongoing conflict. it's quite significant actually if he does do it. i mean, just the announcement is almost, if you like, a tacit admission that the forces are not operating particularly well. but if you look at it from their perspective, it helps the developing narrative we're seeing in russia at the moment that russia's now at war with nato as opposed to just ukraine, which helps him describe — or explain, at least — why more than two months in we're still going. but there's some very practical issues that comes with as well, and one of the big ones of those is on mass mobilisation. so the troops he's got are about 50—50 conscripts and professional mix. now, the conscripts, although they're not supposed to be in ukraine right now, we know very strong evidence that they have been. but declaring war would allow him legally to use conscripts. it would also allow him to recruit more people, whether that's reservists, whether that's pulling up more people or even veterans. at the moment, it's the spring draft, happens every year. something like 134,000 new troops. but they are, as i say, annual conscripts who would not be legally allowed to go into the fight. at the same time, because last year's conscripts are now coming to the end of their time, theoretically they would have to depart. so declaring that as an actual war would allow him to do a lot more with those troops. in terms of having to do a lot more with those troops, i nodded earlier on to the significant losses of the russian forces, and also this idea today that we're learning about reforming, redeploying, merging troop movements as a result of things not going as well as planned in the northeast of ukraine — from a russian perspective. can you shed any light on that? absolutely, i think about three weeks ago, when it wasn't going well for them in kyiv and they decided to pull back, a lot of the forces went to belarus, actually. so forces tend to operate in what we call battalion tactical groups, which are groups that can fight as a coherent unit and they've got all the assets they need, whether that is reconnaissance, artillery, tanks, troops, etc. and when those get written down to a certain extent they're just non—functional. so what's been happening is the remnants of some of the battalion tactical groups are withdrawing into places like belarus and reforming with one groupjoining another to come up with... i think they've recreated something like 23 now, out of about 120, and they've redeployed all the way to the east of the donbas. on paper, that looks good for them, but bear in mind these troops were pretty exhausted anyway, had lost a lot of equipment and if you combine more than one group you don't have the same ethos, you don't have the same leadership, and leadership's a big issue right now. and the command and control gets difficult as well. some of these groupings have got people from the southern, central and eastern military districts. interesting. i want to focus on the civilians — because my colleague ben brown earlier in kyiv listed quite distressing details which i won't repeat now, but about more discoveries about the way civilians have suffered in this war in ukraine so far. what is it... is there something particular about the way russia is conducting itself, or is this just standard behaviour in these circumstances? there will be a little bit of both actually, but it is absolutely the way the russians do business. so deliver atrocities is designed to do two things, to break the will of the people of ukraine, which they're clearly not doing right now because it's all about that moral component, the will to fight, but it's also about preventing any insurgency or sabotage, that sort of thing — making people absolutely terrified. so it's very deliberate. as you say, it's horrific. just lastly, on a wider, more philosophical point, just briefly, this idea that if russia declares a war and it steps up in the ways, the practical ways that you mentioned, but also those philosophical questions about facing the west and nato, and suddenly this escalation, has this caught western countries and intelligence agencies by surprise? because interestingly, intelligence just before the invasion was that this invasion was going to happen and we should take it seriously and that proved to be right, but we hadn't heard those calls that loudly in the years or decades leading up to that. i think it's fair to say that we had our mind on other things at those times — the counterterrorist war, etc. and maybe we did take our eyes off the russians. if there's one good thing to come out of this it's that nato has recalibrated what it's actually there for. it has actually started to look back to deterrence policies, that sort of thing, but it's also mobilising in a very coherent way now to bolster its flanks. the family of a retired british geologist say he's at risk of facing the death penalty after being accused of trying to smuggle artefacts out of iraq. jim fitton — who's 66 — was detained in march. his family say he was found with stone and pottery shards at the airport. they say he was told they had no historic or economic value. they're calling on uk ministers to help in his case. and the head of a mosque in the afghan capital, kabul, says at least 50 worshippers were killed in a powerful explosion that struck just after friday prayers, thought to be by a suicide bomber. but taliban authorities in the country say only ten people died. it's the latest in a series of attacks during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the bbc�*s azaday moshiri reports. prayers ending in bloodshed. it was the last friday of the holy month of ramadan and yet, for those attending a sufi mosque in western kabul, it was interrupted by an explosion and ended with a clean—up team taking care of the aftermath. translation: when the blast went off, we rushed to carry _ the injured into vehicles. it's been three hours now, but the victims are still being carried out, it's still going on. the number of dead is unclear. religious leaders insist dozens have been killed, and yet the taliban say the death toll is lower. translation: around 300-400 people were there performing rituals _ when the blast went off. i helped carry 10—15 wounded people and three who were killed to vehicles. this is the latest in a spate of attacks during the holy month. islamic state have claimed some of them, targeting minority muslim communities, like the attack on this mosque in mazari sharif. this is what is left of it after it was bombed and after at least 31 died. attacks have also taken place at schools. it was only last week that at least six people were killed in explosions at this high school in a neighbourhood with a hazara shia community. the taliban say they have a handle on the security situation in afghanistan, and yet, for afghans, these killings continue. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. women in the uk will be able to get only three months' worth of certain hormone replacement therapy products while they're in short supply. the government is bringing in the temporary limit to ensure more people can get some medication to ease their menopausal symptoms. for nearly a century, the statue of christ the redeemer has dominated the skyline of rio de janeiro in brazil. it's become an iconic symbol of the city. but another brazilian town has decided to erect a statue of its own — and they say it's now the biggest in the world. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. it's considered by many to be one of the modern wonders of the world. more than 600 tonnes of concrete and stone, christ the redeemer makes quite the impression. but in the global contest of giant statues of important religious figures, rio has a new competitor. this looks awfully familiar, doesn't it? and this christ is not that far away — in the southern town of encantado. almost identical to its rio namesake, save for one crucial detail. translation: it's a construction of 43.5 metres high. _ there are six metres of the pedestal and 37.5 metres of christ. this means that today our statue is the largest statue of christ in the world. christ the redeemer in rio gets around two million visitors a year, or at least it did before covid. local officials in encantado hope their version will attract a few tourists of its own. it's due to open to the public sometime next year — spreading the faith and making a bit of money at the same time. tim allman, bbc news. good afternoon. the conservative backbencher neil parish has told the bbc he is resigning as an mp after admitting he watched pornography twice in the house of commons. mr parish, the memberfor tiverton and honiton in devon, has apologised and says it was not his intention to intimidate anyone. two female colleagues claimed they had seen him looking at adult content on his phone while sitting near them. mr parish says he'd been looking at tractors online and went onto another website with a similar name. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. he had wanted to plough on, hoping a parliamentary investigation might yet save his career, but today neil parish realised he couldn't, admitting to watching pornography twice while in the house of commons. in the end i can see that the few rory, the damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association, it wasn't worth carrying on. thy, association, it wasn't worth carrying on-_ association, it wasn't worth car inuon. �* ., , ., ~ association, it wasn't worth carinron. ., ~_ carrying on. a conservative mp since 2010, mr parish — carrying on. a conservative mp since 2010, mr parish was _ carrying on. a conservative mp since 2010, mr parish was suspended - carrying on. a conservative mp since| 2010, mr parish was suspended from the parliamentary party yesterday after being named as the mp at the centre of the allegations. two female tory mps witness the behaviour and today the former farmer explained what happened. finally enough it was tracked as i was looking at and so i did get into another website which had a similar name and i watched it for a bit which i shouldn't have done. but my crime, my biggest crime, is that on another occasion i went on a second time. mr another occasion i went on a second time. ~ . , another occasion i went on a second time. ~ ., , , ., , time. mr parish said he deliberately looked at the _ time. mr parish said he deliberately looked at the material _ time. mr parish said he deliberately looked at the material again - time. mr parish said he deliberately looked at the material again while l looked at the material again while waiting to go into a commons voting lobby. waiting to go into a commons voting lobb . �* ., ., , �* lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doinu lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing which _ lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing which i _ lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing which i will— lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing which i will take _ lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing which i will take to - lobby. and the one thing i wasn't doing which i will take to my - lobby. and the one thing i wasn't. doing which i will take to my grave is being true, as i was not actually making sure people could see it. in fact, i was trying to do quite the opposite end i was wrong but i was doing but this idea that i was watching it in an intimidating way, intimidating women, i have 12 years intimidating women, i have 12 years in parliament and probably have one of the best reputations ever, or did have. . 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i will havel to live with this for the rest of my life. and i made a huge terrible mistake. i'm here to tell the world. for parliaments reputation it's been another rotten week, reviving claims of sexism and misogyny. the allegations were first made the meeting of tory mps on tuesday. 0pposition party said it was shocking the debacle are dragged on for several days, conservative mps angry too. for several days, conservative mps an: too. , ., . ., angry too. neil himself, once it had the whip suspended _ angry too. neil himself, once it had the whip suspended moved - angry too. neil himself, once it had the whip suspended moved very - the whip suspended moved very swiftly— the whip suspended moved very swiftly to — the whip suspended moved very swiftly to resign and undoubtedly that was— swiftly to resign and undoubtedly that was the right thing for him to do. that was the right thing for him to do the _ that was the right thing for him to do. the thing that disappointed me was that— do. the thing that disappointed me was that we didn't see the conservative whips act more swiftly when _ conservative whips act more swiftly when this _ conservative whips act more swiftly when this complaint was first brought— when this complaint was first brought to their attention. normally rock-solid tory _ brought to their attention. normally rock-solid tory seat _ brought to their attention. normally rock-solid tory seat of _ brought to their attention. normally rock-solid tory seat of tiverton - brought to their attention. normally rock-solid tory seat of tiverton and | rock—solid tory seat of tiverton and honiton in devon will now the drama of a by—election after scandal abruptly engulfed its outgoing mp. lancashire police say a body has been found in the search for the missing woman katie kenyon. the mother—of—two was last seen in burnley more than a week ago. a man has been charged with her murder and will go on trial later this year. jo makel is at gisburn forest in lancashire. jo. katie kenyon was last seen getting into a ford transit van in burnley about 20 miles south of here just over a week ago and it was a reported sighting of the ativan that led officers to focus their search on the forest of bowland, an area of outstanding natural beauty in lancashire. now a small part of it is a crime scene. gisborne forest, a place where people like to walk and bike, is now a place where a body was found. you can see the police activity behind me. 0fficers was found. you can see the police activity behind me. officers say they cannot identify the woman formally, but they have said that they do believe it is katie. her family have been informed. and also that they are being supported by specially trained officers. a postmortem examination will be carried out to establish the cause of death and throughout the day, they have been a number of police officers here, forensic officers, and also specialist search teams carrying out more detailed searches of the area for evidence.— of the area for evidence. thank you very much- — ukraine's military says the eastern region of donbas is coming under heavy russian attack, but putin's forces have so far failed to capture three areas they are trying to seize. officials in kyiv admit their troops have suffered many casualties. ukraine's army has released pictures showing what it says are strikes on russian reinforcements to the area around the city of izyum, a key battleground in the kharkiv region. however, the uk and united states say the russian advance in the east is days behind schedule. today, president emmanuel macron has said france will increase its military and humanitarian support to ukraine. the city of mykolaiv is 20 miles from the southern front lines. shelled nearly daily, it's been without running water for over two weeks. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has been speaking to those who are still living there. birdsong in mykolaiv. spring has arrived, but there's little sign of a new beginning. so we're in the south of the city at the moment with the bomb disposal unit. they're following up on reports that they've had of multiple rockets that have landed, and then checking to see if they can make the area safe. through a suburban front yard into what remains of valery�*s sitting room. a rocket hit his home two days ago. translation: there was a strong explosion and when a rocket - fell here, there was a massive shock wave. books, my things, everything is damaged. the unit move from home to home, removing a rocket from a front room and a section of an unexploded bomb from the driveway. the city is less than 20 miles from the front line and has been heavily shelled since the beginning of the war. this children's hospital was hit a little over three weeks ago. translation: at the moment, j we've got used to the situation, and it is scary. you don't know what comes tomorrow, what comes within an hour, what may happen to your relatives, to your patients. in the premature babies' ward, care continues. the windows have been blocked and the unit have relocated into the centre of the building. translation: we can't - evacuate children who need artificial ventilation. we can't close the department, because there are other children who may need our help. dotted around the city, people queue to refill their bottles at tankers or at natural springs. mykolaiv has been without running water since the supply was cut off after russian shelling more than two weeks ago. now, even the fire brigade have to find new ways to refill. here, it's our bathroom. no water too. grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the city despite the constant shelling and lack of water. it's not easy, but what we can do? i was trying to join the army, but they say that "you are a little bit too old. and another problem, you are nearly blind". i said, "maybe i'm nearly blind, but i can smell a russian tank, 0k?" if it will be necessary, if russians will come here, of course i will fight. after months of living on the edge of the battle, mykolaiv has found a way to continue. but the constant threat from russia sits just over the horizon. caroline davies, bbc news, mykolaiv. a tornado has been filmed tearing through parts of the us state of kansas. the mayor of the state's largest city, wichita, said up to 100 structures have been damaged. there are no reports of serious injuries so far. with all the sport now, here's chetan pathak at the bbc sport centre. good evening. england are celebrating their fourth women's six nations title in a row, after a 24—12 victory in their winner takes all grand slam decider in france. jo currie reports from bayonne. when your ranked number one in the world and have a grand slam in your sites, you know you have a target on your back. with france themselves eyeing the trophy, this is always going to be a battle. and it was the home side who started the quicker as they spent no time at all going over between the sticks. that was probably the early warning sign england needed as they hit back almost immediately. hard to see but that sarah burn under their touching down to bring england level. minutes later, the england pack once again proving its power, another huge drive and this time abbey ward doing just enough to get it down. england were finding theirfeet just enough to get it down. england were finding their feet and a confidence notching up one more try courtesy of sarah burton again to go in at the break with a healthy lead. if the first half was explosive, the second half took some time to get going. and when it did it was france who struck, buoyed by the baying crowd they close the gap to give themselves a chance. england were too strong, too experienced and simply too good. they saw at the rest of the match with ease to claim an impressive win. that's their 23rd in a row and their fourth consecutive six nations title. these players will enjoy the celebrations but with the world cup nowjust a few months away, they will know the most important thing going forward is keeping this momentum going. manchester city and leeds are under way at elland road. city lead 1—0 with over 20 minutes played — needing a win to go back to the top of the premier league. that's after liverpool won 1—0 at newcastle. patrick gearey has more. liverpool is quest for a quadruple offers no breaks, constant travelling and training, no time to slow down, no gain to take easy. no tackle to pull out of. newcastle were not happy with that one but it started up the red machine, the party moved, the spaces opened incredible. inevitable. as liverpool celebrated comic var checked a bad tackle. the ball was one and the girl was given and newcastle stayed store. they will be figures of panic for liverpool suspected they were offside here but were relieved to get confirmation. it should have been more comfortable for them and there were many chances and strangely, the mist. main usually scores subconsciously and with every passing liverpool opportunity it would become easier to believe in bad omens but their names were ultimately irrational. newcastle only rarely threatened rarely so liverpool climb at least temporarily top and now it is city who must move. you'll find all the day's football results on the bbc sport website. norwich have been relegated from the premier league and wigan while have been promoted to the championship. martin. thank you very much. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. hello, there. for most parts of the country, it has been a dry april overall, but for some, the final day of the month has brought quite a change in fortunes. this was the scene for a weather watcher in the western isles, cloud and outbreaks of rain. contrast that with this picture from hampshire with blue skies overhead, albeit with a bit of high cloud turning the sunshine quite hazy, but you can see that for much of the day, england and wales has seen spells of sunshine. up towards the north—west though, cloud, outbreaks of rain, heavy rain at that, the wettest weather we have had for quite some time. this is how it will look for the start of the evening, some of the late brightness down towards the south—east, 17 degrees there for london, but cloud and outbreaks of rain further north and west and that will push south—eastwards as we head through the night. the rain will tend to weaken as it goes, not much rain going into eastern england, western parts of england and wales will see some heavier bursts. there will be some mist and murk, hill fog and a much milder night than last night, 7 to 10 degrees. now, a bit of a reversal of fortunes tomorrow, because this frontal system will bring cloud and some rain across england and wales, with something drier and slightly brighter developing for scotland and northern ireland. i think there will still be quite a lot of cloud here at times, but it will certainly be a drier day. some limited spells of sunshine, equallyjust one or two showers. for england and wales, cloud and outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain sinking slowly and erratically southwards. some heavier bursts out towards the west. but under the cloud and the rain, just 11 degrees there for plymouth, 13 in cardiff, but further north, that's where we'll have the highest of the temperatures, 17 in the brighter spells in glasgow. but into monday, as a northerly wind develops, temperatures are set to drop again across parts of scotland. there will be a lot of cloud around on bank holiday monday, breaking to reveal some spells of sunshine. equally there will be some spots of rain, the odd shower here and there. but temperatures north to south, 11 to 18 degrees. as we get deeper into the week, mixed weather prospects really. high pressure will try to assert control. low pressure will try to bring outbreaks of rain at times. generally speaking, nothing too remarkable in the outlook, there will be a bit of rain at times, a bit of sunshine too, but it does look like by the end of the week, things will start to turn a bit warmer. that's all from me for now. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6... in an exclusive interview with the bbc, neil parish says he is resigning as an mp, after admitting he watched pornography in the house of commons. in the end, i could see that the furore and damage i was causing my family and my constituency in association was not worth carrying on. i'll bring you all the latest updates and reactions on that story. police officers searching for 33—year old katie kenyon who went missing a week ago have found the body of a woman. in ukraine, officials say the eastern region of donbas is coming under heavy russian attack and claim a missile strike has destroyed the runway of 0desa airport. and norwich city have been relegated from the premier league, after a 2—0 defeat by aston villa. there'll be more on that and the rest of the sport, coming up in sportsday in around half an hour.