And the rest of the sport, coming up in sportsday in around half an hour. The Conservative Mp, neil parish, has told the bbc he is resigning his seat, 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 hed been looking at tractors online, and went onto another website with a similar name. Our 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 couldnt, admitting to watching pornography twice while in the House Of Commons. In the end, i can see that the furore and the damage i was causing my family and. My constituency and association, it just wasnt worth 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 witnessed the behaviour, today the former farmer explained what happened. Funnily enough, it was tractors 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 shouldnt have done. But my crime, biggest crime, is that on another occasion, i went in a second time. Mr parish said he deliberately looked at the material again while waiting to go into a commons voting lobby. And the one thing i wasnt doing, and which i will take to my grave as being true, is i was not making sure people could see it. In fact, i was trying to do quite the opposite and i was wrong, what i was doing, but this idea that i was watching it in an intimidating women, i have 12 years in parliament and probably have one of the best reputations ever, or did have. Neil parish wasnt a well known mp, until now, but will be remembered for behaviour which caused shock and outrage across parliament and a very candid resignation interview. I will have to live with this for the rest of my life. And i made a huge, terrible mistake. And im here to tell the world. For parliaments reputation, its been another rotten week, reviving claims of sexism and misogyny. The allegations were first made the meeting of tory mps on tuesday. Dragged on for several days. Conservative mps have been angry too. Neil himself, once it had the whip suspended moved very swiftly to resign and undoubtedly that was the right thing for him to do. The thing that disappointed me was that we didnt see the conservative whips act more swiftly when this complaint was first brought to their attention. The normally rock solid tory seat of Tiverton And Honiton in devon will now have the drama of a by election, after scandal abruptly engulfed its outgoing mp. Tim montgomerie, former Social Justice advisor to borisjohnson and founder of conservativehome gave me his reaction to neil parishs interview. Unfortunately it should have all happened a little bit more quickly. At the start of this week when this story broke, i could not actually quite believe that it was true. 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 quite sure whether the allegation was credible. Unfortunately, it has proven that it was credible and mr parish has done the right thing in resigning. But its a very sad end to 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 damaging do you think this is for the conservative party . Its certainly not helpful. The conservative party could and should have acted a bit more quickly. This is only going to be the latest by election caused by a tory mp having to resign over an ethicalfailure. So its not good for the conservative party, and i think the conservative party probably does need to work harder when these stories arise and too 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 better than it was, the operation around borisjohnson is more effective than it was a few months ago, still perhaps too slow to anticipate public mood and lead morally rather than follow morally. Earlier i also spoke Whith Bbc South West political editor, martyn oates who led that exclusive interview. I think the Big Question Mark over this episode of the last 2a hours has been what did he actually do . In the brief interview he gave yesterday, he 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 another occasion in the Commons Chamber itself, he had quite 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. One of the points that stood out to me was this idea that he did not deliberately set out to intimidate anyone, specifically women around him, by doing this act. He felt strongly he wanted to get that across but the point is your intention is irrelevant in a situation. If you have done that thing, the harm is done. I dont know if you can still hear me. That point is the harm is still done, was there a recognition from him that the harm had been done . Yes, yesterday he was placing 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 dont 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. Ukraines military says the Eastern Region of donbas is coming under heavy russian attack, but putins forces have so far failed to capture three areas they are trying to seize. Officials in kyiv admit their troops have suffered many casualties. Ukraines 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. map the city of mykolaiv is 20 miles from the Southern Front lines. Shelled nearly daily, its been without Running Water for over two weeks. Our correspondent Caroline Davies has been speaking to those who are still living there. Birdsong in mykolaiv. Spring has arrived, but theres little sign of a new beginning. So were in the south of the city at the moment 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, its our bathroom. No water too. Grandmother tatiana has decided to stay in the city despite the constant shelling and lack of water. Its 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 im nearly blind, but i can smell a russian tank, ok . 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. Live to Caroline Davies now in odesa. What is the latest where what is the latest where you what is the latest where you are what is the latest where you are now . {iii what is the latest where you are now . , what is the latest where you are now . , , what is the latest where you are now . , ii ,. ,. , what is the latest where you are now . , i ,. ,. , now . Of course 20 miles away from the front line now . Of course 20 miles away from the front line we now . Of course 20 miles away from the front line we are now . Of course 20 miles away from the front line we are about now . Of course 20 miles away from the front line we are about two the front line we are about two hours wait here in odesa, just down the coast, its an incredibly important city because if the russians take it, the next one along is odesa an important port in ukraine. It has not has had much action as somewhere like mykolaiv. There has been missile six and this afternoon we had another here in odesa, this time on the airport and we heard earlierfrom the press centre of the Southern Defence forces who said the runway at the airport had been hit and that meant it was impossible to use it at the moment. We dont have any further details, Commercial Aircraft have not been travelling into ukraine since the 24th of february. This is not something that is going to be affecting passengers but the fact that an airport has been hit is always of concern. We were here earlier today and heard a very loud bang that reverberated across the city from the south west of the city. It was so loud we saw dogs running away from the direction of the noise, clearly enough to disturb them in terms of what might happen here in odesa the key concern has recently been the east of the country and that has been where a lot of the fighting has intensified. That does not mean ukraine has taken inside of the southern coast, there has been continued concern russia could try to take the southern coast, the area of the black sea and that would have course be a major issue which means the defences here are still strong, that still something ukraine has focused its forces on keeping a close eye on Something Like these missile hits do strike. ,. , ,. , ~. , strike. You have been speaking to eole, strike. You have been speaking to peeple. You strike. You have been speaking to people. You got strike. You have been speaking to people. You got a strike. 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At the moment it seems like the focus is mostly in the east, by comparison if you look at some of the other cities that are the focus of russian aggression, odesa is not at the same level at the moment but and they could take a bit of a side of relief slightly after the russian warship, the battleship was sunk off the coast here in odesa just a few weeks ago. That changed last saturday when there was a Missile Strike and there were images of a block of flats that was hit and many people died, about eight deaths including a baby girl, her mother and grandmother during that Missile Strike and since then people have been worried there could be a further focus but at the moment people still know that the majority of the fighting is going on in the east but no one has laid down their guard here. East but no one has laid down their guard here east but no one has laid down their uuard here. , y. ,. , guard here. Thank you very much for that. Oleksiy goncharenko is an mp for the Port City Of Odesa in southern ukraine. He told us ukraine is thankful for all the assistance the uks 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. Im joined now by general sir richard barrons, former head of the uks joint Forces Command and now co chairman of universal defence and secuity solutions. Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for coming on the programme thank you for coming on the programme. Lets thank you for coming on the auroramme. , programme. Good afternoon. Lets get our programme. Good afternoon. Lets get your assessment programme. Good afternoon. Lets get your assessment first programme. Good afternoon. Lets get your assessment first of programme. Good afternoon. Lets get your assessment first of all programme. Good afternoon. Lets get your assessment first of all of programme. Good afternoon. Lets get your assessment first of all of the your assessment first of all of the russian capabilities in the donbas region. It is their number one focus we are told. How capable are the . We are we are told. How capable are the . Are absolutely clear that the battle is for the donbas region and we have seen the russians learn some lessons from the failure of the first phase of this war in that they are now doing one thing at once, concentrating their forces, reinforcements, logistics, airpower, missiles and commanders on this Battle For The Donbas and we are seeing them try to apply different, a different approach using tanks and artillery and infantry and armoured vehicles rather than light forces we saw on the 24th of february. What we are not seeing however is them using these competently. They are using small numbers of forces at one time giving the Ukrainian Defence which is pretty skilful and easier challenge, but the race is now on between the russian ability to concentrate force and improve performance on one hand and the ukrainian ability to get more heavy weapons into the right place in order to destroy Russian Artillery and to disrupt these russian attacks and to disrupt these russian attacks and frankly, the jury is out on how this turns out. I and frankly, the my is out on how this turns out. This turns out. I ust want to push ou on this turns out. I ust want to push you on that. This turns out. I ust want to push you on that. Do this turns out. I just want to push you on that, do you this turns out. I just want to push you on that, do you think this turns out. I just want to push you on that, do you think the you on that, do you think the Ukrainian Forces do have the supplies of weapons from the west and the numbers to actually come out victorious here . 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Thank you for coming on the programme and talking to us. ~ coming on the programme and talking to us. ,. , 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. Earlier i spoke with our news reporter, jo makel, who had the latest development from police in the Forest Of Bowland where the body was found. 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 just over a week ago getting into a Ford Transit Van in burnley and it was a reported sighting of that van that led police to focus their search in the Forest Of Bowland, an area of outstanding Natural Beauty in lancashire. 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. Weve 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 katies family, they have been informed, they are working with them and also they have said there is a postmortem examination still to be carried out to establish the cause of death. Legal proceedings under way as well . There is, earlier in the week, a 50 year old man, Andrew Burfield from burnley was arrested and charged with katie kenyons murder. He has already appeared at crown court in preston and will also appear in court later on in the year. A tornado has been filmed tearing through parts of the us state of kansas. The mayor of the states largest city, wichita, said up to 100 structures have been damaged. The National Weather service has issued severe Thunderstorm Warnings for midwest states including iowa, missouri and nebraska. There are no reports of serious injuries so far. China has further tightened Covid Restrictions in beijing to try to stop the virus spreading as 21 Million People in the capital begin a five day holiday period. All residents will now need to show digital proof of a negative test result before entering public spaces, including Shopping Malls and restaurants. And from thursday, the rules will become stricter. Meanwhile, shanghai has marked a milestone, recording no new daily covid cases outside of quarantine areas, raising hopes the month long lockdown there could end soon. The Passport Office says its facing Unprecedented Demand from millions of people who had put off renewing or applying for the documents during the pandemic. Changes in the rules since brexit also means some passports are not valid because theyre too close to the expiry date. Our Business Reporter esyllt carr has more. This is the last time alexandra and herfamily saw her sister, three years ago. They have spent £4,000 to fly to her wedding in the states next week. But despite paying to have their Passport Applications checked 11 weeks ago, alexandra had to send in an extra Birth Certificate and is still waiting on two passports, including her li month old sons. I have my bridesmaid, dress the tailor has told me that my dress is ready to collect and i am frustrated. Im excited for her wedding and i want to be excited and is trying to keep my worst Case Scenario in the back of my mind. Iamjust i am just constantly waiting for a call from the Passport Office. The home office is advising the Passport Applications are taking up to ten weeks to process, but they say it can take longer if any information is incomplete. 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The best of the weather going to be across scotland. Some selling spells and higher temperatures around 17 in glasgow. Damp weather across south western parts, only 11 for example in plymouth. Here is a look at bank holiday monday. Fairly cloudy, dry with the possibility of a few showers breaking out. A cool day in northern scotland, only ten or 11 in the south, warmer, 18 in london. Thats it. Neil parish says he is resigning after admitting he watched pornography in the House Of Commons. In the end i could see that the ferrari, the damage i was causing my family And My Constituency and association was more than worth carrying on. Association was more than worth carrying on carrying on. Police officers are searching carrying on. Police officers are searching for carrying on. Police officers are searching for a carrying on. Police officers are searching for a 33yearold i carrying on. Police officers are i searching for a 33yearold katie searching for a 33 year old katie canyon who went missing a week ago has found the body of a woman. In ukraine, Officials Say the Eastern Region of done bus is coming under heavy russian attack and claims that a Missile Strike is to the runway of a Missile Strike is to the runway of a debtor airport. And norwich city have been relegated from the Premier League after a defeat to aston villa. Now on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im isaac fanin. Liverpool are top of the Premier League after a win