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the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhi ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with some breaking news from scotland, where the prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is complete. it follows the outcry of the case of isla bryson, a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. isla bryson was initially remanded to cornton vale women s prison before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. the scottish prison service says that we have commenced an urgent review of all trans gender cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst cases currently manage in our establishment. our first concern cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst concern is always and remains the health, safety and well being of all the people in our care and that of our staff. we have very robust risk assessment processes and a track record of keeping people safe i ....
overturning of health care that will specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples.- specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make - and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make an i heavy responsibility. to make an abortion heavy responsibility. to make an abortion illegal and impeccable throughout our nation. a second earthquake rocks an area in south eastern afghanistan causing further deaths and destruction. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisj ....
that she was the kindest, most compassionate and most tenacious person i have ever met . now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a fine afternoon for the north of scotland and eastern england but even in central and western parts of the uk there will be dry weather around. the breeze is bringing passing showers. they will move quite quickly but the odd heavier one is possible. they are more frequent the further west you are. close to an area of low pressure off the coast of ireland and it is here across ireland, particularly western ireland, that we will see persistent areas of rain. 22 in northern ireland and eastern parts of england. only about 16 or 17 in the west. where the breeze continues to freshen for the night, cloud and longer spells of rain across ireland and south west scotland, north west england, north west wales by the end of the night. elsewhere, rain clears and clear skies to take us into start to sunday and some southern and e ....
will specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make abortion unthinkable and illegal throughout our nation. more calls from the taliban for international support to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, that s killed more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and its day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls a psychological transformation of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it s been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inf ....