allegations he watched pornography in the house of commons chamber. neil parish, the mp for a constituancy in devon in the south west of england, has referred himself to the parliamentary standards commissioner, and says he ll cooperate fully with any investigation. the 65 year old said he s embarrassed by the allegations, and suggested he may have opened the video on his phone by accident. here s our political correspondent ben wright. having told his wife, he faced the cameras waiting on his driveway. not a well known name before today, the conservative neil parish has been identified as the mp accused of watching pornography in the house of commons chamber. reporter: you have had - the conservative whip removed. where does that leave you? it leaves me still as the member of parliament for tiverton and honiton. i havejust come back from a surgery in honiton. i will maintain my duties very much as the mp and while i remain chair of the environment, food and rural affairs select commit
state have claimed some of them, targeting minority muslim communities. like the attack on this mosque in missouri sherry. this is what is left of it after it was bombed and at least 31 died. mazar e sharif. attacks have also taken place in schools. it was only last week that six people were killed in an explosion at this high school in a neighbourhood with a hazari shia community. the taliban say they have control of the security situation in afghanistan, yet for afghans the killings continue. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. here in the uk, a member of parliament for the governing conservative party has been suspended of allegations he was pornography in the house of commons chamber. neil parish the mp for a constituancy in devon in the south west of england has referred himself to the parliamentary standards commissioner, and says he ll cooperate fully with any investigation.
plenty of sunshine here. much brighter day for eastern england after the recent cloudy days. but for scotland, northern ireland, it will be turning windy, cloudy and wet. and some of that rain will be quite heavy at times. certainly western scotland could even hear the odd rumble of thunder there. it will be cooler here than the last few days. further south, we could see 17 or 18 degrees and a little bit of fairweather cloud just bubbling up here and there. the cloud will increase across northern and western england and wales as we head into the latter part of the day and into the evening. that area of low pressure will continue to drift its way southwards, tending to weaken as it does so. but there will be a lot of cloud around for saturday night, so that means it will be a mild one, with the temperatures no lower than seven to 10 degrees. so for sunday, then, our area of low pressure will continue to weaken, pushing towards the southern half of britain, so that means it will be the s
ade adedoyin, bbc news, new york. that s it from all of us in london. see you next time. hello there. there s some rain in the forecast for this bank holiday weekend. not that much for england and wales, but certainly for scotland and northern ireland, it could be quite heavy at times. for gardeners and growers, that will provide some good news as it s been so dry for this month of april. there ll also be quite a bit of sunshine around, particularly on saturday across england and wales under this area of high pressure, which is slowly declining as this low pressure system continues to sweep into scotland and northern ireland. we start off on a mainly dry and quite chilly note for england and wales,
a ukrainian presidential advisor warns of heavy losses as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. a tennis super star behind bars boris becker is jailed for 2.5 half years for hiding millions of dollars worth of assets after going bankrupt. here in the uk, a member of parliament for the governing conservative party has been suspended over allegations he watched pornography in the house of commons chamber. neil parish the mp for a constituancy in devon in the south west of england has referred himself to the parliamentary standards commissioner, and says he ll cooperate fully with any investigation. the 65 year old said he s embarrassed by the allegations, and suggested he may have opened the video on his phone, by accident. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. having told his wife, he faced the cameras waiting on his driveway. not a well known name before today, the conservative neil parish has been identified as the mp accused of watching pornography in the h