good afternoon. a conservative backbencher who has accused government whips of trying to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. that some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been in the end of attempts to intimidate them with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies. the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports of which i a
good afternoon. a conservative backbencher who has accused downing street of trying to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. but some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been in the end of attempts to intimidate them with embarrassing stories in them with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies.- public money from their constituencies. ., ., ., constituencies. t
them 1.5 billion pounds for not reaching annual targets. the targets are quite high. royal mail have to deliver 93% of all first class post within one day, that is the target set by the regulator. it is all very well saying, get your act together, does that suggest they do not believe the royal mail when they say it is because of coronavirus and staff absences. they want to see improvements. royal mail made £726 million last year and pre tax profits. the cost of a first class stamp by more than 20% last year. the regulator expecting more. here is the weather. large areas of cloud. potentially a touch of frost. milder further north. that brisk south westerly wind looking teacher blow across northern scotland tomorrow. a largely dry but is largely cloudy day. some sunny spells. south westerly wind will continue to blow across northern scotland. in the coming week, a lot of dry weather, the increasing chance of some rain in the north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines.
at least 18 were killed and more than 30 are still missing. britain s farmers cutting back on the amount of food they produce as costs soar. u nfortu nately we a re costs soar. unfortunately we are not put enough money at this moment in time to cover or cost of production and every single pig we re selling we are losing in the region of around if not more. emma rather emma raducanu is outgunned by garcia. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rain hampers play on the third day in taunton but england s women are still in control against south africa in their one off, four day test. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. the duke and duchess of cambridge have paid tribute to dame deborah james they described her as an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman, whose legacy will live on. charities have also praised dame deborah s work as a cancer campaigner, blogger, and broadcaster. she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016. last month she launched the bow
of wales will never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with millions in cash from a former qatari prime minister. singer r kelly could face decades in prison as he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of ringleading a violent scheme to lure women and children for him to sexually abuse. and coming up in sport, britain s emma raducanu is out of wimbledon after being defeated by france s caroline garcia in straight sets. welcome to the programme. a court in france has handed down guilty verdicts to all but one of the 20 men accused of involvement in the islamist attacks in paris in 2015. sentencing is still to be announced. among the defendants, the only suspected attacker to have survived, salah abdeslam, who has been sentenced to life injail. gunmen killed 130 people across the french capital. the attacks started with three explosions outside the stade de france stadium whilst a match was taking