leadership. after it emerged he had taken cocaine 20 years ago today an admission of lawbreaking from the formerjustice secretary. admission of lawbreaking from the formerjustice secretary. yes it was a crime and domestic edge mystic, i deeply regret it. should you have gone to prison? it i was fortunate andi gone to prison? it i was fortunate and i think i have seen the damage that drugs do. he had wanted to focus on his pro business agenda, is replacing vat with a similar system. instead he was facing accusations about hypocrisy about an article he wrote in 1999 and criticising middle class drug users calling for legalisation. if any of us laps sometimes from standards we uphold, thatis sometimes from standards we uphold, that is human. the thing to do is not necessarily say to say that the standard should be lowered it should be to seek to do better in the future. the environment secretary said he respected the most senior police officer cressida dick who said class a drug
at half past eleven. the conservative leadership contender, michael gove, has admitted he committed a crime when he took cocaine 20 years ago. he said he had used the drug several times and deeply regretted it. he s been speaking this morning to the bbc‘s andrew marr. it was a crime, a mistake, i regret it. should you have gone to prison? i have seen the damage that drugs do, i have seen that close up, and in the work i have done as a politician, that is why i deeply regret the mistake i made. i took it on several social occasions more than 20 years ago when i was working asa than 20 years ago when i was working as a journalist. was it a habit? i do not believe it was. it was a mistake that i regret. you were 30. you are not a young man, a teenager. did you have any sense of the damage that this was doing to other kids on the streets of london, many of them might be in prison right now?|j the streets of london, many of them might be in prison right now? i do have a profound
on a mountain near ben nevis in the scottish highlands. hundreds of thousands take to the streets of hong kong to protest against a planned law about extradition to china. and i m here in nice where injust a few hours‘ time, and i‘m here in nice where injust a few hours‘ time, england will take on scotland in their first women‘s world cup match. and coming up on bbc news, alicia mccarthy looks back at recent events in westminster, in the week in parliament. that‘s at half past two. good afternoon. the conservative leadership candidate michael gove has admitted he commited a criminal offence when he took cocaine on several occasions. speaking for the first time about his use of the class a drug, he said he had a profound sense of regret about it. he used cocaine when working as a journalist 20 years ago. here‘s our political correspondent susana mendonca. these aren‘t the headlines that michael gove would have been hoping for this weekend as he embarked on his
i will continue to fight in your corner, because you re right. controversy over the labour mp supporting the birmingham protests against same sex relationship teaching in primary schools. stuttering run up. cheering. england beat switzerland on penalties to finish third in the nations league. and in the women s world cup, england have just kicked off against scotland. good afternoon. the conservative leadership candidate michael gove has admitted he commited a criminal offence when he took cocaine on several occasions. speaking for the first time about his use of the class a drug, he said he had a profound sense of regret about it. it happened while he was working as a journalist 20 years ago. here s our political correspondent susana mendonca. these weren t the headlines michael gove would have been hoping for this weekend as he embarked on setting out his pitch for the tory leadership. after it emerged that he d taken cocaine 20 years ago, today an admission of lawbreakin
we re met with aggression from strangers to strangers. stuttering run up. .. cheering. england beat switzerland on penalties to finish third in the nations league. and england are 2 0 up against scotland at half time in the women s world cup. good evening. the conservative leadership candidate michael gove has admitted he commited a criminal offence when he took cocaine on several occasions. speaking for the first time about his use of the class a drug he said he had a profound sense of regret about it. it happened while he was working as a journalist 20 years ago. here s our political correspondent susana mendonca. these weren t the headlines michael gove would have been hoping for this weekend as he embarked on setting out his pitch for the tory leadership. after it emerged that he d taken cocaine 20 years ago, today an admission of lawbreaking from the formerjustice secretary. yes, it was a crime, it was a mistake. i deeply regret it. should you have gone to prison? i wa