Good morning. For many of us today we are going to see sunny spells, variable cloud and the Odd Shower. But later, The Cloud will thicken in the west introducing patchy rain. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 24thjuly. Seven Labour Mps have been suspended from the party for six months, after they rebelled against the government over the two Child Benefit Cap. Its the first big test of Sir Keir Starmer S Authority as Prime Minister. Hes said its unaffordable at the moment to scrap the cap, but he was defied by a group of mps who backed a call from the Scottish National Party for it to be lifted. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. The ayes were 103, the noes were 363. So the noes have it, the noes have it. Unlock. Less than three weeks in power, the new government has had its first rebellion. It was small, but the Prime Minister has responded with his first show of force. Mps have been debating the Kings Speech, Keir Starmer s plan for his first m
Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. A vIdeo that shows brItIsh olympIan Charlotte DujardIn repeatedly whIppIng her horse has now been made publIc. The Dressage Star has been provIsIonally suspended by the sports governIng body, and shes pulled out of thIs summers olympIcs, sayIng shes Deeply Ashamed of what she called an error ofjudgement. Our Sports Correspondent Laura scott Is In parIs. Laura, whats the latest . Well, the major development thIs mornIng Is the emergence of that vIdeo, whIch Is at the heart of thIs story, whIch has rocked brItIsh sport and led to the wIthdrawal of Charlotte DujardIn from the olympIcs here In parIs. In that vIdeo that the use of the whIp Is permItted In EquestrIan Sports, but the behavIour In thIs vIdeo Is somethIng that Charlotte DujardIn herself say she Is sIncerely sorry for, It was out of character and an error of judgment. What character and an error ofjudgment. What follows now ke . There Is an InvestIgatIon by the world equestrIan
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, your irreplaceable guide to the world of westminster and beyond. In this programme, labour delivers the prime Ministers End of term report. Last week, A Million kids were off school, businesses are closing and millions will spend their Summer Self isolating. A self isolating borisjohnson explains the Governments Approach to covid. You have to balance the catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns. As england ditches facemasks, Mps Search for some Summer Travel tips. If youre on an Ner Train travelling from england i through to scotland, the rules i change as you cross the border. Have you any idea how that will practically work . And we look back on 60 years of pmqs. You need to write out 1000 times, i will behave myself at Prime Ministers questions but first, the last week of the parliamentary term was dominated, as was the rest of it, by the pandemic. Two, on
Now its time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament, your irreplaceable guide to the world of westminster and beyond. In this programme, labour delivers the prime Ministers End of term report. Last week, A Million kids were off school, businesses are closing and millions will spend their Summer Self isolating. A self isolating borisjohnson explains the Governments Approach to covid. You have to balance the catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns. As england ditches facemasks, Mps Search for some Summer Travel tips. If youre on an Ner Train travelling from england i through to scotland, the rules i change as you cross the border. Have you any idea how that will practically work . And we look back on 60 years of pmqs. You need to write out 1000 times, i will behave myself at Prime Ministers questions but first, the last week of the parliamentary term was dominated, as was the rest of it, by the pa