of the most famous tears in music history. today, the crying was all for her. colin paterson, bbc news, bray, county wicklow. sinead o connor, laid to rest today. what s behind the big rise in shoplifting the state of the economy, effective decriminalisation of petty crime, or technological advancements? shoplifting s been described by some retailers as an epidemic. tonight we ll talk to the head of security atjohn lewis. china s economy is faltering, with exports falling at their fastest rate since the pandemic. what impact will a slowdown of the world s second largest economy have on our own and all of us? as the chair of parliament s standards committee reveals he s been subject to inappropriate touching from five other mps we ll speak to sir chris bryant about his ideas for reforming wesminster s culture. and twin russian strikes on a city in eastern ukraine kill civilians, and then hit rescuers. another war crime say ukrainian officials. we ll speak to a human ri
Because our key trading partners are slowing down, we will, ultimately, feel it in our wages, our incomes, ourjobs and general living standards. there has been much said in recent months about the conduct of some of those elected to our parliament. here on this programme we ve revealed shocking allegations of sexual harrassment and a culture in which power imbalances are allowed to fester and where many younger members of staff feel unable to trust the systems put in place to protect them. now a new voice has added his own account of falling victim to harrassment. sir chris bryant, the labour chairman of the committee on standards and priveleges that s the group of mps whose job it is to uphold standards in parliament says he himself has been inappropriately touched during his two decades in parliament by six mps. by by five mps. the allegations of sexual misconduct come, of course, against a backdrop of wider concerns about behaviour during a parliamentary period which has bee