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of campaigning is being looked into by the gambling commission over an alleged bet on the timing of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura saunders who is the party s candidate in bristol north west are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being called. the use of confidential information in order to gain an unfair advantage when betting may be a criminal offence. we now know that among those being looked into are tony lee, who s the conservative party s director of campaigning, and his wife, laura saunders, who s a candidate. mr lee took a leave of absence from his job yesterday. both mrs saunders and mr lee have been approached for comment, but ....
her family says their world has been torn apart. as us backed forces drive more islamic state extremists from their strongholds, we talk to the foreign fighters trying to get back to europe. 50 years after their debut album, we talk to pink floyd ahead of the opening of a new exhibition charting the band s success. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, atletico madrid needed an almighty comeback to beat city rivals real. who would be joining juventus for the champions league final in cardiff? good evening. president trump has defended his decision to fire the head of the fbi, insisting that james comey‘s replacement would do a far betterjob. the president claims america s most senior law enforcement official had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington and said republicans and democrats alike would eventually thank him. james comey was leading an fbi investigation into alleged links between the trump campaign team and russia. his abrupt removal has brought cha ....
embers of the house of commons. my government s priority is to ensure the best possible deal as the country leads the european union. members. it was a slimmed down queens beach, and not much of the tory manifesto was there. we will ask what the prospects for this government. as it run out of ideas already, or money will it be power oi’ already, or money will it be power or paralysis that prevails? also tonight: following theresa may s response to the grenfell tower disaster, we hear an opinion on sentimentality. and we will be chatting with the start of the royal opera house s new production of othello. hello. it was an awkward queens beach for so many reasons. it was fregley too hot, and it clashed with ascot, that the cream had to get to art was, and more than anything, it was awkward for theresa may, who did not have a deal with the dup and had tojump on much of what she campaigned on. the dup and had tojump on much of what she campaigned on. queen. but thi ....
reaching out to absolutely everyone in the area. plus we ve learnt that girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance. some critics say it is similar to fgm, but not everyone agrees. female genital mutilation is clearly not a procedure that we can support in any way, shape or form. procedure that we can support in any way, shape orform. to even use it in the same sentence as libya plaster surgery is not only unhelpful, but it is unfair. labia plaster surgery. the law is very clear. i see it is the same thing. we should not be mutilating bodies for cultural reasons. our full exclusive reporter after half nine this morning. hello, welcome to the programme we re live until 11. throughout the morning, the latest breaking news and developing stories. a little later in the programme we ll hear from a woman called laura, who was a victim of the rochdale paedophile and grooming ring from the age of 13 until she ....
and coming up in sportsday on bbc news away from wimbledon, everton continue their spending spree, signing burnley and england defender michael keane for a fee which could rise to £30 million. good evening. an inquiry into seven decades of abuse of children in care injersey says children there may still be at risk. more than 600 witnesses have given harrowing evidence about the systematic mistreatment of vulnerable young people such as being sexually abused, tortured with electrical wires, locked in confined spaces or simply abandoned. the independentjersey care inquiry recommends that the children s home at the centre of the scandal haut de la garenne be demolished. it has also found failings injersey‘s child care system even now and says the lessons of the past have not been learned. robert hall is in jersey for us tonight. robert, this is a day that so many survivors of abuse there have long been waiting for. yes, a very difficult day for many of them. but t ....