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it s monday the 18th of september. more women have reportedly come forward with allegations about russell brand. today s times newspaper claims several women have contacted its journalists since saturday, when it published the accounts of four women who said the comedian had raped or sexually assaulted them. russell brand has denied those claims and insisted all his relationships were consensual. our media correspondent david sillito reports. russell brand, comedian, actor, political commentator, accused of multiple sexual assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. he s grabbing at my underwear, pulling it to the side. i m telling him to get off me and he won t get off. i was very distraught, trying to get out of the house. with him being so much taller than me, like, holding me up against the wall. further details have now been published about nadia reporting the incident to a rape crisis centre and also a series of text messages tha ....
drjenny harries the deputy chief medical officerfor england. the prime minister is likely to be asked about today s other main news as the duchess of sussex tells american tv that her treatment by the royal family led her to contemplate suicide. she tells oprah winfrey that one unnamed family member raised questions about the skin colour of her son archie. so, we have in tandem the conversation of, he won t be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. oprah winfrey has since said harry wanted to clarify that it was not the queen or prince philip who made the comments about archie s skin. she also addressed the couple s desire for privacy. hello. welcome to this bbc news special in the next few minutes the prime minister will be leading a coronavirus news briefing at downing street. today marks the first stage of the borisjohnson s road map out of lockdown for england. ....
film festival in new york. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. social media companies are being accused of a shameful failure to tackle online illegal and dangerous content. a report by a group of mps says sites like facebook, twitter and google put more effort into protecting their profits than keeping the public safe online. the home affairs select committee branded the firms‘ lack of action as a disgrace . asjonathan blake reports. twitter, facebook, and google. big brands and household names used by billions online every day, but accused again of doing nowhere near enough to tackle illegal, abusive, or extremist posts. i think both the richest and biggest companies in the world have both the ability and the responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. i don t think they are taking this seriously enough, and i think they need to. the mp suggested fines for social media compa ....
education and wellbeing are being harmed with staff teaching children simply how to pass the tests. and we follow up the 2005 documentary about children living in mumbai. that s india s millennials in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning. welcome to bbc news. our breaking news, three women have been rested in northampton on suspicion of terror offences and pelissie they are linked to a counterterrorism operation on thursday which saw a woman shot and injured. arrested in north london. the armed raid on thursday, pelissie, foiled an active terror plot. the woman who was shot in that raid was taken to hospital after hospital treatment she was questioned by police. a 21 year old woman. we are seeing the scene in these pictures now. that was thursday night. yesterday she was discharged from hospital and arrested an suspicion of preparing a cts arrested an suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. she is in custody ata acts of terrorism. she is in custody at a ....
whether lessons have been learnt. has the isle of skye become a victim of its own beauty? the island is struggling to cope, as tourism reaches record numbers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 17 men and one woman have been found guilty of sexual exploitation and drugs offences in the north of england. the convictions are in connection to a major investigation into sexual abuse and grooming. as pa rt of as part of the operation, police paid a convicted child rapist almost £10,000 to act as informant. our correspondent fiona trott is in newcastle for us. there have been two years of trials at newcastle crown court and now those verdicts have finally been returned we can tell you all about the sexual exploitation northumbria police have uncovered in this city. between 2010 and 2014, men, predominantly indian, pakistani, anchor dishy origin, targeted vulnerable girls and women. bangladeshi origin. they invited them to sessions and gave them drink and drugs, so ma ....