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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 hu ....
in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police digging near the arade dam, just 50 kilometres away from where she went missing. also tonight the disgraced entertainer rolf harris has died aged 93. we ll talk to a reporter that sat through every day of his sexual assault trial. we will also speak to the chief rabbi of ukraine about the impact of russia s invasion and what he s doing to support people across the county. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the covid pandemic. the information was passed to police by the government s cabinet office. it s being reported that the referral is to two police forces based on recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage, police are investigating, and no breach of the rules has been confirmed. live now to our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. hi there. t ....
Why we need to fix parliament and how to do it, and he s here. thank you for coming on the programme. we will talk about sexual harassment a little later but more broadly, do you think the reputation of mps in the eyes of the public is at a low point right now? i of mps in the eyes of the public is at a low point right now?- at a low point right now? i think parliament at a low point right now? i think parliament is at a low point right now? i think parliament is in at a low point right now? i think parliament is in real at a low point right now? i think parliament is in real trouble, i at a low point right now? i think. parliament is in real trouble, both parliament is in real trouble, both parliament itself and the 650 of us there at the moment. if you look at there at the moment. if you look at the statistic and i will only do one at you, 22 mps in this parliament have been suspended for a day or more or have left parliament before a report into their conduct was brought forw ....
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 ....
The way it does its business is actually central to my being an mp. of course you would argue that because you ve written the book and you being paid for it. you could write a column in a newspaper, do an interview about it on this programme. i5 interview about it on this programme- interview about it on this programme. interview about it on this rrroramme. , , ., programme. is where there is a conflict of programme. is where there is a conflict of interest, programme. is where there is a conflict of interest, where - programme. is where there is a conflict of interest, where you i conflict of interest, where you think your role as an in pay and appropriate to pursue something else. i think it s fine, i think there s a good argument to say that you should not have mps any more on that revolving door with broadcasting because how can you be an independent person presenting the news on a news channel, interviewing another mp? that doesn t make any kind of sense punter and that appli ....