Good morning. We got another day of sunshine and showers today. The showers will be heaviest and most frequent in the east. The could be some sunshine around as well. Some drier interludes as well, but i will have more details coming up shortly. Its sunday 27 august. Our main story the Prime Minister faces another difficult by election after the conservative mp Nadine Dorries finally handed in her resignation. The former Culture Secretary said she was stepping down with immediate effect 11 weeks ago but stayed on to make inquiries about why she had been denied a peerage. She has accused rishi sunak of whipping up a public frenzy against her. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Last year she was a cabinet minister, but now Nadine Dorries has said she will be leaving parliament for good. If you think youve heard that before, well, she initially announced shed go back injune, but then decided to stay on to try to find out why she had been apparently blocked from taking a seat
Been killed in a Military Aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military craft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the Northern Territory. Five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave this update, a little earlier. The initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us Defence Force personnel, that there are no members of the australian Defence Force involved in this incident. Our focus as a government and as a Department Of Defence is very much on Incident Response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. That was the australian Prime Minister on that military crashed, killing three us marines. Well have more on this story as we get it. Here in the uk, Nadine Dorries, the Conservative Mp and former minister, has resigned as a Member Of Parliament with a scathing attack on
On the lips by him following spains victory over england in sydney. The organisation said it would take legal action against her. More than 80 players have now said theyll boycott games until he quits. Our sports correspondent, joe lynskey, has more details on the story spains winning world cup moment could soon become a legal battle. This was the kiss from the fa president that overshadowed the week they became world champions. Luis rubiales has refused to resign, and now the dispute has gone further. Last nightJenni Hermoso said. As was seen in the images, at no time did i consent to the kiss. The Spanish Football Federation has hit back. They say, the president will show each of the lies that are spread, either by someone on behalf of the player or by the player herself, and that they will now take legal action. The rfef say these pictures prove rubiales right, and that this lift from hermoso meant she also gave consent. She has denied that action even happened. Translation is that
Football related activities came after he refused to resign after being accused of forcibly kissing a winner of the womens world cup on the lips. 0ur correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe, sent this update. World footballs governing body, fifa, has suspended luis rubiales, the president of the spanish football federation, from all football related activity, national and international for 90 days. And that is pending some Disciplinary Proceedings that fifa has brought against mr rubiales, which are related to his behaviour. At the end of the womens World Cup Final last week, when spain beat england in sydney, australia, at the end of that final, mr rubiales grabbed one of the spanish players, kissed her on the lips and he says that was a consensual act. Jenni hermoso has since said that it was not, and this has created a huge backlash against mr rubiales government ministers. Senior figures within the Sporting World and other public figures have all come out criticising mr rubiales. In
The suspension applies to both national and international football. It follows his refusal to resign after being accused of forcibly kissing a winner of the womens world cup on the lips. Earlier, the Spanish Football Federation accused Jenni Hermoso of lying about the incident when she said she did not consent to being kissed on the lips by him following spains victory over england in sydney. The organisation said it would take legal action against her. More than 80 players have now said theyll boycott games until he quits. 0ur sports correspondent, joe lynskey, reports. Spains winning world cup moment could soon become a legal battle. This was the kiss from the fa president that overshadowed the week they became world champions. Luis rubiales has refused to resign, and now the dispute has gone further. Last nightJenni Hermoso said. As was seen in the images, at no time did i consent to the kiss. The Spanish Football Federation has hit back. They say, the president will show each of th