equally some sunshine but it does look like it's going to turn warmer for many of us towards the end of the week. that's all for me. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the bbc understands that the conservative mp neil parish accused of watching pornography in parliament is expected to resign later. police officers searching for 33—year—old katie kenyon who went missing a week ago have found the body of a woman. the ministry of defence says russia has been forced to merge and redeploy some of its forces in ukraine, because of failed advances in the north—east of the country. the government is taking urgent action to limit the amount of some hormone replacement therapy products women can access to improve general supply. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. workers across much of the industrialised world are being hit by a triple whammy, inflation is outpacing their wages, the gig economy is undermining job security and intelligent technology promises to transform the world of work. how should employees respond? well, my guest is frances o'grady, the general secretary of britain's trades union congress. what ever happened to the power of organised labour?

frances o'grady, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you've had almost a decade at the top of the trades union congress. for much of that time you've been seen as somebody who favours collaboration over conflict. but right now would you say that the trade unions are about to take the gloves off when it comes to relations with employers? well, i favour workers getting a fair deal and clearly unions are about trying to negotiate fair pay, health and safety, decent conditions at work and equality. and many, many times we get good agreements with employers so that's important. but clearly, if an employer won't compromise, won't listen then it's important that workers have that internationally recognised right to redraw the labour. if that's what it takes, i'm afraid that's what we have to do. it does seem as though

something is shifting. i just look at the figures, over the past 12 months the trades union congress has logged come over 300 disputes in different industrial sectors. it does seem that that far outstripped the numbers before the covid pandemic. are you now in a new era of conflict? i think we are seeing an appetite from workers to make sure that their wages at least keep pace with inflation. and in the uk that looks set to hit 10%, calculating just energy bills alone are rising ten times faster than wages. so it's not surprising that workers are getting themselves organised and saying, "we want a fair deal, "we know that it's not wages that are driving inflation, "it's global energy prices", and we need action on that front, windfall tax cuts on some of those energy companies. i saw the top man at bp saying he had more money than he knew what to do it.

well, i think consumers and workers would like to see some of that come back into their pay packets and be taken off their bills. and that's understandable, entirely understandable that workers see inflation, which i think official figures have it at 7% right now, but as you say could go to 10% by the end of the year. they want their wages to at least try to keep up with that. but i'm just looking at some strikes that have yielded major pay rises in different parts of the uk in the recent past. in the south of england a 19%—plus rise was eventually given to refuse workers at a distribution centre for a big retailer. there was ultimately after a dispute a near 11% pay boost for workers. i mean, these are stunningly high wage rises. businesses say they simply can't afford that level of rise. well, they could because they agreed it, and i think it's a positive thing that workers are getting organised and more confident about asking for a fair share of the wealth

that they produce. you know, the problem is that if pay packets are shrinking there is less demand in the economy, fewer people spending in local shops and businesses, and we end up with the economy stagnating, which isn't good for any of us. so we have to have fair shares... but the flip side of that is that you are dealing across the union movement with businesses which are under a massive pressure as well. we know they are facing inflationary rises in their supply chains. we know also that the government is imposing a rise in national insurance, which they're can have to pay on their payroll. they've got massive pressures and then the workers are coming saying, we want 15, we want 19%. it's unrealistic, isn't it? well, not unrealistic if the company is agreeing it with those workers. in fact, i was up meeting the workers where you referred to, ithink, a big warehouse, very low pay. it was a big thing for them to vote for strike action.

they obviously don't get paid and they are already struggling and theyjust want enough money to cover the basics. and i think what we have seen is the longest squeeze on living standards that we've had in two centuries. we've already had ten years of austerity where wages were being frozen at best, cut in real terms. people are looking for some of that back. and i guess if we're going to talk about restraint then we have to talk about restraint at the top, some restraint on profits, some restraint for shareholders. there has to be some fairness written into that deal. understood. people with long memories, olderfolk like me might remember the wage price spirals of the 70s and early 80s. very, very long way from that. are we really? because you said to me, of course, our inflationary pressures are nothing to do with rising wages. but actually, aren't rising wages in the short to medium—term going to exacerbate inflationary

pressures ? that's sort of how it works. there is no evidence for that whatsoever. in fact, on the contrary, all the pundits are predicting that real wages will fall this year. in fact, the chancellor in britain has stated that they're expecting real wages to fall. and it gets to the point where people have cut their own household budgets to the bone and there simply isn't scope to cut any more. it shouldn't be the case that key workers who got us through the pandemic are visiting food banks, for goodness�* sake. something has gone desperately wrong. so when the governor of the bank of england, a rather important voice in the economy, andrew bailey, when he said recently that both companies and workers should show, "restraint in pay negotiations", and when asked further whether that meant workers should not ask for big pay rises, mr bailey said broadly, yes, that is right. how did you feel about that? i think the bank of england corrected their position subsequently and talked about

profits to shareholders too. i think it's born of a kind of orthodox view that somehow if you clamp down on workers that the books will balance. on the contrary, what we've seen time and time again is that if workers pay the price for all these crises every single time, then that sucks demand out of local economies and that's not good for economic growth. as you have already mentioned, we are also talking about the context of an extraordinarily difficult two years for many people thanks to the covid pandemic. do you think workers have been made to pay a price for covid? because the government has made great efforts to try and insulate workers from the worst effects of the pandemic, thanks to the furlough scheme. well, the furlough scheme was of course a great union idea and i was pleased at the time that we got...

you were instrumental, but alongside business leaders, the cbi and of course the chancellor rishi sunak, are you saying it was all your idea? it was certainly a trade union proposition, furlough. it's something we have done right around the world where we can get agreements from governments. again on that premise that the biggest threat we faced at that point was mass unemployment and that wouldn't just mean misery forjust millions of families potentially, that would take the economy down, that was the real threat. so this was the first time in the uk we'd had such a wage subsidy. to be clear, for those people around the world who weren't able to take advantage of such a scheme, furlough basically meant that millions of people were paid a fairly high proportion of their usual wages to sit at home and not go to work because obviously they couldn't because of the pandemic. yes, it supported and saved 12 million livelihoods at its peak. yes, it was really important.

and it did succeed in avoiding mass unemployment, maintaining skills in the economy and making sure that we could bounce back quicker than otherwise would've been the case. and that was something unions pushed for and something we were pleased to get it. not perfect, but one of the best schemes in europe. but you have also said despite being pleased that the furlough scheme was rolled out as it was, you've also said that there has been an inequality. that there's been people in particular have been harder hit in general and those people often in fairly low payjobs who had to go to work, they were defined as the essential workers in one—way or the other and they actually bore the brunt of the covid pandemic. in so many different ways. and i think this is true of workers around the world.

whether they were nurses or shop workers or teachers, that people were carrying on through the crisis, going into work, often at great personal cost and risk sometimes in the case, i spoke to prison officers living separately from their families because they were worried about bringing the virus home. and everybody was thanking them at the time, but when it came to the pay round, a real pay cut, it's simply not sustainable. so is it your contention that one of the lessons that we as a society should learn from covid is we should rebalance the pay differentials and redefine what is essential and also what is value in terms of work? i think many of us did question that. for the first time realise how much people were paid, how valuable the work they were doing. i often say, people weren't out on their doorstops clapping hedge fund partners. they were clapping carers, nurses, key workers, people who were emptying our dustbins, people who were looking after us in the midst of that crisis. and i think it's only fair that they should be rewarded

not with a real pay cut but with some respect and a proper pay packet so people can afford to bring up their families. because it isn'tjust about what's in the pay packet. it's also about how you work. there's an interesting debate in the uk right now about whether it's time, particularly for white collar workers interestingly, and one symbolic area that's being discussed is the role of civil servants, white—collar civil servants working for government in london, whether it's time to require them to go back into the office and no longer work from home. is it your contention the government has a point when it now says the time has come, all those white—collar workers who continued to work from home in the pandemic moderated and was largely alleviated, they should not go back to the office? —— they should now go back to the office. i don't think we can go back to how things were. i think people are looking for positive flexibility. regardless of the job they do

or the colour of their collar. i do worry about that class divide, about who can and can't work from home. but i think there's a lot more that we could be doing to make sure that everyjob has positive flexibility. for many workers, they want predictability as well of their shifts. 0k, ijust want to be clear with you about where you stand on a cabinet minister jacob rees—mogg going into an office of a bunch of fairly senior civil servants leaving a note saying, "sorry you were out when i visited, "i look forward to seeing you in the office very soon." do you have a little bit of sympathy with him? absolutely not, i'm afraid. i thinkjacob rees—mogg ought to have more important things to be getting on with then interfering on what is industrial relations between the employee and the union who come to agreements on hybrid working. and it's not really, frankly, i would've thought he had more important things to be getting on with than leaving notes for trying to intimidate individual civil servants. you know, i think people are looking for positive

flexibility, whether that's working from home or whether it's about being able to swap shifts, being able to have some you are watching bbc news. we are breaking into this recording programme to bring you some breaking news and that is that the conservative mp neil parish has confirmed in the last few minutes that he has resigned after admitting watching pornography in the house of commons. that is the mp neil parish who was accused of watching pornography in the house of commons has admitted it to that and will resign. our political correspondent is here. ~ . ., ,, ~ is here. what has happened? mr parris has _ is here. what has happened? mr parris has done _ is here. what has happened? mr parris has done an _ is here. what has happened? mr parris has done an interview - is here. what has happened? mrj parris has done an interview with the bbc, the bbc because i co—editor in the south—west, and has confirmed he is intending to quit immediately. it was clear he was in a significant difficulty yesterday after he had

the tory whip withdrawn, he referred himself to the standards commissioner for investigation after these allegations that he had watched pornography in the house of commons. it seemed last night he was hoping to dig in and wait for that investigation to deliver its verdict, but clearly, i think pressure from probably his constituency, set and his family, from the party at westminster, has meant he has we considered that decision and in this interview with the bbc he said what i did was absolutely wrong, he confirmed he did view pornography on his phone, including any house of commons chamber, twice. once was by accident, he said it was browsing for tractors online. the second time he revisited the website and looked at it and that clearly makes his position completely untenable. he said he was viewing it in a part of the chamberjust where mps vote. and we can see a bit of his exclusive

interview now. i we can see a bit of his exclusive interview nova— we can see a bit of his exclusive interview now-— we can see a bit of his exclusive interview now. i thought that i can ex - lain to interview now. i thought that i can exniain to the _ interview now. i thought that i can explain to the standards _ interview now. i thought that i can l explain to the standards committee what happened and it would be worth explaining _ what happened and it would be worth explaining what happened which i will in _ explaining what happened which i will in a _ explaining what happened which i will in a minute, but in the end i can see— will in a minute, but in the end i can see the_ will in a minute, but in the end i can see the damage i was causing my family— can see the damage i was causing my family and _ can see the damage i was causing my family and my constituency and it is not worth_ family and my constituency and it is not worth carrying on. is family and my constituency and it is not worth carrying on.— not worth carrying on. is your decision based _ not worth carrying on. is your decision based on _ not worth carrying on. is your decision based on an - not worth carrying on. is your - decision based on an acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes. decision based on an acknowledgement of wrongdoing?— of wrongdoing? yes, and i will exect of wrongdoing? yes, and i will exnect you _ of wrongdoing? yes, and i will expect you exactly _ of wrongdoing? yes, and i will expect you exactly what - of wrongdoing? yes, and i will expect you exactly what it - of wrongdoing? yes, and i will expect you exactly what it is. l of wrongdoing? yes, and i will. expect you exactly what it is. ok. the situation _ expect you exactly what it is. ok. the situation was _ expect you exactly what it is. off; the situation was funnily expect you exactly what it is. oizn the situation was funnily enough expect you exactly what it is. ci; the situation was funnily enough it was tractors i was looking at and i did get— was tractors i was looking at and i did get into — was tractors i was looking at and i did get into another website that had a _ did get into another website that had a very— did get into another website that had a very similar name and i watched _ had a very similar name and i watched it— had a very similar name and i watched it for a bit, which i should not have _ watched it for a bit, which i should not have done.— not have done. that interview 'ust with us in the fi not have done. that interview 'ust with us in the last i not have done. that interview 'ust with us in the last fewi not have done. that interviewjust with us in the last few minutes . not have done. that interviewjust with us in the last few minutes or| with us in the last few minutes or so. what is your reaction? that with us in the last few minutes or so. what is your reaction? that is a broken man- _ so. what is your reaction? that is a broken man. he _

so. what is your reaction? that is a broken man. he is— so. what is your reaction? that is a broken man. he is clearly - so. what is your reaction? that is a broken man. he is clearly very - so. what is your reaction? that is a l broken man. he is clearly very upset by all of this. he talked about viewing that website for the first time, he then accepted during the interview later on that he than it we visited the website while he was waiting to vote and that is clearly where he was seen by fellow mps. this was reported at a meeting of conservatives on tuesday evening and it took until yesterday for the conservative chief whip to sadie weep —— to say the whip had to be withdrawn. he hoped this will go through due process but he accepts he was hanging by a thread. he does not begin to defend what he did, he says i took leave of my senses, i do not defend what i did for a second. what i did was absolutely wrong. he does so at one point that he was not flaunting what he was doing. he was not trying to intimidate anyone, he was trying to he said be discreet about this. but the outrage and uproar that this has faced, the disgust that has been expressed by

women mps in particular, has been cacophonous over the last few days and it was just going to be impossible i think for him to whether this and carry on. hand impossible i think for him to whether this and carry on. and he is not a frontbencher, _ whether this and carry on. and he is not a frontbencher, not _ whether this and carry on. and he is not a frontbencher, not a _ not a frontbencher, not a particularly prominent mp, just for people who do not know who we are is, give us some background. you people who do not know who we are is, give us some background.- is, give us some background. you is not prominent _ is, give us some background. you is not prominent but _ is, give us some background. you is not prominent but he _ is, give us some background. you is not prominent but he is _ is, give us some background. you is not prominent but he is a _ is, give us some background. you is not prominent but he is a senior- is, give us some background. you is not prominent but he is a senior at i not prominent but he is a senior at venture. former pharma, big background in agriculture. he used to be... he has a very large majority, 20,000. —— former pharma. this is a rock—solid tory seat and i do not think there is any traditionaljeopardy do not think there is any traditional jeopardy around the contestants will follow. he was chair of committee and when he said he was going to be referring himself investigation yesterday, he did say he hoped to continue with his duties as committee. that would have been problematic, parliament is now in recess for a bit but when it reconvened, i can imagine the committees sitting down and saying

this is completely untenable that you have continued to sit on this committee, let alone chair it. so he was in huge political difficulty and you have to remember the context we are less than a week now before the local elections and i just think the conservative party did not want this festering any more, so i'm sure there is of the conversations that would have happened in the last 2a hours between him and party chiefs back at westminster as well. how dama . in: back at westminster as well. how damaging do _ back at westminster as well. how damaging do you _ back at westminster as well. how damaging do you think this has been for the conservative party and parliament generally? fin for the conservative party and parliament generally? on both counts, parliament generally? on both counts. quite _ parliament generally? on both counts, quite a _ parliament generally? on both counts, quite a lot. _ parliament generally? on both counts, quite a lot. and - parliament generally? on bothj counts, quite a lot. and clearly parliament generally? on both i counts, quite a lot. and clearly it has revived a very important discussion about the culture in westminster and we have heard many mps, women mps in particular, talking about a culture of misogyny and sexism that remains and that they say cite as evidence of a parliament that has a problem and i think this is a real test for how the conservative party and parliament were tackling yet another incident that i think is clearly

very damaging to the reputation of parliament. find very damaging to the reputation of parliament. �* , ., very damaging to the reputation of parliament-— very damaging to the reputation of parliament. �* , ., , ., , ., parliament. and 'ust for people who are 'ust parliament. and 'ust for people who just tuning — parliament. and just for people who are just tuning in _ parliament. and just for people who are just tuning in and _ parliament. and just for people who are just tuning in and absorbing - are just tuning in and absorbing this news, can we recap the latest lines we have from this interview? neil parish giving this interview to the bbc, he is a saying what i did was wrong, confirming that he will resign. what else did he say? that is ritht, resign. what else did he say? twat is right, speaking to politic south—west, full interview i think will be aired tomorrow, he confirmed he was the mp, we knew this, who had been caught and a seen viewing pornography. he says in the interview that the first time he stumbled across it by accident, he said he was looking at tractors, found a website, but then it revisited the same website later on while he was waiting to vote in the division lobbies are just on the edge of commons chamber and he offers absolutely no defence for doing it. he said it was a moment of madness, what i did with absolute wrong. i took leave of my senses, he says, i cannot defend what i did for second. he hoped this might be able

to be resolved through an investigatory process, that was following two tracks that have started yesterday after he had the conservative party whip withdrawn, but a number of mps, conservative mps, had said last night and this morning that it was just impossible for him to carry on and i think it was inconceivable he could continue to turn up at the house of commons, continue to vote, chair a select committee with this allegation and this investigation hanging over him. so he has decided to quit. it has obsolete caused great distress to him and his family. he was very tearful in that interview. —— obviously. it tearful in that interview. -- obviously-— tearful in that interview. -- obviousl . , ., , obviously. it is worth replaying that interview. _ obviously. it is worth replaying that interview. i— obviously. it is worth replaying that interview. i thought - obviously. it is worth replaying that interview. i thought i - obviously. it is worth replaying | that interview. i thought i could ex . lain that interview. i thought i could exolain to _ that interview. i thought i could exolain to the _ that interview. i thought i could explain to the standards - that interview. i thought i could - explain to the standards committee what happened and it would be worth expending what happened, which i will in _ expending what happened, which i will in a _ expending what happened, which i will in a minute, but in the end i could— will in a minute, but in the end i could see — will in a minute, but in the end i could see the fury and damage i was

causing _ could see the fury and damage i was causing my— could see the fury and damage i was causing my family and constituency and it_ causing my family and constituency and it was— causing my family and constituency and it was not worth carrying on. so is and it was not worth carrying on. sc is your and it was not worth carrying on. is your decision and it was not worth carrying on. st is your decision based on an acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes. acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes, and i will acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes, and i will exoect — acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes, and i will expect you exactly what it is _ and i will expect you exactly what it is. the and i will expect you exactly what it is. ok. the situation was that funnil it is. ci; the situation was that funnily enough it was at tractors i was looking at and i did get into another— was looking at and i did get into another website that had a very similar— another website that had a very similar name and i watched it for a bit, similar name and i watched it for a hit. which — similar name and i watched it for a hit. which i — similar name and i watched it for a bit, which i should not have done. that— bit, which i should not have done. that is— bit, which i should not have done. that is nell— bit, which i should not have done. that is neil parish, a part of that interview, and we have another little section of that same interview which we can watch now. yes, i thought that i could explain it to the _ yes, i thought that i could explain it to the standards committee what happens _ it to the standards committee what happens and it would be worth expending what happened, which are well in _ expending what happened, which are well in a _ expending what happened, which are well in a minute, but in the end i could— well in a minute, but in the end i could see — well in a minute, but in the end i could see the fury and the damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association, it was not worth _

constituency and association, it was not worth carrying on. is constituency and association, it was not worth carrying on.— not worth carrying on. is your decision based _ not worth carrying on. is your decision based on _ not worth carrying on. is your decision based on an - not worth carrying on. is your - decision based on an acknowledgement of wrongdoing? yes. decision based on an acknowledgement of wrongdoing?— of wrongdoing? yes, and i will ex-lain of wrongdoing? yes, and i will explain to _ of wrongdoing? yes, and i will explain to you _ of wrongdoing? yes, and i will explain to you exactly - of wrongdoing? yes, and i will explain to you exactly what. of wrongdoing? yes, and i will explain to you exactly what it. of wrongdoing? yes, and i will. explain to you exactly what it is. ok. , ., ., ., , explain to you exactly what it is. ok. , ., ., ., , ok. the situation was that funnily enouth i ok. the situation was that funnily enough i was _ ok. the situation was that funnily enough i was looking _ ok. the situation was that funnily enough i was looking at _ ok. the situation was that funnily enough i was looking at tractors l ok. the situation was that funnily i enough i was looking at tractors and i did enough i was looking at tractors and i did get— enough i was looking at tractors and i did get into another website, with a very— i did get into another website, with a very similar name, and i watched it for— a very similar name, and i watched it for a _ a very similar name, and i watched it for a hit. — a very similar name, and i watched it for a bit, which i should not have — it for a bit, which i should not have done _ it for a bit, which i should not have done. but my crime, my biggest crime: _ have done. but my crime, my biggest crime, is _ have done. but my crime, my biggest crime, is that— have done. but my crime, my biggest crime, is that on another occasion i went— crime, is that on another occasion i went in_ crime, is that on another occasion i went in a _ crime, is that on another occasion i went in a second time. and crime, is that on another occasion i went in a second time.— crime, is that on another occasion i went in a second time. and that was deliberately? _ went in a second time. and that was deliberately? that _ went in a second time. and that was deliberately? that was _ went in a second time. and that was deliberately? that was deliberately. j deliberately? that was deliberately. was that in a select _ deliberately? that was deliberately. was that in a select committee - deliberately? that was deliberately. was that in a select committee or. deliberately? that was deliberately. was that in a select committee or in the chambers? it was that in a select committee or in the chambers?— the chambers? it was waiting to vote, not sure _ the chambers? it was waiting to vote, not sure if _ the chambers? it was waiting to vote, not sure if it _ the chambers? it was waiting to vote, not sure if it is _ the chambers? it was waiting to vote, not sure if it is technically | vote, not sure if it is technically chambers — vote, not sure if it is technically chambers or not, it is on the side door— chambers or not, it is on the side door as _ chambers or not, it is on the side door as you — chambers or not, it is on the side door as you enter back into the lobbies — door as you enter back into the lobbies. so door as you enter back into the lobbies. ., , . ., door as you enter back into the lobbies. . ., ., ., lobbies. so to be clear, on at least one occasion _ lobbies. so to be clear, on at least one occasion that _ lobbies. so to be clear, on at least one occasion that you _ lobbies. so to be clear, on at least one occasion that you are - lobbies. so to be clear, on at leastj one occasion that you are blatantly viewing pornography on your mobile phonein viewing pornography on your mobile phone in the chamber of the house of commons? , phone in the chamber of the house of commons? yes. what made you think

that was remotely acceptable? nothing made it feel... so that was remotely acceptable? nothing made it feel... so what was ttoin nothing made it feel... so what was going through _ nothing made it feel. .. so what was going through your— nothing made it feel... so what was going through your mind? _ nothing made it feel... so what was going through your mind? a - nothing made it feel... so what was| going through your mind? a moment nothing made it feel... so what was - going through your mind? a moment of madness and — going through your mind? a moment of madness and also _ going through your mind? a moment of madness and also totally _ going through your mind? a moment of madness and also totally wrong. - going through your mind? a moment of madness and also totally wrong. what i madness and also totally wrong. what i do madness and also totally wrong. what i do want _ madness and also totally wrong. what i do want to _ madness and also totally wrong. what i do want to put on record is for my rights _ i do want to put on record is for my rights and — i do want to put on record is for my rights and wrongs, i was not proud of what _ rights and wrongs, i was not proud of what i _ rights and wrongs, i was not proud of what i was doing. the one thing i was not _ of what i was doing. the one thing i was not doing, which i will take to my grave — was not doing, which i will take to my grave as— was not doing, which i will take to my grave as being true, as i was not actually— my grave as being true, as i was not actually making sure people could see it. _ actually making sure people could see it. in — actually making sure people could see it, in fact i was trying to do quite _ see it, in fact i was trying to do quite the — see it, in fact i was trying to do quite the opposite and it was wrong what i _ quite the opposite and it was wrong what i was — quite the opposite and it was wrong what i was doing, but this idea that i what i was doing, but this idea that i was _ what i was doing, but this idea that i was there — what i was doing, but this idea that i was there watching it and intimidating women, i have 12 years intimidating women, i have 12 years in parliament and probably have one of the _ in parliament and probably have one of the best— in parliament and probably have one of the best reputations ever, or did have, _ of the best reputations ever, or did have, so— of the best reputations ever, or did have, so if— of the best reputations ever, or did have, so if there had been anything else on— have, so if there had been anything else on me. — have, so if there had been anything else on me, the press would have got it by now _ else on me, the press would have got it by now i_ else on me, the press would have got it by now. i thought i may as well come _ it by now. i thought i may as well come and — it by now. i thought i may as well come and tell the truth and that is why i_ come and tell the truth and that is why i am _ come and tell the truth and that is why i am resigning. but come and tell the truth and that is why i am resigning.— why i am resigning. but you could have viewed _ why i am resigning. but you could have viewed this _ why i am resigning. but you could have viewed this content - why i am resigning. but you could have viewed this content privately in your own time, but you chose to

do it in at the chamber of the house of commons. do it in at the chamber of the house of commons-— of commons. yes, madness, total madness- — of commons. yes, madness, total madness- l'm _ of commons. yes, madness, total madness. i'm not— of commons. yes, madness, total madness. i'm not going _ of commons. yes, madness, total madness. i'm not going to - of commons. yes, madness, total madness. i'm not going to defend| of commons. yes, madness, total. madness. i'm not going to defend it. i am madness. i'm not going to defend it. i am also _ madness. i'm not going to defend it. i am also not — madness. i'm not going to defend it. i am also not going to defend what i did. i am also not going to defend what i did what _ i am also not going to defend what i did what i — i am also not going to defend what i did. what i did was absolutely totally — did. what i did was absolutely totally wrong and so in the end, what _ totally wrong and so in the end, what do — totally wrong and so in the end, what do you do? i could have... what was ttoin what do you do? i could have... what was going through — what do you do? i could have. .. what was going through your— what do you do? i could have... trawat was going through your mind? i appreciate you decided having accidentally stumbled across this content that you wanted to view more events, but what on earth possessed you to choose to do that in the house of commons? i do you to choose to do that in the house of commons?— you to choose to do that in the house of commons? i do not know. i thinki house of commons? i do not know. i thinkl must— house of commons? i do not know. i think i must have _ house of commons? i do not know. i think i must have taken _ house of commons? i do not know. i think i must have taken a _ house of commons? i do not know. i think i must have taken a complete l think i must have taken a complete leave _ think i must have taken a complete leave of— think i must have taken a complete leave of my— think i must have taken a complete leave of my senses and sensibilities and sense _ leave of my senses and sensibilities and sense of decency, everything. i'm and sense of decency, everything. i'm not— and sense of decency, everything. i'm not defending what i did for one moment, _ i'm not defending what i did for one moment, but i thought the best thing i can moment, but i thought the best thing i can do. _ moment, but i thought the best thing i can do, and that is why i want to put this— i can do, and that is why i want to put this on— i can do, and that is why i want to put this on record, is absolutely tell the — put this on record, is absolutely tell the truth.— tell the truth. that was neil parish, tell the truth. that was neil parish. mp. _ tell the truth. that was neil parish, mp, confirming - tell the truth. that was neill

parish, mp, confirming there tell the truth. that was neil - parish, mp, confirming there in an exclusive interview to my colleagues on bbc south—west, that he will resign. he was saying what i did was absolutely wrong, i was wrong, i was stupid, a lost sense of mind, i make a full apology, a total full apology, it was not my intention to intimidate, it was a moment of madness. he described it as totally wrong. this of course it is after being caught watching pornography in parliament. we will have plenty more coverage of this developing breaking news here on the bbc news channel. first to let's pause for a look at the weather. thank you. a real mixed fortunes out there today. for some we have some pretty soggy weather to end the month, for others, some spells of sunshine. this was how it looked for a weather watcher in glasgow, definitely in need of an umbrella, but umbrella is not required on the isle of wight. in fact, here, some hazy sunshine to stop you can see from the earlier satellite and radar

picture, much of england and wales has had a decent day so far, but scotland and northern ireland are very different story, cloud, outbreaks of rain. that a staggering south eastwards through what is left of the afternoon, getting across the irish see it as say parts of merseyside, north—west wales by the end of the afternoon. quite breezy out towards the north—west of scotland. temperatures with the cloud and rain around 12, further south 17 or 18. this cloud and they will be on the move south is, much quite light and patchy but we will see some heavier burst out was the worst. it will be quite misty and murky withheld hail in places but last night we saw a touch of frost in places but tonight temperatures well above freezing. tomorrow is this a very little week frontal system pushes itself as it does bring a bit of a change in our

fortunes. england and wales we will see cloud, some outbreaks of rain. some heavy burst towards the west was not i do not think we will get very much rain at all through the eastern side of england. for scotland and northern ireland, here are some spells of sunshine. still quite a lot of cloud but some spells of sunshine. the odd shower but certainly a drier day than we have had the day and a warmer one as well with highs of 17 degrees in glasgow, will feel cooler towards the south where we have the cloud and the rain. into monday, bank holiday monday of course, pretty mixed weather prospects. a lot of pad abound, that cloud breaking to reveal some spells of sunshine. equally the odd shower. cooler again here. highest temperatures at this stage in the south, up to 18 degrees. through the week ahead, nothing too dramatic with our weather. high pressure trying to re—establish itself, low pressure trying to turn things more unsettled, neither having an awful lot of success stop and essentially we are going to see quite a lot of cloud bring some sunny spells at times, but equally, a little bit of

rain here and there. nothing too dramatic, but it is set to turn a little bit warmer by the end of the week. may be highs of 20 degrees.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines... in an exclusive interview with the bbc — neil parish has said he's is resigning as an mp, after admitting he watched pornography in the house of commons. in the end i could see that the floor and damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association was not worth carrying on. —— floor... we'll bring you all the latest updates and reactions on this story. also in the programme... police officers searching for 33—year old katie kenyon who went missing a week ago have found the body of a woman. the ministry of defence says russia has been forced to merge and redeploy some of its forces in ukraine, because of failed advances in the north—east of the country the government is taking urgent action to limit the amount of some

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