row, with one of its mps being suspended from the p'viewers to is calling on gb news viewers to help get their beloved dog, ozzy. look at it. look. get it back to beautiful dog. get it back to safety after he was stolen by beautiful dog. get it back to safety after he was stolen by machete wielding robbers. i'll machete wielding robbers. i'll be speaking to the family later on in the show. let's try and be speaking to the family later get that dog back to the family on in the show. let's try and now. all that to come. an get that dog back to the family amazing show ahead. but first, now. all that to come. an here's your headlines with amazing show ahead. but first, sophia wenzler. here's your headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. it's just gone 7:00. these are your >> martin. thank you. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. it's just gone 7:00. these are your headlines. mike amesbury is standing down as an mp, headlines. mike amesbury is triggering a massive by—election standing down as an mp, in runcorn and helsby. the triggering a massive by—election in runcorn and helsby. the disgraced labour mp has told the bbc he will step aside at the disgraced labour mp has told the bbc he will step aside at the earliest opportunity, after he was given a suspended ten week earliest opportunity, after he was given a suspended ten week prison sentence for punching a man in the street. his prison sentence for punching a man in the street. his resignation will trigger the first by—election of sir keir resignation will trigger the starmer's premiership, in a seat first by—election of sir keir in which reform uk came second starmer's premiership, in a seat in which reform uk came second in which reform uk came second in last july's general election. in which reform uk came second in last july's general election. it comes as senior members of it comes as senior members of reform uk are locked in a bitter reform uk are locked in a bitter row, with one of its mps being 00:01:00,259 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 suspended from the party. row, with one of its mps being

suspended from the party. the reform mp for great yarmouth, rupert lowe, was suspended over alleged threats of physical violence towards the party's chairman and bullying allegations towards staff, claims mr lowe denies. in response, mr lowe said the party leadership had a complete inability to accept even the most mild, constructive criticism without such a malicious reaction, suggesting ulterior motives for him losing the whip. but reform party leader nigel farage has tonight spoken out, assuring that that is not the case. >> i don't fall out with anybody, they fall out with me. there has been a behavioural problem for some months. outbursts, anger, that kind of thing. frankly, i've tried to put it all to the back of my mind. we've all tried to put it to the back of our minds. and as i say, i'm not prejudging anything on these allegations of anything on these allegations of a bullying culture going on in his offices. but i put it to you. any party who had a senior

figure that was facing those accusations would have to act in some way. >> in other news, jet fuel is spilling into the north sea after an oil tanker and a cargo ship carrying toxic chemicals collided near hull, ship carrying toxic chemicals collided near hull , with reports collided near hull, with reports of a massive fireball being seen. the us flagged stena immaculate tanker, which was carrying fuel for the us government, appears to have been hit while at anchor by the portuguese flagged container salong. the cargo ship was carrying 15 containers of the highly toxic compound sodium cyanide. that's according to reuters news agency. one person is in hospital, while the other 36 people from both crews are safe and accounted for. that's according to local mp graham stuart. meanwhile, greenpeace uk said it was too early to know the extent of any environmental damage as the jet fuel continues spilling into the sea and the king attended the annual commonwealth day event at westminster abbey with the

queen, prince and princess of wales, as well as the prime minister and a2000 strong congregation. in his commonwealth day message, the king said restoring the disrupted harmony of our entire planet is the most important task facing humanity. outside was a large protest by anti—monarchy group republic, who held up not my king and down with the crown placards from an area across from the abbey. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go

up to news alerts by scanning the qr code ifound out one of our >> when we found out one of our mps was facing these accusations. without prejudging anything, we decided to appoint anything, we decided to appoint an independent kc to have a look at the situation ourselves. since that moment, things have got a little bit out of control. look, there is a behavioural problem here. there has been a behavioural problem for some months. outbursts, anger, that kind of thing. frankly, i've tried to put it all to the back of my mind. we've all tried to put it to the back of our minds. and as i say, i'm not prejudging anything on these allegations of anything on these allegations of a bullying culture going on in his offices. but i put it to you. any party who had a senior figure that was facing those accusations would have to act in some way. >> so mr farage breaks his silence, and i'm joined now in the studio to discuss this by mike tapp, the labour mp for dover and deal and the former spokesman for reform uk, gordon taylor. gentlemen, welcome to the show. gordon,

understandably, i'm going to start with you first tonight. now, you know nigel farage. you've known him for many years. rupert lowe likewise. you've known for many years. it's fair to say a lot of people are expressing their discomfort, shall we say, about what has become a very public battle of words. mr farage has spoken back tonight, perhaps had to, considering the social media allegations flying about. what's your take on this? most, how should we say uncivil of civil wars? >> it's certainly unseemly. and i think all civil wars are uncivil, frankly. but. basically, if you have dirty linen and we've all got dirty linen, you generally wash it in private. and what seems to have happenedin private. and what seems to have happened in this new sort of everything hang out internet world, everything has to be done in public. and i wish that weren't the case. if there are investigations taking place, they should take place and the results, should we find out the results, should we find out the results before we go through everything else. but i mean, nigel obviously has a good point that if there are allegations

being made, we've seen it with other parties. they brushed under the carpet, they brushed under the carpet, they brushed under the carpet, and when it finally comes out, it's far, far worse. so because then you have allegations of hiding claims, hiding things. so to go out and say we must do a proper investigation, i can see the sense in that because you're not trying to hide things. and that has been a problem for all political parties in the past. these things have been done underhand. i'm just very sad the there are millions of people out there are millions of people out there looking to reform to come and change the situation here to improve matters in the country. and what they see is an unseemly spat. so i'm very disappointed. we've got hundreds of thousands of members. we've got people out campaigning every single day. i see them, i talk to them. they are a little bit disheartened. it doesn't stop them. interestingly, they're still going out there and doing. they're knocking on doors and so on and so forth. so but it is it is disheartening. of course it is. >> i want to ask you before i come to you, mr tapp, i want to

ask you about something else happened today. and that is mike amesbury. of course, the runcorn rocky, as he's been called. he said to the bbc again only a couple of hours ago. he intends to stand aside as soon as is possible, that surely as night follows, day will entail a by—election coming up. a by—election coming up. a by—election that many people fancied reform could have a good nibble at. they came second in the general election. might this current contretemps amongst reform mps impact ? reform mps impact? >> that would. it was always a massive hill to climb. i think labour got 53% and reform was second on 18. that's a huge hill, that's a mountain. so it's put a couple of yards on the top of that mountain. quite possibly, but i know that again, we've got teams out there. they're working really hard. let's see what happens. but it can't help. >> mike tapp labour mp for dover and deal. let's bring you in now. every political party has fallouts. every political party has big personalities. the labour party, you know, good heavens, has had its fair share of ding dongs over the years. what's your take on what's

happened recently what's your take on what's happened recent