let's speak to our political correspondent ione wells. d to do what they did in the first place. that's exactly right. some mps and ministers never thought it was a goodideain ministers never thought it was a good idea in the first place to try and overhaul the system, tojudge mps' conduct and overturn the suspension of owen paterson. now that this u—turn has happened, there has been a big backlash with some mps feeling like they were hung out to dry yesterday by their own bosses. this morning the education secretary nadhim zahawi said it was a mistake for the government to have pushed ahead with those plans but did stop short of saying exactly who is mistake this was. ithink the mistake, and i'm absolutely able to say to you, we did make a mistake and it's right to move very quickly within 24 hours and say, actually, you know what, we shouldn't have conflated these two things. that is a mistake and that is something that, rightly, your viewers were saying, actually, why did you make that mistake? all i can say is, i'm sorry we made that m

ione wells, bbc news.ated mother, who died from covid without getting to meet her newborn daughter, are appealing to all mums—to—be to getjabbed. saiqa parveen, who was 37, died in intensive care after catching coronavirus while eight months pregnant with herfifth child. she underwent an emergency caesarean and was on a ventilator until her death last monday. as the family prepare for her funeral tomorrow they have implored pregnant women not to put off getting vaccinated. let's talk to saiqa parveen�*s brother, qayoum mughal. thank you for being with us. can you just tell us a little bit more about what happened to your sister? for the sake of _ what happened to your sister? pr?" the sake of your loved ones please get vaccinated. if she had the vaccine she might have had a chance of surviving. so i request all pregnant women get the vaccine on time otherwise you will lose everything. you will lose your loved one, you will lose everything. we lost everything. my sister was a lady of principle. so once agai

ione wells, bbc news.igation after eight people died at the "astroworld" music festival in houston. they died after a crowd surge on the opening night of the event headlined by rapper travis scott. police say they're looking into reports that somebody in the audience had been injecting people with drugs. the musician has encouraged anyone with information to come forward as sean dilley reports. i just want to send out prayers to... to the ones that was lost last night. his shock and trauma is clear. on his social media, travis scott reflected on a night of entertainment that went tragically wrong. i'm honestlyjust devastated. i could never imagine anything like this to have happened. i'm going to do everything i can to keep you guys updated. signs of trouble were first seen shortly after 9pm local time. as the crowd advanced towards the stage, entertainment was replaced by panic. casualties swiftly overwhelmed the venue's first aiders. at first confusion, but then mayhem, with people pushing and shoving to

ione wells, bbc news.mmittees that control the budgets, operating procedures and education policies of tens of thousands of schools. but this year the power of school boards is under intense scrutiny in the era of culture wars and covid, with mask mandates, vaccine requirements and the representation of american history sparking numerous confrontations on the campaign trail. sophie long has more from the state of colorado. in castle rock, colorado, school board elections have traditionally been quiet, you could even say dull, affairs. but they are becoming more colourful. the county is lying to you, and you know it, and you are either complicit or you don't know it. the campaign trail may look civilised in sleepy suburbia, but things are getting scary. cowards always hide their face. it's a school board election in one county in the entire united states, but to us, it's everything about our children's education, and each side is trying to say, we know what's right, and the other side, it's not just wrong,

ione wells, bbc news.ef medical adviser at the uk health security agency has said the country could face a difficult winter unless more people have a covid boosterjab. dr susan hopkins said that take up for the third doses has been slower than in the first wave and a growing number of elderly and vulnerable people who had been double—vaccinated were being admitted to hospital and dying with covid. alison freeman is at a vaccination centre in york. over to you, alison. yes, people here at this _ over to you, alison. yes, people here at this vaccination - over to you, alison. yes, people here at this vaccination centre i over to you, alison. yes, people here at this vaccination centre in | here at this vaccination centre in york are doing exactly what the government and the health secretary want people to do. which is to take part in that national mission to prevent winter restrictions being put in place. sajid javid has dangled the carrot of a normal christmas. if people can go ahead and get that boosterjab

ione wells, bbc news.political correspondent and assistant editor at the daily telegraph — he told us that these comments byjohn major do matter. john major's comments really matter, he is a former tory prime minister, there aren't many of those, - so, when he say things, they count. in number ten, they will know he supported jeremy hunt - in the leadership campaign in 2019. he hated brexit, he campaigned i against brexit, or the way it turned i out, and it matters what he says. and he knows how damaging sleaze can be to a government. his government was brought very low in the '905 by sleaze _ |and that is a concern and mp5 right| now are meeting their constituents, speaking to them, they're finding out how it went and, _ ifjohn major is right here, - it is a worry for boris johnson. there is a real lessonj learned here, ithink. this concern about arrogance, about an overbearing nature, i trying to boss parliament about, it really was a clash _ between the executive and the legislature - and borisjohnson's

ione wells, bbc news.avid gauke, former conservative mp for south west hertfordhire. he wasjustice secretary and lord chancellor during theresa may's government. thank you forjoining us here. first, your thoughts on what sir john major had to say today? i first, your thoughts on what sir john major had to say today? john ma'or had to say today? i think sirjohn john major had to say today? i think sirjohn major _ john major had to say today? i think sirjohn major was _ john major had to say today? i think sirjohn major was justified - john major had to say today? i think sirjohn major was justified in - sirjohn major wasjustified in saying what he had to say. sadly, the government's behaviour last week was indefensible. the attempt to put the government to sort of step in the government to sort of step in the way of the house of commons disciplinary processes, to enforce a whip, you know, in other words order conservative mps to vote a particular way on matters which are normally left to the individual posi

ione wells, bbc news. chief political correspondent and assistant editor at the daily telegraph. he told us that these comments byjohn major do matter. john major's comments really matter, he is a _ john major's comments really matter, he is a former— john major's comments really matter, he is a former tory— john major's comments really matter, he is a former tory prime _ john major's comments really matter, he is a former tory prime minister, i he is a former tory prime minister, there _ he is a former tory prime minister, there aren't — he is a former tory prime minister, there aren't many— he is a former tory prime minister, there aren't many of _ he is a former tory prime minister, there aren't many of those, - he is a former tory prime minister, there aren't many of those, when i he is a former tory prime minister, i there aren't many of those, when he say things. _ there aren't many of those, when he say things. they— there aren't many of those, when he say things, they can. _ there aren't many of th

our political correspondent ione wells gave us the latest on george eustice�*s comments. is that the vote on owen paterson's suspension wasn't really about overturning that suspension of owen paterson, but about establishing an appeal process for any appeals you are judged by the current standard system as it is in future. i think his argument may feel a little hard to stick to diets given the government itself has already apologised and said it was a mistake they introduced this amendment for mps to vote on which would essentially have had the effect of overturning owen paterson's suspension, at least putting it on hold while they tried to overhaul the system to police mps conduct but as we heard on the andrew marr programme this morning, george eustice pretty adamant that this is all about introducing an appeal system. it was open to parliament to do that but the vote was not open to reject the report that had been put together but to establish an appeals process so that mps in the sort of possession that owen paterson was in but others in future would have the right to

government u—turned on their plans to overhaul the standards system 0ur political correspondent ione wellscomments from the environment secretary. his argument is that the vote on the suspension of all when patterson was not about overturning the suspension just about establishing an appeals process for any mps judged by the current standard system as it is in future. i think this argument may feel a little hard to stick today given that the government itself is already apologised and said it was a mistake that they introduce this amendment for mps to vote on which would essentially have had the effect of overturning the suspension of all when patterson when the try to overhaul the system to mp contact. as we had this morning he was pretty adamant this was all about inducing an appeal system. it was open to parliament to do that but the vote was not open to reject the report that had been put together but to establish an appeals process so that mps in the sort of possession that 0wen patterson was then and others in future would have then and others in future would have the right to appeal

george eustice has dismissed the situation as a "storm in a teacup". 0ur political correspondent ione wells

, almost ten million people in the uk have had a top—up jab so far. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsfrom the health secretary as this is a national mission to get everybody to get the booster jab to avoid mission to get everybody to get the boosterjab to avoid any further restrictions before christmas and the good news is 10 million have taken up that third boosterjab and there are 20% of over 80s haven't had the booster and 40% of over 50s. currently the booster is open to everybody over the also key health and social workers and people over 16 with health conditions. the message from the government today ties into the wider strategy of personal responsibility. the government has faced some pressure to move to the so—called plan b for winter and autumn which would include further restrictions like the use of face coverings are vaccine passports in england to access certain venues. the government is adamant to stick to that plan a at the moment which is putting the emphasis on personal responsibility and getting the boosterjab responsibility and getting the booster jab which responsi

well, earlier, our political correspondent ione wells gave us the latest on sirjohn major's comments.itics this week. firstly the uproar from the opposition parties, very unhappy with the government's plans to try to rip up the rule system that polices mps�* conduct, and their plans to try to overturn the suspension of owen paterson, formally now a conservative mp and we had the backlash from conservative mps themselves, some of them rebelling against the government themselves. they not vote on plans of the government and the mps privately really express their dismay at the fact that they were putting their heads on the line really for their bosses to save owen paterson. for something that they didn't really agree with. now we've had sirjohn major come out, also very critical of the handling of this, and it's significant because he is a prime minister whose own government was really tainted by allegations of so—called sleaze in the 1990s. his government had to resign for the so—called cash for questions scandal where mps were paid to ask questions in parliament. in the house of common

went through, but mrjohnson's commons majority was cut from 80 to 26. 0ur political correspondent ione wellsade a pig's ear of it? it's a question getting louder in westminster after borisjohnson faced some dissent from his own side over the government's less generous than expected social care plans. the plans are are more generous than the current system because anyone with assets under £100,000 will get some state support that is means tested, and everyone will pay a maximum of £86,000 for their care. but any council support won't count towards that cap. this means someone with a family home worth £100,000 or less and somebody with a £1 million home would both need to spend £86,000 on care, even if one is eligible for help. often people with dementia, which is incredibly unfair in the way it affects people, and can face catastrophically high care costs, so we do have concerns with the suggestions that people perhaps in different parts of the country who have worked all their lives, but by virtue of the fact of the assets they may or may not have may be treated differently. we think that is

borisjohnson has described the government's plans for reforming our political correspondent ione wellssa it is a big day for the plans and also from some tory mps. there is on the opposition — also from some tory mps. there is on the opposition on _ also from some tory mps. there is on the opposition on both _ also from some tory mps. there is on the opposition on both sides - also from some tory mps. there is on the opposition on both sides of- also from some tory mps. there is on the opposition on both sides of the i the opposition on both sides of the house of commons to this new plan which as you say, social events than any sort of state support to help with peoples care costs won't count towards the £86,000 cap that people are going to be given for any cost to their social care. the reason why this is controversial for the conservatives falls into a number of camps. there is a worry that this has been properly explained to mps and mps about why the government has changed its plans on this front. certainly, particularly after what been described by a pretty rocky few weeks for the

ione wells, bbc news.afternoon. good afternoon. — hello, good afternoon. good afternoon, thanks _ hello, good afternoon. good afternoon, thanks for - hello, good afternoon. good afternoon, thanks for having j hello, good afternoon. good - afternoon, thanks for having me. i am assuming your baby wipes don't contain plastic?— contain plastic? they don't and we are a small — contain plastic? they don't and we are a small company _ contain plastic? they don't and we are a small company that - contain plastic? they don't and we are a small company that started i contain plastic? they don't and we l are a small company that started as are a small company that started as a start—up about four years back. we were determined, even when it was not so popular to talk about these things, to go with wipes that were biodegradable because we could make a plant —based wipes for years back and that is the decision we took. are they more expensive to manufacture?— are they more expensive to manufacture? slightly more exoens

now there's a new campaign to change the way they're produced, as ione wells reports.the surface of the ground and it's covered in wet wipes that have overflowed from our drains. so, it's notjust sand, it's sand held together by wipes. chris works for the charity thames 21, that clean up the thames river bed. so the problem we've got is that an awful lot of the wipes that are flushed down the toilet shouldn't be. obviously, a lot of material like make—up wipes, cleaning wipes, are much tougher and have plastic fibres in them which make them much stronger, and that means they don't break down and they get into the sewage system in the same way, theyjust fall apart slowly, but they are still very tough and you can see they are almost bound together like string. they change the shape of the river bed, they break down into pieces, smaller pieces that animals can eat. the wet wipes that don't end up on our river banks and in our rivers end up here in our sewage system and that can lead to all kinds of other problems, like blocking the sewers themselves. this footage shows w

ione, does this come back to the issue of transparency? welle row over the - right. this whole row over the government is trying to overhaul the system to police mps, overhaul that suspension of paterson, has reignited this whole debate about transparency, and the latest, as you say, is opposition parties calling for an enquiry over the prime minister's recent holiday to marbella and how that was declared. the complicated thing is that mps have to declare any gifts of financial interests on a register of mps' interests, to show that they are sticking by the mps' code of conduct. government ministers also have to declare things in a register area of that register of ministerial interest, to show that they are sticking by what is called the ministerial code. in this case boris johnson has declared his holiday to marbella where he stayed at the villa of the environment minister, lord goldsmith, on the register of ministerial interests. but opposition parties want him to also put it on the mps' register as well, and that is because if he put it on

let�*s speak to our political correspondent, ione wells.ation and more than 20 countries signing up to and the use of coal power but i think this next week is where we really get stuck into negotiations, and there is still a lot of very tricky stuff to work out. firstly, how do you ensure that all these countries signing up to these pledges actually stick to what they�*ve signed up to. particularly when we see things in the past like for example the us pulling out of the paris climate summit under donald trump when he was president of the united states. also how do you make sure that any countries aren�*t disadvantaged by becoming greener and i think there are going to be likely some rows brewing over any kind of financial support, particularly from some of the poorer nations as they make some of these changes and transitions to get towards net 0. the labor party really calling on the government to step up their urgency when it comes to these negotiations with the world still being pretty far away from reaching that 1.5 degree limit on glob

now there's a new campaign to change the way they're produced, as ione wells reports. sand, it's held together by wipes. chris works for the charity thames 21, that clean up the thames river bed. so the problem we've got is that an awful lot of the wipes that are flushed down the toilet shouldn't be. obviously, a lot of material like make—up wipes, cleaning wipes, are much tougher and have plastic fibres in them which make them much stronger, and that means they don't break down and they get into the sewage system in the same way, they just fall apart slowly they are still very tough and you can see they are almost banded together like string. they change the shape of the river bed, they break down into pieces, smaller pieces that animals can eat stop. smaller pieces that animals can eat. the wet wipes that don't end up in our river banks and in our rivers end up here in our sewage system and that can lead to all kinds of other problems, like blocking the sewers themselves. this footage shows wet wipes being pulled from one sewer by thames water. they merge with oil an

with me now is our political correspondent ione wells.eaded note paperfor any kind of financial gain to themselves, isn't related to their parliamentary work. so labour decided to report the mp but it is now being confirmed that he is not being investigated by the independent standards commissioner for mps, whojudges their independent standards commissioner for mps, who judges their behaviour and any breaches of the code of conduct. now, we understand that katherine stone, the independent parliamentary commissioner decided that there wasn't sufficient evidence to launch an investigation into sir geoffrey cox. and also pointed to the fact that the standards committee in parliament has said that those rules should be applied proportionately. so it doesn't seem like this investigation into him or go any further or is going to be taken up by the independent standards commissioner, although labour still standing by their decision to report him. but this all comes at a time when really standards in public life, standards of mps and mps taken up

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let's talk to our political correspondent ione wells. them to backtrack on their plans and for owen paterson to then resign. now, early the x do my education secretary nadhim zahawi did accept that the government had made a mistake when it came to the judgment on this but it stops short of saying he would that mistake. i take collective responsibility. i'm part of the government, in part of the cabinet. i also take collective responsibility to say we made a mistake. and i think it was right for the leader of the house, jacob rees—mogg, on behalf of the government, to go to the house and say, actually, the mistake was we shouldn't have conflated the issue of fairness of process, so, the right of appeal, and i think that's right, and my appeal to other parliamentarians from all parties — let's come together to make that work. but we shouldn't have conflated that with the specific case of owen paterson. the prime minister's always been clear that paid lobbying is wrong and i think it's important that we separate those two things out and to a

let's get the westminster perspective with our political correspondent ione wells.iti patel about attending the talks?- invitation to priti patel about attending the talks? invitation to priti patel about attendin: the talks? ., , , attending the talks? there has been reaction this — attending the talks? there has been reaction this morning _ attending the talks? there has been reaction this morning from - attending the talks? there has been reaction this morning from the - attending the talks? there has been reaction this morning from the uk i reaction this morning from the uk government, both from the transport secretary grant shapps who has been out and about responding to this but also from downing street themselves. grant shapps has stressed that he would like to see more cooperation stop that he would like to see that invitation to the home secretary priti patel reinstated. and the general view from the uk government is that they believe in some kind of cooperation is necessary to try and resolve this problem. downing street has said they want it explained why

ione wells, you said it all, thank you in the last hour i spoke to the ceo of so so much.e worth 100,000 or £200,000, then those catastrophic care costs could mean that you lose your home or that you lose a really significant part of it. five people have been killed and more than a0 injured after a car was driven at high speed into a christmas parade in the american state of wisconsin. children are among the victims. police in the town of waukesha have arrested the driver of the vehicle. they say it does not appear to be an act of terrorism, and that the suspect may have been fleeing a crime scene. peter bowes sent this report. this was the scene seconds before the holiday parade in waukesha descended into chaos and mayhem. all of a sudden, a red sports utility vehicle ploughed at high speed into a school marching band that was entertaining the crowd. the sequence of events was captured on video by the city's live stream of the parade, and on the mobile phones of the people there in person. much of it was quickly shared in social media. oh, my god! horrified and screaming,

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