i know lisa nandy very well.ian newspaper for 18 years and not know lots of people in the labour party very well. this is your career you talking about — lisa nandy, i know her very well. work for the guardian for that long, you get to know lots of people in the labour party and i know two big things about lisa nandy. 0ne, she is a woman of enormous integrity. secondly, she is incredibly clever. and because lisa nandy is incredibly clever, you have to look at every single word she says very carefully. so yourfirst question to her committee, can you guarantee that no—one in the labour party was involved in a conversation about the speaker's future job prospects? lisa nandy said, "yes, i believe i can." she said i have had numerous conversations with each keir starmer come up with the chief whip, with david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, and the idea of this sort of thing would be done is for than birds. but only after the second question. rather than making a political point, ijust wanted to highlight to vie

lisa nandy de culture secretary _ nandy has been saying.ng. lisa nandy de culture secretary met with _ nandy has been saying. lisa nandy de culture secretary met with the - culture secretary met with the director—general tim davie yesterday and she called for an immediate meeting with him potentially to talk about what had happened with this case. she said they had a robust conversation and tim davie was very forthcoming with his answers, but she still had some questions that she still had some questions that she wanted answering, and he had promised to come back to her with those answers. what the bbc knew, when the bbc knew about huw edwards, also, should huw edwards have been paid when he was suspended, and also the treatment of whistle—blowers, people who came forward with their concerns in the bbc. she has gone further than that, she has also said to sky news today that huw edwards should return that £200,000 he was paid after he was arrested, but before he resigned. there was a five—month period where he got around £200,000. lisa nand

lisa nandy has said it was a — nandy and tim davie.s a robust _ nandy and tim davie. lisa nandy has said it was a robust conversation - said it was a robust conversation and that tim davie was very forthcoming in his answers. however, she said she still has some questions and he has promised to come back to her on them, and they are what the bbc knew and when they knew. she has a question around whistle—blowers in the bbc, and also about the money, this £200,000 that was paid to huw edwards after he was arrested in november 2023, and he resigned in april 202a. he wasn't sacked by the corporation, he chose to stand down and left on his own terms. she has actually gone further since then. she has told sky news that huw edwards should return that money voluntarily. he should return to £200,000. it is not a good use of taxpayers money. 0bviously she can't make and do that but she thinks most of the people in this country would agree that that is the right thing to do. this isn't a story that is going away for the bbc, there are lots more q

we are awaiting lisa nandy about to take to the podium. let us listen to the culture secretary.pic gold medallist and a junior doctor come here to inspire and to serve, to allow people to dream, to change lives, to never take no for an answer. she absolutely sums up the spirit of our country. we need that spirit and conviction after iii dark, divisive years. successive tory governments running down our rich and proud heritage in arts and music and the right of every child to it. at the stroke of a pen, enrichment funding in schools, gone. libraries, theatres, youth workers, gone. that lifeline for young people broken. the promise of a generation inspired by sport, broken. this is what cultural vandalism looks like and come conference, it ends today. applause no more of their violent indifference to the things that matter most. because the rich, diverse culture in our country is not just how we grow as people but how we make and shape a nation. conference, we are a better country than the government we have had, and we are going to give voice to that country again. applause becau

and so nandy says, well, i've got to say something.going to say, i'm in favour of us all getting on a lot better. there is no possibility in a free speech world and actually really in a social media world where people are going to agree with each other, what we've discovered is that not only do we get a vote, we have the ability to go on x or twitter or whatever it is and actually say these things, and it's that issue, which means and thatis it's that issue, which means and that is why i don't even know bother why? why is she bother saying any of this? because it fundamentally will not be true . fundamentally will not be true. people want to have pride in their country, but there is likely to be division based on culture. >> that's the difference. when you're saying about there will always be differences of opinion because people are individuals. icannot because people are individuals. i cannot just intrinsically think like you. i'm a different person. indeed indeed, it's possible to function with a difference of opinion without being

>> well, more importantly, if it's the philharmonic, does lisa nandy play an instrument?i think she plays the piccolo. really? yeah. >> yeah, yeah, right. okay, so i could understand if she was a flautist and she was off tune or any of that kind of thing. >> you should be cancelled for that. >> no, i mean, i do like her. i think she seems a nice lady, but i think she needs an adenoids. done. >> well, that's a different issue, but i think it's fair for you to raise it. okay. anyway, let's get a question now from maggie. where's maggie? hello. >> hello, are women's cyclists getting stronger? >> yeah. you would have thought, wouldn't you? because you will have seen this story. everyone. probably. so this is the, competition? i think it was in washington, it was a the elite women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix. women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix . and that's marymoor grand prix. and that's the winners on the podium, the 3 or 3 top medals went to, men who identify as women. all three. yeah. right. so and there are arrows there to point them out.

here's lisa nandy, speaking a short while ago.ussion about the circumstances around the case and some of the decisions that have been made during that case and also since. obviously, lam particularly concerned to make sure that people have confidence in the bbc and i think the director general made a good start yesterday in going out to be as open and transparent as possible with the public, both about what the bbc knew, but also about why they made the decisions that they did, and the use of taxpayers' money, which is obviously very important to a lot of people. i think we all recognise that there is a job of work to do to get more information into the public domain, to reassure people, not just about the decisions that have been made, but also about the action that the bbc will take going forwards. my concern is to make sure that warning signs are caught, that complaints are acted on, that public money is used well and to make sure that, as far as is humanly possible, that we don't have a repeat of this situation in the future.

sport secretary lisa nandy said there were questions to be answered. it was incredibly uncomfortable to watch for the 46 seconds it lasted and i know there's a of concern about women competitors and about whether are getting the balance right in notjust boxing but other sports as well and the decision that successive governments have made and that these are complex decisions that these are complex decisions that should be made by sporting bodies, in this case i understand the biologicalfacts are bodies, in this case i understand the biological facts are far more complicated than is being presented on social media and in some of the speculation, but as sporting bodies try to get the balance between inclusion, fairness and safety, there is a role for government to make sure they have got the guidance and framework and support to make those decisions correctly, and it is something i will be talking to sporting bodies about over the coming weeks and months. it's been a fantastic friday for team gb, five medals, three of them gold, the most recent in the la

the culture secretary lisa nandy there.ng is the growing controversy over the algerian boxer imane khelif. she is through to the quarter—finals of the women's 66 kilo category after her opponent, italy's angela carini, abandoned the bout in 46 seconds. she tookjust one punch to the face and then walked to her corner where she was heard saying "it's not right". the italian boxer was in tears after the match. she told reporters it was the hardest punch she had ever taken and that she had stopped the fight to preserve her life. khelif is one of two athletes who was cleared to compete in paris, despite being disqualified from last year's world boxing championships forfailing to pass a gender eligibility test. again, here's lisa nandy responding to the story. i want to get your thoughts on the boxing match yesterday between italy and algeria, it has been billed as very controversial, over in 46 seconds, angela carini said she had to preserve her life so she had to stop the match and the italian pm giorgia meloni said it was not

i the culture secretary, lisa nandy.welcomes the bbc launching an independent review into the culture of the organisation. she goes on to say the bbc is a hugely valued and important player in the public service broadcasting landscape and that staff must be able to feel safe at work. the son of the bangladesh former prime minister has told that... his mother plans to return when elections are called. a caretaker government led by the nobel peace prize winner our south asia correspondent it's certainly a new day and a new government. they have really divvied up these different departments. i want to take a mention of this advisory committee that was a part of it. you have a lot of people from civil society. you have people from business community and you also have the student leaders that were part of the protests, also part of this advisory committee. i want to talk a little bit more about the students you can probably say oh of course you can probably say oh of course you can't because a bus has just passed by, iam you

either— support lisa nandy's call. why? in the house of commons, is these are very disturbing pictures and reports that have come up from this hospital and we need to get to the bottom what exactly happened and we need answers from the israelis about that and when we have those, it will be easier to comment. david cameron talking in the last little while. a ship towing a barge loaded with almost 200 tonnes of food aid has left larnaca in cyprus, bound for gaza. it's the first shipment along a maritime corridor which it's hoped will bring desperately needed supplies to palestinian civilians. the un says a quarter of the population in gaza is at risk of starvation. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the rate of unemployment in the uk rose to 3.9% in the three months to january. that's up from 3.8% from the previous three months. the new labour market figures, released by the office for national statistics, also showed that more than a fifth of 16—to—64—year—olds

yeah, i think that is significant in the sense that lisa nandy has said she wants further clarity fromny. we understand she wants answers to some important questions, not least the issue of using public money in that way. she's talking about transparency, she wants to find out who made the decisions, when, and what structures and safeguards are in place at the bbc. it was fairly common for previous conservative culture secretaries to call urgent meetings with the director—general when the bbc was facing questions — and lisa nandy�*s team are making clear she isn't politicising the bbc, but it's in the public interest for questions be answered. but it does, of course, add the pressure on the people at the very top of the organisation. and this story is dominating the front pages of thursdays papers — let's take a look at some of them now. "edwards fall from grace" splashes the mirror. let's show you that again if we can. it was a bit brief, let's see if we can — nope, we are struggling with our papers. there you go. "guilty" leads the sun. the independent says huw edwards faces jail ove

the whole thrust of this speech was lisa nandy making a promise to return arts and culture to every corner of the country. that includes schools. looking at the school curriculum, at the provision of music, art, sports, culture. she was saying in communities beyond schools. we know arts funding has been under pressure for some time. lisa nandy making a promise it would not just be the major cities having arts venues or access to arts and culture for the public, she wanted to spread out across the country. worth remembering council budgets in particular are under real pressure and had been for some time. because of growing demand for social care, children's services, temporary housing. often it is councils who fund arts councils in the local area and funding has been reduced and cut. the promise was everybody can access the arts and culture they wanted across the country. we come back to the chancellor talking about the strain on public finances and difficult decisions, we have to see how they plan to implement that and whether it will make a meaningful difference. thank you. we will be bac

lisa nandy asked tim davie to explore what options are available to recoup some of edwards�* tax—payermr davie has defended the decision not to sack the presenter, despite knowing last november that he had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children. simonjones reports. huw edwards�* guilty plea has shocked the nation, a spokesperson for the culture secretary, lisa nandy, said. her thoughts are with the victims whose lives have been destroyed. she stressed the need for the bbc to be transparent with the public. the corporation�*s director general was told in november about edwards�* arrest over the most serious category of indecent images, but he insisted he didn�*t know the specific details. we were very shocked, that is the first thing i want to say, knowing that specific allegation. now, when it comes to the decision that we made in november, when we were obviously faced with, i think, a very difficult decision, actually, and we considered it very carefully. the police came to us and gave us information that they had arrested mr edwards. but they want

that's right. >> i'm joined by lisa nandy , a >> i'm joined by lisa nandy, a shadow cabinet minister.ou for joining shadow cabinet minister. lisa, thank you forjoining us here thank you for joining us here @gbnews. the reaction is in now to your manifesto. do you worry, though, that you've tied yourselves in so many straitjacket of fiscal discipline that if the economy doesn't grow, you can't find any growth? you're in trouble as a as a party and your plans are in jeopardy if you win power. >> no, not at all. because growth runs through the document through its 128 pages. like a silver thread, you can see it on every page and in every policy. but i make no apology for the fact that we're being careful. it's people's money. they haven't got a lot of it after 14 years of tory government, so everything in it is carefully costed, fully funded . we know costed, fully funded. we know that we can deliver it and at a time when trust in politics and politicians is at an all time low, that is probably the single biggest thing that we could have gifted to the country right now. it's change, but

the uk culture secretary, lisa nandy, has called for a meeting with the bbc�*s director general afterto be paid until his resignation in april. tom symonds reports. a household name, trusted to tell the nation that the queen had died. huw edwards delivered the news until he became the story. charged with having 41 indecent images of children sent by another offender on a whatsapp group, yesterday, he pleaded guilty. and now the new culture secretary, lisa nandy, wants to know more about how the bbc handled this, its reputation again at risk. here's the timeline. in may 2023, the corporation was told that huw edwards had been in contact with a 17—year—old boy. after the sun newspaper published further details injuly, edwards was suspended by the bbc. under its policy, he continued to be paid. in november, a critical development, the bbc was told he'd been arrested for separate and serious offences. the corporation did not sack him and it continued to pay his full salary. in april this year, edwards resigned with no payoff. the bbc is facing difficult questions about all of this. when i

the culture secretary, lisa nandy, has tonight called for an urgent meeting with the bbc�*s director—generalndling of the case of huw edwards. earlier today, the former bbc news presenter pleaded guilty at westminster magistrates court to accessing indecent images of children as young as seven. the bbc says it knew he'd been arrested back in november on suspicion of serious offences. at the time, he'd been suspended from duties but was still being paid his full salary, and later received a pay rise. earlier this year, he resigned from the corporation, allowed to leave on his own terms. we'll have more on who knew what and when in the bbc with katie razzall, but first, here's lucy manning. the man who read the news headlines is now in them, in the middle of the jostling cameras and reporters who he would normally have worked alongside, facing serious charges that he accessed indecent photographs and videos of children, including a boy as young as seven to nine years old. no words outside court, but three key ones inside. the former newsreader stood in the dock and, as the counts were read out

lisa nandy, the culture secretary, has said she's been in contact with bbc senior management about the from a point of view of whether the bbc�*s internal processes for dealing with complaints is up to scratch is fit for purpose, to use that phrase, that often comes out in situations like this. he was speaking to me a short while ago and more on the bbc website as we continue to file the story. we have some breaking news from france. throughout the morning we have been circulating about what would happen today when the social security budget came before parliament. we are now getting reports that france's prime minister has forced through his budget bill without a vote. now that risks a no—confidence showdown. so he has pushed the social security budget through without a vote in parliament and this threatens the entire government and could see it collapse. we had some concessions being made earlier on today and understand that the prime minister made a last—minute concession and medical payments to try and persuade mps to adopt the measure. rememberthat persuade mps to adopt the measur

lisa nandy . she looks delighted. lisa nandy. she's pleased to being back in government for the first time. lisa nandy you're going to be the aide secretary. do you want to look after the world's poor lisa nandy ? have world's poor lisa nandy? have you been told what you're getting yet ? there's lisa nandy getting yet? there's lisa nandy there, grinning like a cheshire cat @gbnews, but no word on what she wants to do in government. yeah, lisa nandy not clear if she was smiling broadly, but not saying what she'll be getting in government. but of course we. so far there's a lot of people crammed in around that cabinet table, the coffin shaped cabinet table. now, no one has left yet. we do know the following though. angela rayner is the deputy leader and the housing secretary. local government secretary. we know that rachel reevesis secretary. we know that rachel reeves is the chancellor. that's all we know so far. but who's in there? let's run through the list quickly. peter kyle, science and technology. pat mcfadden. he was the ge

>> well, more importantly, if it's the philharmonic, does lisa nandy play an instrument?ink she plays the piccolo. really? yeah. >> yeah, yeah, right. okay, so i could understand if she was a flautist and she was off tune or any of that kind of thing. >> you should be cancelled for that. >> no, i mean, i do like her. i think she seems a nice lady, but i think she needs an adenoids. done. >> well, that's a different issue, but i think it's fair for you to raise it. okay. anyway, let's get a question now from maggie. where's maggie? hello. >> hello, are women's cyclists getting stronger? >> yeah. you would have thought, wouldn't you? because you will have seen this story. everyone. probably. so this is the, competition? i think it was in washington, it was a the elite women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix. women's madison at washington's marymoor grand prix . and that's marymoor grand prix. and that's the winners on the podium, the 3 or 3 top medals went to, men who identify as women. all three. yeah. right. so and there are arrows there to point them out. not

lisa nandy lisa nandy there.ndall, a big challenge there, i think, for liz kendall on cutting the enormous benefits . bill lisa enormous benefits. bill lisa nandy the cul de sac tree , of nandy the cul de sac tree, of course, replacing thangam debbonaire, who was the shadow culture secretary. she lost her job, her role to the green party in bristol. and that's that's really the only three changes in the cabinet, set up yesterday was lisa nandy becoming culture secretary or jonathan ashworth, of course, is no longer in the cabinet because he lost his seat in leicester. thangam debbonaire lost her seat and of course, emily thornberry, as was just at the beginning of this show, no longer the attorney general and that isn't really explained why that's happened yet. >> okay. fantastic. thank you very much indeed, christopher. hope we'll come back to you very shortly, i'm sure, johanna . yes? shortly, i'm sure, johanna. yes? what do you make of the cabinet? >> i think the cabinet is great. and, i think the cabinet is a

serious charges, so is lisa nandy right?sgraced former face of bbc news huw edwards should return his bumper taxpayer funded salary after admitting child abuse. image charges. i'll be joined by a top tv executive about whether he'll do the right thing . but up next, do the right thing. but up next, as police prepare for more potential riots across the country this weekend, did sir keir starmer strike the right tone in his address to the nafion tone in his address to the nation yesterday in response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right hatred, far right are a reaction to fear, to discomfort, to unease . or did he fail to to unease. or did he fail to properly address the legitimate concerns of the british people? we'll hear from both sides. sparks will fly. kind of the mood of the show tonight. next. coming up, should huw edwards return the £200,000 salary he was paid after his arrest? but has sir keir starmer failed to properly address the concerns of the british people? it's time for our head

serious charges, so is lisa nandy right?sgraced former face of bbc news huw edwards should return his bumper taxpayer funded salary after admitting child abuse. image charges. i'll be joined by a top tv executive about whether he'll do the right thing . but up next, do the right thing. but up next, as police prepare for more potential riots across the country this weekend, did sir keir starmer strike the right tone in his address to the nafion tone in his address to the nation yesterday in response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right hatred, far right are a reaction to fear, to discomfort, to unease . or did he fail to to unease. or did he fail to properly address the legitimate concerns of the british people? we'll hear from both sides. sparks will fly. kind of the mood of the show tonight. next. coming up, should huw edwards return the £200,000 salary he was paid after his arrest? but has sir keir starmer failed to properly address the concerns of the british people? it's time for our head

pledges new culture secretary lisa nandy, it was also someone who didn't know what a woman was, lisain her first speech as culture secretary, saying her department will be at the heart of efforts to reflect a more positive and less divisive version of the uk . i've seen version of the uk. i've seen this sentiment myself all over my twitter timeline, but it's always vitriolic . the culture always vitriolic. the culture wars are over now . we've won, wars are over now. we've won, right? okay yeah, right. smashing. so the idea is that populism is now dead. yeah. and that culture wars have been won. there's no there was never anything, there was no, no such thing as the culture wars really cancelled culture didn't really exist. and right now, because labour are back in, they believe that that's been won . that's that that's been won. that's a load of rubbish. it's just the start of things is even more divisive to come out and say this. yeah. >> well, i mean we're seeing issues getting, if anything , issues getting, if anything, escalating, becoming more apparent to people, even people wh

lisa nandy has met with the bbc over the six issue over gregg wallace. workplace issues to make sure there were processes in place to deal with complaints. the comments we have seen from this individual over the weekend were completely inappropriate and misogynistic. this comes from a bbc investigation were gregg wallace has not denied behaving in a sexually harassing nature after 30 people came forward last week with allegations of inappropriate comments. the former boss of formula 1 bernie ecclestone is selling off his entire collection of 69 racing cars. they include championship—winning machines driven by the likes of michael schumacher and stirling moss and are expected to raise more than £300 million. mr ecclestone says he doesn't want his wife to have to deal with them after he dies and he would like to know what happens to them. visitors to spain will now face more paperwork as a new law comes into force. hotel owners and car hire firms will now need to send personal information about their customers to the government. the rules will also apply t

we will talk. to lisa nandy about this any minute.ly. some of— mps could be seen to be acting more independently. some of the - frustration from the public... mps who want to _ frustration from the public... mps who want to act _ frustration from the public... who want to act independently, frustration from the public...- who want to act independently, it is not always good for their careers but it might be better for their conscience. all three of you, thank you very much for now. . this weekend is the anniversary no one wanted. it's been two years since russia invaded ukraine. many thousands have died. and there is no end in sight. for russia's other neighbours, it is painfully clear what is at stake. in estonia, where uk troops often train alongside nato allies, the risk feels very real. the country's increased the amount it spends on defence. i've been speaking to estonia's prime minister kaja kallas about why she belives putin must be stopped. we have to really focus our efforts in stopping this war and helping ukraine to fight b

yes, the meeting will happen over the phone between lisa nandy.e culture secretary, and, and tim davie, who's the bbc director—general. lisa nandy, of course, has got her duties supporting team gb at the olympics in france. so it will be a phone call or a zoom call, not in person. this meeting, i understand from very senior bbc sources i've spoken to very recently what they what they say to me is there were aware of the arrest last november, but they couldn't do anything until the charging decision was made. and by the time he was charged, of course, huw edwards had left the bbc, but he was paid that £200,000 figure of tax of licence fee payers money. and the question, lisa nandy will say is was it necessary to keep paying say is was it necessary to keep paying him when you knew he'd been arrested? the bbc will say back well, we couldn't do anything until he'd been charged. there have been other, high profile cases in the past when there has been an arrest and no charges were brought forward, and there will be a risk there that obviously everyone'

hey, lisa nandy, louise hay , sorry lisa nandy, jo louise hay, sorry lisa nandy, jo stevens and ian murrayst highlights the naivety , it just highlights the naivety, particularly of this sort of ideological labour socialist opposition politics where it's very easy to see the world through rose tinted glasses , but through rose tinted glasses, but now they're in power. i would love to think , hope, to think love to think, hope, to think for all of our concerns that they can see it for what it is. you need that deterrent there. the world is on fire. you know, we it doesn't matter what continent you look at. there's a bit of a war going on. so the idea that we would. antarctica. yeah. well, there's aliens there , steve. >> of course. >> of course. >> so have you not heard of the auen >> so have you not heard of the alien war in antarctica? come on, mate, but the so, you know , on, mate, but the so, you know, we need to have this deterrent. i think it's an interesting story from the telegraph, and it's something that they're going to have to explain because they're going to have to use them be

let's listen now to what lisa nandy said about those concerns.ou guarantee to our viewers this morning that no one - from the labour party was involved in a conversation or passing - a message to the speaker suggesting that hisjob might be on the line - unless he did what labour wanted? yes, i believe that i can. i have had numerous conversations as you can imagine with my colleagues, with keir starmer, with the chief whip, with david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, over the last few weeks and months, since the 7th of october unfolded. frankly, the idea that you would threaten the speaker of the house of commons is for the birds. now, it was the snp who proposed the gaza conflict as a topic of debate that saw the chaotic scenes we saw, that saw them walking out in protest at the speaker's decision, as well as some conservative mps. next week, they hope to bring the issue to the fore again in parliament given what happened this week. the speaker had said they could have another debate on this. we will see negotiations on how that pans out thi

lisa nandy lisa nandy .s. and anneliese dodds was up there . yeah. i dodds also was up there. yeah. i think that at that . stage we're, think that at that. stage we're, we're in the early, early bit of it and at that stage labour was still supporting him as the candidate . and as of the candidate. and as of the position yesterday morning, you're going to be seeing when all these things happened. it's been a very quick time. >> labour spokesman wheeled out to defend it. >> yeah that's right. >> well yeah that's right. at that it was that point i thought it was right. that because the right. i think that because the position so difficult to position was so difficult to go and a by—election like and abandon a by—election like that was going to be was going to be a problem. >> but the point is, nigel, is why didn't someone question him when immediately said that when he immediately said that it was private. when he immediately said that it was absolutely private. when he immediately said that it was absolutely r

now the new culture secretary lisa nandy wants to know more about how the bbc handle this.. after the sun newspaper published for the sun newspaper published for the details injuly edwards was suspended by the bbc. under its policy continue to be paid. in november a critical development, the bbc was told he had been arrested for separate and serious offences. the corporation did not sack him and continue to pay his full salary stop in april this year, he resigned with no pay off. the bbc is facing difficult questions about all of this. one of them when it realised its staff present had been arrested during a police investigation, should he have been sacked because in the five months between that arrest and his resignation, he was paid around £200,000, public money, salary which last year included a $40,000 pay rise. the bb said in a statement... the corporation took legal advice about its duty of care to huw edwards had been told a significant risk to herself. his wife says he suffered from severe depression. he is expected to be sentenced in september, a prison term of up

the culture secretary, lisa nandy, has raised concerns about the bbc�*s investigation into huw edwards meeting with the corporation's director general, tim davie, she asked the bbc to explore what options are available to recoup some of edwards�* taxpayer—funded salary. mr davie has defended the decision not to sack the presenter despite knowing last november that he was arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children. edwards pleaded guilty to three charges on wednesday. our reporter simonjones has more. huw edwards�* guilty plea has shocked the nation, a spokesperson for the culture secretary, lisa nandy, said. her thoughts are with the victims whose lives have been destroyed. she stressed the need for the bbc to be transparent with the public. the corporation�*s director general was told in november about edwards�* arrest over the most serious category of indecent images, but he insisted he didn�*t know the specific details. now, when it comes to the decision that we made in november, when we were obviously faced with, i think, a very difficult decision, actua

thank you to stay there. >> lisa nandy bev.you got one question for her? >> yeah, well, yes. chopper, i just want to see whether she thought the audience was as biased towards the left as many people who were watching on social media seem to think about that audience . only the hard that audience. only the hard left points got a round of applause . applause. >> well, i did, i did think that. yeah, there's a question that. yeah, there's a question that bev turner's asking the studio was the audience biased in favour of the left? i say that because there was applause for anti—brexit remarks. pro—migration attacks on the government. have you got that audience loaded or is that or is the right out of touch with mainstream thinking in britain nowadays? >> look, i think the reaction of the audience was just quite straightforwardly not left or right, but they raised serious concerns about the cost of living crisis in nhs dentistry and the treatment of our veterans. and they wanted clear answers and that's what they got from angela ray

lisa nandy asked tim davie to explore what options are available to recoup some of edwards' tax—payer the presenter, despite knowing last november that he had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children. simonjones reports. huw edwards' guilty plea has shocked the nation, a spokesperson for the culture secretary, lisa nandy, said. her thoughts are with the victims whose lives have been destroyed. she stressed the need for the bbc to be transparent with the public. the corporation's director general was told in november about edwards' arrest over the most serious category of indecent images, known her to specifics about what we heard over the last few days, which has been disturbing.— heard over the last few days, which has been disturbing. when it comes to decision we _ has been disturbing. when it comes to decision we make. _ now, when it comes to the decision that we made in november, when we were obviously faced with, i think, a very difficult decision, actually, and we considered it very carefully. the police came to us and gave us information that

in between lisa nandy and the director-general.— between lisa nandy and the director-general.minutes we have got an update from the department of culture. in lisa nandy, the new culture secretary, remains concerned, we are told. there are clear risks that the current situation could damage public trust. it is quite a long series of quotes. this is the key bit. a spokesman has said she had spoken to the director—general on the phone to raise concerns on a number of points regarding the handling of the investigations and what safeguards and processes have been followed in this case and what further action may be taken, especially with regard to the handling of licence fee payers's money, that £200,000 figure again. and sirjohn, if you were there, if you were her, you have been in that department, what questions would you be asking? she's talking about fears in damaging public trust. i was be asking? she's talking about fears in damaging public trust.— in damaging public trust. i was a minister in _ in damaging public trust. i was a minister in the _ in damaging public trust. i w

but anyway, after lisa nandy opened the door to trans athletes competing alongside biological women, we really trust labour to protect women? i want to know your thoughts. go to gbnews.com/yoursay tweet me @gbnews. make sure you vote in our poll . but first, going head our poll. but first, going head to head on this former olympic athlete mara yamauchi and the discrimination lawyer robin moira white. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. mara is this a concerning statement, do you think, from labour's culture secretary? >> well, i think it's important to look at the detail of what she said. she said biology does matter. she's correct. that's the truth . i welcome that. but the truth. i welcome that. but the truth. i welcome that. but the logical next step of biology does matter is that males should not be competing in the female category under any circumstances because it needs to. sport needs to be fair and safe for women and girls. but what she said instead was, let's leave this to our national governing bodies, to decide. and in theory, that would be okay. however, i

it turns out that his name is not nandi, it is man galyan.are two more of his compatriots, liu liudong and jen yuntang, in another car. all the detainees, along with their vehicles, were taken to vladivostok, while the border guards dealt with lyudmila. tim and citizens of a neighboring state, employees of the far eastern customs department carefully examined the contents of the bus, a similar substance of a frog, and which one is this a bear, is this a himala? the skin of a tiger, 48 bags of wood, a tiger and a himalayan bear, that is, paws, paws, yes, there were paws, mostly these were the paws of a himalayan bear, over 100 pieces, so the smuggling plan was to bring it all to lake hanku on the ice. during the winter period , leave the cars there in order for unidentified persons abroad to take these goods here. it took experts several days to describe all this goodness; here is their official conclusion. the bulk of the detainees are members of at least five specimens of the amur tiger, one tanned skin, 18 claws. skeletal bones of 220 indiv

this is lisa nandy someone i'm actually a bit of a fan of.er for the labour leadership many aeons ago. okay, she's quite a no nonsense person. she speaks her mind. but on this issue she is frankly pathetic and misinformed. and when she says here, she's basically saying , here, she's basically saying, leave it up to each individual sport, they'll kind of get it right. hum, what's like, what's it got to do with her? well, it's got to do with you because you're a politician and you should be providing leadership in this matter. the fact is , men in this matter. the fact is, men have a physical advantage. that is a biological sports that have allowed for years. trans women , allowed for years. trans women, aka biological men to compete in these sports. >> so would you like to see actual legislation or just like sort of moral leadership? >> know what? i'd like to see legislation. and i'd like to see moral leadership. i'd just like to see leadership on it. >> i totally agree with you on the moral leadership front. and the moral leadership front. an