arcuri and we also wa nt with jennifer arcuri and we also want him to explain this issue around declarationsdo? borisjohnson has previously said he will cooperate with the london assembly investigation although he thought they were barking up the wrong tree. yet another challenge then for the prime minister at the start of yet another crucial week. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. where does this interview leave questions aboutjennifer arcuri and boris johnson? it doesn't give us a smoking gun but there is a lot of smoke billowing around mrjohnson as a result of this interview, half of which i suspect team johnson will think was helpful insofar as jennifer arcuri said she didn't ask for favours, cash or sponsorship, and he didn't write letters on her behalf. that is helpful. less helpful is the fact that clearly they were pals, pretty good pals actually. why that matters is mrjohnson can no longer claim that she was just a business contact, another tech entrepreneur. they were pretty good friends, indeed he went round to her

here's ms arcuri's response to those allegations. categorically no one's business what private life we had or didn't have, and categorically more important, boris never, ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him for a favour. never once did he he write a letter of recommendation for me. he didn't know about my asking to go to trips. he only knew me as an extremely passionate... jennifer, jennifer, he did write a letter of recommendation for you when you applied to run tech city. you've already talked about that. no, he didn't. what was it that he did? not at all — fake news. just for the record, you're not denying it. i'm not answering. that's my record. 0k, we'll take a short... don't misuse my words like everyone else. the current london mayor, sadiq khan, has launched an investigation into the allegations at city hall, and the greater london authority's oversight committee has given mrjohnson 14 days — ending this week — to explain his relationship. tom copley is a labour member of the greater london assembly, and sits on

the london assembly is investigating boris johnson's links withjennifer arcuri.onduct says... on a visit to hospital in watford earlier, borisjohnson was asked if he thought he had broken it. no, and i've said i think everything i will say on the matter. the london assembly still have questions. we want him to set out his dealings with jennifer arcuri and we also want him to explain this issue around declarations. what did he do? borisjohnson has previously said he will cooperate with the london assembly investigation although he thought they were barking up the wrong tree. yet another challenge then for the prime minister at the start of yet another crucial week. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster. where does this leave things. she didn't answer the question she was asked. i guess people are interested in borisjohnson‘s love life. she didn't answer about their relationship. but she did admit they we re relationship. but she did admit they were good friends. if you look at the code of conduct. it i

here's ms arcuri's response to those allegations.ally categorically no one's business what private life we had or didn't have. and categorically, more important, boris never, ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him for a favour. never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. he didn't know about my asking to go to trips. he only knew me as an extremely passionate entrepreneur on the tech scene. jennifer, he did write a letter of recommendation for you when you applied to run tech city, didn't he? you have already talked about that. no he didn't, no he didn't. what was it that he did? not at all, fake news. but just for the record, you're not denying it? i'm not answering. that's my record. 0k, we'll take a short... do not misuse my words like everyone else. tom copley is a labour member of the greater london assembly, and sits on the assembly's oversight committee. that currently hoping to talk to borisjohnson that currently hoping to talk to boris johnson about these issues. that currently hoping to talk to bo

he has a duty to declare his relationship with ms arcurie.ion under the code of conduct, which he needed to have abided by. jennifer arcuri has spoken, but the prime minister still has questions. lucy manning, bbc news. a retired high courtjudge has accused the police watchdog of "shocking failures" in its investigation of what went wrong during the metropolitan‘s police inquiry into an alleged paedophile network at westminster. operation midland ended without any arrests, after one man, carl beech, made a series of false allegations against public figures. the head of the met, cressida dick, apologised again today and the police watchdog defended its decision not to recommend disciplinary action against any of the officers involved. us troops have started to withdraw from north—eastern syria, with president trump defending the move, saying it was time to get out of these ridiculous endless wars. it opens the way for a full—scale turkish assault against kurdish fighters, who are regarded by the turkish government as terrorists. but the syrian

he has a duty to declare his relationship with ms arcurie.claration under the code of conduct, which he needed to have abided by. jennifer arcuri has spoken, but the prime minister still has questions. lucy manning, bbc news. a retired high courtjudge has accused the police watchdog of "shocking failures", in its investigation of what went wrong during the metropolitan‘s police inquiry into an alleged paedophile network at westminster. 0peration midland ended without any arrests, after one man, carl beech, made a series of false allegations against public figures. the head of the met, cressida dick, apologised again today, and the police watchdog defended its decision not to recommend disciplinary action against any of the officers involved. us troops have started to withdraw from northeastern syria, with president trump defending the move, saying it was time "to get out of these ridiculous endless wars". it opens the way for a full—scale turkish assault against kurdish fighters, who are regarded by the turkish government as terrorists. but t

ms arcuri has refused to deny that they had an intimate relationship.ood friend" and mrjohnson has insisted everything was done "entirely in the proper way". our correspondent helen catt has the latest. i hope you're having a productive... when then mayor of london boris johnson agreed to speak at her events, young tech entrepreneur jennifer arcuri was overjoyed. i'm ready to hang out! boris is hanging out! he ended up being a star attraction at several. you like hanging out with us, right? she took part in a number of trade missions run by city hall and received public funds while he was in post. speaking to itv‘s good morning britain earlier, jennifer arcuri denied theirfriendship had earned her preferential treatment. boris never ever gave me favouritism. never once did i ask him for a favour, never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. he did not know about me asking to go to trips. she said mrjohnson had become a really good friend and that he visited her at her office in her flat in east london five, ten, and handful of times. she r

he has a duty to declare his relationship with ms arcuri.the code if he doesn't, then they could summons him to appear. our top story this evening. levels of knife crime is rising around the country — london has the worst in the country. and celebrations for britain's nobel prize winner, whose work could bring new cancer treatments. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. another big step on the comeback path for andy murray as he battles pastjuan ignacio londero into the second round at the shanghai open. thousands of climate activists have taken to the streets in cities around the world at the start of two weeks of global protest calling for urgent government action to stop rising carbon emissions. it's been coordinated by the campaign group extinction rebellion. in london there have been over 200 arrests as protestors blocked bridges and roads in the city centre, including trafalgar square. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt is there, what's happening there now? a lots of activity behind you. there is. we have the latest figur

jane on twitter sastennifer arcuri is tabloid grogginess.ve her alone. and rob says you have no shame. anyone can see the purpose of the into is to drag borisjohnson's name through the mud. there is the first time i've watched the gutter press in weeks and it will be the last. answer messages as well to read to you about the interview with harry dunn's mother and father and step parents. terry says, is a lone twin, could you please pass on to the family, who now have a lone twin son due to the death of harry, that the lone twin network exists for support in this very painful situation. angela has sent a text to say, very brave family, thoughts and prayers are with you all. william says, as an american living in britain, ican says, as an american living in britain, i can confirm the reputation of people from the us is in tatters. i sent my best to harry's family and loved ones. the mother of a brain—damaged girl who has won her case against a london hospital which planned to turn off her life support, says herfamily is hoping to take her for

miss arcuri also joined him on trade missions in 2014 and 2015. of their friendship. mrjohnson has declined to comment on the nature of that friendship — though he very much denies doing anything wrong. jennifer arcuri gave an interview to itv‘s good morning britain today. here's some of it. no, couldn't be further from the truth. the reason why they liked me is because i had a big mouth, a huge network and so much work... like, the biggest work ethic you could ever imagine. i mean, we were up, we were producing. you never asked boris to... this is why we were partners. you never asked boris to help you, though, with any sponsorship money? categorically no, absolutely not. i would never put him in that position. so when you put in pitches for these grants, did you go and talk to boris johnson as your friend or, you know, as someone you had done successful business events with for advice on how to... you think i would waste his time talking... no! borisjohnson was asked again today if he'd done anything wrong. now and i've said, i think, everything

he has a duty to declare his relationship with miss arcuri.conduct which he needed to have abided by. jennifer arcuri has spoken. the prime minister still has questions. lucy manning, bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce. good evening. there is a new head coach of english cricket. chris silverwood will replace trevor bayliss as england head coach. silverwood has been in the england setup for a couple of years now working with the bowlers, having previous been successful in a coaching role with essex. jos buttler has given his thumbs up to the appointment. chris silverwood has been someone who has been in and around a group for a little while so he can build on the success of obviously the one—day team and there isa obviously the one—day team and there is a big push for the test team to really improve now and i think having had someone who has been involved with the culture, it is a nice continuation, somebody who has got strong views and has had obviously success as a head coach with essex and

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the mirror carries an interview with the us businesswoman jennifer arcuri — with whom borisjohnson isedly linked — in which she claims men can't help falling for her. a different story in the guardian. it leads on a state of nature report, which reveals a drastic decline of uk wildlife. and the mail reports on a decision by the high court to reject campaigners‘ case, against the government's handling of the rise in women's state pension age. so, a varied set of front pages — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. the eu leaders queue up to post scorn on boris johnson's the eu leaders queue up to post scorn on borisjohnson's brexit proposition. the backstop which parliament has refused to vote to run numerous occasions in the eu is very wedded to. he vowed notjust to time limit the backstop or make twea ks to time limit the backstop or make tweaks to the backstop which is the insurance plan to avoid a hard border and he said he was going to ta ke border and he said he was going to take it out altogether and i think at one point his phrase was the backstop ectomy which i am glad h

i think also this week in the paper, we will see more ofjennifer arcuri, the 27—year—old student suddenlyster johnson when he was mayor of london for running a quango called tech city a 6—figure salaryjob. for running a quango called tech city a 6-figure salaryjob. and the accusations she wasn't qualified. we know the prime minister went round to her flat know the prime minister went round to herflat in know the prime minister went round to her flat in east know the prime minister went round to herflat in east london on several occasions purely for lessons in how to improve technology. who am ito in how to improve technology. who am i to dispute in how to improve technology. who am ito dispute that? in how to improve technology. who am i to dispute that? anything is possible. there isjust a touch i to dispute that? anything is possible. there is just a touch of the look of lust in the eyes from those two in every photograph. backbench mps trying to form some kind of government in the event that this vote of no confidence goes through. is it possible? it doesn't look like it tonight. it di

today at 2: american businesswoman jennifer arcuri details her close friendship with borisjohnson whenis never ever gave me favouritism, never once did i ask him for a favour, never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. the prime minister says he will talk to the white house about withdrawing diplomatic immunity for a woman involved in a car crash in which a teenager was killed. we would have tried to get her a suspended sentence so she could have carried on being a mum, so that she wasn't taken away from her own children. but forgiving her for leaving, i'm nowhere near. the police watchdog clears detectives over how they handled false claims of a paedophile ring at westminster, but there's fierce

the mirror carries an interview with the us businesswoman, jennifer arcuri, with whom borisjohnson isly linked, in which she claims men can't help falling for her. a different story in the guardian. it leads on a state of nature report, which reveals a drastic decline of uk wildlife. according to the telegraph, the qc leading the government's child sex abuse inquiry warned claims by carl beech were "bogus" back in 2015 but was ignored. the vip abuse investigation is also on the front page of the times. it says victims have called on labour's deputy leader tom watson to resign before the publication of a damning report. and the mail reports on a decision by the high court to reject campaigners‘ case, against the government's handling of the rise in women's state pension age. so, a varied set of front pages. let's start with brexit and this alternative to the irish backstop on the front of the daily telegraph. remaining in the eu is what britain wa nts says remaining in the eu is what britain wants says leo varadkar. the telegraph have honed in all this and his point is that all the opi

the metro leads with pole dancing, the prime minister and me — that's the interview withjennifer arcurier flat to see the pole in her living room, but refused to answer if she and the prime minister had an affair. you are saying some things and we will come to brexit because we have to do that every night pretty much. in the mail, a dreadful story about this young man who has been killed near and raf base in north hampshire and the chief suspect potentially going to the us. to place 27th of august in the evening. 19—year—old harry dunn was on his motorbike and anne sacoolas, the wife of a military attache insecurity at the raf base is alleged to have driven into him. alongside the personal tragedy of any such accident is the really important dramatic precedent of immunity which is designed to ensure that, if there is a big political, military bus stop between countries, that the diplomats have immunity and do what they like and go where they like and leave as they please. it has been taken around the world diplomats now or in recent yea rs, to world diplomats now or in recent years, to

downing street has complied with an order to hand over details of borisjohnson‘s contacts withjennifer arcurisswoman when he was london mayor. he has denied claims of failing to declare a conflict of interest the england and wales cricket board has issued a statement dismissing allegations of a physical altercation between the cricketer ben stokes and his wife clare. photographs have emerged of stokes appearing to grab his wife around the face at an awards ceremony last week. the ecb said it had spoken to the couple and "clarified the innocent context" behind the pictures. clare stokes tweeted the story was "unbelievable" and "nonsense". neil black is to stand down as performance director at uk athletics, after us anti—doping regulators banned mo farah's former coach alberto salazar for doping violations. mr black employed alberto salazar as a consultant in 2013, describing him as a genius. a housing estate in norwich which is made up of almost 100 ultra—low—energy homes has won the stirling prize, the award for britain's building of the year. sustainability and recyling was at the heart of a

american businesswoman jennfer arcuri refuses to say whether she had a relationship with borisjohnsony record. the prime minister will call european leaders after a warning by the french president that the eu will decide by the end of the week whether a brexit deal is possible. pressure increases on the us to return a diplomat‘s wife who's implicated in the death of a teenager in a car crash. the final thomas cook passengers return home this morning, two weeks after the package tour company collapsed. coming up, the hidden condition affecting thousands of women across the uk. mps launch an inquiry into the devastating

jennifer arcuri received a cyber skills grant worth £100,000 from the government in october last yearssed. the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has stepped down from the role after nearly ten years during which he made one particular word in the english language into his catchphrase. order! order! very rude... order! he's been a controversial speaker, not least in the last three years since the brexit referendum. mps spent nearly three hours paying tribute to him today though only a few stayed to the very end to hear his last orders. order, order. more than 70 people have been killed after a fire swept through a packed train in pakistan. officials there said it started when a gas cylinder being used by passengers to cook breakfast exploded. survivors said it took almost 20 minutes for the train to stop and dozens of people jumped as it moved to try to escape the flames. the train was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. our correspondent farhat javed reports from southern punjab. you may find some of her report distressing. the flames ripped through three crowded carria

downing street has complied with an order to hand over details of borisjohnson‘s contacts withjennifer arcuri the us businesswoman when he was london mayor. he has denied claims of failing to declare a conflict of interest. the foreign secretary dominc raab has met with the us ambassador urging him to reconsider the diplomatic immunity given to a driver after she left the uk despite being a suspect in a fatal crash. anne sacoolas is wanted by police over the death of teenage motorcyclist, harry dunn, in northamptonshire on 27 august. she flew to the us shortly after the fatal crash. the headlines on bbc news: a downing street source says a brexit deal is now "essentially impossible", following a phone call between boris johnson and germany's chancellor. now borisjohnson is preparing for crunch talks with his irish counterpart, later this week. the parents of this ten—year—old boy who died after contracting hiv from contaminated blood products almost 30 years ago tell the public inquiry of their heartbreak. the impact of knife crime on its victims — more than 20,000 were injured last year alon

jennifer arcuri received a cyber skills grant worth £100,000 from the government in october last yearfavouritism over her links with mrjohnson, but those have now been dismissed following a civil service investigation. more than 50 mps are standing down at the election, among them 18 women, some of whom say a growing level of abuse and bullying has been a factor in their decision. mps have been giving our special correspondent lucy manning an idea of the sort of comments they have to deal with. die, you stupid... and stay off tv, your face makes me die, you stupid... and stay off tv, yourface makes me want die, you stupid... and stay off tv, your face makes me want to vomit... enemy of the people, it is a damn pity traitors don't get hung anymore. . . pity traitors don't get hung anymore... so, who would want to be anymore... so, who would want to be an mp? some politicians, despite all this, want to carry on. lots of people don't like you, you know that. but some female mps are stepping down, saying the abuses too much. culture secretary nicky morgan is going. abuse and the impact on

some breaking news to do with the friend ofjennifer arcuri and the prime minister having to deny thated out, but they had been waved. they concluded assessment of grant was appropriate. this is accompanied by a letter to the chair of the committee. nicky morgan pointed out the grant decision did not involve minister and was made at a time when borisjohnson was a backbench mp and they decided there was no impropriety. hit the follows borisjohnson was no impropriety. hit the follows boris johnson saying was no impropriety. hit the follows borisjohnson saying that he has done nothing wrong, jennifer arcuri herself saying that in relation to that £100,000 award, there were no favours in exchange for that grant. a report clearing jennifer arcuri's company of inappropriately being awarded that £100,000 government grant. more on that later. the house of representatives has passed a resolution that approves rules for the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the vote was not about whether or not to impeach donald trump — but rather how the inquiry should proceed. the resolution sets out p

interest to declare" when it comes to his relationship with the american tech entrepreneurjennifer arcuried about his relationship to women on radio 4's today programme this morning. it's on the front page of many, many newspapers and i know for many years you have not wanted to discuss about your private life and people understand that. i have a broader question for you though. have you got a woman problem? i have always been a big champion of women at the top of every organisation. if you look at the way i ran city hall, it was virtually half and half, more as a complete feminocracy at city hall. the same goes for what i did in the foreign office. if you look at the signature policy of the fco under me, it was to champion as the number one solution to the problems of the world, 12 years of quality education for every girl in the world. a recent poll suggested that one in five women regarded you as honest. almost half said you were, forgive me, dislikeable. and the recent allegations, just be clear with people because they may not have heard you say, you are saying that when a distinguis

jennifer arcuri received a cyber skills grant worth 100—thousand pounds from the government in octoberfollowing a civil service investigation. british detectives investigating the death of harry dunn have interviewed the woman accused of killing him. the 19—year—old motorcyclist died in northamptonshire in august after a crash with a car driven by anne sacoolas — who left the uk claiming diplomatic immunity. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in new york. this was a very short one, saying simply that they have interviewed what they called the suspect and do not actually name her and the information they have learned from her has been passed along with other evidence to the crown prosecution service. she has always been the main suspect in this ever since the accident back in august. the police say they will now wait for them to respond to the information passed on it will be up to the cps whether charges will be brought against her. as far as the family reaction, i have spoken to the sister who is here in new york. there doing media interviews today and yesterday, they are not very ha

i think ithinki i think i said stephanie but it is jennifer arcuri. it is definitely jennifer. log yesterday andl first because r. to log yesterday and i took up all her time. he did. —— because i talked to long yesterday. i apologised. —— because i talked to long yesterday. iapologised. i —— because i talked to long yesterday. i apologised. iwant —— because i talked to long yesterday. iapologised. iwant to show you this in the telegraph. plays for chelsea, do you remember, three years ago, this picture. costa, with a broken nose. in training, he broke his nose. there was some chat about how he did it. had to play with a mask on. it was in fact his teammate who broke his nose. went into school the next day and discovered what he did and anyway, he has been picked for england. it did not hinder his career england. it did not hinder his career in any way. go on, you go next... i have got more. you are building this up too much. good morning. yesterday we told you a lot about the website to claim your refund from thomas cook launched yesterday but, surprise surprise, the website c

the metro beams with —— leads with pole dancing, the prime minister and me, that isjennifer arcuri, whon visited her flat to see the poll in her living room but she refused to confirm if they had had an affair. we do not have to start with brexit for once. we are going to start with the amazing pictures on climate protests. the daily telegraph has this amazing picture of a clown who is being carried away by the police. you have experience of the protests? idid not you have experience of the protests? i did not walk, but i got the tube asa i did not walk, but i got the tube as a result, but they closed the roads and they were limited options. as a result, but they closed the roads and ti this vere limited options. as a result, but they closed the roads and ti this vaguely ted options. as a result, but they closed the roads and ti this vaguely toi options. as a result, but they closed the roads and ti this vaguely to brexit is. m in; link i