hand back the money they receive from frank esther.— receive from frank esther.e on _ receive from frank esther. we will have more on that _ receive from frank esther. we will have more on that story _ receive from frank esther. we will have more on that story later - receive from frank esther. we will have more on that story later this| receive from frank esther. we will| have more on that story later this i was so stay with us. let�*s look at some other stories making news. the number of middle—aged people dying from cancer in the uk is at a 25—year low, according to new figures. a study from cancer research uk found deaths among those aged 35 to 69 have fallen, thanks to screening, better treatments and policies aimed at reducing smoking. labour has set out plans to cap re—sale prices for concert tickets, to crackdown on people who buy them to list online, at an inflated cost. sir keir starmer, said access to music, art and theatre should not be "at the mercy of ruthless ticket touts". the government says it�*s already introduced tough enough measures. north k

frank esther's eight — new definition? no. he wasn't. frank esther's eight full, _ new definition?i new definition? no. he wasn't. frank esther's eight full, in my view, and l esther's eight full, in my view, and spoke disgracefully about diane abbott, but he would not fall within this definition. when public authorities all for that matter, police, or crown prosecution service make decisions as to arrest someone or charge them, take them before the commission that deals with proscribed organisations, they do actually apply some common sense. frank hester has been revealed as a very full quality human being... the reason i ask— very full quality human being... the reason i ask the question is that sometimes these things are subjective and some people are worried that it is possible for the government to revive its own definition of terrorism and make a difference value judgment then they might do ordinarily. and then it might do ordinarily. and then it might end up being a rule that applies to people that you don't really like. but applies to people that you don't reall like. �* ,

frank| esther runs a software company, correspondent with more. is one of the conservative party's biggest donors. just last year, he gave the party £10 million, 5 million himself and £5 million through his company. it was at a meeting of that company back in 2019 where the guardian alleges he was talking about an executive from a rival firm and then went on to say that this, "it is like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate all black woman because she is there, and i don't hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. " it is important to say that the bbc has not verified these remarks, that mr hester responded saying that he accepts he was rude about diane abbott in a private meeting several years ago, but his criticism had nothing to do with her gender or colour of skin. also it is worth us noting that his team say that that response, that apology of sorts, is not a confirmation that he made the comments as quoted by the guardian. there is already a big row over missing westminster

kemi badenoch was speaking on bbc breakfast answered questions about frank esther, the conservative partynor, who is reported to have donated £5 million more.— donated £5 million more. he has apologised _ donated £5 million more. he has apologised for — donated £5 million more. he has apologised for his _ donated £5 million more. he has apologised for his comments. i donated £5 million more. he has i apologised for his comments. that should be the end of the match. this churning around of when and how much the donations were are a distraction from the work i'm doing here today and commentary on small businesses on how to make life easy for entrepreneurs. the prime minister has been working on a package that will improve small businesses and self—employed people across the country. that is what will make their lives easier irrespective of whether or not there has been a donation here or there to the conservative party.— donation here or there to the conservative party. while you talk about 'obs conservative party. while you talk about jobs in _ conservative party. while you talk about jobs

the guardian newspaper claims frank esther said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women andt she should be shot —— frank hester. he has admitted he was rude about her in a private meeting five years ago but insisted his comments had nothing to do about her gender or skin colour. miss abbott has reported him to the parliamentary liaison investigations team which was set up after the murder of another mp, jo cox, in 2016. she said, to and frightening. —— she said the comments were worrying and frightening. chris mason has the story. diane abbott is a political pioneer. first elected nearly a0 years ago, she was the first black woman mp. whatever else happens after this, i think nobody can take this moment away from the black community. what did happen after that is she rose to bejeremy corbyn�*s shadow home secretary after being subjected to year after year of abuse, which multiplied in the era of social media. now, the guardian reports that frank hester, a multimillionaire donor to the conservative party, said this in 2019... the bbc has not independently verified that mr hes

we also know that frank esther donated £10 million to the party last year.. it is a substantial chunk of money and then another media company are reporting that frank hester has donated another £5 million earlier this year. as i say, we won't know for certain until that is reported officially and recorded injune. but it does sound like the party haven't taken the opportunity to diane billy monger deny that an frank heser has said he will continue to donate to the party as long as it helps rishi sunak. there is no question, given all the publicity there has been around this whether it is necessary the health of the party to be receiving money from him, even if it helped financially, there are big political questions here. what helped financially, there are big political questions here. what about the demands _ political questions here. what about the demands for _ political questions here. what about the demands for them _ political questions here. what about the demands for them to _ political questions here. what about the demands for them to give - politic

statement issued this morning by west yorkshire police said they were investigating comments made by frank estherment was they were investigating what they described as racist comments which were allegedly made at a meeting in leeds in 2019. it is a location of the meeting which is white west yorkshire is investigating, it comes after an initial complaint was made to the metropolitan police's parliamentary and investigation team, but because it took place in leeds, that is why they are investigating. the officers were working to establish the and ultimately ascertain whether a crime has been committed. the statement also went on to say it recognised the strong reaction to these allegations and appreciated everyone who contacted them since the initial article in the guardian, which is where the comments were first reported, was published. i5 where the comments were first reported, was published. is it clear at this stage _ reported, was published. is it clear at this stage what _ reported, was published. is it clear at this stage what potential - reported, was published. is it clear at this stage

he'sjust come out said that being black and female is not what frank esther was talking about when heng diane abbott saying that he wanted to shoot all black women having to listen to her. the entire british public, the thing that you've heard and seen is definitely not the thing he has heard and seen and he's right and you're not. he is capturing this hostage situation within a government that can go out and just have this post to his analysis of anything that's happened, he'lljust come out and say completely the opposite of what everyone else knows to be common sense, some of the most oppressed people in this country right now, today, are gps. they have to deal with so much workload, as he you are saying, it's not that you have a mental health problem if you were sitting waiting and waiting. there are not enough gps to care for you, you have to go to andy, and you're on a waiting list with 7 million other people. this issue, mel stride, if people are signed off work because they aren't feeling very well, that would be the better solution, wouldn't it?— solution, wouldn't it? wills,

let's talk about offensive and racist views for a - offensive and racist views for a man, frank esthersidered incitement. should he not be provided with the platform? i thought that his remark was crass and insensitive and... i’m thought that his remark was crass and insensitive and... if and insensitive and... i'm sorry... if he and insensitive and... i'm sorry... if he repeated _ and insensitive and... i'm sorry... if he repeated that _ and insensitive and... i'm sorry... if he repeated that remark - and insensitive and... i'm sorry... if he repeated that remark today, | if he repeated that remark today, under these terms, should he be the platform to? he under these terms, should he be the platform to?— platform to? he is not inciting violence and _ platform to? he is not inciting violence and it _ platform to? he is not inciting violence and it is _ platform to? he is not inciting violence and it is not - platform to? he is not inciting i violence and it is not democracy. that view is disputed, so there we have a view that is disputed by people immediately.— have a view that is dis

frank about it. lucy, what do you make of it. do you think the likes of dame estherhe british consciousness talking about death? she is doing a death? i think she is doing a brilliant job on that particular topic because i think it's something that we're going to need talk about. something that we're going to neethe talk about. something that we're going to neethe olderabout. something that we're going to nee the older we jt. something that we're going to neethe older we get as >> the older we get as a population. i think the other problem that what we've done problem is that what we've done in last couple in the last couple of generations that have generations is that we have parked elderly into care parked elderly people into care homes, don't have that homes, so we don't have that sense of multi—generational households having exposure to the frailties of old age. we actually don't want we want to airbrush it out and put these people somewhere where we almost can't see them. and i think there needs to be a radical shift in terms of how we talk about death, how we t