later, mediapart also said that the under fire minister had rented social housing since 2016.ledge of this and posted details of his agreement for the apartment on his facebook page stop but this image will be hard to forget and for many the scandal has put notjust mr de rugy but the whole government in hot water. ramzan karmali, bbc news. we will let you know how that font plays out. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello. thursday brought us a warm and humid day across many parts of the country, but we also had some heavy showers and some thunderstorms, too. friday won't be quite as warm or quite as humid, there'll be a mix of sunny spells and just a few showers around, mainly across eastern england and eastern scotland, too. but many of us will avoid the showers. so we've got an area of low pressure which is pushing off towards the east. higher pressure waiting out in the west and that will dominate more as we head on through the weekend. so friday morning, then, a reasonably dry start to the day, dry in most places. mor

the french environment minister is under pressure after an investigative website — mediapart — allegedfine wines paid for by the tax payer when he was parliament speaker as well as carrying out expensive renovations of his official residence. francois de rugy didn't deny the dinners took place but said they were "working dinners". ramzan karmali has more. a demonstration with a difference — the lobster. a stark reminder of who their anger is directed at — french environment minister francois de rugy. the investigative website mediapart said he hosted a dozen luxury dinners between 2017 and 2018 at his official residence. on the menu, expensive shellfish, champagne, and vintage wines costing more than $500 a bottle. there is no suggestion of illegality, but de rugy‘s future is very much under the spotlight. translation: there are ethical rules which must be followed when representing the electorate and the nation, in this case they were simply not respected. indeed, you should not be part of the government. things got worse for de rugy later, when mediapart said the taxpayer had paid $7

the investigative website — mediapart — also alleges he carried out expensive renovations to his officiale menu, expensive shellfish, champagne and vintage wines costing more than $500 a bottle. there is no suggestion of illegality but his future is very much under the spotlight. translation: there are ethical rules which must be followed when representing electorate and in this case they were not respected. he should not be part of the government. things got worst nature when media party said the taxpayer had paid $71,000 for the renovation of his government provided apartment including $19,000 on a dressing room. these are the headlines he would have wanted to avoid. it comes as they try to recover from over six months at anti—government p rotesto rs, months at anti—government protestors, which were in part fuelled by claims that the political elite were under touch with ordinary people. he has insisted that the dinners went to his job on the renovation work had been necessary for the apartment because some rooms we re for the apartment because some rooms were in poor repair. translatio