just now in house of commons, the leader of the house of commons jacob rees—mogg said it would be thewn, something the chair of the standards committee chris bryant has also said anjacob rees—mogg also said he thought it was frankly ridiculous that we currently have a higher sanction in place for people who misuse parliamentary envelopes than we do for sexual misconduct cases. significant calls now for him to resign. i understand the uk government are looking at ways that the law could be changed so that in future suspensions like this, it could lead to a recall petition automatically. i also understand the labour party have been seeking advice from parliamentary council, lawyers here, about whether there's anything that can be to push for a petition in the specific case. regarding his constituents in delyn you won't currently get a say on whether he remains their mp, to read you a couple of examples of messages i've had from some constituents there today, calling it totally unacceptable, wrong, unsafe, not fit. just some e—mails from constituents in delyn about how they feel they won

the commons leaderjacob rees—mogg said it would be "honourable" if mr roberts stood down as an mp."at least 70 racial slurs" on social media after the team lost last night's europa league final to villarreal. manchester united said its players had been subjected to "disgraceful racist abuse" which wouldn't be tolerated. foreign secretary dominic raab has welcomed an international investigation into the diverted ryanair plane, that led to the arrest in minsk of the belarrussian journalist roman protasevich. the eu says it's almost ready to launch new sanctions on the country. sarah rainsford is in minsk for us tonight. sarah, diplomatic tensions still rising. that is right. more strong words from the international community and more moves towards concrete actions from the authorities towards those in belarus, talk of a package of sanctions against the authorities here, and possible economic measures soon after that. there is one sanction already kicking in here with the national airline here now banned from flying to europe so there is an increasing sense of isolation in this countr

the commons leaderjacob rees—mogg said it would be "honourable" if mr roberts stood down as an mp.ve evidence. programme at a residential care unit called winterbourne view, there�*s been a call for the release of roman protasevich arrested by the authorities in minsk after the ryanair plane he was on was diverted. foreign ministers of a group of seven wealthy nations as well as the european union said they condemned in the strongest terms the action by the belarusian authorities at the weekend. it�*s ten years since undercover filming by the bbc�*s panorama programme at a residential care unit called winterbourne view, near bristol, shocked britain, revealing bullying and abuse of people with learning disabilities and special needs. pledges to shut all similar hospitals have been missed. every day, around four people are admitted to specialist hospitals — according to the charity mencap — and their figures show that, over a recent period, spanning two and a half years, there have been more 100,000 incidents of patients being restrained, drugged or put in isolation. 0ur social affa

the leader of the house, jacob rees—mogg, said it would be "honourable" if mr roberts stood down as anwill hold sessions to speak to the birth mothers and the children — as witnesses — and a government minister will give evidence. there�*s been an immediate and unconditional call for the release of roman protasevich, a belarusian journalist arrested by the authorities in minsk after the ryanair plane he was on was diverted. foreign ministers of the g7 wealthy nations said they condemned in the strongest terms the unprecedented action by the belarusian authorities. in another development, the european union�*s top foreign policy official has said that new personal sanctions against belarus�* president and other senior figures are "almost ready" and that work has started on more far—reaching economic measures. northern ireland�*s first minister, arlene foster, has been awarded £125,000 in damages after a defamatory tweet by tv presenter dr christian jessen. he tweeted an unfounded allegation that mrs foster had been having an extra—marital affair. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy was

in the house of commons the leader of the is jacob rees mogg said it would be the honourable thing to we currently have a higher sanction in place for people misuse parliamentary envelopes than we do for sexual misconduct cases. so a significant call now for him to resign and i understand the uk government are looking at ways the law could be changed so that in future suspensions like this could lead to a regal position automatically. i also understand the labour party have been seeking advice from parliamentary counsel about whether there is anything that can be done to try and push for a regal position in this case. it's also worth reflecting on some of the views of his constituents about the fact they won't currently get a say on whether or not he remains their mp. just read your couple of examples from messages i've had from some constituents today. calling a totally unacceptable, wrong, and safe, not fit. just some e—mails from constituents about how they feel that they won't have a say in a position about the future of him being their mp. as it stands, he has apologised for his

parliamentary seat occupied by jacob used to represent the parliamentary seat occupied byjacob rees—mogghas been here for five years and they are hoping he will be re—elected. we know about that until later tonight. they have to get the west mayor done first. we expect the result around midnight. labour have the soap because they think within the soap because they think within the city of bristol where there are four labour mps, with them being encouraged to vote by lots of candidates and the mayoral candidate and council candidates, they are hoping for an extra large turnout. that may be enough to get marvin rees re—elected but not enough to see labour take the west of england mayoral crown. there are two contests going _ mayoral crown. there are two contests going on _ mayoral crown. there are two contests going on in - mayoral crown. there are two contests going on in that - mayoral crown. there are two contests going on in that part| mayoral crown. there are two i contests going on in that part of the country, the west of england mayoral contest and bristol city mayoral contest and b

and jacob rees—mogg, who is lord president of the council, leader of the house of commons.financial crisis because he chaired the treasury select committee at that time and grilled lots of the bankers who were involved in the controversies of the time. so lord mcfall recently elected to succeed lord fowler. he presides over sessions in the house of lords and actually nominally in charge of security and other arrangements for the house of lords as well, but he is the ultimate authority on events in the house of lords. lord mcfall would be in place. it is his first state opening. he is ready for her majesty's arrival. the lord high chancellor. this is robert buckland qc. i think i am allowed to say that he is the second lord high chancellor to come from the welsh town of len exley —— llanelli. he is in his post and will be part of the procession again for the state opening. in view once again of the royal staircase and the lord high chancellor has arrived. and this is the scene outside. prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall being brought to the palace of westminster. th

jacob rees—mogg was on the radio last night, the leader of the house of commons, saying that the lastnevitably not forever. there is a question over how this will play out in the next few years. expect a big political battle and may be a legal one as well. political battle and may be a legal one as well-— political battle and may be a legal one as well. ., ~ ,, .,~ ., one as well. thank you, speak to you later. a rescue operation has taken place to free a small whale that became stranded in the river thames. large crowds gathered at richmond lock, in south—west london, to watch divers and fire crews who took four hours to move the minke whale to a safe location. matt graveling reports. trying to turn the tide. as the thames recedes, it leaves behind a baby minke whale, grounded in richmond lock. first responders hosed water over its weak body. hours earlier, the whale had first been spotted a few miles upriver, near barnes bridge. but, by 5pm, it was stuck in richmond, sparking a big emergency response and an even bigger crowd. they don't rate its chances too much. i don't know what t

dan norris, former mp, he was under tony blair's administration, he lost his seat to jacob rees—mogg.s it is no cold. we still have to have the second round of voting counted but i think the confidence is there for labour not least because this has been a double election in bristol with two elections taking place at the same time. laterthis elections taking place at the same time. later this evening they are going to be totting up the votes for the city mayor and that has meant a really good push in the city, the councillors are all up for grabs, activists working the ground really hard, and that has meant there has been an increased turnout, a better turnout in bristol than in north—east somerset. but undoubtedly has boosted the labour vote and given them confidence they are going to turn over the tory majority and take the west of england crown. aha, take the west of england crown. a fascinating picture they are and as you say the west of england mayor possibly within two and a half hours. we can go to durham, which has a very interesting story. before we talk about the north—west g