it comes after labour mp lloyd russell—moyle announced that he is hiv positive during an emotional speechn the house of commons. you can be a member of parliament, you can be a doctor, you can be a judge. anyone can live with the virus and can lead a normal life expectancy, so it is nothing to be feared any more. this week marked the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the most revered albums of all time, astral weeks by sir van morrison. the likes of eltonjohn, u2 and bruce springsteen say the singer from belfast has been a huge influence. now fans are being drawn to his home city to see the streets and sights which have inspired sir van. our ireland correspondent chris page has more. astral weeks is the greatest record ever made. van is the soundtrack to my life. belfast is celebrating its enigmatic

mr russell—moyle has been suspended from the house for his actions.best things about christmas. if you're not familiar with them, they take a traditional childrens‘ story, add singing, dancing, and a lot of rather bad puns. the shows are starting to prove popular around the world, but often with a local twist as sharajit leyl found out in singapore. bah humbug! sounds familiar? well, the classic tale of charles dickens‘ a christmas carol gets an asian update by a theatre company in singapore. ebenezer scrooge is recreated as s k loo, a mogul who's made his fortune as an app developer intent on taking away human interaction and affection. i am no scrooge, i am s k loo! skloo! s k loo is very media savvy. he's a crazy rich asian who is very aware of his social standing, about climbing the social ladder and at every cost, at the cost of his own soul, will achieve success in his business. the pa nto's director says in addition to drawing inspiration from asia, the production is also looking to present society and people's interconnectedness with technolog

labour backbencher lloyd russell—moyle grabban the commons mace. at westminster. the mace represents royal authority. if it's removed, the commons cannot debate or pass laws. it's disgusting! i'm grateful to a dedicated servant of the house for bringing forward the mace and restoring it to its place. i'm sorry, but under the power given to me, by standing order number 43, and i think the honourable gentleman will know the applications, i must order the honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house for the remainder of this day's sitting. mr russell—moyle, please leave the changer. thank you. we now come to motion number two. yes. no, he must leave, he must leave or be exported. he should leave. i'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for complying with my request. finally turning away from brexit. tigers, pygmy elephants and orangutans are three of the species being hit by the world's increasing use of palm oil. it's used in everything from pizza to chocolate. shampoo to lipstick. the edible vegetable oil is produced mainly in indone

labour's lloyd russell—moyle revealed in the house of commons chamber that he is hiv—positive.ay. next year, i will be marking an anniversary of my own. ten years since i became hiv—positive. it has been a long journey, from the fear of acceptance, and today, hopefully advocacy, knowing that my treatment keeps me healthy and protects any partner that i may have. when you are first diagnosed, you get that call from the clinic and theyjust say, "you need to come in." they don't tell you the details. and you know immediately something is going to be wrong. so, all the different worst—case scenarios flash through your mind. and of course, being someone who was a sexually active young man, hiv is one of those things that flashes through there. and so you kind of know going in there something is wrong and it might well be serious. but at the same time, you are working out all the ways that this is just some joke, this is some technical error, this is some tiny thing that they're going to tell you that you'll be laughing about later on. you try and imagine the ways that you're going t

it comes after labour mp lloyd russell—moyle announced that he is hiv positive during an emotional speechan be a judge. anyone can live with the virus and can lead a normal life expectancy, so it is nothing to be feared any more. this week marked the 50th anniversary of the release of one of the most revered albums of all time, astral weeks by sir van morrison. the likes of eltonjohn, u2 and bruce springsteen say the singer from belfast has been a huge influence. now fans are being drawn to his home city to see the streets and sights which have inspired sir van. our ireland correspondent chris page has more. astral weeks is the greatest record ever made. van is the soundtrack to my life. belfast is celebrating its enigmatic songwriting genius. i'd like to welcome you along to this 50th tour of astral weeks. i am lynne, i'm a van morrison fan. vanatics, as they are often described, are making a pilgrimage to the place their hero calls home. here we are on the corner where van morrison was born on the 31st of august 1945. traces of this city and memories of his upbringing are everywhere in

one labour member, lloyd russell moyle, was so furious that the vote had been pulled, he grabbed thes can't debate or vote, from its resting place in front of the dispatch boxes, before having it taken from him and replaced by officials. but such theatrics were the least of theresa may's worries. the prime minister set out to get more out of the eu, desperate to get something on the northern ireland border to reassure her own mps. but many of them had clearly had enough. under the rules of the conservative party, if 15% of its mps write letters of no confidence to the chairman of the 1922 committee, the committee of the backbenchers, a leadership ballot is triggered and, after months of speculation, in mid—december the magic number was reached. the chairman of the committee announced that she had won to rapturous applause from the supporters in the room, but the numbers were telling. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200, and against was 117. under the rules set out in the constitution of the conservative party, no further confidence vote can

anger among mps was growing. 0ne labour member, lloyd russell moyle was so furious that the vote had— without which the commons can't debate or vote — from its resting place in front of the despatch boxes, before having it taken from him and replaced by commons officials. but such theatrics were the least of theresa may's worries. the prime minister set out to wring more out of the eu, desperate to get something on the northern ireland border that would reassure her own mps. but many of them had clearly had enough. under the rules of the conservative party if 15 percent of its mps write letters of no confidence to the chairman of the 1922 committee, the committee of the party's backbenchers, a leadership ballot is triggered. and after months of speculation in mid december the magic number was reached. the confidence vote on her leadership was announced at breakfast time, voting to take place in the evening and the result to be declared at 9pm. the number of votes cast in favour of having confidence in theresa may was 200 and against was 117. under the rules set out in the constitutio