. . ~ unconditional bail from surrey police. ., ~ unconditional bail from surrey police. ., , policedeveloping story: us presidentjoe biden has called again for a ban on assault weapons, following a mass shooting in the state of maine — the deadliest such attack in the country this year. 18 people were killed and 13 others injured after a gunman opened fire at a bar and bowling alley on wednesday. a manhunt continues for the suspect, ao—year—old robert card — who the authorities say is armed and dangerous. the shooting happened in lewiston, a small city of about 38,000 people it's currently still in lockdown, as are several neighbouing communities. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth reports from there. first, it was a bowling alley, then a bar. around seven o'clock on a wednesday night, mobile—phone footage shows people fleeing in panic as, once again, ordinary, everyday america is torn apart by another mass shooting. hejust came in, there was a loud pop, i went down the line, i slid into where the pins are, climbed up into the machine, i was up on top of the machines until the cops got

as you say, surrey police confirmed earlier this afternoon that they had arrested the conservative mpbstances. that man was released on bail and then in the last half hour, the mp crispin blunt has posted a statement on social media saying that conservative mp in question was him. he said he had been interviewed twice in connection with this incident. the first time was three weeks ago, when he says he raised concerns with the police over extortion. he says he was interviewed again this morning and the caution following arrest and goes on to say that the arrest was unnecessary, as i remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that i am confident with and without charge. he goes on to say he will not say anything further. another development in the last few minutes — we are told crispin blunt has had the conservative whip removed. it means he won't be part of the conservative group in parliament and he has been asked to stay away from westminster. he has been the mp for reigate in surrey since 1997. he is a former junior minister. it is also worth saying that this is just th

getting you news from the uk where it has emerged that the surrey police have arrested the conservativeded by the party. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth in westminster for more on this. yes, reports first emerged on two newspaper websites this afternoon that a conservative mp had been arrested, then surrey police confirmed he had been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of a controlled substance and released on bail. shortly after, crispin blunt said he was the mp in question. he released a statement on social media in which he said he had been interviewed twice by police. the first time three weeks ago. he says he then reported concern over extortion. the second time he was interviewed was this morning, following that arrest. and mr blunt went on to say, "that arrest was unnecessary as i remain "ready to cooperate fully with this investigation, that "i am confident will end without charge." he says he doesn't intend to comment further, until the police have completed their inquiries. crispin blunt is a senior conservative mp, formerjunior minister. he has repre

surrey police saying they arrested a conservative mp in his 60s on suspicion of rape and possession ofg on the 25th of october and released on conditional police bail, pending further inquiries. so that coming in from surrey police. if there isn't any more we will obviously return to that big breaking story. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making the headlines... constance marten and her partner mark gordon have pleaded not guilty to charges over the death of their two—month old baby. victoria's body was discovered on 1st of march in a brighton shed after a weeks—long police search for the family. ms marten and mr gordon appeared at the old bailey on thursday and pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. the government could face a judicial review after excluding some health workers from a one—off bonus. it was part of a pay deal that recognised the pressure of the covid pandemic on staff. but thousands of outsourced staff, such as community nurses and physiotherapists, will not receive it — a decision described as an "injustice".

mr blunt, who's 63, has identified himself as the man surrey police detained on wednesday. 0ur politicalyes, reports first emerged on two newspaper websites this afternoon that a conservative mp had been arrested and then surrey police confirmed, as you say, he had been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of a controlled substance and released on bail. shortly after, crispin blunt said he was the mp in question. he released a statement on social media in which he said he had been interviewed twice by police. the first time three weeks ago. he says he then reported concern over extortion. the second time he was interviewed was this morning, following that arrest. mr blunt went on to say that arrest was unnecessary as i remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that i am confident will end without charge was that he says he won't comment further. he is a senior mp, formerjunior minister. he has represented reigate in surrey since 1997. he has now had the conservative whip withdrawn which means he is no longer a conservative mp here. he will sit as an independent and h

and surrey police confirmed the man was released on conditional police bail pending further enquiries bail pending further enquiries. mr blunt has been removed from the conservative party and asked to stay away from parliament. the former minister said he'll cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation in and he says he's confident he won't be charged . meanwhile, the uk's charged. meanwhile, the uk's border force is in egypt today with the prime minister confirming officers are ready to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens as well. cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. the government's currently pushing for a pause in the fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reached palestinians . and iran's reached palestinians. and iran's foreign minister has claimed hamas is ready to release hostages and the world should support the release of 6000 palestinian prisoners . that palestinian prisoners. that comes as arab nations released a joint statement condemning what t

surrey police confirmed a man was released on condition on police bail pending their further inquiries . mr their further inquiries. mr blunt has been removed from the conservative party and he's been asked to stay away from parliament. but the former minister said he'll cooperate fully with the ongoing police investigation and he said he's confident he won't be charged . confident he won't be charged. charged. meanwhile in other news today, the uk's border force is in egypt with the prime minister confirming officers have pre—positioned themselves to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens . as gaza when the border reopens. as cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. the government is pushing for a pause in fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reaching palestinians. and that comes as leaders at an eu summit in brussels have agreed to call for humanitarian corridors to get urgently needed aid into gaza. get urgently needed aid into gaza . well, on that , the un says

well surrey police has confirmed the man was released on conditional police bail pending their further enquiries . pending their further enquiries. mr blunt has already been removed from the tory party and asked to stay away from parliament. the former minister said he'll cooperate fully with the ongoing police investigation and is confident he won't be charged. meanwhile, also in the news tonight, the uk's border force is currently in egypt , force is currently in egypt, with the prime minister confirming officers are ready to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens . gaza when the border reopens. and cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. the government is pushing for a pause in the fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reaching palestinians and in gaza itself, the health ministry says the death toll has now passed 7000 and they say that includes almost 3000 children. meanwhile iran's foreign minister has weighed into the conflict, claiming hamas is ready to rele

here in the uk, it's emerged that surrey police have arrested the conservative mp crispin blunt on suspicionon this from our political correspondent nick eardley. the first we heard about this was in a couple of reports in the sun and the guardian this afternoon, the mp who had been arrested was not named at that time but crispin blunt treated himself to say it was him, he had spoken to police twice now about this incident, the first meeting he says that he brought up concerns he had over extortion. he has also said he is confident he won't be charged. we know from the conservative party tonight that crispin blunt has had the whip removed but he will still remain an mp, but won't sit with the conservative party any more. he has also been asked to stay away from while this investigation is going. it is worth just pointing out that the conservative party has set a number of allegations of a similar nature over the past few months. yes, they are different, they are not all the exact same but there is an mp called peter bone suspended from parliament this week for six weeks for bullying and sexu

. >> he's named himself as as the as the man who was arrested yesterday morning by police in surrey on a position of suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances. so before we report on this, an hour ago, we couldn't name the mp, but now we can name him as crispin blunt. he's an mp for reigate. he's held the seat since 1997. 18,310 majority 63. he is standing down next election. someone called rebecca paulis election. someone called rebecca paul is replacing him, but it's a further blow, i think, to the credibility and authority of the tory party >> and let me just ask you this, christopher, because this is this an unusual step for an mp? so you get this arrest and, you know, often there's this who is it? what's going on? the rumour mill kicks into action. so just to be clear, as i'm showing on the screen now, crispin , as you the screen now, crispin, as you just referenced yourself , he just referenced yourself, he basically outed himself as being the person that this report related to is that typical? does this normally happen? is this quite unusual? >> it's highly unusu

but we're getting a statement right now from surrey police . okay. on now from surrey police. okay.ces have been released on conditional bail pending further enquiries . bail pending further enquiries. this could be a big issue as it goes fonnard into and it could trigger a by—election. of course, if anything happens further to it. >> all right, christopher, thank you will get more you very much. we will get more on breaking story on this big breaking news story and that to you as and we'll bring that to you as and we'll bring that to you as and when we get it. christopher hope there, political editor hope there, our political editor in yeah, in westminster. yeah, conservative been conservative mp has been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession controlled and possession of a controlled substance . it has since been substance. it has since been released on conditional bail . released on conditional bail. there we go. that mp is not as yet being named now almost three quarters of people think that foreign nationals who glorify islamist terrorism should be deported. that's the la

well, we know that surrey police have arrested a conservative mp in his 60s on suspicion of rape andrrested yesterday morning, the 25th of october and released on conditional police bail pending further inquiries. the conservative party haven't commented this evening when we have approached them for comment. this is the latest sexual misconduct allegation to rock the party, though. understanding this is separate to cases that have been previously reported in recent months. for example, we know that another conservative mp in his 50s is currently on bail after being arrested in may last year. that was on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, on suspicion of indecent assault, sexualassault, rape, on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public 0ffice. now, that mp is in his 50s and his bail has been extended to a date in late february, according to metropolitan police. we know this week again separately on wednesday, the tory former minister peter bone who is in his 70s was suspended from the house of commons for six

crispin blunt was detained by surrey police yesterday , then surrey police yesterday, then released onl bail. he's been removed from the party and asked to stay away from parliament. the mp says he'll cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation and he says he's confident he won't be charged . confident he won't be charged. nhs waiting list could top 8 million by next summer, even if strike action doesn't continue. the health foundation says the number will peak by august before starting to come down. but if strikes were to continue , but if strikes were to continue, that list could be 180,000 higher to more than 7.5 million people were waiting for treatment last month. the nhs , treatment last month. the nhs, though, says it's making progress, claiming they've made they've more than halved waits of more than 65 weeks. and finally plans have been approved by merton council to expand the all england tennis club. the decision followed a lengthy planning committee meeting which concluded late last night the grounds will almost triple in size and allow wimbledon to host the qualifying to

surrey police have arrested the conservative mp crispin blunt on suspicion of rain, and possession of

yesterday, surrey police confirmed i yesterday, surrey police confirmed they had arrested a man in hisf controlled substances, who had then been released on bail. later yesterday evening, mp crispin blunt confirmed in a statement on social media this mp was him. he said last night, i have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident, the first time three weeks ago when i initially reported my concern over extortion, the second time earlier this morning, yesterday, under caution following arrest. he said he was co—operating with police and said he was confident it would end without charge. this is the latest sexual misconduct allegations to rock the conservative party. separately, a conservative party. separately, a conservative mp in his 50s was arrested in may of last year on suspicion of rain and sexual assault and has been bailed until a date in mid february next year according to the metropolitan police. this latest set of allegations facing crispin blunt has united debates over whether mps who are under investigation for sexual or violent offences should or should n

well surrey police has confirmed the man was released on conditional police bail pending their furthermr blunt has already been removed from the tory party and asked to stay away from parliament. the former minister said he'll cooperate fully with the ongoing police investigation and is confident he won't be charged. meanwhile, also in the news tonight, the uk's border force is currently in egypt , force is currently in egypt, with the prime minister confirming officers are ready to help british nationals escape gaza when the border reopens . gaza when the border reopens. and cabinet ministers held an emergency cobra meeting this morning to address the escalating crisis in the middle east. the government is pushing for a pause in the fighting, rejecting calls for a full ceasefire to facilitate aid reaching palestinians and in gaza itself, the health ministry says the death toll has now passed 7000 and they say that includes almost 3000 children. meanwhile iran's foreign minister has weighed into the conflict, claiming hamas is ready to release hostages and the world should support the

. >> now the member for reigate identified himself on social media as the man surrey police detained yesterday morning. in his statement, he said the following it has been reported that an mp was arrested in connection an allegation in connection with an allegation of . i am confirming that mp of rape. i am confirming that mp was me. the facts of the arrest requires a formal notification of the speaker and then my chief whip. i have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident . the first with this incident. the first time three weeks ago when i initially reported my concern over extortion . the second time over extortion. the second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest . the caution following arrest. the arrest was was unnecessary . as arrest was was unnecessary. as i remain ready to fully cooperate with the investigation. but i'm confident it will end without charge . i do not intend to say charge. i do not intend to say anything further on this matter until the police have completed their inquiries. >> that statement there from crispin blunt,

surrey police had confirmed only that it had arrested a man yesterday on suspicion of rape and possessione words. he has said, "i have now been interviewed twice in connection with this incident. the first time three weeks ago when i initially reported my concern over extortion. the second time was earlier this morning under caution following arrest. the arrest, he says, was unnecessary, as i remain ready to cooperate fully with the investigation that i am confident will end without charge. i have not been able to get through by phone to crispin blunt this evening, so it is not possible to understand what he means by those words, my concern over extortion, but i think it is clear that he does not deny the —— does deny the allegations, and he seems to have initiated contact with the police. some would argue that this is particularly very crispin blunt because he is brutally honest. he has been radically up in recent years, certainly talking about his regular use of poppers, talking about the potential medicinal benefits of magic mushrooms, most controversially recently after a co ntroversi

he it was a statement that was put out by surrey police.re are there are nine conservative mps in surrey, many of them very high profile individuals . individuals. >> do you think the reason he said, it's me , i don't think said, it's me, i don't think i've done anything wrong , but i i've done anything wrong, but i want to take the. do you think that was to take suspicion off other people? very high profile names in that area? >> yes, i do. and i think also to own in the story a bit more because if you don't do that and if you look and it's up to each individual that, you know, again, we don't know where these allegations will end up, but if anybody is accused of anything like this, it's for those individuals decide individuals to decide how they want handle that. but want to sort of handle that. but i think, you know, at a time i do think, you know, at a time where we're seeing things like, you know, peter bone, chris pincher , we've seen things in pincher, we've seen things in somerton and frome and tiverton and honiton, you know, we've

crispin blunt was detained by surrey police yesterday released on police yesterday and released on conditionalremoved from the party and asked to stay away from parliament. the will cooperate the mp says he will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation and he's confident he won't be charged . that's he won't be charged. that's it for the moment here on gb news. we're live on tv, digital radio on your smart speaker, too. now back to . back to. patrick >> well, let's start with that huge breaking news. and it's about us. well, it's kind of about us. well, it's kind of about you, actually. it's what we've gone and done for you. it is a massive announcement. it will send shockwaves through the british will upset the british media. it will upset the delicate ecology delicate broadcast ecology that other have done much other people have done so much to inflict on you decades. to inflict on you for decades. we are the people's channel. we know what the people want and we know what the people want and we know want and we know know what you want and we know who you want it . who you want it. >> h

responding to daniel's concerns, surrey police said it's working to identify suspects who target hisratures to fall away. a frost across northern england into scotland and northern ireland, even across southern areas, those temperatures close to freezing at one or two celsius. first thing tomorrow morning, it will be cold, but it will be a crisp start to the day. lots of clear skies and sunshine. fewershowers day. lots of clear skies and sunshine. fewer showers around tomorrow and any that do occur will be across northern scotland and one or two around the irish sea. lots of sunshine and later winds, but still quite chilly out there with maximum temperatures at 10 or 11 celsius. into next week, we keep the largely settled conditions. higher pressure is across is at the moment. and that will continue into tuesday and wednesday. before late in the week, we see weather fronts from the south. starting a new working week, quite chilly, some frost around, but lots of sunshine again. cloud across northern and western areas at times. a few showers in the far north of scotland. but again, tho

the surrey safeguarding children partnership in surrey is due to look at the work of all agencies involved with the youngster�*s family, including policen. let's turn to breaking news this hour: police in cheshire say they are carryng out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where child serial killer lucy letby worked. the investigation will focus on the countess of chester hospital after lucy letby — a nurse — was convicted of murdering babies in her care at the hospital's neonatal unit. more information on our website. in italy, at least 21 people, including two children, have died after a tourist coach crashed off a flyover near venice onto railway tracks, and burst into flames. the bus was taking passengers from the centre of venice to a campsite in the nearby mestre district on the mainland. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen reports from the scene. the spot where the tourist bus made its last deadlyjourney. suddenly it swerved and careered off the side of the overpass, plunging several metres down towards the railway tracks and bursting into flames. many of the passengers died on impact, ukrainians and germans am

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he said he raised the incident with police three weeks ago because he was concerned about extortion. he represents the seat of reigate in surrey confident he would not be charged. he has been suspended as a tory mp. uk prime minister rishi sunak has announced the uk is creating the world's first artificial intelligence safety institute to test new types of ai and new types of risk. he said ai would bring new opportunities for economic growth, but that it would be easier to build chemical and biological weapons. a major manhunt is under way in maine as police searched the home of the gunman suspected of a mass shooting which left 18 people dead and 13 injured. police consider ao—year—old robert card to be armed and dangerous. he was a sergeant at the nearby us army reserve base, and law enforcement officials say he was temporarily committed to a mental health facility over the summer. local residents are under shelter in place orders and our reporters on the scene say lewiston has become a ghost town. the us coast guard, fbi and other federal law enforcement agencies are helping local and state police in the manhunt. nomia iqba