himself. about the 'udgment of william wragg himself. ., ~ about the 'udgment of william wragg to reach around 600 people either trapped in highway tunnels or cut off in remote areas after wednesday's earthquake. almost all are guests and staff of a remote hotel who are unable to leave because of damaged roads. ten people were killed and more than 1,000 injured after the island's biggest quake in more than a quarter of a century. strict building regulations in taiwan helped prevent a major catastrophe. earlier our asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this update from hualien. here in hualien, the rescue efforts have ended and it's now all about stabilizing the damaged structures like this one behind me and trying to make everything safe. and actually, just before i came on air, we had another large aftershock here which shook the building behind me here. we've had a couple of aftershocks this morning. that building has apparently moved 1cm in this direction, and that's making the the job of propping it up and securing it more difficult for the crews working there. els

william wragg so far— men? as far as i am aware, yes. william wragg so far has - men?ppen now? there are conservative _ is going to happen now? there are conservative mps _ is going to happen now? there are conservative mps who _ is going to happen now? there are conservative mps who want - is going to happen now? there are conservative mps who want him i is going to happen now? there are conservative mps who want him to lose the whip, mainly supporters of borisjohnson who have never forgiven him for his very strong criticism of the former prime minister. forthe criticism of the former prime minister. for the moment it looks like he will keep the weight because he is seen as a victim. last week jeremy hunt described his apology as courageous and fulsome. but i am detecting that patients with william wragg in the cabinet is wearing thin. 0ne cabinet minister told me they expect he will be facing many more questions. they expect a very thorough look at what happened and they believe that is going to uncover many more details. but this cabinet minister told me that simon

william wragg met someone on a dating app. compromising app. they got some compromising material him , images some material on him, images of some kind. said, you kind. then they said, if you don't the numbers of don't give us the numbers of other mps and other political workers, we're do workers, we're going to do something these images. workers, we're going to do somenowg these images. workers, we're going to do somenow being these images. workers, we're going to do somenow being very; images. workers, we're going to do somenow being very contrite.. he's now being very contrite. he's now being very contrite. he's come and done an he's come out and done an interview the saying, interview with the times saying, yes, it was me that originally leaked this. everyone was panicking it was the panicking that it was the russians trying to overthrow the british government. amy you british government. amy do you feel for feel sorry for him? >> you know what i do feel >> do you know what i do feel sorry for? >> why that not surprise me?

the bbc has tried to speak to william wragg, so far without success.re a couple of questions outstanding this morning, one is about the judgment of william wragg to send pictures to someone he had met online and does not appear to have known all that well and perhaps more importantly to share the details, contact details, of some of his colleagues. and then the second question which arose from this is, how significant a security issue this might be? the suggestion from reports from politico and others, around a dozen people involved, but that is at least a dozen people, it could be more. as i say, it raises the question about whether mps have enough training about how to avoid this sort of thing and whether there could be more questions to come over the next few days. is there some kind of guidance for mp5? it's perfectly feasible that this is the bad judgment of one or a few people that led to this situation but what tends to happen when the stories crop up is that it raises the wider implications as to whether this is something that could happen agai

we know william wragg , has had mental health wragg, has had mental health issues in the past. been open about those issues, talked about them, had had lots of sympathy from other mps early today , jeremy hunt, the today, jeremy hunt, the chancellor, had this to say about mr wragg . about mr wragg. >> well, i think the events of the last few days , have been a the last few days, have been a great cause for concern . varne, great cause for concern. varne, the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology . courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security and indeed, it's the lesson for members of the public as well, because this is something that we are all to face in our we are all having to face in our daily lives. >> that's jeremy hunt there talking about, william wragg. now, william wragg, i understand, is in greater manchester in his constituency. he's he'll be spoken to this afternoon by those experts in parliament and government to understand how many other numbers he gave out a dozen or so.

william wragg has us. now, william wragg has issued this statement.'t leave me alone . they would ask for people. i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told him to stop. he's manipulated me and now i've hurt other people. i got chatting to a guy on an app and we exchanged pictures. we were meant to meet up for drinks but then didn't. then he started asking for numbers of people. i was worried because he had stuff on me. he gave me a whatsapp number which doesn't work now. i've hurt people by being weak. i've hurt people by being weak. i was scared, i'm mortified. i'm so sorry that my weakness has caused other people hurt. it's a statement from the heart. there now, you may have booked your houday now, you may have booked your holiday for this year, but what about next year ? well, you could about next year? well, you could win a bespoke greek cruise for two and our brand new giveaway. not only that, but ten grand in cold, hard, tax free cash and a luxury travel gift package on top of it too as our biggest giveaway so far. and here's how you cou

in westminster, william wragg is a familiarface, a senior westminster, william wragg is a familiar face he chairs a committee which scrutinises the government. the intimidation _ scrutinises the government. the intimidation of _ scrutinises the government. tue: intimidation of a scrutinises the government. tte: intimidation of a member scrutinises the government. t"t;a: intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. this was him criticising _ parliament is a serious matter. this was him criticising some in his party a couple of years ago. today he is in the spotlight after admitting to the times he passed on colleagues' numbers to a man on a dating app after sending intimate pictures of himself. mr wragg told the baby he was glad the individual had compromising material on him and he was mortified and sorry. the had compromising material on him and he was mortified and sorry.— he was mortified and sorry. the mp involved has _ he was mortified and sorry. the mp involved has given _ he was mortified and sorry. the mp involved has given a _ he was mortified and sorry. the mp i

a question about william wragg, is that right yes - william wragg, is that right yes quit the tory partyand this is a reminder to everyone in public life about being sceptical and suspicious about unsolicited e—mails and messages coming into you. there are lots of people out there and we have to be on guard. white men do you regret backing him? element he has rightly apologised for what he has done. —— do you regret backing him? he has rightly apologised. are you worried homes and rand are being given to locals now? element i saw the president of lander in downing street this week and they are committed and i'm confident —— are committed and i'm confident —— are you worried about homes and rwanda being given to locals now? i saw the president of rwanda and i'm confident that the scheme will be operational, you can get people on flights because that is how we set “p flights because that is how we set up a deterrent and ultimately end the unfairness of people jumping the queue, coming here illegally, putting pressure on local services and risking their own lives which is not right, fair or

william wragg's _ so-called honey trap? exactly. william wragg's story - so-called honey trap?lliam wragg's story such a i so-called honey trap? exactly. - william wragg's story such a thing about it because healy gave the previous statement of the times on thursday and we heard from him since was about meeting someone on a dating app but every other case i'm aware of including as you take mine and you can read about that on the bbc website where unsolicited whatsapp win from this charlie and abbie, in my case it was obvious that it was a scam and i got both numbers, which many but crucially not all other cases i am aware of it. i don't know the extent to which this feeds into other concerns in westminster because we still don't really know anything about what went on here. there are long—standing concerns in westminster about the security and vulnerability of mps, about fishing scams, extortion attempts specifically from hostile foreign states such as russia, china, you name it, but here we don't really know that it is something like that. in fact i think most people are incli

the first. element is william wragg himself.e is also the vice chair of the 9022 committee, which is a backbench group that bought tory mps belong to. i think questions about his judgment, why did he hand over the phone numbers of some of his colleagues to this individual? he has that he is very sorry for the hurt he has caused to other and his party here and i think the overriding sentiment that we are getting from people is one of sympathy, actually, for william wragg, he is seen as something of a victim. no suggestion that he will face any kind of disciplinary action. the second element of this is how it fits in to wider reports of at least 12 senior parliamentarians, mps, journalists, receiving unsolicited messages and a short while ago, the chancellor jeremy hunt was asked for his thoughts. well, i think the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology, but the lesson here for all mp5 is that they need to be very careful about cyber security and

william wragg has �*voluntarily�* given up the tory whip. didn't the prime minister make the decision for him? nick watt will bring you the latest. also tonight — this ex—postmaster watched the real alan bates give evidence for the first time to the post office inquiry today, as the long wait forjustice continues. and — how should children with gender dysphoria be treated? following a newsnight investigation, two years ago an interim report into the tavistock gender service led to its closure. tomorrow, we hear the recommendations for how future care should happen. hannah barnes, who produced newsnight�*s tavistock investigation, is here. good evening. the politician at the centre of the westminster sexting scandal has tonight voluntarily given up the conservative whip. william wragg last week told the times he gave mps�* personal phone numbers to someone he met on grindr after sending intimate pictures of himself to the user. the now independent mp for hazel grove said he was scared that they "had compromising things on me". some are asking

william willie wragg's done. >> so would the old william wragg have called for william wragg have calledliam wragg to resign? >> almost certainly. >> almost certainly. >> think the temperature has >> i think the temperature has just plummeted in hell and it's frozen over because amy and i agree with each other for the first time. >> but i also initially i felt i felt quite bad for him because, you know, my first instinct was how awful must be to be how awful it must be to be blackmailed in way , but in, blackmailed in this way, but in, you know, the first obvious point to make is that it's he should he nigel farage is right. he called him an idiot, should he nigel farage is right. he called him an idiot , that he he called him an idiot, that he should have known better than to send these texts in the first place. these messages, but there is an obvious security problem. and actually, i think this goes back your , referring to his back to your, referring to his roles on those various committees he should almost committees that he should almost certainly resign for if he has any integrity

the first is about william wragg himself.tions, the decision to share those phone numbers with someone it appears he didn't really know. i had spoken to some conservatives who are surprised he has not had the whip suspended, being removed from the conservative party in parliament. the whips office say they are not commenting while police are launching an investigation. that is one thing. the other is how deep this goes. we can't be sure how many have been impacted by this. at the moment, cyber security has been a concern about westminster for years. i suspect there will be much more concerned this afternoon about who else might be potentially compromised by this. else might be potentially comromised b this. ., ~ , ., , compromised by this. thank you very much, nick — compromised by this. thank you very much, nick eardley, _ compromised by this. thank you very much, nick eardley, our _ compromised by this. thank you very much, nick eardley, our political - much, nick eardley, our political correspondent. it is 18 minutes past

questioning the prime minister last week, the senior conservative mp, william wragg.tre of a romance scam that targeted some of the most powerful people in the country. william wragg told the times newspaper he handed over the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on the dating app grindr. he apologised, reportedly saying, "they had compromising things on me, they wouldn�*t leave me alone. they would ask for people, i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told him to stop. he�*s manipulated me and now i�*ve hurt other people." among the victims, one former mp who last month received this message from a person going by the name of charlie. "long time, no speak", they said. "miss you in westminster". the former mp told me "it seemed so realistic". the last part of that message was "westminster misses you", and that was basically something thatjust friends usually do say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed, thinking i�*m speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messages continue and the former mp admits he doesn�*t have the number s

questioning the prime minister last week, the senior conservative mp, william wragg. centre of a romance scam that targeted some of the most powerful people in the country. william wragg told the times newspaper he handed over the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on the dating app grindr. he apologised, reportedly saying... among the victims, one former mp who last month received this message from a person going by the name of charlie. the former mp told me "it seemed so realistic". the last part of that message was "westminster misses you", and that was basically something thatjust friends usually do say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed, thinking i'm speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messages continue and the former mp admits he doesn't have the number saved. that reassured him for a while, but it turned out not to be true. when the attacker went on to send a sexually explicit image, the former mp blocked the number. tonight, after william wragg made his disclosure to the times, the former mp says he feels awful for hi

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this is william wragg _ you tell us more about that.s more about that. this is william wragg the conservative - you tell us more about that. this isj william wragg the conservative mp who says he met a person on a gay dating up and handed over a number of mps phone numbers, he spoke to the times afterwards saying he was very sorry and mortified by it but he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. there has been support for william wragg from senior mps in the conservative party who feared he may have been a victim of this. there are questions over his judgment in handing over those phone numbers for a parliamentarian to do that when they are clearly sensitive information, it has been questioned by some mps including within the conservative party but william wragg told the times he was mortified and felt scared because this person he had met initially on the dating up had met initially on the dating up had compromising material. imilieu had met initially on the dating up had compromising material. when it comes to

questioning the prime minister last week, the senior conservative mp, william wragg. the centre of a romance scam that targeted some of the most powerful people in the country. william wragg told the times newspaper he handed over the personal phone numbers of colleagues to a person he met on the dating app grindr. he apologised, reportedly saying, "they had compromising things on me, they wouldn't leave me alone. they would ask for people, i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told him to stop. he's manipulated me and now hurt other people." among the victims, one former mp who last month received this message from a person going by the name of charlie. "long time, no speak", they said. "miss you in westminster". the former mp told me "it seemed so realistic". the last part of that message was "westminster misses you", and that was basically something thatjust friends usually do say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed, thinking i'm speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messages continue and the former mp admits he doesn't have the number sav

i went to this conservative party lunch, near william, near william wragg's , william, near william wragg'syou did you meet your, did you bump into your naked ex roommate there? no. >> and , he was, they were all >> and, he was, they were all who is. they were all scoffing about, nigel farage and brexit. and this was just before the referendum, and i said , i said, referendum, and i said, i said, excuse me. i stood up and said, laugh at them at your peril. they're not swivel eyed. you're right. and you won't be laughing. one day they'll be putting you out power. and if putting you out of power. and if i nigel, i would stick with i were nigel, i would stick with his platform on. gb news is absolutely brilliant. gb news is really needed and a lot of people come to it because he's on it and i think he's far more powerful having a nightly show on a national television station than fumbling phone on than fumbling with his phone on whatever dating app he might prefer in a commons bar. >> that's exactly right. he'll get accosted by tory mps, finally, the bbc is to launch a video game starring gary

doubt make further fullness william wragg will no doubt make fu|time fullness william wragg will noe and we'll have fullness william wragg will no doubt make fu|time and we'll have t01llness william wragg will no doubt make fu|time and we'll have to assess of time and we'll have to assess what he has to say then. but this is , i mean, it's not this is, i mean, it's not treason. i'm not going to accuse this guy of treason. right. but you're giving personal details to colleagues who are in a government to somebody who clearly , it appears, is clearly, it appears, is extorting him. i mean, that is all awful. >> it really is awful. and the question is, why did he not go immediately to the police? i mean, i don't i don't understand why he didn't do that. but it as matthew said, you're not many steps away from defence secrets, are you? this is it. >> this is what i'm getting at. >> this is what i'm getting at. >> yes, yes. >>- >> yes, yes. >> profumo esque profumo esque. >> profumo esque profumo esque. >> that's the thing we >> well, that's the thing we well, this is the tip well, this is

the bbc has tried to contact william wragg and has not had any response so far. bout security, questions about william wragg. i guess the parliamentary authorities will be really worried about this, as well. ., ., ., ,, will be really worried about this, as well. ., ., . ~' rescue efforts in taiwan have slowed because of aftershocks. it's been three days since an earthquake struck the eastern coast of the country. emergency services are still trying to reach around 700 people who are trapped. our asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in hualien, where some demolition work has had to be paused. that collapsed building was supposed to have gone being demolished over the last hour or so. we then had a very large aftershock and some demolition work done her work has been slowed down or suspended and they don't know if they can continue with it because i have been sown in large aftershocks. the whole road here began to shake. the building was shaking, you can see the building shaking behind me. everything has stopped for now. but, as you said, the big search is

that's from someone close to william wragg. sir charles walker speaking to radio four.rld. sexism is on the rise of the schools because of harm for content on children's phones. boys were apparently watching aggressive and violent pornography, which completely distorts their views of women. if you want the government to hold an inquiry and get tech types do more. here's branwenjeffreys. growing up, the whole world in their phone, teenagers navigating their social lives online. but it's what they might encounter that parents fear. teachers told me they're worried, too — about the sexist attitudes, degrading language, which they believe is fed by online content. we asked them about their experiences. i've heard students in year eight, who are between the ages of 12 and 13, talking about the different plastic surgeries that they plan to have once they're old enough. i had one young man... i'll put it politely. he wanted to have sex with me. and sometimes it comes from girls as well. - it's notjust boys doing it. i think there's a sort of this - self—replicating misogyny th

but the mp william wragg , at the the mp william wragg, at the centre of this storm, apologising and grindr, a dating app, he met somebody, down the line. he sent an explicit image further down the line , he was further down the line, he was then pressured to give , the then pressured to give, the phone numbers of mps and parliamentary staffers over, he did that. this person masquerading as either a man called charlie or a girl called abby. then got in touch with those people, flirty messages, etc. ultimately asking for explicit images . the majority of explicit images. the majority of mps and staffers contacted batted these away, but we understand that two other mps did send images. now william wragg, he's a vice chair of the 1922 committee. he's very well respected and liked in westminster , i would say, but he westminster, i would say, but he is saying they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me . leave me alone. i told leave me. leave me alone. i told them to stop . i've hurt people them to stop. i've hurt people by being weak. i was scared , i'm by being weak. i w

i went to this conservative party lunch, near william, near william wragg's , william, near william wragg'syou did you meet your, did you bump into your naked ex roommate there? no. >> and , he was, they were all >> and, he was, they were all who is. they were all scoffing about, nigel farage and brexit. and this was just before the referendum, and i said , i said, referendum, and i said, i said, excuse me. i stood up and said, laugh at them at your peril. they're not swivel eyed. you're right. and you won't be laughing. one day they'll be putting you out power. and if putting you out of power. and if i nigel, i would stick with i were nigel, i would stick with his platform on. gb news is absolutely brilliant. gb news is really needed and a lot of people come to it because he's on it and i think he's far more powerful having a nightly show on a national television station than fumbling phone on than fumbling with his phone on whatever dating app he might prefer in a commons bar. >> that's exactly right. he'll get accosted by tory mps, finally, the bbc is to launch a video game starring gary

yes, so this is william wragg, the conservative mp, who says he met this person on the gay dating apprindr, and he handed over a number of mp's phone numbers. he spoke to the times afterwards saying that he was very sorry, that he was mortified by it, but that he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. so there has been support, as you heard in helen's report for william wragg from senior mps within the conservative party who fear that he may have been a victim of this. there are questions, though, over hisjudgment in handing over those phone numbers, for a parliamentarian to do that when these numbers are clearly sensitive information, has been questioned by some mps, including within the conservative party, but william wragg told the times that he was mortified and frankly he felt scared because this person that he had met initially on the dating app grindr had compromising material on him. well, to that point, when it comes to compromising material, what does this whole episode tell us about the risks that mps face when it comes to cybersecurity and these sor

this is william wragg, a conservative mp with connections across parliament. ating app, and sharing the phone numbers of other mps. mr wragg has told the times that he met a man on the dating app grindr. they sent each other pictures. the man later started, we are told, asking for contact details for others in parliament. mr wragg told the paper, "they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone. they would ask for people. i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told them to stop. he has manipulated me and now i've hurt other people." mr wragg has been contacted by the bbc, but we haven't had a response. he remains a conservative mp. the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cybersecurity. i'm very concerned about what seems to have happened in this incident, especially about mps' telephone numbers being passed onto unknown sources. that is really concerning. but it's now been sugg

yes, so this is william wragg, the conservative mp who said he met this person on the gay dating app grinder and he handed over a number of mp phone numbers. he spoke to the times after saying he was very sorry, mortified by it but he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. there has been support, as you heard and helen's support, as you heard and helen's support, from william wragg from senior mps within the conservative party who feel he was a victim of this. there are questions over his judgment on him handing over these phone numbers, that has been questioned by some mps, including within the conservative party, but william wragg told the times that he was mortified and frankly he felt scared because this person he met initially on the dating app grinder had compromising material on him. when it comes to compromising material what does this whole episode tell us about the risks that mps face when it comes to cyber security and the sort of malicious campaigns? it security and the sort of malicious campaigns?— campaigns? it is really important toic campaigns?

but matthew's point is, you know, william wragg is in a position of power. his influential .his influential. he should have thought this through. not just an through. it's not just an ordinary bloke on a dating app looking to meet someone on a on a saturday night. there's much, much more to this than just swapping some saucy pictures. this is i mean, how it this is i mean, how common is it in the houses of parliament that this go on, this sort of thing would go on, well, i wouldn't know because i'm not there any more , i'm not there any more, obviously, but but but i take exactly that line, and i would have taken the line that luke evans obviously taken. evans has obviously taken. doctor , another mp doctor luke evans, another mp that's come forward to say he received then it received images and he then it went then another went away. then another message came able to came through. he was able to screenshot and screenshot or take a copy and then on to the then pass that on to the authorities to say to the authorities to say to the authorities straight away, that's the point.

in westminster, william wragg is a familiarface.vative mp, he chairs a committee which scrutinises the government. the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. this was him criticising some in his party a couple of years ago. today, he's the one in the spotlight after admitting to the times that he had passed on colleagues' numbers to a man on a dating app after sending him intimate pictures of himself. mr wragg told the paper he was scared the individual had compromising material on him and he was mortified and sorry. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cyber security. mr wragg's admission came after a number of men in westminster were sent unsolicited messages by a person claiming to be someone they'd met before. in some cases the messenger, variously using the names �*abi' or �*charlie', quickly turned to making flirtatious comments and in at least one case, sent an explicit picture. in positions of responsibility

is a complete and utter prat . >> oh, william wragg is a complete and utter prat.rds that i could use. i think he's a complete idiot. absolutely astonishing. i'm the president of the conservative association next door to his hazel grove constituency. i remember being a little surprised when he was chosen, and he's now retiring . chosen, and he's now retiring. he's actually already said he's leaving parliament before this all blew up. he's retiring from parliament. patrick, at 36 years old, which is the age that i entered parliament. and perhaps, you know, he was just quite simply too young to be in there. i they have chosen i think they should have chosen his as the his mother, julie, as the candidate. she's got much more going for her. but i don't think there should be a by—election. we're to have general we're going to have a general election within months, the choice already been made of choice has already been made of who is to replace him as the conservative in, in hazel grove. and i think as far as the electorate are concerned , the electorate are concerned,

william wragg is a senior conservative who chairs a committee scrutinising the government.a dating app, after sending him intimate pictures of himself. mr wragg told the paper he was scared the individual had compromising material on him and he was mortified and sorry. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology, but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cybersecurity. tonight, the met police confirmed they are investigating reports of a number of unsolicited messages sent to mps over recent months. that is right that there is a proper investigation into this. in positions of responsibility, we always have to think about our actions, but there are also malevolent players out there who are trying to influence politics. it�*s not only mps who have been affected but also some staff and politicaljournalists. this man, who works for an mp, got an unexpected message from abbie back in october. "oh, hey," she said, "long time no speak, but i think i saw you from a distance yesterday, how are you?" the staffer replies once to ask, "wh

i think that mp, william wragg, that this mp, william wragg, should have the whip. should have lost theone by think what he's done by providing these details, the phone numbers and all the rest of it, of colleagues the of it, of colleagues and all the rest it to potential rest of it to potential blackmailers. that's not blackmailers. if that's not a sackable i mean, would sackable offence, i mean, would you that in your you get away with that in your job?i you get away with that in your job? i don't think so. but anyway, that's not a sackable anyway, if that's not a sackable offence, i don't know what is. but notwithstanding what but notwithstanding that, what do about society more do you think about society more broadly? because there seems to be kind clamour to get be this kind of clamour to get on of these casual apps to on some of these casual apps to send pictures of your bits and pieces to other people. what's going, where's morals gone? going, where's our morals gone? >> well, it's quite funny if you're as old as i you you're as old as i am and you were because the this were in t

william wragg told the times newspaper he was sorry for the hurt he caused but he had been scared becauseme forward to say he was targeted as part of the honeypot scam. he reviewed the detail in a clipped reviewed on social media. here is a video i did not expect make on friday evening, but a month ago, i was a victim of cyber flashing and malicious communications and blew the... we were able to record the conversation and catch on that capture photos and beers of the messages coming through, including another explicit female image —— photos and videos. i wanted it to be private, the police investigation has been going on going for a month, i have been hounded byjournalists. it is not too difficult to work out, there were only so many leicestershire mps, i am pleased i blew the whistle, reported it to the authorities and it is now being looked into.— looked into. our political correspondent _ looked into. our political correspondent iain - looked into. our political i correspondent iain watson looked into. our political - correspondent iain watson is standing by. another development? two

and william wragg has been in the news. the victim apparently , of a honey victim apparently, of a honey trap. i will tell you why i do not believe william wragg to be a victim at all. frankly, just an idiot, and probably quite a dangerous one. but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thanks very much indeed. and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that west yorkshire police have confirmed that a nationwide is now that a nationwide manhunt is now underway for a man wanted in connection with the murder of a woman in bradford, and they confirmed at a press conference this afternoon . the suspect is this afternoon. the suspect is known them. 25 year old habib known to them. 25 year old habib masoom came to britain on a student visa and is believed to be from the oldham area . he's be from the oldham area. he's described as an asian man of slim build . police want to speak slim build. police want to speak to any taxi drivers in the bradford area who may ha

william wragg winner or loser?ragg or willie wragg, as i like to call him. >> i think he shouldn't have been doing anything that he was actually to be ashamed of actually going to be ashamed of in the first place. so yeah, loser opinion. because if loser in my opinion. because if you're open about your sexuality, wouldn't have to you're open about your sexblackmailed'ouldn't have to you're open about your sex blackmailed to ldn't have to you're open about your sex blackmailed to tell have to you're open about your sex blackmailed to tell your; to be blackmailed to tell your tale. you know, you should be open you are. yeah. open about who you are. yeah. >> not only that, not only i agree with you that he is a loser. yeah, i can understand why some people uncertain why some people are uncertain about their sexuality, but i think a massive think he made such a massive error. he was the one who sent his naked pics to the guy on ghndn his naked pics to the guy on grindr. and then when the guy on ghndr grindr. and then w

he's still earning £100,000 a year from the conservative party >> you mentioned william wragg at the the mail on sunday about the honeytrap mp and his involvement borisjohnson's involvement in boris johnson's demise. who do you think was william master all this? >> oh, well, know, there's >> oh, well, you know, there's a reason why rishi sunak didn't want to remove, william wragg's. so it's so it's sunak, there's a reason why upset i believe i am led to believe it was graham brady who also insisted that rishi sunak did not remove william wragg's whip. so so we will see. william wragg was absolutely instrumental in the pincher affair, which was a sting which we are as time has passed. now we're going to learn a lot more. are you saying no, no, no no i don't i think sunak's slightly you know, there are people for sunak who are people working for sunak who are people working for sunak who are operating below are doing the operating below sunak. think sometimes maybe sunak. i think sometimes maybe he's unawares of he's caught unawares by some of the things that the people who work doing.

the mp william wragg newsroom. the mp william wragg has resigned from the conservative party.this evening, apologies. my autocue has got stuck. i was trying to cover up, but it hasn't worked, but i can. it's caught up now, and tell you he'll now sit and i can tell you he'll now sit as independent mp in the as an independent mp in the commons. last night, course, commons. last night, of course, he position on he resigned from his position on two in the houses of two committees in the houses of parliament. mr wragg has claimed he manipulated into sharing he was manipulated into sharing other politicians personal numbers and emails as part of a westminster sixteen scam . he's westminster sixteen scam. he's since apologised, prompting the chancellor to say that he was courageous for forward. courageous for coming forward. well, mp dame andrea well, the tory mp dame andrea jenkyns criticised mr wragg for compromising security, calling him an idiot and saying she'd also been targeted with similar texts , but immediately reported texts, but immediately reported them to the chief whip

there with william wragg's name? our former because we've got our former colleague harry york the colleague harry york in the sunday how he was sunday times saying how he was a victim of westminster honey victim of this westminster honey trapper. think can trapper. and i think we can both agree there i mean, agree that there is i mean, that's the worst journalist in westminster actually, that's the worst journalist in westminthere's actually, that's the worst journalist in westminthere's no actually, that's the worst journalist in westminthere's no wayactually, that's the worst journalist in westminthere's no way harryly, because there's no way harry york for strange york is falling for strange messages from strange women. first happily married. first of all, happily married. and a too and second of all, a bit too canny for that kind of behaviour. the sunday mirror behaviour. but the sunday mirror is this sting is claiming that this sex sting sting scam, which is easy for me to say, has been going on for a yeah to sa

tory mp william wragg thursday. a gay dating app , and someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing colleagues phone numbers . so providing colleagues phone numbers. so far, around a dozen mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted . known to have been targeted. >> the first set of messages i got was on a day i was with my wife, and i got a one time open photo on whatsapp of an explicit image of a naked lady. as soon as i got these the next day, i reported it to the police and the authorities and the chief whip. ten days later, i got another set of messages. this time, however , i was sat with my time, however, i was sat with my team in the constituency office, so we were able to record the conversation and catch photos and videos of the messages coming through, including another explicit female image. i put my name up to say , well, i put my name up to say, well, i hope others come forward. i'm just pleased i blew the whistle, reported it to authorities, reported it to the au

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many of william wragg's scarlets has expressed sympathy in recent days including the chancellorjeremyr his actions. there wasn't mps that tested to me a danger of this becoming a factional issue in the conservative party with some of those who didn't like some of the things that william wragg had done as the past as well as his actions in relation to this incident. starting to ask questions about why rishi sunak hadn't taken a decision to remove the web for that that kind of risk and those questions will go on. although the prime minister may still be asked why he didn't take the decision personally. why he didn't take the decision personally-— why he didn't take the decision ersonall . . ~' ,, , . personally. thank you very much. still to come _ personally. thank you very much. still to come landmark— personally. thank you very much. still to come landmark climate i still to come landmark climate ruling by the top european court. and amanda took on the post office delivers tough words at the public inquiry. find out what alan bates says next. around the world this is the world today

and he didn't think william wragg and he didn't think william wragg and he didn't think williame moment. charlotte, thanks very much. charlotte _ the moment. charlotte, thanks very much. charlotte right _ the moment. charlotte, thanks very much. charlotte right there. - police will be spending the weekend searching for body parts in a salford woodland after finding a torso wrapped in plastic. greater manchester police has launched a murder investigation but have not yet identified the victim. our reporter yunus mulla has more. kersal wetlands in salford, a nature reserve and the focus of a murder investigation. a forensic tent is in place where it is believed a human torso was found wrapped in plastic. greater manchester police say a passerby reported what was said to be an unknown item. we do know that these remains are human and that it would not be possible for them to have survived. from the forensic enquiry so far we believe that these remains are likely to have been here for a matter of days and that it really is a tragic case. a number of entrances have been sealed off to

last night he resigned from two positions on parliamentary committees william wragg has claimed he wasetails as part of a westminster sixteen scam. he has since apologised, saying he was mortified and that prompted the chancellor, jeremy hunt, to call him courageous for

i'm a friend of william wragg. i'm a friend of william wragg. i'm a friend of aubrey allegretti .i is allegretti. aubrey allegretti is a friend of william wragg. aubrey allegretti is the journalist who reported the william wragg story for the first in the times. is first time in the times. is there a case for a sort of declaration of friendly interest so that we know what's going on between presenters, members of parliament? >> journalists don't know quite how it how that would materialise, but we're all human beings, aren't we? and we're human beings in the media as we are in every other area of society. and i'm sure that our views as pundits, and i hope not, but i suspect investigations as journalists are influenced by with whom we're friends with. think of james forsyth when rishi sunak was the chancellor, they were they were best friends. now he's working for him. and james forsyth was was the political edhoni forsyth was was the political editor. i think, the editor. i think, of the spectator and a columnist in the sun. >> let's give the others a go. emma. >> i for the most p

, caught william wragg, had been caught in trap sting.honey trap sting. the thing that absolutely stunned me was the support that almost wall to wall support that he got from conservative members of parliament. the charles the exchequer called him courageous. personally, i think he's an idiot and perhaps a very dangerous idiot, but i'll debate that in a this is all about standards . in this is all about standards. in pubuc this is all about standards. in public life. mps have to hold themselves to a higher standard than all the rest of us. now, look, we are all capable of stupidity. we are all potentially victims of flattery. but if a member of parliament sends compromising photographs of his person to somebody who is not quite sure who they are, thatis not quite sure who they are, that is an act of idiocy. idiocy. not on its own. perhaps a sackable offence , but what is a sackable offence, but what is a sackable offence, but what is a sackable offence, i think is to give the private telephone numbers of public figures to somebody you alr

but the likes of jeremy hunt, the chancellor, said william wragg said that william wragg was courageousr forward in courageous for coming forward in explaining massive gaffe and explaining his massive gaffe and that he'd been scared he was that he'd been scared and he was a victim . so my question is to a victim. so my question is to everybody here, if don't mps deserve to feel the consequences of their actions anymore ? not of their actions anymore? not only should he have been sacked or resigned sending a random or resigned for sending a random phone number, naughty pictures, but also additionally he compromised everyone else in the process. but i think, ben, what what what people might say is that he is standing down at the next general election. >> well, he's already pre—announced that. now what might normally happen in this circumstance is an mp might say, well, i won't stand for election at the next election rather than just resign straight away because if you're thinking about it just a purely selfish way, it just in a purely selfish way, if he resigns straight away, then he lose