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Responded to the claims. the allegation is that she was funnelling money to politicians, claiming it came from within the uk, when in fact it came from china, all in order to secure influence for the chinese communist party. former labour frontbencher barry gardiner received more than £a00,000 from her over five years. in a statement today, he said he had been liasing with m15 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lees son was working in mr gardin...

Todays alert came after what im told is a lengthy and serious investigation by m15 here, but christine lee is not being prosecuted. this isnt about spying on the traditional sense of stealing secrets, its about influence and the judgment was that the best way of disrupting her alleged activities was by issuing this very unusual warning. inside british intelligence, concerns about chinese influence have been growing in recent years. today is a sign that those fears could go right to the heart of ...

There. andrews position regarding the regiments was plainly untenable. he has agreed, we are told he has agreed, not to use the styling of h r h any more and he will fight this case, he says he will fight it as a private citizen. for andrew this must be devastating. the last bits of superstructure, of framework around him for the past a0 years, have been taken away, have been stripped away, but his family are trying to protect the monarchy from any further as it were collateral contamination fro...

In a statement today, he said he had been liasing with mi5 and he stopped receiving funding for parliamentary researchers in 2020, although miss lees son was working in mr gardiner�*s office until he resigned today. this is really serious. we wont play this down, we are not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen. we need to understand why, we need to do something about it, but also we have to recognise that the chinese government poses ...

Number are now waiting for planned surgery or procedures in england. clearing the backlog is one thing, but here in the west midlands and elsewhere, hospital staff are struggling with daily emergencies and colleagues getting ill. this man is a doctor working locum shifts in a&e departments in the area. it has been very stressful in a&e. there were days last week when i was receiving messages, asking if i could come into workjust for a few hours. the concern that i have is how unpredictable it is...

He became involved with epstein. and that is the bit that, as it were, i kick myself for, on a daily basis, because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family and we try and uphold the highest standards and practices and i let the side down. simple as that. two years on from that interview, andrew, duke of york, second son of the queen, ninth in line to the british throne stands alone. nicholas witchell, bbc news. well, our correspondent helena wilkinson is in windsor...

Per day in the last week. 19,721 people are in hospital with covid. another 335 deaths were reported, thats of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 261 deaths per day. on vaccinations, just over 36 million people have had a boosterjab. thats more than 62.7% of those aged 12 and over. in france, where more than 300,000 new covid infections have again been recorded, the government is reopening its borders to uk travellers tomorrow. before chris...

Correspondent, gordon corera. a figure at the heart of westminster, with access to politicians from all parties, even a prime minister. but today lawyer christine lee is accused of working secretly on behalf of the chinese state. in a highly unusual move, m15 today issued this alert to parliamentarians. they were warned that miss lee had been working with an arm of the chinese communist party to covertly interfere in uk politics through establishing links with established and aspiring parliament...

Simple as that. two years on from that interview, andrew, duke of york, second son of the queen, ninth in line to the british throne stands alone. nicholas witchell, bbc news. our correspondent helena wilkinson is outside windsor castle. with that interview, he has led a very isolated life year and he shares his home with his former wife year and perhaps he is going to be turning to her in this moment. but going forward, we are not going to see prince andrew out and about as a working member of ...