Relieved and he will be looking to rebuild his life and career as an innocent man. matthew richards, thank you. a mother who was jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown is to be released from prison. 45 year old carla foster admitted illegally procuring her own abortion when she was between 32 and 3a weeks pregnant. a judge told her last month she would serve half her 28 month term in custody and the remainder on licence. but the court of appeal reduced her sentence to 1a months suspended. on thursday, voters in the constituency of uxbridge and south ruislip will choose their next mp. the by election is one of three happening on the same day. it was triggered when former prime minister borisjohnson stepped down last month after the privileges committee said he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to the constituency. cookie, dougie, let s do it, babies! an afternoon walk
In uxbridge and south ruislip will take to the polling booths to choose their next mp. the seat is up for contest after former prime minister borisjohnson stepped down last month, after the privileges committee said he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. it s one of three by elections taking place on the same day. last week we reported from selby and ainsty, and also somerton and frome. in the last of our series of reports, our political correspondent alex forsyth has been to the constituency in greater london. cookie, dougie, let s do it, babies! an afternoon walk for laura and the ten dogs she s looking after today with her colleagues. her dog walking and training business is based in the uxbridge and south ruislip constituency. laura and her staff all live here, and they know the issues they d like addressed. it s the traffic, the school run, people going to work. traffic starting at six o clock. all the new builds. there s no parking spaces. i ve got all the
In the constituency of uxbridge and south ruislip will choose their next mp. the by election is one of three happening on the same day. it was triggered when former prime minister borisjohnson stepped down last month after the privileges committee said he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. our political editor chris mason reports. beeping. this contest in north west london, like much of the politics of the last few years, can be summarised injust two words. ..boris and johnson. he used to be the mp round here. of course, he was prime minister too, and he is now neither. and so people here in uxbridge and south ruislip are picking a new mp and the conservative party, some with enthusiasm, others with less so, are trying to move on from borisjohnson as are the folk round here. lies, lies, lies. you had to do it, you had to do
Of the most beautiful, i would say, and half the shops are boarded up, i mean, because of the rioting. the looting that occurred 18 years ago was violent. it didn t spill over into the city centres, that s for sure. chris, how long lasting is the damage that we ve seen in this looting and rioting? yeah, i think the last thing i heard was like a couple thousand stores have been pillaged. on top of that, you ve got a thousand people have been arrested. they re talking about damage in the hundreds and millions of euros. the question is, who s going to pay for this? and this is the question that s being bounced around by a lot of people who are shocked by this. it s the people who don t live in those neighbourhoods who are going to have to pay for it in the end. there s no free ride on this. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news now. sue gray who investigated lockdown parties broke the civil service code due to undeclared contact with the labour party over a job offer. that is according t
In eastern ukraine. here, rail commuters face disruption this evening as train drivers refuse to work overtime from today until saturday night, in their latest long running dispute over pay. this morning aslef announced another overtime ban for its members from the 17th to the 22nd july. most train companies rely on drivers working on rest days to run their full timetables. this action will affect 15 operators based in england. a cabinet office inquiry has found the official who led the investigation into lockdown parties at downing street broke the civil service code as a result of undeclared contact with the labour party. sue gray was cleared to work for labour by parliament s advisory appointments body last week. labour said the cabinet office s findings were a political stunt by the conservatives. day one of wimbledon and the defending men s champion novak djokovic is bidding for his eighth singles title. big crowds and already some rain. our sports correspondent andy swiss