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I accept my remarks could have been clearer in that respect. Celebrations for this gay couple living in paisley. The Scottish Government issues an apology to those once convicted of Sexual Offences. Bos new editor speaks out about race and the use of young models in the fashion business. In sportsday on bbc news. The right man to turn things around. David moyes is given the seal of approval as he replaces slaven bilic as west ham boss. Hello and welcome to the bbcs news at six. Tonight, more questions about how the royal family invest their millions. The latest revelations from the Paradise Papers, the cache of leaked documents about tax havens, show that Prince Charles private estate, the duchy of cornwall, secretly invested in an offshore company in which a close friend was a director. Thats perfectly legal, but hes been accused of a conflict of interest because he went on to campaign for International Rule changes that would have benefitted the firm. The princes spokesman insists he
A rule changes which would benefit an offshore company in which you had invested. Alec baldwin speaks to the bbc about his role as donald trump. Why is that impersonation just so convincing . You get the left eyebrow up and the most down as far as you can. Get in touch with us using the hashtag. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in richmond, virginia and Christian Fraser is in london. Elections are always held in early november here and one year after donald trump stunned the world, americans are back at the ballot box today. In virginia theyre choosing a new governor in the most closely watched contest in the country since trumps victory. Its a tight contest between Democrat Ralph Northam and his republican rival ed gillespie. And even though hes in asia, President Trump has weighed in on this election on twitter this morning saying edwgillespie will totally turn around the high crime and poor Economic Performance of va. Ms 13 and crime will be gone. Vote today, asap big name surrogates
Welcome to bbc news. Tonight, more questions about how the royal family invest their millions. The latest revelations from the Paradise Papers the cache of leaked documents about tax havens show that Prince Charles private estate the duchy of cornwall secretly invested in an offshore company in which a close friend was a director. Thats perfectly legal, but hes been accused of a conflict of interest because he went on to campaign for International Rule changes that would have benefited the company. The princes spokesman insists hes never chosen to speak out on a topic simply because of an investment decision. The Paradise Papers were shared with the International Consortium of investigativejournalists including the bbcs panorama programme. Richard bilton has this report. For years, Prince Charles has campaigned on environmental issues. This week hes in malaysia, yesterday he spent time in the rainforests of borneo. But panorama has discovered he campaigned on one issue that he secretly