Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
of living continues to soar. and it s the final day of the commonwealth games with gold for scotland in the diving. we ll be live in birmingham. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts . out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a single practice that would accept a child. 0ur correspondentjenny kumah has the story. my partner was in so much pain, she asked me to take her tooth out with a pair of pliers. this is the second tooth i pulled out myself because i was in so much pain. i am living on porr
for a musical extravaganza. welcome to the programme. we start in the us, where a landmark bill which includes billions of dollars to fight climate change, has been approved by the us senate. we ll look more at that bill in a moment. first, let s go to kentucky, because presidentjoe biden is there. he s set to meet families hit by the flooding a week ago that killed at least 37 people. we re expecting to hear from him shortly. we will bring you more on that as and when we get it. now let s look at that landmark climate bill and what it means. it s the largest investment in climate action in america s history $369 billion. the aim is to cut carbon emissions by forty percent by the end of the decade. senate democrats celebrated the bill. the boldest climate package in us history. the senate has now passed the most significant bill to fight the climate crisis ever. and it s going to make a difference to my grandkids. republicans, though, have criticised it. mitch mcconnell i
aggressive behaviour and assault. the final medals have been one of the common wealth games. australia top the table with a record breaking middle hole petit mangan. and i am reeta chakrabarti live from the alexander stadium where the closing ceremony is due to start in around happen our marketing the end of the competition of ii happen our marketing the end of the competition of 11 days of sport. good evening and welcome to the bbc news channel. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts. out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted. 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a single pra