abroad. good evening. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates, craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george, a conservative member of the welsh parliament, is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates, kevin craig, who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and now a cabinet minister has said he was joking when he told the bbc he d won more than £2,000 on the timing of the election. more on that in a moment, but here s our political editor chris mason. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the 4th ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an err
thanks for your company have a good night. live from london. this is bbc news the general election betting controversy deepens a fifth conservative figure is investigtated two conservative candidates lose their party s support and a labour candidate has been suspended the wikileaks founderjulian assange lands in a remote us territory in the pacific, where he ll face a final court hearing and then should be free we re there live. and, a england draw 0 0 with slovenia but they re still through to the last 16 at the euros. hello i m kasia madera. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george a conservative member of the welsh parliament is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates kevin craig who admitted he had bet again