Back there in just a few moments for more of the d day commemorative events of this 80th anniversary and as our correspondent was just telling us such a poignant anniversary. if you are veterans being able to attend. in the meantime, let s have a look at some of the other news. new figures have revealed that a major conservative party donor who was accused of making racist comments about abbott, gave an extra £5 million to the party. the money was donated injanuary by a software company run by frank hester, who has admitted his comments about diane abbott were rude but he says not racist. our political correspondent henry zeffman reports. a furious row back in march over the conservative donor frank hester prompted rishi sunak to say this. the alleged comments were wrong. they were racist.
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As i said, the comments were wrong, they were racist. he has rightly apologised for them and that remorse, and that remorse should be accepted. mr hester is alleged to have told his staff that the veteran labour politician diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. he subsequently apologised for being rude but insisted his comments had nothing to do with ms abbott s race or gender. we knew back then that mr hester had given the conservatives £10 million in 2023. what we now know is that injanuary, through his company, mr hester gave the conservatives £5 million and another £150,000 was accepted in march the day after rishi sunak s comments in parliament. taking the total to more than £15 million injust ten months. today, those donations are an election issue. people make comments and i m not going to stand here and defend those comments.
£5 million and another £150,000 was accepted in march the day after rishi sunak s comments in parliament. taking the total to more than £15 million injust ten months. today, those donations are an election issue. people make comments, and i m not going to stand here and defend those comments. but what s really important is the choice for people onjuly 4th. a conservative spokesman said that mr hester had rightly apologised for his past comments and shown contrition, so they consider the matter resolved. labour, who re admitted diane abbott to their fold last week, said it showed mr sunak is a man with no integrity. ms abbott said the donations were an insult to all black women and the liberal democrats asked, how low can rishi sunak s conservatives go? henry zeffman, bbc news, westminster. sticking with politics, in a
Is goodbye for now. we d like to correct an error made earlier regarding donations to the conservative party by frank hester, who was accused of making racist comments about the veteran labour mp diane abbott. we said his donation of £5 million was made after the row erupted. the correct sum accepted after the comments became public was £150,000. the full effect of avian flu on the seabird colonies of the farne islands is coming to light, as national trust rangers carry out the first full count there for five years. one species that has been severely hit is the puffin, and wardens say it could take years for numbers to fully recover. alison freeman reports. challenging times for these seabirds on the farnes. and whilst the islands off the northumberland coast remain clear of avian flu so far this year, the long term effect the disease has
From the election, as campaigning enters the finalfour weeks. but there s controversy as new figures show that the conservative party accepted a £5 million donation from a donor who allegedly made racist remarks about diane abbott hello, i m maryam moshiri. let s turn to politics now and new figures show that the conservative party accepted a £5 million donation from the company of frank hester injanuary. mr hester is alleged to have made racist comments about mp diane abbott. the comments came to light in march; he had donated ten million pounds the previous year. in the past few minutes, the conservatives party said that because mr hester had apologised they consider the matter resolved . let s speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. the timeline here is important to take a look at. when did this money
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That he hadn t even got the fine the first time round and so he would have paid it or he there was an administrative error. there was a bit of a paperwork cock up on top of going rather quicker than he should have been. anyway, talking about money and paperwork, there s been a story about that for the conservatives because the businessman frank hester, who was a tory donor, then he got into hot water for some comments he made about diane abbott that people thought were were quite violent and quite racist. he s now a tory donor again, chris. he is. so we knew that he d given plenty of money, ten million quid in the past. what we ve found out with this latest set of declarations is that there was an additional £5 million injanuary and then there was a further 150 grand in march, early march, march the eighth. and the reason that date matters and the donation was formally accepted by the conservatives about a week later on, on the 14th is that is when that whole row about that recording with those remarks that you referred to was all over the news and where rishi sunak and others
Come to the conservatives and when did the diane abbott story come out? you are absolutely right. slightly confusing timeline but let me try my best to explain. injanuary, frank hester via his company the phoenix partnership gave £5 million to the conservative party but we did not know about that until this morning. in the meantime, in march, a huge row erupted. it really dominated politics for a few days over alleged comments leaked to the guardian that mr hester was said to have made in a staff meeting out is a software company about diane abbott which many people claimed were racist. at the time rishi sunak came under intense pressure to give back the money that frank hester had donated to the conservatives. at that point it was only known to have been the £10 million he had given last year. rishi sunak resisted giving back that money and ultimately did not,
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