it is that that the national crime agency going to be investigating. aaron banks denies any wrongdoing and has denied that consistently. if the national crime agency are going to be carrying out a detailed investigation into offshore companies, i would not expect that to be concluded before brexit day. i do not think we will be seeing any rerun or halt to the brexit process but we will be seeing a serious investigation into the money that went into that campaign and whether or not it was legitimate. thank you very much. let's talk through some of the legalities of what is going to be happening next. i am joined by tom tabori a human rights and public law barrister. thank you for being with us. maybe you can explain first of all why this has been referred by the electoral commission to the national crime agency. ultimately, the electoral commission felt the investigation, would require investigating companies in gibraltar and the isle of man was beyond its jurisdiction, to bring a prosecution. it is rare that the national crime agency would accept a inv

crime agency and the national crime agency has confirmed today it is out its own investigations. arron banks was quizzed by a number of mps and a cross— party quizzed by a number of mps and a cross—party committee, not long ago, a fiery session ended up in arron banks walking out because he felt the session had overrun, he did not wa nt to a nswer the session had overrun, he did not want to answer any more questions. the chair of that committee damian collins has been reacting to the news that the national crime agency is now getting involved. the select committee report we published this summer says that if it was not clear what the source of arron banks‘s wealth was for the donations he made then this should be referred to the national crime agency. the electoral commission had the same concerns and has been referred and all powers should be used to investigate this fully, these are very serious matters and part of that investigation is to bring to a conclusion our understanding of what the real source of arron banks‘s wealth was to make these donations. some of the all

he founded to promote brexit, better for the country, to the national crime agency. the inquiry will focus on £8 million of loans from mr banks to his company, which ran the unofficial leave. eu campaign. in the last hour he has welcomed the investigtion adding that he never received any foreign or russian funding during the campaign. to westminster, and our assistant political editor, norman smith. how significant the figure is he? arron banks if the publishers, larger—than—life businessmen who bankrolled nigel farage —— businessmen, publishers, who bankrolled the leave. eu businessmen, publishers, who bankrolled the leave.eu campaign, the secondary of the brexit campaign. but the main borisjohnson vote leave campaign. nigel farage‘s campaign. he was in effect nigel farage‘s moneyman, his wallet. he has been under investigation by the electoral commission for the past year and what they have uncovered is so year and what they have uncovered is so serious it goes beyond electoral law and their remit and they are handing it over to the national crime agen

, after the national crime agency say it poses a bigger threat than terrorism. specialist doctors in the uk can prescribe medicinal cannabis to some patients for the first time from today. staff at google offices around the world are taking part in an unprecedented series of walk—outs in protest at the technology company's treatment of women. and in sport: hibernian manager neil lennon called the behaviour of fans in the edinburgh derby "disgraceful" after he was hit by an object thrown from the crowd. the hearts goalkeeper was struck by a supporter and police scotland have arrested a man in connection with an assault on the asssista nt referee. derby manager frank lampard was undone by a couple of unfortunate own goals in the efl cup last 16 tie against his former club chelsea. the championship side lost 3—2 on the night. spurs and arsenal both won to set up a meeting in the quarterfinal. and england name their squad for this weekend's test against south africa in the next 15 minutes. it's the first of four autumn internationals for eddiejones' men — new

the national crime agency issues a warning to organised gangs involved in people smuggling across the english channel. the royal institution hopes to find people with recordings of their christmas lectures from the ‘60s and ‘70s which are missing, including some by sir david attenborough. and at 11:30, i'll be hosting dateline london where my guests and i will consider whether may's brexit deal will make it through the commons. theresa may is heading to brussels this afternoon to try to finalise her brexit deal with eu leaders. the prime minister is hoping the plans will be approved at a summit on sunday. but spain's prime minister has threatened to derail the timetable, if he doesn't get further reassurances over the status of gibraltar. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. roll up, roll up, the prime minister doesn't quite say, but you get the picture. the government's setting its stall out wherever you might hear, see, or read it. but for this weekend at least, the focus turns away from here at westminster, away from flogging the deal domestically, and the prime min

that is why the national crime agency are investigating, they have agency are investigating, they have a remit to investigate across international borders. that was the referendum from two years ago. those who want a referendum to be held once a deal has been done between britain and the eu, they have some new research. the people's vote campaignfora new research. the people's vote campaign for a public vote on the outcome of the brexit the gauche asians has commissioned a poll, carried out by new golf. 26,000 people in labour held seats across the uk were asked about their views about a second public vote, and there are two main suggestions. first is that a majority of all voters in labour constituencies gci’oss voters in labour constituencies across the uk now back the idea of a public vote on the outcome of brexit. the candidate, the wording does not prove to people, so not clear they were in favour of a bout with the option of staying in the eu still leaving, or the terms of the deal alone. but then also the other suggestion is that labour voters as a whole labour seats across th

the national crime agency issues a warning to organised gangs involved in people smuggling across the english channel. # polly, put the kettle on! the royal institution hopes to find people with recordings of their christmas lectures from the ‘60s and ‘70s which were found to be missing, including some by sir david attenborough. and at 10.30, christa larwood is in paris for the travel show to mark the 70th birthday of a car the french like to call "the tin snail". theresa may is heading to brussels this afternoon to attempt to finalise her brexit deal with eu leaders. the prime minister is hoping the plans will be approved at a summit on sunday. but spain's prime minister has threatened to derail the timetable, if he doesn't get further reassurances over the status of gibraltar. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. roll up, roll up, the prime minister doesn't quite say, but you get the picture. the government's setting its stall out wherever you might hear, see, or read it. but for this weekend at least, the focus turns away from here at westminster, away from flogging

he said the money has not, it came from him and they will cooperate with the national crime agency and have visibility into their accounts. that is what he says arriving back from you. hills says you could relive

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the national crime agency. and the league campaign. this is something remainers have been shouting about for quite sometime. they will really seize on this as evidence, as they would see, this surely proves the whole thing was not there and so on. it is important to say that banks says he has done nothing wrong and nothing has been proved against at this stage. this is certainly a serious step. people are surprised and when they first heard about this as an issue, i think they would have been surprised to learn it would go this far and that it would be referred to the national police body in this way. i don't think it is going to stop brexit or anything like that. i would be very surprised. it looks like it will be an issue that runs and runs for weeks and months to come. the voices saying we must put brexit on hold. david lammy, the labour mp, is quoted, voices you would expect. he needs no excuse to say brexit should be put on hold. both sides feed off each other in this way. mr banks, the self—styled brexit bad boy, he seems to re

national crime agency of the uk opening this investigationm national crime agency of the uk opening this investigation. it is very serious. this is the police getting involved, rather than the electoral commission. this is about breaking the law. everything you said about arron banks, that is all right. he is extraordinary. most people would never have heard of him. i would call him mr brexit. i would almost argue without him, brexit would not happen. he gave vast amount of money to the leave campaign during the referendum. even before that, this is the key that, he bankrolled the ukip party. that paved the way for the referendum and the result. mr brexit, although no one knows him. although they know him better now. how long will this investigation take? will it have an impact on the brexit negotiating process ? impact on the brexit negotiating process? i can dealwith impact on the brexit negotiating process? i can deal with the first one. ido process? i can deal with the first one. i do not know. i think it will take a couple of months. the second one, will it have an impact? i do not

the french, certainly with the national crime agency to stop the smuggling gangs at source. what we need to do is stop the boats at source because this is highly dangerous, these waters are busy shipping lanes, this is not a good time of year, people will die of hypothermia or drowning, that's a real array, there will be deployment under way to try and make sure we stop the flow but more importantly, to disrupt this gang, it's clearly an organised criminal gang at work is the national crime agency has said and truly important try to stop his close now. can you give us a sense of the numbers and how they compare to 2017 because it's november, bitterly cold, dangerous to be making those crossings at this time of year. this is unprecedented in terms of numbers, 100 or so people in 12 different instances of three weeks is unprecedented, we don't see that kind of thing on maritime. compare that to the policy exchange earlier in the year reckoning 15,000 or so illegal stock entering the uk, 100 is not a huge number but it is a growing number and it's a growing worry acres were not

the national crime agency issues a warning to organised gangs involved in people smuggling across the english channel. i'll be speaking to the nca's operational lead on how they're tackling the problem. more now on those crutial talks in brussels taking place across the weekend. theresa may is heading there in the next few hours. let's speak to jacopo barigazzi, brussels reporter for the online political magazine politico. good to speak to you. what do you make of the prospect of the summit going ahead? is it going to happen? 0n going ahead? is it going to happen? on paper it should not be difficult because the request of madrid is to reopen the withdrawal agreement which would be like opening pandora's box. it is now a sideline declaration. 0n pandora's box. it is now a sideline declaration. on paper this would make things much easier, but the more time and the weight of it gets, the more complicated it becomes. in the eu, often deals are reached at the very last minute. it is also true that madrid's power of veto does exist because it is the council of ministers, there veto can be o

the leave.eu co—founder was referred to the national crime agency by the elections watchdog, which suspects that cash given to the campaign had come from what it called "impermissible sources". mr banks denies any wrongdoing. our political correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now. what kind of welcome did he receive on his return? it was an early morning arrival back in the uk this morning arrival back in the uk this morning for aaron banks. he was in bermuda, where he had gone fishing. there were reporters and photographers, as you would expect, and he answered some questions on his way through the airport, and it was put to him that some of the money, or he was asked what he made of claims about some of the money that was donated to leave.eu came from russia, and he said it hadn't and that the money came from him, and that the money came from him, and he said he would co—operate fully with the national crime agency's investigation. they are looking into this because the electoral commission have been investigating many that has been donated to leave. eu, investigating many that has been

leave campaigner arron banks is referred to the national crime agency for suspected criminal offences committed during the eu referendum. a government assessment has revealed that organised crime is costing the uk more than £37 billion each year, with more than four thousand active gangs operating in the uk. the government defends the timescale for bringing in new rules on fixed—odds betting terminals, after allegations of a delay. i'm maryam moshiri in the business news. safe for now — shareholders in the cafe chain patisserie valerie approve a plan to inject more money into the company, by issuing more shares. at an emergency meeting, shareholders expressed their fury to management that new owners may get a share of the company at a knockdown price. the bank of england has kept interest rates on hold amid growing uncertainty amongst businesses over brexit. the bank's monetary policy committee voted to leave the cost of borrowing unchanged at 0.75%. the financial markets are indicating that rates will not rise until after the uk leaves the eu next march. a shipyard is to shut de

arron banks has been referred to the national crime agency by the elections watchdog which suspects that £8 million given to the campain came from impermissible sources. the nca should now use all of their powers to investigate this fully, these are very serious matters. aaron banks say he's confident he'll be cleared of what he called ludicrous allegations. a minister resigns amid claims the government has delayed cutting the maximum stake on fixed—odds betting terminals. a mass walkout by google employees in new york, part of a global protest at the way the tech giant treats women and ethnic minorities. the ten—year—old who'll miss out despite british doctors being allowed to prescribe some with canabis for medical reasons for the first time. two somersaults, two twists... brilliant biles — the american gymnast makes history as she becomes the first female gymnast to win four all—around world titles. and coming up on bbc news, former leicester manager claudio ranieri makes an emotional return, while claude puel describes it as the hardest week in the club's history. good eve

the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. medicinal cannabis products can be legally prescribed from today in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. and unions call on the government to do more to save the appledore shipyard in devon. good evening, the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned over "delays" to a crackdown on maximum stakes for fixed—odds betting machines. the chancellor philip hammond said in monday's budget that the cut in stakes from £100 to £2 would come into force in october 2019. but ms crouch said the delay was "unjustifiable" and it could cost the lives of problem gamblers. in a resignation statement posted on twitter, tracey crouch wrote: it is with great sadness i have resigned from one of the bestjobs in government. thank you so much for all the very kind messages of support i have received throughout the day. ad

the national crime agency. all good stuff, money—laundering, seizing assets, excellent stuff, but it does nothing at all about the ordinary policing they desperately need below that as well. what do you think? the biggest challenge is neighbourhood policing, crime happens in neighbourhoods and it is solved in neighbourhoods and we have seen it decimated. some organisations like norfolk police are saying we are organisations like norfolk police are saying we are not going to have any more pch is os map. i find the strategy confusing. surprisingly, i agree with peter. we do not often agree. at strategic level it is all very well talking about money, i am not sure it is the new money, but it is all about basic level when you have got police officers walking on the street. whether it is anti—social behaviour, terrorism, murder, what solves you crime is the people giving information and that has been reduced significantly. jason hungerford, how does money—laundering, one of the things pointed out that is a ser

the national crime agency says organised crime groups are using these small craft to traffic people, but they're working with the french authorities to stop them. this week, two men were jailed for eight years for smuggling people across the channel. this is one of the inflatable boats they used. most people smuggling takes place at ports, but increased security there, and the calm weather, may be making more people risk their lives by trying to cross the channel in small, unsuitable craft. i'm joined now by chris hobbs, a former metropolitan police borders 0fficer. thank you for coming in. first question, we heard that 101 migrants this month had managed to cross the channel. is that figure really that alarming? the public are always being giving this impression that it is much higher. it is the route that they are using that is causing concern and the fact that it is a dangerous route, as well, something that the network or networks have decided to exploit. and you have to wonder why, do they perceive an inherent weakness on our side of the channel or maybe it is a school of though

that is why the national crime agency are investigating. that is the referendum from two years ago. those who want a referendum to be held once a deal is done between britain and the eu, they have new research. the people's vote campaign which has been campaigning for a public vote on the outcome of the brexit negotiations has commissioned a poll, carried out by yougov of 26,000 people in labour—held seats across the uk about their views on having a second public vote. there are two main suggestions they are highlighting. the first is a majority of all voters in labour constituencies across the uk now backed the idea of a public vote on the outcome of the brexit deal. one little caveat is that the exact wording was not put to people so it was unclear whether they were in favour of a vote to have the option of staying in the eu. but then also the other suggestion from the poll is that labour voters as a whole in labour seats across the uk would now, given the option, choose to remain in the eu if there was a public vote. presumably, they've polled on this question in these places b

the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. president trump says his government is finalising a plan that would mean asylum seekers have to make their claim at a legal port of entry. here, medicinal cannabis products can be legally prescribed from today in a limited number of circumstances where other medicines have failed. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett from the daily telegraph and jack blanchard from politico london playbook — stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned after the government delayed the introduction of restrictions on high—stakes betting machines until next october. a new £2 limit, instead of the current £100 limit, was supposed to begin next april. ms crouch called it an "unjustifiable delay" and said there was "no reason" why

the national crime agency investigates arron banks and his leave.eu campaign for alleged offences committed during the 2016 eu referendum. google employees around the world stage protests demanding fairer treatment for female and ethnic minority staff. four men part who were part of a gang of 20 which groomed and sexually abused vulnerable girls in huddersfield have beenjailed. also coming up, unions call on the government to do more to save the appledore shipyard in devon. unite said the owners, babcock international, had lost a major defence contract to an italian competitor. and taking whale—watching to new heights. scientists use state of the art imaging technology to count whale species from space. good evening. the sports minister tracey crouch has resigned over "delays" to a crackdown on maximum stakes for fixed—odds betting machines. the chancellor philip hammond said in monday's budget that the cut in stakes from £100 to £2 would come into force in october 2019. but ms crouch said the delay was "unjustifiable" and it could cost the lives of problem gamblers. in a resignation

let's begin with the financial times which leads with the national crime agency's investigation into arron banks and his leave.eu campaign for alleged offences committed in the eu referendum — which he strenously denies. the guardian, which has reported extensively on allegations of malpractice among brexit campaigners, also leads with the same story. similarly, the metro's top story focuses on the allegations made against mr banks. in other news, there's the resignation of the sports minister, tracey crouch, which is the telegraph's lead. the daily mail has both of those stories on its front page, leading with the resignation of the sports minister. for the second day in a row, the i reports on universities the i reports on universities that are apparently on the brink of bankruptcy. the daily mirror splashes on the pilot who was arrested at heathrow airport before allegedly attempting to fly a plane while drunk. and the times‘s top story is a report claiming home office officials failed the former home secretary amber rudd. a mix of lead stories. but get the flavour of some. ta

the national crime agency has issued a warning to organised gangs, which it says are behind a recent spike in illegal attempts to cross the english channel. this morning, the french authorities picked up five migrants from a small boat just off the coast southwest of calais. on friday, eight iranians were brought ashore after their dinghy was spotted off the coast of kent. it brings the total number of suspected migrants to have reached the uk this month to 101. 0ur reporter keith doyle has more. these men were found in a dinghy by a border force patrol boat in the channel yesterday. the eight men, who say they are iranian, were taken into custody and interviewed by immigration officers. the day before, 1a people were found in two dinghies in the channel. french authorities found another 11 suspected migrants on the same day. there has been a huge rise in the number of people trying to cross the channel in small boats. in the past month, 101 suspected migrants have been found, including nine people found on rocks at folkestone. three boats with 2a suspected migrants, including a todd

he denies any wrongdoing, insisting the money of was his but the national crime agency is investigating whether the donations came from impermissible sources. the report contains some flash photography. arron banks was in bermuda when the news broke that he was facing a criminal investigation. as he landed at gatwick airport this morning, it seemed the holiday was definitely over. will you be showing us your accounts? will you be showing us where the money comes from? the man behind one of the biggest political donations in british history is now being investigated by the national crime agency to determine the true source of his pro—brexit funding. arron banks supported the campaign through a series of loans. he maintains the £8 million he provided came through his uk—based company, rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, making it an illegal source of funds under electoral law. that's not the commission's only concern. they also question whether mr banks is actually the true sou

that is why the national crime agency are investigating. that is the referendum from two years ago. those who want a referendum to be held once a deal is done between britain and the eu, they have new research. the people's vote campaign which has been campaigning for a public vote on the outcome of the brexit negotiations has commissioned a poll, carried out by you go. they are 26,000 people in labour held seats across the uk about their views on having a second public vote. there are two main suggestions they are highlighting. the first is a majority of all voters across labour constituencies across the uk 110w labour constituencies across the uk now backed the idea of a public vote on the outcome of the brexit deal. one little caveat is that the exact wording was not put two people so it was unclear whether they were in favour of a bout of wraps have the option of staying in the eu. but then also the other suggestion from then also the other suggestion from the poll is that labour voters as a whole in labour seats across the uk would now, given the option, choose to remain in the

he went on to say that he will incorporate fully with the national crime agencyed investigation. earlier this week mr banks put out a statement in which he denied doing anything wrong, describing the allegations as ludicrous, and said that a full and frank investigation would put an end to them. to remind you of the detail, the electoral commission has been looking into specifically £8 million worth of loa ns specifically £8 million worth of loans made by mr banks and his companies to the league campaign, not the official league campaign but the one fronted by nigel farage. the electoral commission decided there was evidence that money had come from abroad, and so it stepped outside its remit. that is by the national crime agency is investigating, arron banks and the uk, facing further questioning on the andrew marr programme. the success of ivf has caused a drop in the number of children being adopted, the boss of the organisation that represents children in care has said. in the last a0 years, adoptions in england and wales have fallen by 62%. meanwhile, ivf success rates for

the multi—million pound donation is being investigated by the national crime agency. in a bbc interview this morning, mr banks said the money came from a uk company called rock services, which he said had "all sorts of revenues." 0ne mp has accused him of bluster and contradictory and confusing statements. manveen rana reports. arron banks, brexiteer, businessmen and now the subject of a criminal investigation into the source of the funds he provided into the brexit campaign. as he arrived at the bbc this morning to speak to the andrew marr programme, he faced serious questions about where the £8 million had come from. i would just like to say, absolutely for the record, there was no russian money and no interference of any type. all right. let's follow the money, as it were. let‘s be clear about that. the electoral commission say they suspect arron banks was not the true source of the £8 million he loaned to brexit campaign groups. mr banks claimed the money came from his uk—based company rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came

the national crime agency has launched a criminal investigation into claims that millions of pounds he donated may have come from sources which are not permitted under electoral law. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show, mr banks insisted the money came from a company called rock services, which conducts insurance business in the uk. he denies any wrongdoing and said the accusations were aimed at undermining brexit. this is about undermining article 50 and undermining the wrecks it result. it is out of group of vicious labour mps to try to undermine brexit. we have provided bank statements to you. you have provided rock holdings bank statements. it is crucial it was reported that rock holdings... you are asking for the source. i am asking for the money that went into rock services? it is a uk company and we can evidence that easily. there is no evidence of that.” and we can evidence that easily. there is no evidence of that. i am sorry. what you are saying is wrong. your understanding of it is wrong. we're at the point where we know the electoral commission have a bias on this an

but the national crime agency, is investigating whether the donations came from "impermissible sources." manveen rana's report contains some flash photography. arron banks was in bermuda when the news broke that he was facing a criminal investigation. as he landed at gatwick airport this morning, it seemed the holiday was definitely over. will you be showing us your accounts? will you be showing us where the money comes from? the man behind one of the biggest political donations in british history is now being investigated by the national crime agency to determine the true source of his pro—brexit funding. arron banks supported the campaign through a series of loans. he maintains the £8 million he provided came through his uk—based company, rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, making it an illegal source of funds under electoral law. that's not the commission's only concern. they also question whether mr banks is actually the true source of the money he provided for the brexi

the man known by many as mr brexit is referrred to the uk's national crime agency overfunding of a pro—leave campaign group during the referendum.

the national crime agency has issued a warning to organised gangs, which it says are behind a recent spike in illegal attempts to cross the english channel in small boats and dinghys. the nca says that crossing the channel in this way is highly dangerous and demonstrates a "lack of regard for human life". this morning, the french authorities picked up five migrants from a small boat just off the coast southwest of calais. on friday, eight iranians were brought ashore after their dinghy was spotted off the coast of kent. in fact, just this month alone, there've been more than 100 suspected migrants picked up by authorities, having reached uk waters. earlier i spoke to chris hogben, the national crime agency's operational lead for tackling people smuggling. i asked him why the numbers attempting the crossing are increasing. we have seen a real spike in the numbers of attempts across the channel by small boats and ribs, involving almost exclusively in iranian migrants since the beginning of october. we're now working with uk law enforcement colleagues and also the french law enforcement

but the national crime agency is investigating whether the donations came from "impermissible sources". manveen rana's report contains flash photography. arron banks was in bermuda when the news broke that he was facing a criminal investigation. as he landed at gatwick airport this morning, it seemed the holiday was definitely over. will you be showing us your accounts? us where the money comes from? the man behind one of the biggest political donations in british history is now being investigated by the national crime agency to determine the true source of his pro—brexit funding. arron banks supported the campaign through a series of loans. he maintains the £8 million he provided came through his uk—based company, rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, making it an illegal source of funds under electoral law. that's not the commission's only concern. they also question whether mr banks is actually the true source of the money he provided for the brexit campaign. he denies any

it was the first time he had been questioned in detail since the national crime agency announced he was under investigation. the electoral commission had cast doubt on the true source of the £8 million that aaron banks had lent to campaign groups for them he claimed the money came from rock services. the commission expects it came from the parent company, rock holdings. the money trail was at the heart of the interview with andrew marr. where did the money come from?” the interview with andrew marr. where did the money come from? i am not using a super injunction to hide my affairs. it came from a uk company with cash generated in the uk. rock services. that is a shell company. we do not see how rock services can generate 8 million quid. we will explain ourselves and iam very quid. we will explain ourselves and i am very happy with it. arron banks was adamant the money came from uk—based company rock services. the electoral commission claim there we re electoral commission claim there were insufficient funds to justify such a large donation. as a criminal investigation gets under w

the national crime agency has issued a warning to organised gangs, which it says are behind a recent spike in illegal attempts to cross the english channel. this morning, the french authorities picked up five migrants from a small boat just off the coast southwest of calais. on friday, eight iranians were brought ashore after their dinghy was spotted off the coast of kent. it brings the total number of suspected migrants to have reached the uk this month to 101. our reporter keith doyle has more. these men were found in a dinghy by a border force patrol boat in the channel yesterday. the eight men, who say they are iranian, were taken into custody and interviewed by immigration officers. the day before, 14 people were found in two dinghies in the channel. french authorities found another i! suspected migrants on the same day. there has been a huge rise in the number of people trying to cross the channel in small boats. in the past month, 10! suspected migrants have been found, including nine people found on rocks at folkestone. three boats with 24 suspected migrants, including a todd

he has been referred to the national crime agency by the elections watchdog which suspects that mr banks was not the true source of £8 million given to the campaign. mr banks has serious questions to answer. he's the biggest donor in british political history. arron banks has called the allegations ludicrous. also tonight. a minister resigns after the government delays bringing in restrictions on high—stakes betting terminals until october next year. from california to tokyo — thousands of google employees stage a global walk out in protest at how the tech giant treats women and ethnic minorities. more misery for venezuela and its stricken economy as america brings in fresh sanctions — almost 90% of the country now lives in poverty. these are the children of families who could just simply not afford to have another mouth to feed. two somersaults and two twists... and the golden girl of gymnastics — the american simone biles makes history as she takes her fourth all—around world championship title. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — coaches of leicester city past and pr

the whole group of government agencies, hmrc, the tax people, the national crime agency, the serious fraud office, and the city of london police, alongside some of the private sector, to use all their expertise to set about the best way to disrupt or deny these people their money. what we know is we get lots of intelligence around the country and lots of investigations. we have financial investigators up and down the regions but it would be better directed based on proper authorities and the priorities of the harm that we face every day and that is what we face every day and that is what we are trying to maximise to make sure that we really deny some of these people, both international cricket council local ones, their money. isn't there already a system in place called the unexplained wealth order which can be used to read these people out and explain how they are per during their money? there are dozens of tools and that is just there are dozens of tools and that isjust one. we have there are dozens of tools and that is just one. we have asset freezing orders, cash seizure powers,

of course this was after we knew he was under investigation by the national security agency, who look into serious and organised crime, is it right for the bbc to have decided to interview him under those circumstances? i can see why people are concerned about this. i mean, absolutely i think it is, so, first of all if we deal with the legal side of it, so aaron banks has denied any wrongdoing all the way along, he has never been charged or arrested with any crime so proceedings aren't active, so there's no legal impediment to us doing the interview, we can't prejudice any future trial, but at the same time i can see it is an unusual interview to do but i think it is purely unusual because it's not very often that people who are under criminal investigation will do a live tv news interview, but i think that is largely because their lawyers advise them not to. in this instance aaron banks was happy to do the interview and we wanted to do the interview with him, because as i said, there were very clear questions that hadn't been answered about where the money came from that went into le

he went on to add that he will incorporate fully with the national crime agency investigation. he put out a statement describing the claims against him is ludicrous and said that the full and frank investigation would put an end to them. it has come about because the uk election watchdog was looking into the funding of the campaign, not the official league campaign, but the one fronted by nigel farage, and specifically loans made by arron banks and his companies to the campaign. the electoral commission decided that there was evidence that money had come from impermissible sources, possibly outside the uk, and that is by the past the national crime agency to investigate. he is now back and will face further questioning about that when he is interviewed on the andrew marr programme tomorrow morning. full coverage of that tomorrow, jonathan, while you‘re with us, an interesting poll today suggesting how people are feeling about the possibility of there being some kind of vote referendum on the final deal if we get one. yes, the polis commissioned by the people‘s vote campaign

it was the first time he'd been questioned in detail since the national crime agency announced that he was under investigation. the electoral commission had cast doubt on the true source of the £8 million arron banks had loaned to his brexit campaign groups. mr banks claimed the money came from his uk—based company, rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, which would make it an illegal source of funds, under the uk electoral law. the money trail was at the heart of the interview with andrew marr. where did the money originally come from? it is not like i'm using a super injunction to try and hide my affairs, here. where did the money originally come from? i'm telling you, it came from a uk company... which uk company? ..which has cash generated in the uk. which uk company is that? rock services. rock services is a shell company. it doesn't generate money. we have looked at this and we don't see how rock services can generate 8 million quid. are we not in a position where the elect

it was the first time he'd been questioned in detail since the national crime agency announced that he was under investigation. the electoral commission had cast doubt on the true source of the £8 million arron banks had loaned to his brexit campaign groups. mr banks claimed the money came from his uk—based company, rock services. however, the electoral commission suspects the money came from the parent company, rock holdings, registered in the isle of man, which would make it an illegal source of funds, under the uk electoral law. the money trail was at the heart of the interview with andrew marr. where did the money originally come from? it is not like i'm using a super injunction to try and hide my affairs, here. where did the money originally come from? i'm telling you, it came from a uk company... which uk company? ..which has cash generated in the uk. which uk company is that? rock services. rock services is a shell company. it doesn't generate money. we have looked at this and we don't see how rock services can generate eight million quid. are we not in a position where the e

. £8 million is being investigated by the national crime agency. mr banks says it was within the rules on political donations. i'm telling you, it came from a uk company that had cash generated in the uk. which uk company? rock services. one mp says there's still no proper explanation of where the money came from. also tonight: leicester city players pay their respects to the club's late owner at his funeral in thailand. tributes tojeremy heywood, the top civil servant who worked with four prime ministers, who's died aged 56. on the campaign trail in the united states with just two days to go to the big vote in the midterm elections. back on land and into the record books as the first person to swim around britain. good evening. the pro—brexit businessman arron banks has again insisted that all the money he provided for a campaign to leave the eu was generated from his businesses in the uk and therefore within the rules on political donations. as the national crime agency begins an investigation into the source of an £8 million donation, mr bank

more information as socially coming out about the national crime agency investigation into aaron banks and his funding of the brexit campaign. the latest development appears to be, he runs a insurance businesses, that he used the stuff in his businesses for the campaign. if that is true — we do not know that — we have the big apple about what we say, but that should have been declared under the law during the referendum. allegedly. it does strike me that he's going on the andrew martin show tomorrow were presumably he will deny it all. —— if i was him i would keep my head down. not if you want to be known as the bad boy of brexit. britain's version of stephen bannon who talks all the time and bates the press. from a journalistic point, i will understand why the marr show wanted to have him. i would love to see marr talk to both sides... you mean from the crime agency? exactly. so that atjust here aaron banks's point of view. you cannot speak publicly while investigating. buying is he doing it? if i was him, iwouldn't. in the telegraph, a totally different story, this is all abo

the national crime agency has issued a strongly worded warning to the organised gangs which it says are behind the recent surge in attempts to cross the channel to britain. so far this month, close to 100 would—be migrants have been stopped trying to enter the uk along the south coast. jon hunt has this report. eight men claiming to be iranian we re eight men claiming to be iranian were brought ashore at dover by border force officials. a border force coastal patrol boat intercepted them across the six miles south—east of dover in a dinky. the home office said the men we re dinky. the home office said the men were medically well and will now be interviewed by immigration staff. immigration from official sources is scarce, and they don't actively release information about these operations. —— information from. but we are told that searches continued throughout the day with the reports of other vessels in the english channel. we need to see the home 0ffice channel. we need to see the home office and the french authorities work together to put a stop to this trafficking network. ne

but it is concerned and it has referred it is concerned and it has referred it to the national crime agency that investigates transnational crime because they think the real source of this money may be from outside the uk which would be a breach of electoral law. we have heard this before, haven't we? yes. it has been investigated for quite sometime and they are quite concerned which is why they are passing it a higher authority. but arron banks says there is nothing to see here, move along. this is the result of a campaign against him, he claims, against people who are trying to frustrate brexit but it will make a number of supporters worried in the year —— indeed and give sheared to remain supporters. people who are asking for brexit to be put on hold until you results are finalised. you think he would get any id —— audience that idea? the government have dismissed the idea of forcing brexit. they would say that leave the eu was not the main pro— brexit campaign. it was voted leave, spearheaded by boris johnson. campaign. it was voted leave, spearheaded by borisjohnson. t

brexit campaigner aaron banks under investigation by the national crime agency, so should he have been a guest on last week's andrew marr show? and did a united states obsessed bbc get carried away by this week's midterm elections? first, president trump's relationship with the media has always been fractious, but occasionally it breaks out into outright confrontation. a news conference in washington on wednesday was one such occasion. i think you should let me run the country, you run cnn and if you did it well your ratings would be much better. let me ask, if i may... that's enough. if i may ask one other question are you worried... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... excuse me, that's enough. mr president, one other question if i may ask on the russian investigation, are you concerned that you may have... i'm not concerned about anything with the russian investigation, because it's a hoax. that's enough. put down the mic. mr president, are you worried indictments coming down in this investigation? mr president... i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working fo

brexit campaigner arron banks under investigation by the national crime agency, so should he have been a guest on last week's andrew marr show? and did a united states—obsessed bbc get carried away by this week's midterm elections? first, president trump's relationship with the media has always been fractious, but occasionally, it breaks out into outright confrontation. a news conference in washington on wednesday was one such occasion. i think you should let me run the country, you run cnn and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better. let me ask, if i may... that's enough. if i may ask one other question — are you worried... that's enough. pardon me, ma'am... excuse me, that's enough. mr president, one other question, if i may ask, on the russian investigation — are you concerned that you may have... i'm not concerned about anything with the russian investigation because it's a hoax. that's enough. put down the mic. mr president, are you worried about indictments coming down in this investigation? mr president... i tell you what, cnn should be ashamed of itself, hav

the guardian leads with reports the uk's national crime agency is to investigate allegations of multiple criminal offences by business man arron banks and his unofficial leave campaign in the brexit referendum. in the telegraph business section, the bank of england could hike interest rates in a no—deal brexit despite the risk of harming growth in an economic emergency. 6overnor mark carney, said it is possible that a cliff—edge brexit could have similarities to the oil shocks of the 19705 when prices soared. technology news website wired looks at how thousands of 6oogle employees and contractors joined a worldwide walkout to protest 6oogle's handling of sexual harassment claims and other workplace issues such as equal pay. are and finally in the independent, the genetic codes of every animal, plant and fungus in the uk will be sequenced in a massive new project scientists say will benefit everything from conservation to medicine. called the darwin tree of life project, the initiative is part of a massive global effort to unravel the dna of all life on earth

the right thing is for the national crime agency to investigate, leave. eu and ten ago and had been referred to the national crime agency by the electoral commission, they have the power is to go in and notjust look at document selectively given to them by arron banks, but to look at them by arron banks, but to look at the financial records of these companies and to determine themselves for ultimate source of themselves for ultimate source of the money was. millions of americans will vote in the us midterm elections tomorrow — a ballot which many pundits see as a referendum on the presidency of donald trump. earlier, breakfast spoke to general stanley mcchrystal, who led the nato forces in afghanistan — and stood down after publicly criticising the barack 0bama administration. he explained what he thought was behind donald trump's popularity. americans have been frustrated with how the elite has led america for the last few decades, said since the second world war, many things have been good but many parts of america they feel helpless and that's fair