sir cliff richard, problem for rape suspect between 1976, 1988. sir cliff richard, you will remember he was the subject of a raid in 2014 of his works your home, the bbc were tipped off about that raid, they feel that using a helicopter and they named him —— home. he was never charged, he wasn't even arrested, but he was named and following that, eventually of course nothing came of that and no further action was taken against sir cliff, he had been falsely accused. he then sued the bbc for his previously and he wondered. the court found there had been a serious breach of his privacy. 0ff court found there had been a serious breach of his privacy. off the back of that, a campaign has grown, this petition which has been launched today by a group called fair, what they are seeking is anonymity for not just rape they are seeking is anonymity for notjust rape suspects but suspects in old sexual offence cases unless they are charged —— all. sir cliff spoke about his dreadful experience and that his life was in tatters, his reputation was in tat

the bbc were tipped off, the bbc put up a helicopter and sir cliff richard was named. he was never charged with any offence, he was never even arrested. today at the launch of this petition he spoke of his experience. i felt that i was in this hole that i couldn't get out of, and even though i had fantastic support the whole time, the public support was wonderful and very obvious, i still had to go to bed at night thinking, "what is happening to me? i don't know how to change this or end it." we actually have anonymity for those suspected of rape between 1976 and 1988 and it was done away with on the basis that why should there be anonymity for rape but not for other serious offences? those who are in favour of this reform say it is vital to protect people from being accused of offences which have a unique stain and a unique stigma but those who are against it say, look, there is a real risk that if we change the law, victims will not have the confidence to come forward and make the claims against people who may have power and influence over them, unless those people a

cliff richard and radio dj paul gambaccini launch a petition calling for anonymity for sexual offence suspects until they are charged. despite no charges being brought against me despite me wearing my privacy case, i believe that people will think there is no smoke without fire. sound economic policies or shaking the magic money tree? the tory leadership contenders, spell out

richard and paul gamba cheney to ban the naming those arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offences, especially if they have a reputation to protect. he saying he is suggesting a 2—tier system. if you have a reputation to protect and you have a reputation to protect and you have been investigated for this and you haven't been charged, then your name shouldn't come out. but that proposal has been opposed by the victims commissioner who says there is sometimes a public interest in naming an sd prior to charge if there is the prospect of other complainants stepping forward. the police have also taken that view. it is interesting that kristen lee, chairman of the criminal bar association, has criticised the proposal and he feels it goes against the historic principle of open, transparentjustice, against the historic principle of open, transparent justice, which against the historic principle of open, transparentjustice, which is not affected by who you are or how wealthy you may be. this is quite a controversial proposal. anyone could say they have a reputation to protect, ev

cliff richard and paul gambaccini were both falsely accused and want the media to be be banned from naming people before they are charged. paul gambaccini is here to tell us why he's launched the campaign. six billion to cover the costs of a no—deal brexit, promises jeremy hunt, a fair pay rise for public sector workers, says boris johnson. both would—be prime ministers are being liberal with their spending pledges. we've been asking young conservatives what they make of the candidates. i think there are some people who are such borisjohnson fans that there could be a video of him kicking a puppy and they probably still vote for him. with jeremy hunt we could actually become more of the centre—right party, the compassionate one nation conservatives. and bobby norris from the only way is essex tells how the homophobic abuse he received on social media prompted his campaign to make such abuse a criminal offence. i've been sent death threats, people have wished cancer on me, they've told me that i should have acid thrown in my face and this is literally because of my sexuality. hello, w

we will leave cliff richard and paul gambaccini and their support team there. as you heard, very impassioned defence of their case for changing the law, as they put it, to rebalance the criminal justice system. they put it, to rebalance the criminaljustice system. they are mounting that petition today. they wa nt mounting that petition today. they want parliamentarians and the public to sign it to make suspects in cases such as there anonymous until the point where police charged him with an actual offence which of course in the case of paul gambaccini and sir cliff richard, never happen. we welcome back maybe when we get our legal correspondent on that story but we will take another look at hong kong right now because it still goes on, that huge protest on the streets marking the anniversary of the handover of hong kong from the uk to china and also very tense down there. government headquarters, where the assembly sits, we saw earlier some of the protesters actually dismantling parts of the wall in order to get in there. obviously, very considerable bitternes

the petition has been backed by sir cliff richard, whose home was raided by police in 2014, during an investigation into a sexual assault claim. he was never arrested. the government believes that there should, in general, be the right to anonymity before the point of charge, in respect of all offences. but there will be exceptional circumstances where there are legitimate policing reasons for naming a suspect. my lords, does not this petition bring home to us all the misery and distress, not just by well—known figures, but by scores of innocent men and women, up and down our country, whose lives have been ruined because police officers decided that allegations of child sex abuse should always be believed, and divulge their names before charges were laid. in one notorious case, the police went further, who can forget the truly shocking spectacle of a senior police officer standing outside sir edward heath's house in salisbury, and appealing for evidence through which his reputation could be destroyed. the police are frail a basis for relying on arriving at the facts of these matters

the other main stories on bbc news at 5: sir cliff richard and paul gambaccini launch a campaign demanding anonymity for suspects accused of sexual offences until they're charged. despite no charges being brought against me and despite winning my privacy case, against me and despite winning my rivac case i'm against me and despite winning my privacy case, i'm sure there are still people who believe that stupid adage of no smoke without fire. both the tory leadership contenders set out spending plans but the chancellor warns them the cash may not be there. freak weather in mexico as hail on a sunny day leaves a thick layer of ice up to one a half metres thick. and on the opening day of wimbledon, top seed novak djokovic starts his defence of his title, with a straight sets win on centre court. it's five o'clock. our main story — in hong kong, thousands of protesters have smashed their way into the legislative council building and are occupying the chamber. it followed violent clashes when riot police used tear gas, pepper spray and batons against demonstrators, who've been protesting on t

sir cliff richard and radio dj paul gambaccini launch a petition calling for anonymity for sexual offence suspects until they are charged. the conservative leadership candidates set out their spending and on the opening day of wimbledon, 15—year—old cori gauff has beaten the former champion venus williams. making her wimbledon debut. dramatic events today in hong kong. security forces have now taken control of the territory's parliament after it had been ransacked and occupied for several for territory's several hours by protestors. on the anniversary of its handover to chinese rule protesters in their hundreds of thousands were back out in the streets, the latest rally against a proposed law that critics fear could be used to extradite political dissidents to mainland china. however a group broke away from the main protest and they then attempted, for hours, to smash their way into the territory's legislative council. their efforts paid off and they managed to get inside and seize the parliament building , draping the podium with the old british colonial flag used before the terrirto

claire foy —— i can see cliff. holly branson and richard branson, sir cliff richard, who else? a former tennis star, other tennis players from the past. it is interesting to see who is there. why are you not in there? global superstars! the invitation is yet to arrive. that is the truth of it. they were treated toa the truth of it. they were treated to a great day yesterday. and, indeed, another good one today at wimbledon. sport in general is brilliant at the minute. it is. we're going to go to wimbledon now. carol is there for us. we have the cricket world cup on sunday. wimbledon over the weekend. everybody is doing things. netball as well. what is happening? the british grand prix as well. it is looking not too bad as we head into the weekend. not bad at wimbledon this morning, although fairly cloudy. we are on henman hill. this was packed the other day with lots of spectators watching andy murray and serena williams sadly go out of the championships on wednesday. interestingly enough, on wednesday the out going wimbledon chairman, fillable, announced that a statue of andy

this is a wedge between two cliffs in forway. fortunately as the hug tells you, she said yes, and soon they returned to safer ground. by the way, that rock is accessible without any climbing near and is a popular site for base jumping. >> i'm glad they didn't take the plunge. >> if they did, they did it together, ba-dum-boom. >> i'm glad my husband did not get super creative with the plo p proposal. >> are they hugging because she said yes or is that fear? we'll do this later. don't take any picture. >> oh my goodness. when you have to have the friend to take the picture. no whoas where they were standing. >> somewhere on the ground safe, like go ahead, click, click, click. all right, a lot of pictures could be taken today outside because it will be beautiful. >> loving this weather. i just don't want it to end, but as we look at the forecast, there will be some changes. here is a live lk outside, as you enjoy the nice cooldown, we're also seeing lots of clouds. that's what's going on at the golden gate bridge, and we are going t

said he only spoke with congressman rat cliff last night for the first time. doesn't know him. and his comments today indicated that he was not at all necessarily sold on him at this point. >> peter, is there anything in his resume that would stand out to a casual reward that would suit him for this job title? >> well, he joined the house sbeelgs committee just this year, so that would be his most significant exposure to the intelligence world. he had been a u.s. attorney and prosecuted terrorism cases. on his website, he boasts about arresting 300 illegal aliens, that's the term he used, in a single day. that's his calling card when he ran for office. but, you know, again, the performance last week was part of the selling point to the president. here was somebody who was skeptical of the view that russia had on behalf of president trump. he made the argument that, in fact, perhaps russia was really interfering on behalf of hillary clinton by feeding information to christopher steele for the infamous dossier. he grilled robert mueller about his decision not to

today, sir cliff richard, who is fronting up sir cliff richard, who is fronting up the launch of this petition, spoke about the trauma that he had undergone where he was named in 2014. he really said he had been through four years of pretty much a hell, and so what they are seeking isa hell, and so what they are seeking is a change to the law, funnily enough, which is something which we had between 1976 and 1988, there was anonymity for rain suspects during that period. it was done away with during —— for rape suspects. there was a question of wires are not anonymity for suspects across a series of offences, notjust rape? what has happened today is a petition has been launched, needs 100,000 signatures in order to qualify for a debate in parliament, and those who want this change in the law say it is a critical way to protect innocent people from false accusations but those who are against it, and there are quite a few who are against it, say, well, look, if there was anonymity, victims who have been subject to trauma, who perhaps have been assaulted by those in a position of powe