:00:22. > :00:27.in court charged with the murder of 17-year-old Georgia Williams from
:00:27. > :00:32.Wellington in Shropshire. A body, believed to be hers, was found in
:00:32. > :00:38.woodland in North Wales five days after she was last seen. Phil
:00:38. > :00:44.Connell is at Telford Magistrates' Court. Phil, what more can you tell
:00:44. > :00:47.Well, five days now since Georgia Williams disappeared at Telford
:00:47. > :00:54.Magistrates' Court this morning, Jamie Reynolds was formally charged
:00:54. > :00:58.with her murder. The 22-year-old from Wellington only to confirm his
:00:58. > :01:02.name, age and address, but the court heard that he is alleged to have
:01:03. > :01:07.murdered Georgia on 26th May. Now, in North Wales, this morning, police
:01:07. > :01:11.have still to are formally identify a body that was found in woodlands
:01:11. > :01:15.near Wrexham yesterday. The body though is being linked to the
:01:16. > :01:20.disappearance of Georgia and there today, forensic tests are still
:01:20. > :01:25.being carried out at the scene. No indication yet when the body will be
:01:25. > :01:28.formally identified or when it will be removed. But back here at Telford
:01:28. > :01:33.Magistrates' Court, Jamie Reynolds was led from the dock this morning
:01:33. > :01:43.in handcuffs. He will remanded in custody and will appear before
:01:43. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:50.More details have been released of the investigation by the BBC's
:01:50. > :01:53.Panorama programme and The Daily Telegraph into the lobbying
:01:53. > :01:56.activities of the Conservative MP, Patrick Mercer. He's alleged to have
:01:56. > :01:58.offered a Commons security pass to a fake lobbying firm which paid him
:01:58. > :02:01.�4,000 to table Parliamentary questions. Mr Mercer is taking legal
:02:01. > :02:11.advice and has referred himself to the Parliamentary watchdog. Here's
:02:11. > :02:14.our political correspondent, Ross Army colonel, Patrick Mercer will
:02:14. > :02:17.not be broadcast until Thursday, but more details from a joint
:02:17. > :02:21.investigation with the Daily Telegraph, are published in the
:02:21. > :02:26.newspaper this morning. Patrick Mercer, it is alleged, received
:02:26. > :02:33.�4,000 as part of a contract that he believed would earn him �24,000. The
:02:33. > :02:36.money had not been declared in the register of MPs interests. He is
:02:36. > :02:40.accused of agreeing to offer a security pass that would provide
:02:40. > :02:47.access to Parliament. I do not charge a great deal of
:02:47. > :02:52.money. I would normally come out at �500
:02:52. > :02:57.per half day. Mr Mercer said he was taking a the
:02:57. > :03:05.money for consultancy work outside Parliament, but he tabled questions
:03:05. > :03:11.on Fiji. Can we get in that before the recess? Yes, of course we can.
:03:11. > :03:16.See what you think of that. I can do that. I will get that
:03:16. > :03:19.sorted out. I will get that signed When will they be able to see that,
:03:19. > :03:25.do you think? Middle of next week.
:03:25. > :03:30.This morning's Telegraph accuses him of make ng offensive comments about
:03:30. > :03:37.a young Israeli soldier, something it is thought Mr Mercer will deny.
:03:37. > :03:41.He referred himself to Parliament's With me now is our political
:03:41. > :03:46.correspondent, Louise Stewart. This is raising the Irish uof lobbying
:03:47. > :03:50.again. Will the Government act? in 2010, David Cameron warned that
:03:50. > :03:54.lobbying would be the next big scandal to affect politics and there
:03:54. > :03:58.have been scandals under his leadership. For instance, the
:03:58. > :04:03.resignation of Liam Fox. So they dipledge, he pledged to crackdown on
:04:03. > :04:07.it, and the coalition agreement said that it would introduce a register
:04:07. > :04:12.to regulate lobbying and ensure greater transparency, but we are
:04:12. > :04:17.half-way through this Parliamentary term and nothing happened yet and
:04:17. > :04:20.nothing was included in the Queen's Speech. I spoke to the Conservative
:04:20. > :04:25.MP Zac Goldsmith and he was telling the BBC that he will try to push for
:04:25. > :04:29.a vote on this. He wants the power of recall for MPs who are deemed to
:04:29. > :04:32.have broken the rules, but he says he believes after the expenses
:04:32. > :04:41.scandal, although the party leaders said they wanted it, there is no
:04:41. > :04:44.A second man is due to be questioned by counter terrorism officers today
:04:44. > :04:46.about the murder of soldier Lee Rigby. Drummer Rigby died after
:04:46. > :04:49.being attacked near Woolwich barracks in south east London.
:04:49. > :04:53.Yesterday Michael Adebolajo was released from hospital into police
:04:53. > :04:55.custody. Another man has already been charged with murder.
:04:55. > :04:58.Protest marches have been planned at various places around the country
:04:58. > :05:02.today by the English Defence League, the British National Party and
:05:02. > :05:04.anti-fascist groups. Police have again clashed violently
:05:04. > :05:08.with anti-government protesters in Turkey following angry
:05:08. > :05:11.confrontations yesterday. The focus of the unrest is Istanbul where
:05:11. > :05:17.police have been using tear gas to stop demonstrators reaching Taksim
:05:17. > :05:22.Square which has been the scene of the worst violence. The unrest began
:05:22. > :05:26.as a sit-in over plans to redevelop a park in the city.
:05:26. > :05:36.Badger culling is legal in two pilot areas in England from today to try
:05:36. > :05:42.United States. The tornadoes moved through an area near Moore where 24
:05:42. > :05:44.people were killed nearly two weeks ago.
:05:45. > :05:48.A giant twister tears through the centre of Oklahoma City. It is
:05:48. > :05:55.difficult to make out in the dark, but you can trace its path by
:05:55. > :05:59.following the flashes of light. Some are power flashes caused by
:05:59. > :06:04.damage to electrical equipment. Officials say the tornadoes have
:06:04. > :06:07.claimed lives and left many more people injured.
:06:07. > :06:13.Traffic came to a standstill leaving those in their cars vulnerable if
:06:13. > :06:18.they ended up in the storm's path. The Oklahoma highway patrol says a
:06:19. > :06:23.mother and babe mother and baby have been found dead in their car. This
:06:23. > :06:27.wasn't just one tornado, this was many, but the National Weather
:06:27. > :06:33.Service says it is difficult to rm work out the number. At one point,
:06:33. > :06:38.two tornadoes were confirmed heading towards Moore in Oklahoma, the town
:06:38. > :06:41.were 24 people were killed two weeks ago. The tornadoes passed for now,
:06:41. > :06:45.but the heavy rain and low visibility is making it difficult
:06:45. > :06:52.for emergency services to help those affected by the storm.