Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 22 Jun 2019

1. Police called to Boris Johnson's contender's home after ‘row’

Police were called to the home of Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, in the early hours of Friday morning after neighbours reported a loud altercation involving screaming, shouting and banging. The Guardian reports that Symonds was heard telling the Tory leadership hopeful to “get off me” and “get out of my flat”. A spokesman for Mr Johnson said: “No comment”.

2. Donald Trump denies fresh allegations of sexual assault

Donald Trump has been accused of sexually assaulting writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s. In a cover story in New York magazine, Carroll says Trump assaulted her in the Manhattan department store Bergdorf Goodman some time in late 1995 or early 1996. In a statement released on Friday, Trump said he “never met this person in my life”.

3. Three deaths as building collapses in Cambodia

At least three people died when a building collapsed at a Cambodian beach resort. There are fears that dozens more were left trapped in the rubble after the seven-storey building in the beach town of Sihanoukville collapsed with workers inside. “We have pulled out a body and we see two more bodies still stuck between debris,” said Yun Min, governor of Preah Sihanouk province.

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4. Greenpeace activist suggests Field has anger management classes

Mark Field has been suspended as a Foreign Office minister after grabbing a Greenpeace activist at a black-tie City dinner. The activist, Janet Barker, has suggested Field takes “anger management classes” but said she did not intend to complain to police. The MP has apologised for confronting Barker and forcibly marching her away as protesters interrupted a speech by Chancellor Philip Hammond.

5. British Steel bidder pulls out as government fails to support

Liberty House, a frontrunner bidder for British Steel, has lost interest after the UK failed to guarantee funding and support. Amid concern there is just a week left to save British Steel, the government’s Insolvency Service, which is funding the company’s operations while seeking a buyer, has given bidders until 30 June to make an offer.

6. Thunderstorms to hit UK ahead of heatwave next week

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to end the weekend in the UK before hot and humid temperatures set in next week. Thunderstorms are set to move in from the South West of England overnight with torrential downpours and lighting for most of the UK expected tomorrow afternoon. Next week, temperatures could reach 30C (86F) in London and the South East.

7. Chief constable predicts all officers will be given Tasers

A chief constable has predicted that every police officer in the UK will be armed with a Taser within three years because of “worrying” levels of violence. Speaking to Sky News, Northamptonshire Police chief Nick Adderley said he believes the stun guns will be issued as standard protective equipment to deter people from attacking officers. He added that the move would make “fiscal sense”.

8. May announces Windrush memorial for Waterloo Station

Theresa May has announced that Waterloo Station is to house a monument to the Windrush generation. The Prime Minister says the monument will be seen by “millions of people from all around the world”. Events are taking place across the country today to mark National Windrush Day. The Windrush generation had lived in the UK for decades when some were wrongly told they were in the country illegally.

9. Yellow vest protestor removed from his own court hearing

A Brexiteer yellow vest protestor who is accused of harassing the Remainer MP Anna Soubry was thrown out of his own trial after he appeared to threaten an entire court during the hearing. James Goddard told a district judge, police officers and security guards: “One day you'll all be held to account, every one of you.” He denies “loudly haranguing”, “shouting and chasing” and “impeding” Soubry.

10. Anxiety in France as another earthquake strikes the country

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has struck in western France, with its tremors felt as far as Bordeaux in the south and Normandy in the north. Although no damage was initially reported, the quake caused panic and anxiety. A 4.9 magnitude quake struck the country in March this year, near Bordeaux.