Month: January 2023

Getty Images The government will scale back support for businesses with energy bills after warning that the current level of help was too expensive. Under the new scheme, firms will get a discount on wholesale prices rather than costs being capped as under the current one. Heavy energy-using sectors, like glass, ceramics and steelmakers, will

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Frances Mao in Brasilia and Matt Murphy in London BBC News Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to punish supporters of the country’s ex-leader, Jair Bolsonaro, after they stormed Congress. Supporters of the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Christy Cooney BBC News Rishi Sunak’s openness to talks has offered a “chink of optimism” that a deal can be reached over nurses’ pay, the head of the nursing union has said. The prime minister told

Getty Images By Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News Prince Harry has revealed he cried only once over the death of his mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales, in 1997. In a new interview clip promoting the publication of his autobiography Spare, Prince Harry recounts how he and Prince William were unable to show any emotion

No10 Downing Street By Philippa Roxby Health reporter Rishi Sunak found a meeting with health leaders to tackle the pressures in the NHS “highly valuable”, Downing Street has said. The prime minister, health secretary and Treasury ministers met health experts from across England on Saturday to discuss “crucial challenges”. Reports have emerged of patients spending

Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann on Capitol Hill and Matt Murphy in London BBC News Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives amid heated exchanges which almost saw fellow Republicans come to blows. Mr McCarthy finally won the job after 15 rounds of voting, despite his party holding a majority

WPA Pool By Andre Rhoden-Paul and defence correspondent Jonathan Beale BBC News A retired commanding officer has accused Prince Harry of “turning against” his military family after “having trashed his birth family”. In his memoir, the Duke of Sussex describes killing 25 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan as “chess pieces taken off the board”. Ex-colonel Tim

Getty Images By James Gregory & Sean Coughlan, royal correspondent BBC News A stream of sensational claims and accusations from Prince Harry’s highly anticipated autobiography, Spare, have been leaked. Harry’s book outlines long-standing grievances and bitterness at the heart of the Royal Family, including a claim that he and his brother urged their father not

Getty Images By Jonny Dymond Royal correspondent Forget, for one moment, the allegation of a physical attack by his brother reportedly set out in Prince Harry’s upcoming memoir Spare. Put to one side claims of shouting matches and William criticising Harry’s new wife. It’s all good juicy stuff and it reveals – if true –

Getty Images By Malu Cursino BBC News Prince Harry has claimed that his brother Prince William physically attacked him, according to the Guardian, which says it has seen a copy of the duke’s upcoming memoir, Spare. The newspaper reported that the book sets out an argument between the pair over Prince Harry’s wife Meghan. “He

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Rishi Sunak has asked people to hold him to account if NHS waiting lists in England do not fall in two years. It is one of five pledges set out in

Downing Street By Sam Francis, political reporter, & Branwen Jeffreys, education editor BBC News The prime minister is looking at plans to ensure all pupils in England study maths in some form until the age of 18. Rishi Sunak will announce the aim in his first speech of 2023 later, which he will use to

Hollie Adams/Getty Images By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Health secretary Steve Barclay says flu and Covid have put “massive pressure” on the NHS and warned that reducing backlogs caused by the pandemic would “take time.” Speaking amid mounting concern over hospital delays, he said the government was working on freeing up beds. He said this

Getty Images By Noor Nanji Business reporter, BBC News People returning to work this week after the Christmas break are being urged to avoid travelling by rail because of strikes. The walkouts by RMT members on 3-4 and 6-7 January, and by Aslef drivers on 5 January, will “significantly impact” services, said Network Rail. RMT

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Mary McCool & Graeme Ogston BBC Scotland news Three people have died after a fire broke out at a Perth hotel. Emergency services including 21 ambulance crews, 60 firefighters and nine fire trucks were called to

Reuters By Elsa Maishman BBC News Tens of thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI when his lying in state begins at the Vatican later. He died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ill health. Pope