Month: March 2023

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age. More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday,

Oli Scarff/Getty Images By Robert Cuffe & Doug Faulkner Head of statistics About 3% of families in the UK say they used a food bank in the last year, according to Department for Work and Pensions figures. That rose to about one in nine (11%) for families receiving state income-related benefits. Those in the north

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brian Wheeler BBC News Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted he did not intentionally mislead Parliament over Partygate in a heated grilling by MPs. The former prime minister began the marathon three-hour session with a Bible in

Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament Boris Johnson has accepted he misled Parliament over Covid rule-breaking parties in Downing Street, but denied he did it on purpose. The former prime minister has published a 52-page defence of his actions ahead of a grilling by MPs on Wednesday. In it, he says his assurances to MPs that lockdown rules

Reuters By Iain Watson Political correspondent, BBC News Boris Johnson has set out his defence against claims he misled MPs over parties in Downing Street during lockdown. The former prime minister has accepted that he did indeed mislead Parliament when he said the guidance and rules were followed at all times – but he insists

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Thomas Mackintosh & Lucy Manning, Special Correspondent BBC News Women and children have been failed by the Metropolitan Police, with racism, misogyny, and homophobia at the heart of the force, a blistering review says. Baroness Casey

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Phelan Chatterjee BBC News Vladimir Putin has said he will discuss Xi Jinping’s 12-point plan to “settle the acute crisis in Ukraine”, during a highly anticipated visit to Moscow by the Chinese president. “We’re always open

Getty Images By BBC Panorama Reporting team Fifteen years of wage stagnation has left British workers £11,000 worse off per year, according to research shared exclusively with BBC Panorama. The figures come from the Resolution Foundation think tank, which focuses on low-to-middle income households. It also found typical UK household incomes have fallen further behind

EPA By Jemma Dempsey BBC News Troubled bank Credit Suisse has been rescued by its Swiss rival UBS in a government-backed deal. Sunday evening’s announcement came after a weekend of emergency talks in Switzerland between the two banks and the country’s financial regulators. The Swiss National Bank said the deal was the best way to

Reuters Russian state media report that President Vladimir Putin has paid a surprise visit to Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city captured by Russian forces after they pounded much of it to ruins. An official video shows Mr Putin driving a car through streets at night, then visiting a concert hall. The BBC has not verified

Getty Images The SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has resigned after taking responsibility for misleading the media about party membership numbers. Mr Murrell, who is married to outgoing party leader Nicola Sturgeon, said he had become a distraction to the leadership race. He had been set to face a vote of no confidence had he

Reuters By Kathryn Armstrong, Antoinette Radford & Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent BBC News US President Joe Biden has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The ICC accused President Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine – something President Biden said the Russian leader had

Getty Images By Antoinette Radford & Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent BBC News The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It says the

Getty Images By Rachel Russell BBC News More than 1,000 Passport Office workers will go on strike for five weeks over a dispute about jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union working across England, Scotland and Wales will take part in the action from 3 April to 5 May.

PA Media By Nick Triggle Health correspondent A 5% pay rise from April has been offered to NHS staff in England, including nurses and ambulance workers. In addition, staff have been offered a one-off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year’s pay award. Unions are recommending members back the deal, after

Getty Images By Annabelle Liang & Daniel Thomas BBC News European markets opened higher on Thursday after troubled bank Credit Suisse secured a £45bn funding deal. Stock markets across the UK, France and Germany rebounded while Credit Suisse’s share price surged by 40%. Overnight Credit Suisse said it would borrow up to 50bn francs (£44.5bn)