Month: March 2023

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brian Wheeler & Chris Mason, political editor BBC News Jeremy Hunt insists his Budget will get young parents and over-50s back into work – and it will not just benefit the rich who are saving for

Getty Images and BBC By Zoe Conway Employment correspondent When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt stands up in parliament to deliver his Budget at lunchtime on Wednesday, he might well hear a crowd of protesters heading in his direction. Making their way down Whitehall are likely to be thousands of teachers and other public sector workers all

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Simon Armstrong BBC News A woman who falsely claimed she was raped by multiple men and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Eleanor Williams sparked protests in her Cumbrian home

PA Media By Nick Eardley BBC chief political correspondent Jeremy Hunt will use his Budget to boost the lifetime allowance for pension savings of up to £1.8m to encourage people to keep working. The chancellor could also increase the £40,000 annual cap on tax-free contributions to pensions. It is expected millions could benefit from the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Thomas Mackintosh & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Gary Lineker will return to present Match of the Day after he was taken off air amid an impartiality row after he criticised the government’s new asylum policy. BBC

The famous carpet changed colour in Hollywood for this year’s Oscars – it was described as champagne, instead of being the traditional red. But the glamour on show was the same as ever. Cate Blanchett had the eighth Oscar nomination of her career. Her elegant blue velvet outfit featured a ribbon made by refugees as

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Laura Kuenssberg and Sean Seddon BBC News Talks between the BBC and Gary Lineker are said to be “moving in the right direction” after a second day of scheduling disruption. BBC News understands there are hopes

Reuters By David Sillito Media and Arts Correspondent When the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, took over in 2020, he declared his founding principle to be “impartiality”. Three years later, a row over that principle and how it applies across the corporation has created a crisis that has quite clearly caught managers by surprise. Familiar,

PA Media By Gareth Evans BBC News Match of the Day will air later without a studio presenter, pundits, or its regular commentators, after the BBC told Gary Lineker to step back in a row over impartiality. Pundits Ian Wright, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Jermaine Jenas have all said they will not appear on

Facebook By Daniel De Simone Correspondent, BBC News A former suspect in the Manchester Arena bombing had his British citizenship revoked and then returned after MI5 changed its view of his role in the attack, the BBC can reveal. Mohammed Soliman, 26, was arrested in Libya after being stripped of his citizenship over suspicions he

Getty Images By Rachel Russell & Charley Adams BBC News Gary Lineker has been told to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said. It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government’s new asylum policy. The BBC

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Jenny Hill in Hamburg and Emily McGarvey in London BBC News A number of people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in the north German city of Hamburg. Police say

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Henri Astier BBC News At least nine people have died in a new wave of strikes across Ukraine in which Russia used powerful weapons, including rare hypersonic missiles. Russia had reportedly not fired Kinzhal hypersonic missiles

Reuters By Emily McGarvey & Marita Moloney BBC News Russia has launched missiles at targets across Ukraine, from Kharkiv in the north to Odesa in the south and Zhytomyr in the west. Buildings and infrastructure were hit in Kharkiv and Odesa, with power blackouts in several areas. Attacks on the capital Kyiv are also reported.

AFP By Jemma Crew & Sean Seddon BBC News Gary Lineker has said he will try to keep speaking up for people with “no voice”, after criticism of his tweets on the government’s asylum policy. The Match of the Day host had said the language setting out the plan was “not dissimilar to that used

PA Media By Christy Cooney BBC News The government’s proposed asylum law is “very concerning” and would block even those with a compelling claim, the United Nations refugee agency has said. The UNHCR’s representative to the UK, Vicky Tennant, told the BBC the measure would break international law and was not needed to stop Channel