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The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates for the 14th month in a row today to 5.25%, sparking fears of recession. Former US President Donald Trump is set to plead not guilty today to four charges over attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. A Government minister has told over-50s to take on jobs targeted at young people like delivering takeaways to help with their finances if they’re short on cash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Former US President Donald Trump faces four criminal charges relating to the riot at the US Capitol building and attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. The first migrants to be housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge won’t arrive until next week at the earliest after firefighters warned it may be a ‘death trap’. First time offenders for drug possession, theft and shoplifting will be given cautions, rather than going to court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oil giant BP has revealed profits tumbled by more than two-thirds over the latest quarter to $2.59 billion, well below expectations. Rishi Sunak’s pledged to ‘max out’ the potential of the North Sea with ministers set to call on Britain’s largest energy companies to invest record profits in new oil and gas ventures. British pensioner David Hunter, who killed his terminally ill wife in Cyprus, has been released from prison for time served after receiving a two-year sentence for manslaughter. Lock...
Rishi Sunak will today vow to step up North Sea oil and gas exploration to protect the UK from global energy shocks. The PM has promised drivers he’s ‘on their side’ and ordered a review of controversial anti-car schemes being rolled out across Britain. Labour has attacked the Tories on their ‘'abysmal' crime record saying it’s a ‘national scandal’ only 6% of crimes were solved last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dr David Bull discusses the day's biggest topics with Sam Armstrong, Commentator...You can listen to the whole show weekdays from 6.30-10am Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
NatWest’s Chief Executive Dame Alison Rose has done a u-turn and finally stepped down, after admitting she leaked private banking information about Nigel Farage to the BBC. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told some of Britain's biggest businesses they must do more with their profits to help people with the cost of living, saying they have a social contract with the public. The intense European heatwave continues with Sicily, Algeria and Tunisia now battling wildfires as 20,000 people have been evacua...
30-thousand Britons face having their holidays cancelled after it emerged that hotels on the Greek island of Rhodes could remain closed for weeks because they’ve suffered catastrophic damage from the raging wildfires. The government appears to be rethinking its net zero strategy after the Prime Minister failed to publicly back the policy to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. More NHS turmoil as radiographers begin a 48-hour strike in England this morning adding to the backlog of a million...
Corfu has become the second Greek island to mount evacuations because of wildfires as travel companies scramble to repatriate thousands of tourists from the island of Rhodes. Rescue flights to the UK begin today, but the Foreign Office has been accused of acting too slowly. The row over net zero continues with Tory MPs now in open revolt over government policy. Three more banks are now being investigated by the Treasury over concerns accounts were being closed for political reasons. Hosted on Ac...
Banks face losing their licences if they cancel accounts because they disagree with customers’ political views. This comes after the PM and home secretary joined the barrage of criticism after Coutts closed Nigel Farage’s account because his views ‘didn’t align’ with their values. NHS bosses are warning of severe disruption as consultant doctors in England go on strike for 48 hours. 574 channel migrants arrived in the UK on small boats within 24 hours of the new immigration law passing through P...
Coutts closed Nigel Farage’s bank account because his views on Brexit, trans issues and Trump didn’t ‘align with its purpose and values’, new documents have revealed. New trans guidance for schools will be delayed amid legal battles over allowing children to socially transition. The Home Secretary has warned the terror threat will rise over the next six months with one convicted terrorist being released every week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The Illegal Migration Bill is set to become law after the government defeated Lords amendments to undermine it. It comes as a giant barge to house 500 asylum seekers arrives at Portland Harbour in Dorset this morning. Europe’s heatwave is set to peak today as parts of the Mediterranean reach 46 degrees. A new drug that can slow Alzheimer’s by up to 60 per cent has been hailed as a ‘turning point’ in the fight against the disease. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The Prime Minister has pledged to crack down on ‘rip-off’ degrees that don’t lead to graduate jobs in a bid to protect students and taxpayers. Homeowners are living on ‘negative budgets’ and can’t meet basic costs because of rapidly increasing interest rates, according to Citizens Advice. A heatwave is set to hit Europe this week, with temperatures to soar past 40 degrees in some areas, prompting a warning for school holiday travellers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Dr David Bull discusses the day's biggest topics with Alain Tolhurst, Chief Reporter - Politics Home...You can listen to the whole show weekdays from 6.30-10am Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The BBC presenter at the centre of a sex scandal is facing fresh allegations, with a second young person claiming the star broke lockdown rules to meet them during the pandemic. President Volodymyr Zelensky has branded Nato ‘absurd’ for refusing to offer Ukraine swift entry into the military alliance once the war with Russia is over. The game of ping pong over the illegal migration bill continues. MPs reversed 15 of the amendments imposed by the House of Lords - the bill now returns to the Upper...
The BBC’s presenter crisis deepens with Director-General Tim Davie likely to face a grilling at a scheduled media appearance today. Ukraine is set to be offered NATO-lite protection with Israel style security guarantees from its most powerful Western military allies. Ministers are spending more than half a million pounds a day keeping thousands of empty hotel beds reserved for migrants as a ‘buffer’ to prevent overcrowding at processing centres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
The BBC has suspended a high-profile male presenter and called in the police following allegations he paid 35-thousand pounds to a vulnerable teenager for explicit images. US President Joe Biden has landed in the UK ahead of a NATO meeting in Lithuania amid the controversy of his authorisation of the use of cluster munitions in Ukraine. He will meet the Prime Minister and the King later today. A second eight-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a primary school in Wimbledon last week....
The Home Secretary has urged sporting bodies to be ‘more robust’ with eco-zealots trying to wreck national events as Just Stop Oil activists interrupted play at Wimbledon twice yesterday. Keir Starmer will pledge to shatter the ‘class ceiling’ and require schools to give pupils speaking lessons under plans to reform education. An intruder who broke into Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow was encouraged to kill the late Queen by his AI ‘girlfriend’, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Hosted on Aca...
The Health Secretary has rejected calls for radical reform of the NHS on its 75th anniversary, saying the health service can prosper without drastic change. Pupils in England will miss out on another day of education today as NEU teachers strike, with another planned for Friday. Boris Johnson’s partygate inquisitor Sir Bernard Jenkin is facing a police investigation into whether he attended a lockdown busting party himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Supermarkets have been accused of using motorists as ‘cash cows’ during the cost of living crisis after a damning report found drivers were paying 6p per litre more than they should for fuel. Banks are facing a Treasury investigation into claims they’re closing accounts and black listing customers because they don’t like their controversial views. Rishi Sunak is in a war of words with the Australian Prime Minister over the Ashes, saying the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow at Lord's was...
The Health Secretary says he is willing to give doctors a bigger pay rise IF they call off strike action, as the BMA warns walkouts could continue until 2025. Tory MPs are demanding Rishi Sunak cut net migration by two-thirds before the next election – or risk losing the trust of voters. Banks are being warned they must protect free speech, as Nigel Farage is among customers being black listed for controversial views. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The government has held crisis talks with water regulator Ofwat as Thames Water faces emergency nationalisation over its £14 billion debt. Hospital consultants - on an average £128 grand a year - will be allowed to do lucrative private work during a two-day strike next month. King Charles is turning down the heating in a bid to save money, with the cost of living crisis being blamed for royal spending rocketing to £107.5million last year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
The government is drawing up contingency plans for the collapse of Thames Water as the UK’s largest water company struggles with its massive £14 billion debt. Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Covid Inquiry that the UK's pandemic strategy was ‘completely wrong’ and insisted that lockdowns should have been wider, earlier and more stringent - and that he'd support more lockdowns in future. Patients face 7 days of NHS chaos after hospital consultants - on an average £128 thousand ...
Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish the leaders of the Wagner rebellion and claimed Ukraine and the West want to see Russia ‘choke in bloody civil strife.’ Deporting illegal Channel migrants to Rwanda will cost £169,000 EACH, new Home Office figures reveal. English and Welsh cricket is entrenched in racism, sexism, classism and elitism, a damning report has found. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
All eyes are on Moscow today after the failed Wagner Group coup, with the US saying ‘real cracks’ have been shown in Vladimir Putin’s regime. The Duchess of York has undergone successful surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Prince William is launching a major five-year campaign to end homelessness, saying it's his life’s work to ensure ‘everyone has a safe and secure home’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The Titanic sub rescue mission is in its final hours as the US Coast Guard says oxygen for the five people on board is set to run out at 12:08 UK time. The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates for the 13th time in a row today, after inflation stubbornly stuck at 8.7% yesterday putting more pressure on mortgage holders. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt told the Covid inquiry the UK’s first lockdown could have been avoided if quarantining had started earlier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Banging sounds have been detected in the search for the missing Titanic sub, with the five people on board now having as little as 24 hours before their oxygen runs out. Former Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies has told the Covid inquiry that lockdown ‘damaged a generation’ of children and apologised to families bereaved by the pandemic. No.10 has told teachers they must intervene to stop children identifying as cats as a school at the centre of the row over pupils identifying as animals f...
A British billionaire adventurer is among five people on board a submersible that’s missing on a dive to the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic - with just 54 hours of air left. Boris Johnson has been stripped of special access to parliament after MPs voted overwhelmingly to back the privileges committee report into partygate. Rishi Sunak has rejected calls for the government to bail out homeowners as fixed mortgage rates rose above 6%. &...
MPs will today decide whether to sanction Boris Johnson after the Privileges Committee found he repeatedly deliberately misled the House of Commons. British citizens will be prioritised for council housing under plans being considered by ministers amid concerns over rising immigration. The Metropolitan Police are examining a video showing 24 guests at a Tory staff Christmas party when covid restrictions were in force. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
The Covid-19 Inquiry into the Government’s response to the pandemic will finally begin its first public hearing this morning. The Privileges Committee report into partygate will publish tomorrow ruling that Boris Johnson lied to Parliament. A mother-of-three has been jailed for more than two years for inducing an abortion after the legal limit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
