a record tenth australian open, beating greece s stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets in the final. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury
the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi s fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i m
british gas admits there s no excuse for using debt agencies who broke into homes to fit prepayment meters. and, we speak to microsoft s bill gates about covid, vaccines and conspiracy theories. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain, the over simplistic explanation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester united say they will conduct their own process before determining the future of their player, mason greenwood, after assault charges were dropped against him today. good evening. the bank of england has raised interest rates to the highest level for more than 1a years, with inevitable consequences for people with mortgages, credit card debt and other borrowing. the rise by 0.5 percentage point to 4% is yet another attempt to control inflation. the bank confirmed that the economy is set to enter recession this year, but it said the recession could be less pronounced than previously thought, as there are early signs that the economy is st
allegations of sexist behaviour and a toxic culture inside the welsh rugby union and the harrowing experiences of former female employees. there was in attitude that it was ok to make sexist/ sexual comments around women. we don t want to shine a light on the women s game because it s not fit for purpose. they re all gay, they re all. you know, it was that kind of culture. damage limitation was the original response from the wru but after widespread anger from within the game the new interim chief executive was today full of remorse. it s possible for thing to occur over a period of time and for people to turn a blind eye. so the warning signs have been there for quite some time. when it s presented as graphically as it was during that programme. the bbc wales programme, the week before last, it hits you like a ten tonne truck.
for the past five years or longer that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share and help towards their remediation efforts. the chief executive of the welsh rugby union has resigned after a bbc investigation revealed a series of claims about a sexist and toxic culture in the organisation. he ll be replaced by the performance director, nigel walker, who warned that welsh rugby was facing an existential crisis. let s speak to our correspondent, wyre davies. it goes back a little way, some of the background. big it goes back a little way, some of the background. the background. big problems in welsh rugby the background. big problems in welsh rugby for the background. big problems in welsh rugby for a the background. big problems in welsh rugby for a long the background. big problems in welsh rugby for a long time - the background. big problems in welsh rugby for a long time and | welsh rugby for a long time and those problems covered many areas but this particular