Get your pathetic, grubby, woke hands off our flag. Next. At 9 01, heres the latest news from the gb newsroom. And jk rowling has hit back tonight for being reported under scotlands new hate crime laws, after Police Scotland said this afternoon her social media posts on the importance of biological sex would not be treated as criminal. The harry potter author posted on x saying i hope every woman in scotland who wishes to speak up for the reality and importance of biological sex will be reassured by this announcement and i trust that all women, irrespective of profile or financial means, will be treated equally under the law. Well, the new law brought in yesterday is aimed at banning hateful comments, but the harry potter author previously said the law risked silencing genuine debate on issues around gender, as well as ignoring the rights of women and girls. The Prime Minister backed jk rowling today , saying people should not be criminalised for stating biological fact. In other news,
Woke rebrand of a flag. Team gbs union jack has turned pink and purple on a supporters flag for the Paris Olympics. Will it make it onto the final official kit . Let make it onto the final official kit. 7 let us make it onto the final official kit . Let us know your views and hughes hefty salary despite being taken off air last year, the bbcs huw edwards is still expected to be the highest paid newsreader when the annual salary salary list is revealed this year and childcare. Rollout this year and childcare. Rollout parents are set to receive more support in the governments new funding package. But is it enough . Yes, the government says working parents will qualify for up to £7,000 worth a year of Free Childcare with this huge rollout. But if you have a two year old today, you now qualify. But will you be able to get a place and ashamed of anti semitism . The former home secretary, Suella Braverman , has blasted Suella Braverman, has blasted anti jewish behaviour in britain let let u
Aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. The chancellor has welcomed the bank of englands decision to hold its base rate, saying its better not to rush into cutting Interest Rates. It has been left unchanged. Therefore, for a sixth time at 5. 25, the governor of the bank, Andrew Bailey, was optimistic. Hes hinted a cut may come as early as june, but says that is by no means a done deal. Jeremy hunt says things are improving. I welcome the fact that the bank of england has obviously thought about this very hard. They take this decision independently and i would much rather that they waited until theyre absolutely sure inflation is on a downward trajectory. And rushed into a decision that they had to reverse at a later stage. What reverse at a later stage. What we want is sustainably low Interest Rates and i think whats encouraging is that the bank of england governor for the first time, has expressed real optimism that were on that path. However, the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, d
probably made the right decision. and coming up on bbc news, two of european football s heavyweights, france and belgium, go head to head at the euros with kick off this afternoon in dusseldorf. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a head teacher convicted of grooming and sexually abusing four girls has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. neil foden was the head of one school in bangor in north wales, and strategic head of another. he d been a well known and well respected figure in the local community before his offending was exposed. made a superhead in 2021, headteacher neil foden was a regular on the tv and radio news. none of us know for certain exactly how their work is going to be assessed. but in september last year, he was arrested after a girl came forward with allegations of sexual abuse. her evidence would prove pivotal. because she was quite involved with the defendant, she had a lot of evidence to give, not only in terms of her own account, but a
Were home. Black panther is being seen as a cultural milestone. A predominantly black cast leading a big budget blockbuster. You get to decide. And a film that also puts strong women right at its heart. Black panther is a moment and hopefully its one that. It will obviously exist for longer than this particular moment. We want this momentum to keep going. I dont think its black panthers responsibility to change the world. The change will come from the people who see it and choose to make a difference in their own lives. For many, its the kind of film theyve been waiting decades for hollywood to make. How important was it for you making sure this was primarily a piece of entertainment, even with this huge amount of social responsibility that was inevitably going to come into the equation . I mean, thats what it is. Its not a political lecture, you know what i mean . Its a movie. Its got to work as that. And that is a movie already generating huge amounts of excitement for a new generati