fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. that s a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me it s notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. i ve got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they want to go swimming and, unfortunately, that s closed now. because of the small boats crossing the channel, the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone from 3,000 to 51,000 in just three years. it s the government policy that almost no one is in favour of not even the government and it s costing the taxpayer £6 million a day. daniel sandford, bbc news, kegworth. more than 100 metropolitan police officers, who are being investigated for domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, are being allo
the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. he s appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee he s likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. let s listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what i ve read, there were three people involved, sam blythe, borisjohnson and you. who started the whole procedure, who approached herfirst? weill. who started the whole procedure, who approached her first? approached her first? well, first of all, thank approached her first? well, first of all. thank you approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much for - approached her f
insisting he is brain dead. barristers will take industrial action in england and wales in protest at pay and conditions. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation between 201! at 2014 fights that sexual exploitation between 2011 at 2014 fights that there were serious failings from the handling of some cases by the council and police. good afternoon. the transport secretary grant shapps says the government is doing everything it can to minimise disruption after it s confirmed the biggest series of rail strikes in 30 years will go ahead with a significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses today have failed to make any breakthrough. the strike action is taking place tomorrow, tuesday 21stjune, and also on thursday 23rd and saturday 25th. distruption is also expected on non strike days, too, with a special timetable published published for the whole of this week. network rail is advising passe