High street chain wilko says it has appointed Administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal. You will remember this chain has been in the news for the last couple of weeks with concerns over whether it will be rescued. It looks like the rescue deal has fallen through and they have appointed Administrators. 12,000 people, it looks like, at risk potentially, following the news that wilko has appointed Administrators. We will bring you any more detail when we get the story but the Breaking News, wilko, the high street chain, has appointed Administrators. Here in the uk, police and the West Midlands say they are treating a fire at a Well Known18th century pub near dudley as arson. The cricket house, described as britains One Ovest Pub was largely destroyed by the blaze, it was then bulldozed with the local council said was unauthorised, unacceptable and possibly unlawful. Here is louisa pilbeam. Whats left of the 250 year old pub has now been searched by a Specialist Fire Service do
The us House Of Representatives has passed a bill that would require the tiktok owner bytedance to sell its stake in the Social Media Platform or face a total ban in the country. During the debate, lawmakers repeatedly said that tiktok has links to the Chinese Communist Party Something denied by both tiktok and bytedance. Party something denied by both lets hear some of the debate in congress. Our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate, but not under the control of the Chinese Communist party. I want to emphasise this bill does not ban tiktok. It simply would require the Chinese Communist Party Affiliated bytedance to sell tiktok and divest their interests. Live to washington and our correspondent nomia iqbal. Nomia, given what has happened, how likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . Likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I would be staggered banned in the us . I would be staggered if banned in the
Bbc news. We begin in westminster, where the Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist and wrong frank hester has apologised for making what he called rude comments about britains first black female mp. The row dominated Prime Ministers questions as labour has called on the conservatives to give the money back. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . I the Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept, and i would give that money back. I have to give you my view, rather than what the party should do, but ive tho
it s very bad. hello, i m hugh ferris. england are out of the women s t20 world cup, succumbing to a shock defeat by hosts south africa in cape town. chasing 165 to make the final against australia, england fell short by six runs to end a tournament they had every hope of winning, asjo currie reports. england s army army, in expectation below an army. high in expectation. they gave the crowd plenty to cheer and england a real headache. even when they finally saw her off, tasman rick took up the mantle. by the time their bowlers started firing, the damage was already done. england took their frustrations out on the ball, but the pro tears weren t splitting their advantage slip to the fingers. heather knight dug in, but those on her collapse. devastation for england but dug in, but those on her collapse. devastation for england dug in, but those on her collapse. devastation for england but this is an landmark devastation for england but this is an landmark moment. devas
and the other main stories on tonight s programme. junior doctors in england announce three consecutive days of strikes in march over pay it will affect both routine and emergency care. and a third candidate slips in before the deadline to run to succeed nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. on bbc london, a year after the war in ukraine began, and coming up on the bbc news channel: a semifinal shock as england lose to south africa at the women s t20 world cup and the hosts go through to play australia on sunday. good evening. welcome to the ukrainian capital kyiv, where exactly one year ago today, before dawn, the people of this city were woken up by the sound of air raid sirens, signalling russia s invasion. what s followed has been a year of tears and savagery, defiance and hope. many thousands have died. we ve seen the worst fighting and refugee emergency on european soil since 1916. there s world food insecurity, a major energy crisis and rising global infl