for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. a very good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we will have more news on that breaking story aboutjordan gatley, the former british soldier who has been killed fighting in eastern ukraine, from our correspondent in kyiv. we willjoin him injust we willjoin him in just a few moments. but first, aleading business group has told the bbc that households have been cutting back on spending because of the cost of living crisis, and will go into their own recession this year. tony danker, the director general of the confederation of british industry, says the government needs to take action. meanwhile, the competition regulator has promised to look into government concerns that the 5p cut in fuel duty is not being pas
it is unfair because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty, it is unfair to treat disabled people differently. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. a former british soldier has been killed fighting in ukraine, his family have announced. jordan gatley who left the british army in march died in the battle for the eastern city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. he s the second british man to die fighting russian forces in ukraine. i asked our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, what we know about mr gatley and how he died. we understand jordan gatley had been a british soldier, he left the army in march to come and fight in ukraine. according to his family he had been involved in training at the start of this but that had changed because he was in the city of severodonetsk which is very much the front
and on discretionary goods that will go negative already this year. unions warn government plans to allow agency workers to fill in for striking rail staff will create safety risks the government say the proposals will minimise disruption. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government, for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. it is unfair, because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty. it is just unfair to treat disabled people differently. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. now on bbc news, the media show. ros atkins speaks to the chief executive of gb news, which launched a year ago. hello and welcome to the media show. for this week s edition, we ve come to paddington in central london, to the newsroom of gb news, because
Across england and wales in terms of dry and bright conditions, northern ireland will see more cloud and the odd spot of rain, more cloud working across scotland, rain in the far north and north west. quite breezy in the north, 1a degrees for stornoway, 21 in london but those temperatures towards the south east will rise through the week, getting into the low 30s by friday, the further north and west you are it will stay cooler and breezy with some rain at times. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he s been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go in to recession this year. the consumption, spending that we all make on the high street
At the weather with ben rich. it has turned into a decent afternoon for many parts of england and wales, for northern ireland and scotland more showers, some on the heavy side, 1a degrees in glasgow, if you showers further south but most places stay dry with highs of 22 in the south east. tonight many showers will fight but cloud rolls into western scotland late in the night with patchy rain, where we keep clear spells it will turn chilly and tomorrow the best weather across england and wales in terms of dry and bright conditions, northern ireland will see more cloud and the odd spot of rain, more cloud working across scotland, rain in the far north and north west. quite breezy in the north, 1a degrees for stornoway, 21 in london but those temperatures towards the south east will rise in the week, getting into the low 30s by friday, the further north and west you are it will stay