Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
Washington journal continues. Host good morning. We are back with dr. Patricia turner. She is good morning and were back of doctor patricia turner. She is the executive director in ceo of the American College of surgeons. Good morning good morning. Thank you for joining us, were going to talk about the coronavirus pandemic and other issues that are affecting the u. S. Health care system. Lets start off by talking about the American College of surgeons. What is this mission and what does your work involve . Thank you for having me. So, the American College of surgeons is a large organization, about 87,000 Members Around the world. We represent surgeons and we enhance the care of the surgical patient by supporting the surgeons. So we have educational component, so teaching surgeons what is on the cutting edge. We have quality programs to enhance the Quality Improvement process of hospitals around the world, and we communicate outwardly so that patients and hospitals and our members can k
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. The Montana House of representatives voted 68 and 32 to bart transit transgender representative zoe from speaking for the rest of the year, the vote took place after she said that republican lawmakers would have blood on their hands if they supported a ban it to ban gender affirming care for transgender youth, she will be able to retain her seat and cast votes remotely but will not be able to participate in debates. Mr. Speaker i present to article five subtenant of the Montana Constitution house of representatives finds unrepresented from House District 100 clearly violated the rules, collective rights, safety, dignity, integrity and decorum of house of representatives on the floor of the house on april 24, 2023. Based upon this finding the representative shall be disciplined the terms of this discipline are as follows. The representative from House District number 100 wont no longer be admitted to this floor, house into a room for houston ga
Now mobile app. Nasa conducted their first ever spacewalk from the International Space station from an astronaut from an arab nation. This portion is about 30 minutes. I have to get a live view of outside. We have confirmation that the spacewalk began at 8 11 a. M. , central time as the astronauts take their suits to battery power. That is complete. Copy, you are now go to egress the airlock. Egress the airlock. Egress, your next step is to transfer the crew lock bags off. If you want to get eyes on crew bag two or three. Copy. If you can pass those bags, in any order. Ok. Im going to get my steve, if you get set, please turn on your heca. Let me get myself in a good position. First out of the hatch this morning is nasa astronaut, steve bowen, he is ev one. You can differentiate between him and Sultan Alneyadi, by the red stripe on bowens spacesuit. Back number three, first bag number three first. Bag number three. Tracking the crew log bags, two and three, they will be stored in the t
North koreas Leader Kimjong Un Has arrived in russia to meet putin. Theyre expected to talk about an arms deal. What impact could that have on the war in ukraine . Here in the uk, female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, sometimes around the operating theatre. The Royal College of surgeons say the findings are truly shocking. Our panel ron christie, former Special Assistant to president george w bush, and jenny kleeman, journalist and broadcaster. Welcome to the programme. We will start in libya with the flooding and the latest figures we have, 10,000 people still missing, thats according to the red cross, red crescent. Lets take a look at some of the pictures we are getting here to see some of the damage. You can see some of the water flowing here and the damage done to buildings. One city in particular, derna has been impacted because two dams have seemingly collapsed and that has caused widespread destruction. Latest numbers we have, 2800 people have been killed so far.