Crucial part of the programme. Um, email me, mailmogg gbnews. Com now um, email me, maitime g gbnews. Com now um, email me, maitime forgbnews. Com now um, email me, maitime for the 5ws. Com now um, email me, maitime for the newsnm now um, email me, maitime for the news of now um, email me, maitime for the news of the now its time for the news of the day polly middlehurst. Day with polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you. Well, lets bnng jacob thank you. Well, lets bring you some breaking news thats happened in the last hour or so. Officials in gaza saying at least 300 people have been killed and 200 more have been injured in an israeli airstrike on a hospital in gaza city where thousands were seeking treatment and shelter. The Israeli Military says it doesnt have any details of the attack, but addedit any details of the attack, but added it is investigating the bombed Christian Hospital in the centre of gaza city is currently engulfed in flames. Survivors are being pulled out and the palest
From the 1970s unleashed britains growth from the 1980s. For decades following, the country has enjoyed the dividends ever since. So well be paying tribute to his legacy this evening with the former chancellor, norman lord lamont. State of the nation starts now. State of the nation starts now. Ill also be joined by a Theatrical Panel this evening, criminal barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes, and the author and broadcaster michael crick. Usual , i crick. As always, as usual, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Um, email me, mailmogg gbnews. Com now um, email me, maitime g gbnews. Com now um, email me, maitime forgbnews. Com now um, email me, maitime for the 5ws. Com now um, email me, maitime for the newsnm now um, email me, maitime for the news of now um, email me, maitime for the news of the now its time for the news of the day polly middlehurst. Day with polly middlehurst. Jacob thank you. Well, lets bnng jacob thank you. Well, lets bring you some break
Lets get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, whos in the newsroom. Just tremendous of the background of where we are today. The just tremendous of the background of where we are today. Where we are today. The socket on the aer where we are today. The socket on the paper in where we are today. The socket on the paper in the where we are today. The socket on the paper in the times where we are today. The socket on the paper in the Times Newspaperl the paper in the Times Newspaper reported a bizarre story where, last december, apparently, according to the times, had met a local official in his party at 315 in the morning demanding £5,000 what she said as A Matter Of Life And Death because she had to be released from a flat in which he was locked by some bad people. In addition to this, the Times Newspaper also alleged that some other funds that were meant to be used for a company will use for private medical bills for mr menzies as well. He told the Times Newspaper that h
with a funding gap of £500 million. the result has been a series of budget cuts, the latest of which hit the news division on wednesday. although more money is being put into digitaljournalism and some broadcast services are being expanded the news at one doubling in length to an hour, for instance elsewhere, savings are being made. newsnight is losing half its staff, shortening its duration, and instead of the current magazine format with filmed reports and investigations, will become an interview, debate and discussion show. gabriel gatehouse, a former correspondent on the programme, had this response. but viewer david wright pointed out. while terry pearson questioned the thinking behind this week s changes. well, we ll be discussing the logic behind wednesday s announcement in a moment. but first, if this is the end of newsnight as we know it, what exactly is being lost without any dedicated correspondents and i should say, i was one of them in the 1990s or a bud
Meetings without telling the Foreign Office or the ambassador in israel, or indeed the Prime Minister has gone leaving her in the dark when she met netanyahu last week. It extraordinary that this has happened, and she lied about it initially to the papers before finally admitting that she has had these meetings. And now we discover that a lobbyist was also present in these meetings. The point i would like to make is that both the blunders of patel and borisjohnson, ifi blunders of patel and borisjohnson, if i may bring him into the equation, are to do with the middle east at a time when the region is on the brink of a showdown perhaps between saudi arabia and iran is not an outright war. As you can find out from the Financial Times story here. Let me get to that a little bit later if i may because i want to stay with the conservative party for a moment because inside the times, you brought them together, priti patel and Boris Johnson, you brought them together, priti patel and borisjoh