At one point they were down by almost a third. Metro bank is the youngest lender on britains high streets. It launched here back in 2010 in the wake of the Global Financial crisis to take on the likes of lloyds and ba rclays. It was the first to do so for more than 100 years. But its had a series of Financial Issues and on thursday there were reports that its urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. So should customers be worried . Heres our Business Correspondent theo leggett. Well, i dont think customers should be too worried at this stage. Although a 25 drop in the share price is clearly not a good look, metro bank insists that, fundamentally, its finances are pretty sound, it made a profit in the first half of this year, and it continues, crucially, to meet all regulatory requirements in terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. 0n terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. On top of that, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme d
Good evening. A man who broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day in 2021 has been jailed for 9 years after pleading guilty to treason. Jaswant chail, whos now 21, will initially be kept in custody at broadmoor hospital. He is the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981. Daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. Just a few metres from the queens private apartments, and with his crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment whenJaswant Chail crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Chail was arrested. Seen here moments later, he had used a rope ladder to get into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, iam here 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am here to kill the queen. Wearing this metal mask inspired by his obsessio
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Temperatures across the world in september were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the eu climate service. The heat is being driven by ongoing emissions of gases warming the atmosphere, as well as the Weather Event known as el nino. They say 2023 is now on track to be the warmest on record. Our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here. This sounds very sobering . It is sobering. September was 0. 93 celsius warmer than the average global temperature for the month, so almost a whole degrees celsius, huge margin when you remember it is an average across the whole globe. Normally we would expect variations of a small fraction of a degree between years and it comes after, as you said, the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. July we saw the hottest day, then the hottest week, then the hottest month ever recorded with scientist saying they thought it was almost certainly they thought it w
At wembley. Good morning. Can we improve productivity without just asking everybody to work a bit harder . Here at this firm in the Lake District theyve done just that. Ill find out what they did and how they did ita out what they did and how they did it a little later. Hello from the birthplace of concord, and also now the home of the last supersonic airliner ever to fly back in 2003. Its now the centrepiece of a fantastic new Aerospace Museum about to open its doors in the last couple of next couple of weeks. A fresh start to the day but for most a fresh start to the day but for m ost pla ces a fresh start to the day but for most places things are set to remain dry and sunny. Ill bring you the full forecast for today and the weekend in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The former conservative Party Chairman, grant shapps, has admitted to leading colleagues in a plot to force theresa may to stand down as Prime Minister. He said up to 30 mps supported the move, inc
The funeral of the coronation street actor, liz dawn. And ben stokes will not go to australia with the rest of the ashes squad after his arrest last month. Good afternoon. Theresa may has said shes providing calm leadership as she responded to moves to oust her by grant shapps, former chairman of the conservative party. He claims up to 30 tory mps including five former cabinet ministers want to force a leadership contest that would unseat the Prime Minister. Mrs mays allies have dismissed it as a plot that is fizzling out. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports from westminster. Away from westminster, an attempt to clear the air. Seemingly unphased by questions over her authority, a message to those who want her out. What i think is necessary for the country now, what the country needs is calm leadership. Thats exactly what im providing and im providing that with the full support of my cabinet. Hes been revealed as the ring leader of a plot to oust theresa may from downing st