democrats as they gain more seats than any other party in england the greens are also doing well. have you heard from durham police? but labour s gains are marred by the news that sir keir starmer will now be investigated by durham police amid allegations he broke lockdown rules last year. meanwhile all eyes on northern ireland will the nationalist party sinn fein make history by winning the most votes at stormont? we ll have the full details on results from scotland and wales too. also on the programme. more than 120 years since it was founded, the convenience store mccoll s has gone into administration putting 16,000 jobs at risk. prince harry and meghan say they will attend the platinum jubilee celebrations but the queen says they won t be appearing on the buckingham palace balcony for trooping the colour. coming up on the bbc news channel, rangers make plans for seville. it s the first european final in m years for a team that s come a long way since. good evening
written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f
and 48 hours to come up with the next generation of video games. we ll be hearing from the man behind the global gamejam. hello there. we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing for the tenth time in a row. the half a percent rise puts uk interest rates at 4%, their highest level in more than 1a years. a bonus, of course, for savers, but it piles more pressure on businesses and those with mortgages, loans and credit card debt. the good news is that the bank now thinks the uk s recession will be shorter and less severe than it previously thought, and there s a hint that rates may not have to go any higher. but a recovery could take years as our economics editor faisal islam reports. the squeeze continues. an official interest rate of 4% should not feel huge, but it does, and notjust here in nuneaton, forjoanne, who runs a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage on a furniture and gift shop. th
This is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ten rate rises in a row but have uk borrowing costs finally pea ked 7 the bank of england is cautiously optimistic. we think inflation s going to come down rapidly, and a lot of thatis come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there, which may mean that it may not happen in that way. also coming up delivering more bad news amazon reports its ever biggest annual loss, as consumers feel the pinch. plus missed call apple s sales fall the most in three years, as china s covid lockdowns hit production, and customers around the world cut back on spending. and multi player mayhem 33,000 people, 110 countries,
This is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. ten rate rises in a row but have uk borrowing costs finally peaked ? the bank of england is cautiously optimistic. we think inflation s going to come down rapidly, and a lot of thatis come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there, which may mean that it may not happen in that way. also coming up delivering more bad news amazon reports its ever biggest annual loss, as consumers feel the pinch. plus missed call apple s sales fall the most in three years, as china s covid lockdowns hit production, and customers around the world cut back on spending. and multi player mayhem