This hour, the british beer and Pub Association is warning the governments alcohol duty changes will cost the industry an extra £225 million in tax. This the Prime Minister, however, has defended the overhaul, saying it will benefit thousands of businesses. The new thousands of businesses. The new system sees a shift from taxing alcoholic drinks based on their type, focusing instead on their strength, duty on certain drinks such as wine and vodka, will rise while tax on draught pints will be cut by around £0. 11. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden says brexit made the changes possible. Were not going to see the price of a pint going up in your local pub due to our new draft beer duty relief, something that we couldnt have done when we were in the European Union that differential between what differential now between what you differential now between what you pay differential now between what you pay in the supermarket on terms of tax and what you pay in a is now gone u
a ban on buy one get one free deals on unhealthy food in england is to be put on hold for a year to help families coping with the cost of living crisis. police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to have won the battle for its second biggest city, kharkiv according to the us thinktank, the institute for the study of war. it says russia has failed in its efforts to encircle the city, and now appears to be focused on withdrawing its troops safely across the border. but russian troops are intensifying their attacks in the donbas region, which is now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, told us more about the ba
now on bbc news.. dateline london with shaun ley hello and welcome to the programme which brings together the foreign correspondence for audience back home from the dateline london. it has been a convention busting week, this one. the queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen, two countries strictly neutral for 80 years repairing to take sides for, in northern ireland a party in favour of reuniting ireland top the poll for the first time in the century since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and work in the studio are brian o connell, a portuguesejournalist and university lecturer, newly created british citizen, and jeffrey coffman who has been a royal correspondent and news anchor in canada and the united states. could have you back with us. let s start with nato expansion. sweden and finland. finland s president said on friday he is going to ring president putin and tell him that the situation has changed. how a big a