victory with the last kick of the game in the six nations rugby, as they beat france 15 13 in paris. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying it s facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending apart from what s used to protect vulnerable people. the council s conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. it follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. our political correspondent matt cole reports. like so many others across britain, people in northamptonshire have watched their council manage multi million pound budget cuts since 2010, and now they ve run out of cash, meaning a host of services from subsidised buses to libraries are threatened. i ll be absolutely devastated if it closes. we ve been h
is being looked at by the airlines regulator. it s after complaints passengers are being split up deliberately. and ireland pull off a dramatic victory with the last kick of the game in the six nations rugby as they beat france by fifteen points to thirteen in paris. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying it s facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending, apart from what s used to protect vulnerable people. the council s conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. it follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. i m joined now by nick golding editor of the local government chronicle. thank you forjoining us this evening. first of all, if we start with northamptonshire, what s gone on there? it mu
good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls after saying it s facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending apart from what s used to protect vulnerable people. the council s conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services, and cuts in government funding. our political correspondent matt cole reports. like so many others across britain, people in northamptonshire have watched their council manage multimillion pound budget cuts since 2010, and now they ve run out of cash, meaning a host of services from subsidised buses to libraries are threatened. i ll be absolutely devastated if it closes. we ve been here forjust over a year and i was delighted that this is kind of ten minutes down the road from us. we just feel, i suppose, let down, and why wasn t anything in place to prevent this
good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls after saying it s facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending apart from what s used to protect vulnerable people. the council s conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. our political correspondent matt cole reports. like so many others across britain, people in northamptonshire have watched their council manage multi million pound budget cuts since 2010, and now they ve run out of cash, meaning a host of services from subsidised buses to libraries are threatened. i ll be absolutely devastated if it closes. we ve been here forjust over a year and i was delighted that this is kind of ten minutes down the road from us. we just feel, i suppose, let down, and why wasn t anything in place to prevent this
in turn, the prosecutor asked her a bench trial, which white and her attorneys agreed on for the prosecution is expected to bring in some 20 witnesses to testify. stick with abc 13 for the latest on this case. we re going to take a break from the headlines and check in with melissa le fevere over the weather center. it is super cold and only going to get colder from here. melissa: if you re heading out to get some lunch, you will be the heavy coat. it is beautiful out there. a live view of our lynchburg tower can with blue skies and sunshine. a live view of liberty university. everyone is out and about. we will see clear skies throughout the day, but temperatures in the 20s and 30s. 32 in danville. 26 in roanoke. 31 in brookneal. lower 20s in blacksburg. still seeing the teens in hot springs. it is a bit windy. check out what it feels like right now. that cold air is not going anywhere anytime soon. we will take a look at the full forecast coming up. danville police inv