and his supporters. we start with the troubled global banking sector. european markets have closed down more than three percent, spooked by a major sell off of shares in the swiss banking giant, credit suisse. coming days after the collapse of us based silicon valley bank, it s prompted fears of a full blown crisis in the sector. let s take a look at the damage at the close in europe today. shares in credit suisse plunged to a record low, falling 24%. that came after its biggest investor said it could not give the bank any more financial help. here in the uk, the insurer prudential tumbled 10%, and the high street bank barclays, 8%. the plunge by banking stocks left london s ftse 100 down almost 4% at its lowest level this year. it was the index s worst one day performance since the start of the covid 19 pandemic. taking a closer look at credit suisse today was the second day of sharp falls for its shares after the swiss bank yesterday disclosed that its auditor had identif
with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at sunday s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic. i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise, i said high, iam leslie i went up to tom cruise, i said high, i am leslie patterson, writer of all quiet on the western front. he said i know your story. western front. he said i know yourstory. how western front. he said i know your story. how many hours a day have you trained? i said, no way! the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output on saturday but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off saturday s match of the day which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. with more, here s our sports editor, dan roan. on any normal saturday, gary lineker wou
with more, here s our sports editor, dan roan. on any normal saturday, gary lineker would have been preparing to host football s most famous show. but not today. the presenter, a guest at hometown club leicester city this afternoon, as the crisis intensified after the bbc decided to drop him from match of the day following an impartiality row over comments he made on twitter criticising the government s language over its new asylum policy. more pundits and presenters, meanwhile, confirming they d be joining an impromptu boycott in support of their colleague, as the corporation s weekend sport output unravelled. no football focus for the build up, instead an edition of bargain hunt. results show final score also pulled from the schedules. and only this evening it was confirmed a much reduced match of the day would be shown, but cut to just 20 minutes, with no presentation, interviews or commentary ofany kind. i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got th
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