important issue, the government recently published anti social behaviour action plan. my right honourable friend the home secretary and her colleague are jointly chairing a task force to make sure action is taken. we are setting up hotspot patrols around the country to make sure the blight of anti social behaviour is heavily policed against and to make sure that where it occurs it is dealt with thoroughly and no one is left behind. . ~ with thoroughly and no one is left behind. ., ~ i. with thoroughly and no one is left behind. . ~ ,, ~ with thoroughly and no one is left behind. ., ~ ~ .~ behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary insists - behind. thank you, mr speaker. if the home secretary insists on - the home secretary insists on exacting private landlords from asylum seekers, this means that local councils and fire authorities will not be able to enforce basic safety and overcrowding standards. does not m
a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby have been arrested in brighton, but their child is still missing. constance marten and mark gordon were found after being spotted by a member of the public. police have now launched an urgent search for their baby, who is not thought to have received any medical attention since birth. vincent mcaviney reports. 35 year old constance marten and 48 year old mark gordon were reported missing on the 5th of january, after their car broke down nearjunction 4 of the m61 near bolton. the car was found on fire and it s believed miss marten had given birth either in or near the car a day or two earlier. over the following weeks, there were sightings of the couple in a number of places, including liverpool, essex, south london and east sussex. they were thought to be carrying a large amount of cash and to be using camping equipment to live off grid. authorities previously thought the couple had been sleeping rough in a blue tent, avoiding
devices and systems. tonight with the context, sir nigel sheinwald the former uk ambassador to the united states and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister says the new post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the european union on monday will address many of the concerns of the democratic unionist party. the dup, who will be crucial to the restoration of the power sharing at stormont, say they are still studying the details of the so called windsor framework. rishi sunak make his pitch to the people of northern ireland at a cocal cola factory. he said the new agreement with the eu could make northern ireland one of the most attractive, investment opoortunities in the world. it does three things. it makes sure the flow of goods around our uk internal market is really smooth with our green lane. it makes sure that northern ireland s place in the union is protected s
week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. we ll be live in windsor shortly but first, just to let you know we re expecting a news conference very shortly in belfast from police investigating the shooting last week of det chief inspectorjohn caldwell. two gunmen shot the 48 year old several times in front of his young son at a sports complex on wednesday evening. mr caldwell remains critically ill in hospital. six people remain in police custody for questioning. this is the scene, the podium, as we expect the conference getting under way. there are significant developm
in a first of its kind. most importantly, though, for the people of australia. everyone should be respected for who they are. and tonight s a celebration of that. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister rishi sunak says the trade deal with the eu on northern ireland represents unfinished business on brexit and that he ll give everything he s got to get an agreement over the line. he made his comments in an interview for the sunday times. since brexit, exports from the uk are subject to checks to ensure they conform with eu rules. but for goods crossing the irish sea, they are checked on arrival in northern ireland, effectively creating a border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. this is in order to keep open its border with the republic. the democratic unionist party says this cuts northern ireland off from the rest of the uk, and for two years they ve refused to share power at stormont until a different solution is