the grand slam in dublin against england on st patrick s day weekend. good morning, this weekend is shaping up to be a tale of two halves, today a case of sunny spells and scattered sharp showers but mild for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieterforjust that for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieter forjust that little bit cooler, all the details coming up shortly. it s saturday march 18th. our top story president biden has said vladimir putin has clearly committed war crimes after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president. the icc alleges he is responsible for criminal acts, and failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported from ukraine to russia. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. it helena wilkinson reports. is a war that he ordered that it is a war that he ordered, a war that brought death and devastation, a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it s one that has now le
there was about six, eight police officersl at the bottom of my bed. it has been very difficult. very, very difficult. barrow is a peninsula in south cumbria, a long way away from most other places. it is isolated, but because of that, it s a really strong and tight community. it did used to have a good name for itself with the shipbuilding, and then everything s disappearing in barrow. there s the bad areas, and there s good areas. it s a beautiful town. i ve made amazing mates here. i ve made an amazing life here. you will walk down the street, - and you will see someone you know. everyone knew each other, or if you didn t know each other, you d have heard of them. so when a story like this breaks, everybody s notjust got an opinion on it, everybody knows someone involved in it as well. in the spring of 2020, a 19 year old barrow girl called ellie williams published a harrowing facebook post that would send shockwaves through her community. they put lit petrol rags and thre
shares of mufg, mizuho and smfg were all down around 8% in trading. the nikkei exchange was down over 2% overall. here in europe, we ve seen credit suisse drop another 5% in early trading. on monday, major us banks lost around $90 billion in stock market value, bringing their loss since svb s collapse to nearly $190 billion. many are now speculating the federal reserve will pause its plans to keep raising interest rates, designed to tame inflation. we re nowjoined by greg swenson, who is an international investment banker and founding partner at brigg macadam. good to have you with us. let s pick up good to have you with us. let s pick up on that thought about rate because that progressive increase increase in interest rates has been one of the things cost for the collapse in svb. will the federal reserve be looking at this closely? i think the key word is maybe. goldman sachs came out yesterday suggesting that they would pause and not raise rates at the next meeting, but tha
Eleanor Williams, 23, falsely claimed she was raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, but was eventually caught out by her own lies
Eleanor Williams, 23, spent three years lying about being raped and trafficked, even smashing herself in the head with a hammer to sell the ruse, a shocking new BBC documentary reveals.