Next. Good evening. At a minute after nine, im Polly Middlehurst. Well, our top story middlehurst. Well, our top story today is the government has suffered a string of defeats to its flagship immigration policy. The rwanda bill in the house of lords tonight peers have been voting variously in favour of monitoring mechanisms which would ensure safeguards in the bill would be fully implemented , bill would be fully implemented, and making sure the bill is fully compliant with international and domestic law. Nearly 50 amendments were put forward , with more being voted forward, with more being voted on wednesday. Well, the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, previously warned the lords against frustrating the will of the people by hampering the passage of safety of rwanda passage of his safety of rwanda bill. Meanwhile, a record 385 migrants crossed the English Channel today. Thats the largest number on a single day this year. Gb largest number on a single day this year. Gb news understands a se
Go. Are your loved ones being cared for by a foreign con artist. Next. Good evening. At a minute after nine, im Polly Middlehurst. Well, our top story middlehurst. Well, our top story today is the government has suffered a string of defeats to its flagship immigration policy. The rwanda bill in the house of lords tonight peers have been voting variously in favour of monitoring mechanisms which would ensure safeguards in the bill would be fully implemented , bill would be fully implemented, and making sure the bill is fully compliant with international and domestic law. Nearly 50 amendments were put forward , with more being voted forward, with more being voted on wednesday. Well, the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, previously warned the lords against frustrating the will of the people by hampering the passage of safety of rwanda passage of his safety of rwanda bill. Meanwhile, a record 385 migrants crossed the English Channel today. Thats the largest number on a single day this year. Gb l
Are you an extremist . Next. Are you an extremist . Next. Im Polly Middlehurst and the top story in the gb newsroom tonight i at 9 01, Birmingham City council has approved a wave of budget cuts that have been described as a devastating double whammy of tax cuts and fewer public services. The fewer public services. The labour Led Authority is planning a 21 increase in council tax over two years, and £300 million worth of cuts to public services. Council leader john cotton, unrwa , vividly apologised to the unrwa, vividly apologised to the citys residents , blaming tory citys residents, blaming tory austero , 80, birminghams austero, 80, birminghams conservative leader, said though the cuts will mean streets arent clean and broken, street lights arent repaired and jeremy hunt is expected to ask councils to cut wasteful spending on equality and diversity programmes as he announces britains budget tomorrow. Its being suggested tomorrow. Its being suggested he could announce a £0. 02 in t
do you think thatjourney of yours affects the way you use the role of bishop? i hope it does in the sense that i can only operate from being me and being me is covered with where i m coming from and certainly the journey that i have been on. so it will be veryjamaican. are you instinctively a champion of the underdog? passionately so, but i must say that it is wrapped up with the gospel because it is there that i am learning, that i have learned ofjesus s his passion for those who are the underdogs, for those who are, you know, the last, the least, and the lost. and i don t see how i can but be the same as a disciple of christ. interesting you say that, because i m also very aware that we are sitting right next to one of the finest cathedrals in england in a sense, a symbol of the power of the anglican church in this country. other symbols would include the fact that at the king s coronation, we saw that the relationship between church and state is so very intertwined in
included prayers and a funfair at a local park. and time now for ten seconds of chimpanzee cuteness. this is the moment vanilla sees the outdoors for the first time after 28 years in a medicine lab. thankfully, she is now at her animal sanctuary home. you are all caught up now. see you later. voiceover: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. today, i m in canterbury, a place of christian pilgrimage for centuries, steeped in the history of the church of england. the c of e is woven into the fabric of the english establishment. but church leaders have become fierce critics of government policy. the anglican church is also a worldwide faith, but it is beset by divisions between progressives and conservatives. my guest today is the first black female bishop in the church of england, rose hudson wilkin. is her church in danger of breaking apart?