Begins, cheltenham roar, is the festival begins, kicking off four days of racing. Begins, kicking off four days of racing, culminating in the gold cup on friday on friday. Good morning. A fairly on friday. Good morning. A fairly cloudy day for most of us today. Patchy light rain in the north. Heavy rain in the south. The temperature continues to climb in the next few days. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its tuesday, 12th march. A long awaited report into Veterinary Services will be published this morning, after concerns pet owners are facing expensive bills when paying for treatments. The Competition And Markets Authority launched the review last year, and has previously said that fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. Nina has the details. Good morning. Are you paying too much to care for your furry friend . Why have vet costs been rising faster than general inflation . Are you getting a fair deal when it comes to costing
Force earlier on today. Well, force earlier on today. Well, the other main news today is that the government has suffered a defeat, a third defeat, indeed to its flagship immigration policy , the rwanda bill in the policy, the rwanda bill in the house of lords this evening. Peers voted by 277 votes to 167, in favour of a monitoring mechanism which would ensure safeguards in the bill will be fully implemented. If youre fully implemented. If youre watching us on tv , you can see watching us on tv, you can see these live pictures coming to us from the upper chamber. Now there is, we believe, another session this evening where therell be a vote possibly two more votes, and it comes a day after two earlier defeats where the lords backed motions making sure the bill is fully compliant with the law. Those actually were earlier on today. So far, nearly 50 amendments have been put forward to the this bill, put forward to the on this bill, with more being voted as i with more being voted on. As
I as well as ever, we want to get your reactions. What do you think about George Galloway taking his seat in the house of commons . Is this a sectarianism . A victory for sectarianism . Robert galloway is turning robert says galloway is turning our parliament into a sectarian battlefield. The only good thing battlefield. The only good thing with him is that he will rock starmers boat. But christopher starmers boat. But christopher says how dare the unelected sunak slam the democratic nature of mandate, rather of rochdale . Of mandate, rather of rochdale . He has no idea how much hes resented for being an unelected pm, and marianne says when a by election is won on a foreign and sectarian issue and not because of the needs of the people of rochdale, it is indeed a dark day in politics, and we always want to get your point of view. We are the peoples channel and as you know, we go out. Ive done over 45 videos. Its out, around the country with live audiences , and i with live audiences, a
Daughter and the rape victims of her killer due to a toxic culture of misogyny and corruption. 51 year old serial corruption. 51 year old serial rapist ian parker was jailed for life today with a minimum tum to serve of 36 years for murdering the 27 year old in scotland, 19 years ago. Parker was also found years ago. Parker was also found guilty of a series of rapes and assaults on other women committed over two decades. Emmas family is calling for a judicial Public Inquiry into how the offender s crimes were handled after Police Scotland apologised for its failings dunng apologised for its failings during the investigation. A during the investigation. A major search and rescue operation was launched in the engush operation was launched in the English Channel this afternoon after the bodies of at least three suspected migrants were pulled from the water. Gb news filmed these pictures of an renee lifeboat rushing in bad weather to rescue the small boat, which itself had migrants on boar
are you waiting for the final cost of living payment? eight million households will receive just under £300 from today. but is it enough for those who need it most? i take a look. morning. today we have a band of heavy rain moving out of southern scotland and northern ireland across parts of england and wales, ahead of it cloudy, breezy and mild, behind it, pressure, a few wintry showers and not as windy. all of the details later. it s tuesday 6th february. king charles will step back from some of his royal duties as he begins his treatment for cancer. buckingham palace announced the king s diagnosis, and said while it s not prostate cancer, it was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. charities have praised the king s openness about his health. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. this was the last time we saw the king in public on sunday, going to church with queen camilla on the sandringham estate in norfolk. just 17 months into his