the presenter what next? here is the news from bethan holmes. the bbc director general tim davie is to face questions for the first time since an unnamed bbc presenter was accused by the sun newspaper of paying tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager for explicit photos. mr davie will answer questions at the unveiling of the corporation s yearly report. a lawyer representing the now 20 year old at the centre of the story says the allegations are rubbish but the sun says it s seen evidence to back the claims made by the young person s mum. mortgage costs have hit their highest level for 15 years after the rate on a twp year fixed deal surpassed the peak in the aftermath of the mini budget. the average rate on such a deal is now over 6.6% a level not seen since august 2008 and the financial crisis. mps are to vote on changes to the illegal migration bill. amendments put forward by ministers include limits on the detention of unaccompanied children who will be gr
all eyes have been on the delaware courtroom where fox news trial was slated to begin today, this very monday. the jury had been chosen the judge had set today for this actual trial to begin. but if you can see where i m going with this, the trial did not begin today. in a last-minute development that has been noticed everywhere from washington, d.c., where so many politicians have a symbiotic relation with fox to fox headquarters in midtown manhattan, they re noticing the big news i have for you right now in the biggest case about the lies that led us into the insurrection the judge has delayed this for at least a day and that may sound like a small scheduling matter until you hear why. this day, this pause right now tonight that we re living through is one last legal chance for fox to fold, to settle what could be a very costly case, to try to quietly lose rather than potentially loudly lose before the trial actually begins. and when a trial like this begins, as you may kno
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profits. if they were hit with by, say, a jury trial, a billion five, that would be, john, one of the most significant corporate punishments in the broadcast space we ve ever seen. it could be worse as you know, as a libel lawyer, this is a per se libel case, meaning you don t have the prove damages. and the jury can decide to wipe them off the map, and that would be extraordinary but consider the evidence that we have here that you don t get in libel cases consider the summary judgment decisions you get from the court that you don t get in libel cases that then go to trial. and it feels to me like the lawyers responsibly went to their client and said, you know, we re just heading for, we re going run right into a wall here, and there is not going to be anything levity and i would guess that dominion said today nice to hear from
slapped her again, and she said, this was the beginning of what was the violence over a long period winona forever. it ended with the divorce and her asking for a restraining order against him. t5 restraining order against him. is there a difference, in terms of how there a difference, in terms of how the courts in the united states, or in that state, treat libel, publication of this kind, as compared to he would ve been treated in the english courts? ber compared to he would ve been treated in the english courts? in the english courts? ask any libel la er in in the english courts? ask any libel lawyer in the in the english courts? ask any libel lawyer in the world in the english courts? ask any libel lawyer in the world and in the english courts? ask any libel lawyer in the world and say, - in the english courts? ask any libel lawyer in the world and say, where | lawyer in the world and say, where would you rather bring a libel case, written or america, they would say britai