another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying she ll stand down in less than three weeks time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits from the crown estate to be used for the wider public good rather than for the royal family. the government has released details of projects which will benefit from its levelling up fund, which is intended to spread economic growth more widely across the uk. in all, £2.1 billion will be spent on regeneration projects. they span more than a hundred areas across the country. some of the biggest winners include a new eden project at morecambe bay which gets £50 million. there s 50 million pounds for
the father of an aristocrat who s gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down she says she doesn t have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the government s key policies the idea of spreading public money more evenly across the uk. well, today ministers have announced more than £2 billion worth of projects acoss the country. they say the north of england and wales will do best, per head of population. but labour claim the system for allocating money is unfair. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart blackpool, one area that was a winner in today s levelling up allocation announcement, with £40 million for a new education campus. levelli
clear, what are the, what is a sobering grand? clear, what are the, what is a sobering grand? the crown estate comrises sobering grand? the crown estate comprises huge sobering grand? the crown estate comprises huge swathes - sobering grand? the crown estate comprises huge swathes of- sobering grand? the crown estate comprises huge swathes of land . sobering grand? the crown estate j comprises huge swathes of land in the uk and in this case, crucially, the uk and in this case, crucially, the sea bed of parts of the uk coast. in orderfor the the sea bed of parts of the uk coast. in order for the sovereign grant, that being the amount of tax payer funding that is given to cover the running costs of working members of the royal family and also palace refurbishments, the upkeep of palaces, so 25% of the profits from the crown estate currently go towards making up the sovereign grant and that makes any sense? if you can imagine these six leases for these wind farms are generated to fees
king charles has asked that a surge in crown estate profits as a result of deals for six offshore wind farms be kept by the treasury for the wider public good . the sovereign grant, which pays for the costs of working royals, is based on a quarter of crown estate profits but king charles is proposing to reduce that proportion. (read 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell explains. in order for the sovereign grant, that being the amount of tax payer funding that is given to cover the running costs of working members of the royal family and also palace refurbishments, the upkeep of palaces, so 25% of the profits from the crown estate currently go towards making up the sovereign grant if that makes any sense? if you can imagine, these six leases for these wind farms are generated to fees of billions per year so that would be a huge upsurge in their profits, which would mean a huge upsurge in the sovereign grant. so, the detail today is that buckingham palace has made it clear