more evidence that wages are failing to keep pace with the cost of living earnings are down 1.2% from last year when adjusted for inflation, their biggest fall since 2013. a woman convicted of killing a one year old boy she was hoping to adopt. her lawyersaid one year old boy she was hoping to adopt. her lawyer said she lost it over his crying. wayne rooney tells a libel trial that the fa wanted rebekah vardy to calm down during the european championships six years ago. the queen has made a surprise visit to the new london elizabeth line ahead of its opening next week. welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland known as the protocol. she told parliament that britain would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu, but failing that, it would pass a law to change the protocol to make trade easier in an attempt to encourage
our own constituencies what families are facing. this is an emergency for millions of people. a windfall tax could make a difference. no, i won t. use this opportunity to tell the chancellor to act. it is the right thing to do. it s the fair thing to do. the case is unanswerable. and if they do not, they will have to explain to their constituents why they refuse to support the help that could make a difference now. i urge members to vote for our amendment tonight to help tackle the social emergency our country is facing. and there was support for a windfall tax from the conservative mp and former minister robert halfon. the oil companies are not passing the cuts to the pumps. they don t reduce the price. they take ages to reduce the prices when the international oil price falls. the oil bosses are earning multi million pound - salaries and getting multi million pound bonuses. they are, in essence, -