Establish the cause. The pm says he plans to pay for cuts to National Insurance contributions by kerbing the benefits budget. Rishi sunak told the sunday times that hes concerned by forecasts which show welfare spending is set to rise by more than £100 billion a year until 20 2829. Mr sunak said 2. 5 million working age people have been signed off as unfit to work currently, and he says , quote, currently, and he says, quote, that just doesnt strike me as a system thats working properly. System thats working properly. He insists hell end National Insurance contributions if he wins the next general election. Wins the next general election. Well, the uk was involved in a joint operation overnight which saw dozens of drones downed in the red sea. Defence secretary grant shapps confirming that hms richmond shot down two of those drones, repelling an attack by iranian backed houthis. The us says in total , Coalition Forces says in total, Coalition Forces hit 28 unmanned aerial vehicles. In
Order disturbance, but six people were arrested and one man was later de arrested. The was later de arrested. The ministry of defence has confirmed reports of a fire on board its flagship aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, this morning. The Royal Navy Vesselis this morning. The Royal Navy Vessel is currently docked at glen mallan in scotland. The mod said the fire was quickly brought under control and there are no reported injuries. No ordnance was involved in the incident. Theyre now working incident. Theyre now working with scottish fire and rescue to establish the cause. The pm says establish the cause. The pm says he plans to pay for cuts to National Insurance contributions by kerbing the benefits budget. Rishi sunak told the sunday times that hes concerned by forecasts which show welfare spending is set to rise by more than £100 billion a year until 20 2829. Mr sunak said 2. 5 million working age people have been signed off as unfit to work currently, and he says , quote, cur
Ordnance was involved in the incident. Theyre now working incident. Theyre now working with scottish fire and rescue to establish the cause. The pm says establish the cause. The pm says he plans to pay for cuts to National Insurance contributions by kerbing the benefits budget. Rishi sunak told the sunday times that hes concerned by forecasts which show welfare spending is set to rise by more than £100 billion a year until 20 2829. Mr sunak said 2. 5 million working age people have been signed off as unfit to work currently, and he says , quote, currently, and he says, quote, that just doesnt strike me as a system thats working properly. System thats working properly. He insists hell end National Insurance contributions if he wins the next general election. Wins the next general election. Well, the uk was involved in a joint operation overnight which saw dozens of drones downed in the red sea. Defence secretary grant shapps confirming that hms richmond shot down two of those drones, r
earlier in the week. the tesla founder elon musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had funding secured to take the electric car maker back into private ownership. the former sex pistols frontman, john lydon, has failed in his attempt to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest. he d hoped his song hawaii would give him the chance to raise the issue of his wife s alzheimer s disease, but his band public image limited came fourth out of six acts. from dublin, daniel rosney reports. ladies and gentlemen, it s the late, late show. eurosong, 2023. welcome. john lydon s song was a tribute to his wife nora, who lives with a form of dementia. # remember me. # i rememberyou. and you ve been together many years. yeah, nearly 45 now. 45 and she s not so well. yeah, she, unfortunately, got alzheimer s. - and so this song from an idea from the fabulous lou here i we pieced together to try and tell the story as genuinely and real. as we possibly
written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f