businesses will be cut by about half their expected levels as the government steps in with a multi billion pound support package to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits but - to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits but are i to try to keep them afloat. there i are some welcome bits but are not really are some welcome bits but are not really unclear and until i get my final really unclear and until i get my final bill really unclear and until i get my final bill and final quote and i know final bill and final quote and i know what it will be, i can t relax. the father know what it will be, i can t relax. the father of 14 year old molly russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content online, tells an inquest how shocked he was after she died to discover the hideous material she had been looking at. donald trump and thre
and treasury ministers discuss the challenges facing the national health service. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. you are watching bbc news.. now it s time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: non league wrexham score four at coventry knocking out the championship side championships strugglers blackpool hit nottingham forest for four as the premier league team are knocked out a first half hattrick helps newcastle falcons beat the champions leicester in rugby union s premiership and also
scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned a very warm welcome to the programme. a very warm welcome to the programme. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned the uk government for blocking a piece of legislation passed in holyrood, saying it was a full frontal attack on its parliament. the measure had aimed to make it quicker and easier for trans people to change gender. but the scottish secretary, alisterjack, said allowing the bill to proceed would have a significant impact on equality laws across great britain. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the uk, and with a rule book. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk. i
as inflation continues to leave us worse off, we speak with the businesses struggling with rising costs and recruitment. how andy s conjured some of that old murray magic in his opening match of the australian open. good morning. once again it is a cold and frosty start. the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but for many it will be dry with winter sunshine. however, there is snow in the forecast. i will tell you where later. people say, television in the morning? that s disgusting. a disgusting idea! what is happening in this country? people even used the word immoral. but we re still here a0 years later! we re celebrating a special birthday on the programme this morning, good morning. it s tuesday, the 17th january. the metropolitan police force is investigating a thousand allegations of abuse involving around 800 of its officers. it comes after pc david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including dozens of rapes the worst ever case of a serving police officer. met
a nightclub in birmingham on monday. one man was arrested in birmingham, the other in london. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. and it s been a big year with a bit of everything for sports fans from france s win at the rugby six nations to lionel messi lifting the world cup with argentina. here in the uk, england s women won football s european championship and birmingham hosted the commonwealth games. adam wild looks back now on the year in sport. even before 2022 began, this looked an extraordinary year. a sporting calendar still catching up, rebuilt and rescheduled after being ravaged by covid. but as the new year began, the australian open reopened the debate. he shouldn t be allowed to come. it s his choice not to be vaccinated, which is fine. and it s, ithink, the government here has made the choice that, you know, you should be vaccinated. i support the freedom of choice. and nowak is the symbol of freedom of choice at this particu