the un warns that global food shortages and mass hunger in poorer countries could follow russia s invasion of ukraine. soul legend diana ross, queen and duran duran are among the star studded line up for the queen s platinum jubilee concert. and, we will meet the couple who have won £181; million on the euro millions lottery. britain s biggest ever lottery win. they go public with a press conference in just over half an hour. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next april. charities say they want benefits to increase now to help people. last night the chancellor rushi sunak warned the next few months will tough, as he spoke to business leaders. inflation to business leaders. in the uk has hit a a0 year inflation in the uk has hit a a0 year high of 9%. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thank you. high
As part of the findings of the birth trauma inquiry. Its calling for an overhaul of the britains maternity and Postnatal Care after finding poor care is all too frequently tolerated as normal. Our correspondent Louisa Pilbeam reports. She was left needing a stoma bag after mistakes in her maternity care. She spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year. I ended up with a fourth degree tear and a rectovaginal fistula. I had a missed abscess, as well which burst. None of this was diagnosed till five days after the baby was born. Gill is not alone. The First Uk Inquiry Into Birth Trauma has heard what it calls harrowing evidence from more than 1,000 women. Some women said they were left in blood soaked sheets on Maternity Wards without help, evidence was given about babies who were injured during birth, and many women said they werent listened to. Birth trauma is thought to affect 30,000 women a year in the uk a term which refers to negative birth experiences, such as serious blood loss and e
And that tells you the world cup could be a big bonanza for businesses, coming at an opportune time when indians have already begun losening the Purse Strings ahead of the big festive season. Even Online Food Delivery companies and streaming apps could benefit substantially, as millions tune in, with their food and drink to watch the matches. Some reports even suggest that disney, the official media partner, has tied up with as many as 20 brands for Sponsorship Deals across online and tv platforms. This is clearly notjust a game, notjust religion, but a big, big money spender. To new york, where the trial of crypto giant Samuel Benjamin Bankman Fried is under way. Prosecutors and his defence team both made their Opening Statements to jurors in was expected to be a six week long trial. Our north American Business correspondent erin delmore reports. The prosecution and defence offered the newly selected Jury Duelling Narratives that are set to define this trial, asking them to decide whe
Englands nationwide lockdown will end on the 2nd of december. The regulations expire on that date, and the Prime Minister will be making a statement tomorrow and setting out further plans, but we will be going back into a more localised approach, a tiered system, which i think is enormously welcome. The new tiers will be tougher than before and more areas will be in higher levels. The government says its to keep the gains made in lockdown. But 70 of borisjohnsons own mps have already written to tell him they wont vote for the system unless he can show it will save more lives from covid than it costs in other ways. Maybe they want to re evaluate the effects of some of the tiers, but they also need to look at the balance of the whole approach and see what the tiered approach means actually banning. And labour says it needs to see the detail. We really expect government needs to have learned from what has happened previously, all the problems we have had previously. We did not have a clea
In the autumn nations cup. Have already tragically lost their jobs, with forecasts of more to come. And a usjudge has dismissed president trumps latest challenge. And coming up injust a moment, everything and with a 3 to win away good evening. Families will be allowed to celebrate christmas together to fulham. And it is now time for in what the government is calling a limited and cautious way, it confirmed this afternoon. The Prime Minister and the leaders of the devolved nations sportsday. Are finalising the details of a joint approach allowing different households to travel and meet but how many, and for how long is still being discussed. A very warm welcome. Our headlines england is still to emerge from lockdown on december 2nd, and will then face a tougher tiered system of restrictions. Heres our deputy Political Editor vicki young. Christmas cheer, but not too much. The Prime Minister has warned us that the Festive Season wont be normal. But across the four nations of the uk, they