Morning what Water Companies can charge over the next five years. It could mean cuts to bills, and a demand to spend more on plugging leaks. Ben stokes is named bbc Sports Personality of the year. The all rounder capped off a brilliant, world cup winning year by picking up the main award in aberdeen. You have helped a lot of people. You have helped a lot of peopleli do hope so. Dont hope so, you have. We continue to follow terrences incredible story. He touched all our hearts last week after coming on breakfast to talk about spending 20 christmases on his own. Might makea might make a frosty start with the risk of ice in the northern half of the uk. There is a lot of dry weather. Some showers in parts. More details in 50 minutes. Its monday the 16th of december. Our top story the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so
Lester. Oh, and it wasnt a happy mothers day in liverpool. Happy mothers day in liverpool. Get ready britain, here we go. A stark warning for the future of britain. Next. Of britain. Next. Patrick. Thank you and good evening. The top stories from evening. The top stories from the gb newsroom. Lee anderson says he would still have defected to the reform uk party, even if he hadnt been suspended from the conservatives. He became the partys first mp this morning after he lost the tory whip for claiming that islamists had got hold of the london mayor as recently as january. Mr anderson said it was not a proper Political Party. He now says reform will allow him to speak out on behalf of millions , speak out on behalf of millions, as Party Leader Richard Tice says reform would aim to build a red wall in traditionally conservative constituencies. Conservative constituencies. Im delighted to announce that i have found that champion of the red wall for reform uk. Hes also, coincidentally going
British home hit more than 3500 pounds a year last october. Two other news the princess of wales has apologised for an altered family photo released by Kensington Palace. Posting to Kensington Palace. Posting to social media, she admitted that like many amateur photographers, she occasionally experiments with editing and editing, adding she was sorry for any confusion it caused. The mothers day it caused. The mothers day image taken by the prince of wales was withdrawn by various global photo agencies after suspicions that a number of edits may have been made. King edits may have been made. King charles has thanked the public for their support in a video message to a service celebrating commonwealth day, the queen joined the prince of wales at Westminster Abbey for todays service. This years event drew on the theme of resilience against a backdrop of Health Worries within the family. Queen camilla also attended a reception at marlborough house in london, where she met south african dan
debt and getting financial regulations and co ordinate in the event of an economic shock. slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration handling of this challenging relationship to the two superpowers. planning to visit china again next year, second visit sincejuly. a major faultline between washington and beijing is the race to develop advanced semiconductors. chips power everything from smartphones to high end military equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. some countries, led by the us, have been trying to stem china s progress in the sector. this week, south korea and the netherlands, two key nodes in the global chip supply chain said they are partnering up. the announcement came during a state visit by the south korean president to netherlands. our two countries have decided to establish semiconductor alliance encompassing governments, businesses, and universities. the netherlands, the world s largest producer of semiconductor
to respond to local government debt and real estate troubles. another priority is to get financial regulators to work more closely together so they can co ordinate the event of an economic shock. janet yellen is slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration s handling of this challenging relationship between the world s two superpowers and she said she plans to visit china again and she said she plans to visit china again next year, her second visit since july. china industrial output grew 6%, faster than the 4.6% gain in october. retail sales also grew but missed forecast chinese consumers have been reluctant to spend amid a deepening crisis in the country s property sector and economic slowdown. a majorfault line between washington and beijing is the race to develop semiconductors. chips power everything from smartphones to military highend equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. south korea and the netherlands two keynotes south