Chris gard and connie yates wanted 10 month old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, to undergo a Therapy Trial in america. The governor of the Bank Of England has issued a warning about the amount of money banks are lending to us. It comes as Consumer Borrowing reaches its highest level since 2005. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well be speaking to a Cyber Security expert about the latest major cyber attack targeting ukraines National Bank and its largest airport. Its been fifty years since the first atm opened in the uk well be looking at how far the technology has come since then. And at seven welljoin katty kay and Christian Fraser in 100 days plus, for more on what the us says is the compelling evidence that president assad is preparing a chemical attack. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Damian Johnson with our ma
Cassettes as well . No nana, itsjust cds. Why, do you have cassettes . No. The bafta winner played nana in the royle family. One of her co stars, the actress suejohnston, said she was devastated at her passing. In halfan in half an hour, reporters takes a look at the bbcs bestjournalism from the last year, including an exclusive report on chinese militarisation of International Waters. Some Breaking Newsjust in. The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams has died, aged 96. His tale about a family of rabbits was a bestseller and also became a celebrated film. A statement from his family said he died on christmas eve. They posted a quote from the book on the Watership Down website which read it seemed to hazel he would not be needing his body any more. Nick higham looks back at his life. They seem sad, like trees in november. It became a worldwide bestseller and animated film and made its creator a millionaire. Not bad for a story about Intrepid Rabbits originally devised by a Civil Ser
Rail companies franchises according to mps on the transport committee. Their report criticises Whitehall Forfailing to hold Rail Companies to account. The government says its already implementing many of the mps recommendations. Heres our Business Correspondent joe lynam. If youre a regular train user, youll know all about the disruption at southern rail, the above inflation ticket rises and carriages bursting at peak times. How do you feel about rail franchises, though . I live in halifax so i always get the Northern Line to manchester or to leeds and its always late. Theres, like, two carriages for a million people. Its very expensive, thats why i dont normally use them because i can drive much cheaper. I think there should still be franchising but it needs more regulations in place to punish the train companies. I tend to travel on virgin, i tend to prefer them over the other ones. They tend to be very reliable. The Transport Select Committee which oversees the government says that
Rail companies franchises according to mps on the transport committee. Their report criticises Whitehall Forfailing to hold Rail Companies to account. The government says its already implementing many of the mps recommendations. Heres our Business Correspondent joe lynam. If youre a regular train user, youll know all about the disruption at southern rail, the above inflation ticket rises and carriages bursting at peak times. How do you feel about rail franchises, though . I live in halifax so i always get the Northern Line to manchester or to leeds and its always late. Theres, like, two carriages for a million people. Its very expensive, thats why i dont normally use them because i can drive much cheaper. I think there should still be franchising but it needs more regulations in place to punish the train companies. I tend to travel on virgin, i tend to prefer them over the other ones. They tend to be very reliable. The Transport Select Committee which oversees the government says that
Is deepening this hour. It all began when a minister in president erdogans government was blocked from addressing a rally in rotterdam. That prompted mr erdogan to describe the dutch government, led by mark rutte, as nazi remna nts. A second Turkish Minister has now been stopped from entering the netherlands, and in ankara, the dutch ambassador has been told he isnt welcome. Mark lowen reports. They love his nationalism, his bluntness, his standing up to the west, and today Recep Tayyip Erdogan doled it out. After his Foreign Minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands, president erdogan hit back at the dutch, his diplomacy typically undiplomatic. Translation they dont know anything about politics or international diplomacy. They are very nervous and cowards. They are nazi remnants, they are fascists. The Foreign Minister had wanted to rally turkish voters in the netherlands before a referendum on boosting mr erdogans powers. But with the dutch election next week, the governme