in their latest t20 match fresh hope for the world s largest colony of gannets off the east coast of scotland after thousands died last year from bird flu. good morning. we have some heavy and persistent rain coming into northern ireland as we go through today and then later into western scotland. a few scattered showers around but for many we will have a dry day with some sunshine, especially in the south and east. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it is thursdayjuly the 6th. our main story. the bosses of the four biggest banking groups are meeting the financial watchdog today to discuss concerns that interest rates on savings accounts aren t increasing as quickly as those for mortgages. the banks have denied accusations from mps that they ve been profiteering. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. bank customers are feeling the pressure charged lots to borrow money, but given very little reward to save it. so today,
Yes, its a bit more than three bear and three meals at the end of the game, certainly a and three meals at the end of the game, certainlya big and three meals at the end of the game, certainly a big transition. Hello again. Even amidst one of the more contested title races in recent years, this has been a season when the Premier Leagues financial rules have provided a telling subplot. Everton, nottingham forest, and even though they werent in the top flight this time leicester, have all fallen foul of the regulations. Points deductions have been dished out to the first two, but after just one season of sanctions, could the profit and sustainability rules be on the way out . A majority of clubs today voted to pursue a new Financial Model called anchoring. Its more of a spending cap rather than a measure of a clubs losses, and, were it to be adopted, could come in the season after next. Our Sports Editor dan roan is at old trafford. Dan weve onlyjust got used to psr. Now we have anchori
I was charged with resisting the law and, following an express trial, i have paid a fine of 240 euros. Having paid that fine, we know the Spanish Police investigation has closed and Billy Vunipola is now free to fly back to the uk, and he is due back later today. What will now follow is an internal process at saracens and he will cooperate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconvenience he has caused during this incident. A meeting to discuss the introduction of a possible salary cap in the English Premier League has been taking place today with the aim of making the competition fairer. Its part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both Nottingham Forest and everton being deducted points this season. Top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the Television Revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. There is expected to be some opposition to the proposal. Luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football
Photograph of the prince and princess of wales as they celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary. Tampa sport and a round up from gabbing. England Rugby Union International Billy Vunipola has apologised and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. The bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar in the islands capital. Vunipola called it a misunderstanding and said there was no violence. Our sports news correspondent laura scott has more. We know that this incident involving Billy Vunipola happened at a club on majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. The number eight, who has played for england on 75 occasions, described what happened as an unfortunate misunderstanding that got out of hand. We know police were called to the club, we understand he was tasered and arrested, and he was later charged and appeared in court. However, he said in a Statement Released today that, contrary to media reports,
Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Meanwhile, there are reports that ukraine has launched Drone Attacks on a Military Airfield in the southern russi