Also coming up in half an hour on bbc london. The mother of a seven year old who died after being electrocuted by faulty wiring at a Pub Near Romford is calling for stricter regulations. And coming up on bbc news. Paris Saint Germain agree a deal to sell brazil forward neymar to Saudi Pro League side al hilal for a fee understood to be over £77 million. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Two thirds of nhs cancer waiting time targets are expected to be scrapped in england in a move the Health Service says is designed to catch the disease earlier. Its thought that the nine current targets will be reduced to three. The proposals have been worked on by clinicians and have been out for consultation since last year. Some Cancer Charities, though, say more investment is needed in treatment capacity. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has the details. Nhs england says it wants to simplify and update cancer Waiting Time Standards following the advice of expert doctors. The
Staying with cricket, the former england fast bowler steven finn has retired from professional cricket at the age of 34. It brings an end to an 18 year career in which in took 125 wickets in 36 test appearances between 2010 and 2016. He won three ashes series in that time. He hasnt featured in red ball cricket for over a year after suffering a knee injury. Finn says hes been fighting a battle with his body for the last 12 months. Theres been another coup for the Saudi Pro League. Brazilian star neymar is leaving Paris Saint Germain to join alhilal. The fee is understood to be around 90m euros, plus add ons. The two year deal is subject to the 31 year old completing a medical and all the necessary paperwork. It comes after it became clear neymar was not part of new coach luis enrique 5 plans for the new season at psg. Solves a problem for psg because i dont think they really wanted name are there any more. Also it is good news for the Saudi Pro League because amongst a number of start n
the following images disturbing. it happened during the distribution of charity for ramadan. this is video footage from almasirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group, which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by various news agencies and it purports to show the incident in the the city. it s an apparent crush of people, many of whom look to be in distress. our correspondent simonjones joins us from the newsroom. what more can you tell us? ? what more can you tell us? hundreds of people had gathered at a school where they were handing out aid, they were being given the equivalent of $9 each, but so many people arrived that houthi rebels in charge in the city started firing into the air to try to control the crowd. eyewitnesses say one of the bullets hit an electrical cable, that caused an explosion, that led to panic, led to a stampede, led to a crush. we know that dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more have been taken to hospital, some of those in
we start here in the uk where investors are now betting the cost of borrowing will have to keep rising because inflation remains stubbornly high. that s despite a pledge by the government to bring it down, and a barrage of interest rate rises by the bank of england attempting to get it under control. just a few weeks ago, we were assuming that after 11 increases in a row, the bank would not have to raise rates much further. but on wednesday, there was a major rethink on financial markets, which are now pricing in three more rises this year, with rates hitting 5%. here s why. prices in the uk are still rising much too fast, with inflation at 10.1% in the year to march. that s a bit less than the 10.4% recorded in in february, but was still much higher than expected. economists were predicting inflation would fall into single figures. one of the biggest factors the soaring cost of food and drink. it s up over 19% in the past year. it s the fastest rise in 45 years accordi
exclusively with bbc news shows that growth is being driven by minority ethnic workers. the number of ethnic minority people in insecure work increased by 132% between 2011 and 2022. by comparison, for white workers this number went up byjust 9.5%. the tuc says this is structural racism in action. so, i ve been given a minute to accept the order. but some feel this kind of work is ideal for their lifestyle. 19 year old tahir delivers for takeaway apps in stevenage. if the weather is good enough he works until 1am every day including weekends. i like the flexibility, i get to meet new people and basically that s it. the downsides are there isn t a fixed income so sometimes it might be busy, sometimes it may not be busy, you never know, you just leave home and you hope for the best every day. sociologist professor grimshaw says