act of brutality . his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking a beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different households was banned but the police have said there was no case to answer, because of an exemption to lockdown rules for reasonably necessary work . our political editor chris mason reports. april of last year, sir keir starmer s having a beer and a curry. was this in breach of the covid rules at the time? durham constabulary looked into it, and today said no. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined, but it was never about that. for me, it was a matter of principle. it shouldn t be controversia
is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed in person about an investigation into the mp s conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street s account of what happened ha
head of investment at interactive investor. what is going wrong? we are clearly saying that the consumer is slowing down. we are entering the golden quarter when typically we see a boost to spending in the run up to christmas, so perhaps a lot of consumers are hunkering down, saving ahead of that expensive period in the run up to december. haw ahead of that expensive period in the run-up to december. how much was it about the weather? the run-up to december. how much was it about the weather? the the run-up to december. how much was it about the weather? the wet it about the weather? the wet weather in it about the weather? the wet weather in the it about the weather? the wet weather in the second - it about the weather? the wet weather in the second half- it about the weather? the wet weather in the second half of. it about the weather? the wet i weather in the second half of the month did affect footfall, but still retail sales were down by now .3%, which is the m
it is an expensive thing to do. a lot of people when they lost their jobs, theirjob would be quite the same as it was, and there is an opportunity to really think about jobs for tomorrow. opportunity to really think about jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disru tion jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in a jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid disruption resulted in a decrease | jobs for tomorrow. overall, covid l disruption resulted in a decrease of less than 10% of carbon emissions, and it isn t yet known how much of thatis and it isn t yet known how much of that is due to an increase in working from home. but scientists are continuing to work to establish what role it could play going forward. emma calder, bbc news. coming up in the next hour with joanna gosling, she will be talking to our
addition, access to $6 billion in iranian assets in south korea which we believe transferred to count in qatar to be used for humanitarian purposes so five 45 as well as frozen iranian assets. it will take a long time to implement it but the first step was taken with the transfer of five iranian americans from evin prison to house arrest, we believe in the iranian] run, under guard, untilthat believe in the iranian] run, under guard, until that money goes to south korea and is posited in an account in the central bank of qatar. some of the dta needs central bank of qatar. some of the dta needs we central bank of qatar. some of the dta needs we are - central bank of qatar. some of the dta needs we are aware i central bank of qatar. some of| the dta needs we are aware of, they have been a for years. do we know why this deal is now taking place? we know why this deal is now taking place? some would say, wh has taking place? some would say, why has it taking place? some would say,