punishments for knife crime after his cousin is stabbed to death in manchester. and it s going to be gold for great britain and northern ireland. more golds for great britain as the european championships draw to a close. good evening. dock workers at felixstowe, britain s largest container port, have gone on strike, bringing operations to a halt. there are warnings it may cause serious disruption to supply chains providing everything from fresh food to household goods, clothing and parts for the car industry. almost 2000 workers are taking part in eight days of action. their union, unite, has rejected a pay offer of 7% plus a one off payment of £500, saying it is significantly below inflation . the port authority insists it s a fair deal. almost half of britain s container goods pass through the port in suffolk. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. what do we want? 10%! the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making su
targeting hindus, in india administered kashmir. amid a mounting military threat from north korea, the bbc gains rare access to the american and south korean joint operations centre designed to fend off any attack. welcome to the programme. it s ”pm in london and 6am here in singapore, where the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people, and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal the section and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. well, to discuss this further, i m now
china has fired missiles near taiwan in a show of force against nancy pelosi s visit to the island. and the bank of england makes its biggest rise in interest rates for nearly thirty years while saying the uk s headed, for recession. a court in moscow has sentenced the us basketball player, brittney griner, to nine years in prison on charges of drug smuggling. she was also fined $16 thousand. here s ms griner arriving at the court for the sentencing. the olympic gold medallist was detained in february at an airport near moscow when cannabis oil vape cartridges were found in her luggage. here s what she said after both sides presented closing arguments. i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn t end my life. brittny griners s lawyers spoke to reporters after the sentencing. we feel disappointment. you know, when we saw britney, i think it was tuesday and we were told we will see you on thursday. and she said, see you on doomsday. so it looks like
A journalist who has investigated the uk Blood Scandal for her book, the poison line. And Blood Scandal victim stephen smith, who contracted hepatitis c from a contaminated Blood Transfusion when he was 22. He told me how the issues began after he had a Blood Transfusion in 1985 after losing four pints of blood when he accidentally put his foot through a glass door. I had a Blood Transfusion fuor Blood Transfusions in total and i would say probably six months after that. So probably 1986, i started some notice that my mood was changing and i was getting very lethargic. Did do sport back in the day. So ijust thought you might be sport that made me tired. So i didnt realise. And it went on for 36 years until i did find out which as a hell of a shock. Well, thats an incredible amount of time to wait before you found out what went wrong. Could you describe the moment you were told . I used to live in essex and i moved four years ago whilst i was in essex, having in and out. Always in conve