sexual misconduct. seven women have accused tim westwood of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour, abusing his position in the music business. he denies the allegations. he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking my leg and touching my face. running his hands in my hair, like, what are you doing? like, stop touching me. yet more trouble for p&0. european causeway ferry arrives back in port after more than an hour adrift in the irish sea. hundreds lined the streets for the funeral of harry billenge, the d day veteran who raised tens of thousands for the british normandy memorial. and coming up, a huge evening ahead, manchester city prepare for their champions league semifinal, real madrid the opponents, can i get the upper hand? can they get the upper hand? can they get the upper hand? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, we are alive in the ukrainian capital. as the war rages on into its third month, the united nations secretary general is trying to s
on a medal, but a strong field awaits in the 1,500 metres at the world athletics, in budapest later. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. two children and their teacher remain trapped in a cable car that is dangling precariously almost 1,000 feet above a ravine in pakistan. they were on their way to school in a remote mountainous region in the north of the country when a cable snapped. five children have been rescued by the military in a difficult operation, but it s dark there now, and the helicopters can t fly again until the morning. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the latest. hanging over a perilous drop, was just a rope to safety. as an army helicopter hovers over the cable car, a leap, then swept away to safety, as the crowd cheers. this was the moment many hoped for, the first rescue after hours. makeshift cable cars are common in the rural mountains of pakistan, taking minutes over ravines while roads take hours. children were on their way
hello there, welcome to newcastle, on the dayjeremy hunt delivered his budget, in what is almost certainly, a general election year. we re on the city s iconic quayside overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and we ve been gauging reaction, to the chancellor s plans. among today s annoucements, the government is to cut national insurance, by 2p in the pound for employees and the self employed. full child benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent, is getting up to £60,000. the current limit is £50,000. and, the non dom tax regime, for uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be replaced with new rules, from april next year. well, the office for budget responsibility, says the average tax payer, is going to pay more in the coming years. it predicts 37 pence of every pound will go in tax by 2029, which would be the highest level since 1948. while the government says public spending on some services
here tonight that the uk is stopping free trade negotiations with canada. it s a row over cars and cheese. i ll bring you the details in the next ten minutes. and, a last look at mars as nasa s ingenuity craft takes its final flight on the planet. and on newsnight at 10.30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. the families of three people stabbed to death in nottingham last summer have expressed their fury at the way police and prosecutors have handled the case, saying true justice has not been served . the relatives of 65 year old ian coates, and university students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, who were both 19, were speaking after the sentencing of their killer, valdo calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic. he will be detained indefinitely in a high security hospital, after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished r
hello. these two resignations just announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i havejust been announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i have just been sent the letter of resignation sent by lea anderson and also brendan clarke smith, both deputy chairman of the conservative party, and i must admit, i have not yet read it. and the argument they are making and have been making for the last 2a hours or so is that they think it is right to back some proposed changes to the government s plan as far as rwanda and asylum seekers are concerned. this idea of sending some asylum seekers to east africa. a concern from them and some of their conservative colleagues that the government s latest attempt to make this policy work isn t strong enough, therefore in their view is likely to fail. here is an idea. i will read the resignation letter that they have sent while i bring you the story of the afternoon. this is kigali, the capital of rwanda in east africa. i was there before ch