things did suddenly pick up and kick in from last thursday when the sun reported it, but when you look at the timeline, the question is partly because the bbc said the sun s report contained new allegations what was the initial complaint? in terms of the situation we ve got on our hands, i want to say one thing upfront, which is you are balancing serious allegations, duty of care, privacy issues and legitimate public interests, and how do you navigate that fairly, calmly and do due diligence? i ve given a bit of context to a few people in terms of the numbers of issues we get coming into our corporate investigations unit. over six months, that will be about 250 and you take those and they are the serious complaints that are coming through of all different types. what happens is we have an outstanding corporate investigations team, they re very experienced, they assess the complaint. i m not going to go into the absolute specifics because of privacy concerns. i understand th
in votes for finland. the singer made history as the first woman to win twice. now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. who was the star of the coronation? apart, that is, from their majesties the king and queen. the answer, most watching would surely agree, is the bearer of the sword of state, all 8lb of it, held aloft for a muscle straining 51 minutes. my guest on political thinking, a conversation with, rather than interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking. it was a feat performed by the first woman to do the job at a coronation, penny mordaunt, and it won the admiration of people who are normally her political foes. she did it as lord president of the council. her dayjob is leader of the house of commons, and that performance led to the bookies cutting the odds on her becoming the next leader of the conservative party. worth remembering, she came mighty close to getting the job and becoming our prime minister last summer after borisjohnson
hello and welcome to bbc news. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has said his country will continue to support ukraine in its war against russia for as long as needed. he was speaking after meeting the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky in berlin. mr zelensky, has described germany as a true friend and reliable translation: this awful war has severe geopolitical - consequences for everyone. but mostly for the men and women of ukraine. more than 1 million of them, women, children and older people have found protection here in germany. our citizens here stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. mr zelensky called olaf scholtz a true friend and thanked germany for its solidarity. germany announced they would donate supplies worth $3 billion to keep. the trip comes after a visit to italy where he met the italian prime minister, the president and the pope. let s cross to our correspondentjenny hill in berlin. this seems like a setting
spent on training places and technology over three years. the department of health say that figure is now £250 million. social care minister helen whately said the government s new plan focuses on recognising care with the status it deserves , but charities say this is just the latest in a long series of disappointments for the sector. live now to our newsroom, where we can speak to our health correspondent nick triggle. let s be clear here, the funding hasn t quite been halved, a lot of it has been held back but hasn t quite been halved, a lot of it has been held baci hasn t quite been halved, a lot of it has been held back but it doesn t to sa it it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t mean it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t mean what - it has been held back but it doesn t to say it doesn t mean what is - to say it doesn t mean what is happening now is a social care sector whi
activities. as an ally, finland will contribute to nato s collective deterrent and defence. . membership of the alliance provides security for finland. finland on the other hand provides security for the alliance. the finland commitment to security of member states will be reliable as an ally. that strengthens regional stability. membership is not targeted against anyone, nor does it change the foundations or objectives of finland s security policy. finland is a stable and predictable nordic country that seeks peaceful resolution of disputes. the principles and values that are important to finland will continue to guide ourforeign policy important to finland will continue to guide our foreign policy also important to finland will continue to guide ourforeign policy also in the future. nato membership does not change everything. but being an ally requires finland to adapt to new ways of thinking and some changes in legislation as well. a lot has already been done. for years, w