brandonjohn rainey ofjames street, ballymena, was charged with murdering ms mitchell between 2 and 5june. live now to emma vardy. this comes off the back of a huge search operation in ballymena for chloe mitchell which was brought to an end last night and then the charge came early this morning that a 26 year old man, brandonjohn rainey from ballymena, was being charged with her murder. it was a short court appearance and what we heard is that the man accused of murder is suffering from serious mental illness, a paranoid schizophrenic, the court heard, and we were told he had absconded three times previously from a secure unit, returning to ballymena repeatedly. application was made for him to move to a clinic but that was turned down ljy to a clinic but that was turned down by a judge today and he was remanded
does have to get bipartisan approval, right? a tentative deal in principle means nothing until you get that sign off, evenif until you get that sign off, even if it passes in the house it will take 60 us senators before it even gets to the desk of the us president. all of these, as you mentioned, as do happen but the 5june. that was an extension, already, from the us present secretary janet yellen. she is aware that markets have already been jittery over the issue. there is the potential of the contagion effect. the original deadline was the1 contagion effect. the original deadline was the 1june. we now have until the 5june but this doesn t mean, i think it is fair to say, that this is over the line. both sides now are talking with their parties with their lawmakers and they will have to sell this deal.- have to sell this deal. again, that breaking have to sell this deal. again, that breaking news, - have to sell this deal. again, that breaking news, the - have to sell this deal. aga
katy austin, bbc news. and finally, just to tell you that listeners to bbc radio 2 have chosen the song they want to help bring people together to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. thejubilee the jubilee thank you thejubilee thank you anthem is neil diamond s sweet caroline! # sweet caroline. diamond s sweet caroline! # sweet caroline. . .- diamond s sweet caroline! # sweet caroline. yes, we have been singing # sweet caroline. yes, we have been singing it # sweet caroline. yes, we have been singing it all # sweet caroline. yes, we have been singing it all day # sweet caroline. yes, we have been singing it all day in - been singing it all day in the newsroom! listeners to zoe ball s breakfast show chose neil diamond s classic 53 year old hit as an uplifting, happy melody that everyone can sing along to at the street parties on 5june. zoe ball said she hopes 10 million people willjoin the singalong. that earworm takes us into a look at the weather prospects. chris fawkes
see you later. britain s four biggest energy suppliers say the government needs to take drastic action to ensure that millions of households don t fall into fuel poverty in the coming months. speaking to mps, the bosses of e on, edf, centrica and scottishpower say they re already seeing the effect of an unprecedented rise in bills, with customers on pre paid meters missing their payments in particular. it comes as the energy regulator 0fgem announced it s investigating claims that energy companies are increasing payments by more than necessary, and directing customers to tariffs that are not in their interests. from today you can buy up to one million discounted train tickets as the government launches its great british rail sale . one million train tickets have gone on sale today. the sale is only valid for off peak fares, and the discounted tickets available are valid for travel between 25th april and 27th may. the scheme won t coverjourneys made during half term or the four day u