Companies to contact you. Businesses that dont comply could face a fine of half a million. Manuela saragosa has more. For many of us cold calls are a daily torments. The financial conduct authorities says some 2. 7 billion nuisance calls texts and emails were made over the past year. That works out to be about 50 calls, texts and emails sent to every single adult in the country. Many are made by Companies Offering to settle personal injury claims, or to claim back ppi, payment protection insurance. But from now on these companies will have to check first that the recipient has explicitly agreed to receive those calls and messages. Please do not face fines of up to £500,000, and people are encouraged to report them to the Information Commissioners Office. Some company will see the change in law and desist from activity. When they dont, im afraid people are going to have to complain. The ico does need the information from people about these calls, and she will then tackle, use her power
And that they were lied to. Were expecting a News Conference in Downing Street on extra covid measures for england. Welljoin that as and when it happens. Also tonight on this extended edition of the bbc news at six. Pfizer biontech announce that three doses of their vaccine can neutralise the new Omicron Variant of the virus. And a terrible start for england on the first day of the first ashes test in brisbane. Welcome to the bbc news at six, which comes today from salford in greater manchester. Borisjohnson has faced more calls for his resignation today, following the emergence of a video which has caused shockwaves At Westminster and much further afield. The video showed his staff joking about a Christmas Party last december, during the strict lockdown, when many families were unable to visit loved ones. Allegra stratton, the aide seen laughing on the video, has resigned this afternoon. Boris johnson apologised for the video but repeated his claim that no party had taken place. Labou
Alexander lu kashenko. Were also going to consider the new editor of the daily mail. How much control will he have over which political stories in the uk last, notjust for a day or two, but for much longer . And of course, weve got to talk about peppa pig. Im sure lots of people saw the Prime Ministers speech at the cbi this week which featured peppa pig. Lets begin the program by talking to the deputy Political Editor at itv news, anushka asthana. I wonder how itv covered that story. We certainly did cover peppa pig and i can imagine that my itv colleague in northumberland, who was there, was watching as we all were slightly through his hands at that speech not onjust peppa pig, but at a few things, and of course, he had the opportunity straight after that interview to ask the Prime Minister some questions, so did all broadcasters, but it was his turn to ask the questions and you will remember that he i think spoke to the nation in a way when he spoke to the Prime Minister, are you 0k
Now on bbc news, its The Media Show with ros atkins. Hello and welcome to this weeks edition of The Media Show. And this time around, we are going to try and understand why some political stories have long Lasting Impact, and others, even those which feel hugely important at the time, do not. To help us look at this, we are going to speak to the bbc s steve rosenberg. He is our moscow correspondent and hes just recorded a remarkable interview with the president of belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. Were also going to consider the new editor of the daily mail. I wonder how itv covered that story. We certainly did cover peppa pig, and i can imagine that my itv colleague in northumberland, who was there, was watching, as we all were, slightly through his hands at that speech, not on just peppa pig, but at a few things, and of course, he had the opportunity straight after that interview to ask the Prime Minister some questions, so all broadcasters but it was his turn to ask the questions, and
many are in will be continuing. also today, zimbabwe s former vice president emmerson mnangagwa arrives back in the country. he s expected to be sworn in as president on friday. it s 5.00. we re at westminster on budget day, where the chancellor philip hammond has unveiled a series of measures, which he claims will put the uk on a secure footing for brexit and beyond, setting aside £3 billion for every possible outcome from the brexit talks. we ll take a look at the main measures, but we start with the big economic picture. the chancellor unveiled a sharp reduction in forecasts for economic growth in 2017, from 2% to 1.5%, with lower forecasts for the three years to follow. and productivity growth is also down, according to the office for budget responsibility, or stubbornly flat in the chancellor s words. there was slightly better news on borrowing, with an annual figure just under £50 billion, £8.4 billion lower than forecast in march. a look at some of the specific me