After a father of four was stabbed to death having spent the day celebrating his two year old twin daughters birthday, the stark reality of drinking during the pandemic more people died from alcohol in england and wales last year than in any of the previous twenty years. Unseasonal weather as people go to the polls in england, scotland and wales the biggest test of Voter Opinion since the last general election. And we meet the former Royal Marine Commando who lost both legs in afghanistan in training for a charity swim across Plymouth Sound good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. French fishermen who staged a protest off the coast ofjersey about post brexit Fishing Rights have now sailed away from the area and back to port. Two Royal Navy Ships are still on patrol after escalating tensions in the last few days. The french claim their rights to fish off the island are being unfairly restricted by a new system of licences. Leaders in jersey say theyve held positive talks with the protes
in the house of commons, where we re expecting an urgent question to the home office on the implications of the national crime agency s investigation into mrjavad marandi. this comes after the bbc reported that javad marandi, a businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering investigation, is a major donor to the conservative party. the question has been tabled by snp mp alison thewliss. asking if the home secretary will respond or make a statement. we will head back the is should get any further developments. the british telecoms giant, vodafone, is to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years as part of an overhaul to cut costs. the firm s new boss, margherita della valle, said its performance had not been good enough. posts will go at the company s headquarters in the uk and in other countries. our business reporter theo leggett has more. talk to us about what we know about the job losses, talk to us about what we know about thejob losses, 11,000