Its thursday, 29th of february. Our main story. A group of mps have urged ministers to consider the implications for the uk, if assisted dying is legalised in the isle of man and jersey. The Health Select committee has published a report, which it hopes will provide evidence for future debates about the law. Opponents say the current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. The mps dont Make Recommendations for or against assisted dying. Rather, the aim of their report is to serve as a basis for debate on what they call this difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject. More and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form, along with new zealand, australia, canada and ten states in the us. The mps say they saw no evidence that palliative and end of life care had deteriorated as a result, and in some instances it had improved. The Committee Calls for more money for hospices in england, which o
they have got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed as is the government. the bbc has apologised for its limited sports programming this weekend after several tv and radio shows have been cancelled, as controversy continues over the corporation s decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government s language about migrants on social media. a number of presenters and pundits decided not to take part in some shows, in solidarity with gary lineker. football focus and final score were among those pulled and radio 5 live has also faced disruption to its schedules. a bbc spokesperson said it s working hard to resolve the situation. our media correspondent david sillito reports. when gary lineker left home this morning, it wasn t his normal saturday schedule. the decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the day for tweets one of which described a statement by the ho
leader keir starmer says the bbc was not acting impartially in suspending gary lineker. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output on saturday but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it s been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got the programming. as a keen sports fan, i know like everyone, that
The home of the Black Sea Fleet as well. So we are seeing an aerial picture of sevastopol. But in recent weeks, ukraine focusing its efforts there and now we just have this news from a local governor and also from russia, admitting that at least one Ukrainian Missile has hit the headquarters of russias plexi navy in crimea. More on that story very shortly. Black sea navy. It comes as president zelensky arrived in canada, for the First Time Since russias invasion, on an unannounced visit to thank canadians for their support. Canada has been a firm ally of ukraine. Here is president zelensky and his wife, olena, being welcomed by Prime Ministerjustin trudeau. There is full day of events, including talks with Business Leaders and members of the large Ukrainian Community in ukraine. Ukrainian community. He will also give a speech to the Canadian Parliament in ottawa. Mr zelensky flew from washington where he held talks at the white house. President biden has approved Security Assistance fo
In this year’s Autumn Statement, the UK government has quelled industry concerns over the new tax credit, but they still declined to raise relief for indie film. Equity has called out Conservatives for “undermining public service broadcasters and pursuing a culture war against marginalized groups.” Chancellor Jeremy