Manchester city edge closer to the Premier League title, but is it turmoil at tottenham . Their manager claims the clubs foundations are really fragile, after defeat. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. The Prime Minister has said no prisoner will be released early if theyre deemed a threat to Public Safety. It comes as overcrowding in englands prisons has led the government to order a delay to some magistrates court appearances, to try to manage the flow of people through the criminaljustice system. From next week, some prisoners will be released up to 70 days early. Labour says that convicted Domestic Abusers could end up being among them. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Across england, prisons are bursting at the seams, almost full to capacity, the result of years of neglect and funding cuts, say solicitors groups. The Ministry Of Justice insists the pandemic and strikes last year by barristers are partly to blame. To cope, in parts of england fo
Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news this is where celtic can win the Scottish Premiership title tonight. But theyve already lost twice at kilmarnock this season. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister, robert fico, is in a life threatening condition in hospital after being shot a number of times this afternoon. The attack happened in the central slovak town of handlova, where a Government Meeting had just been held. A man whos said to be 71 has been detained by police. The 59 year old Prime Minister has been a divisive figure a leader who is widely viewed as authoritarian and russia leaning. Jon donnison reports. Just moments after being shot, Prime Minister fico is dragged out of a flower bed and bundled into a car by his security team. Eyewitnesss Report Hearing three or four bullets being fired. A few metres away, amid the panic, police wrestle a suspect to the ground. Translation i heard three shots it was quick, one by one, like if you throw Fire Crackers on the g
some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. millions of uk households will typically pay an extra £693 a year on their energy bills from april, putting a further squeeze on people already facing higher prices and rising taxes. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, said the majority of families would receive a total of £350 to help them adjust to higher prices. but the scheme is being criticised for not targeting those most in need. interest rates in the uk have risen for the second time in three months to 0.5%, as the bank of england tries to curb a rapid rise in the cost of living. the bank warned that price rises could speed up with inflation predicted to hit more than 7% in april the highest rate for more than 30 years. northern ireland has been plunged into political turmoil with the resignation of its first minister in a brexit row. paul givan, of the strongly pro british democratic unionist party, quit in protest at inspections of goods
entering the region from the british mainland. london and brussels agreed on these checks to avoid creating a hard irish border after brexit. the winter olympics are getting fully under way in beijing with the opening ceremony in a few hours time. almost 3,000 athletes from 91 nations will compete, with over 100 gold medals to be won across seven sports. but the run up to the games has been fraught with controversy. she is one of china s 0lympians of tomorrow maybe. she hadn t even been born the first time the olympics came to town. but now, the six year old skater is inspired by the games. translation: it s very exhausting, but she presses on. she won t leave until she s learned how to do all the moves. she doesn t quit.
i think the french would want to move i think the french would want to move on. i think the french would want to move on, even though they are clear he is move on, even though they are clear he is they move on, even though they are clear he is. they withdrew their ambassador from washington they are furious ambassador from washington they are furious. america s relationship with france are furious. america s relationship with france is the oldest relationship. i think it was a really relationship. i think it was a really serious breach and i think joe biden really serious breach and i think joe biden is trying to make it betteh joe biden is trying to make it better. it s hard to see what the french better. it s hard to see what the french have got out of it. if they were french have got out of it. if they were looking for some kind of payback were looking for some kind of payback for the slight that they felt had payback for the slight that they felt had bee