the father of an aristocrat who s gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down she says she doesn t have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the government s key policies the idea of spreading public money more evenly across the uk. well, today ministers have announced more than £2 billion worth of projects acoss the country. they say the north of england and wales will do best, per head of population. but labour claim the system for allocating money is unfair. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart blackpool, one area that was a winner in today s levelling up allocation announcement, with £40 million for a new education campus. levelli