losses in the season breached the threshold of £61 million. season breached the threshold of 61 million pounds, and that decision has been upheld. it means forest remain 17th and three points clear of the relegation zone with two games of the season remaining. our sports correspondent katie gornall has been following the story. (tx sor) they were found to have over spent their limit by 44.5 million. because nottingham forest spent two years in the championship, their limit was reduced accordingly. they could have been handed a six point penalty at the time, but the premier league to give them a less severe punishment because they took into account the early plea and cooperation. still, forest were not happy and said the spending restrictions undermined the integrity of the league. today, we found out the penalty stands. everton have also been subject to points deductions and will probably feel hard done by because these are so controversial and set to be replaced in the 25 2
in the third test in perth. massive win. good morning. it s monday 18th december. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a review into building regulations following the grenfell tower fire says there should be a ‘culture change‘ to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. dame judith hackitt, who is carrying the review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. in her first report out this morning, she also says regulations are confusing and open to interpretation. the interim report tells us that what we have in place today is a system which has evolved over a number of years. it is overly complex and that complexity does not lead to it being as effective as it needs to be. what sort of things specifically are we talking about? we re talking about a system where there is too much prescription, where there is a very heavily layered system of guidance currently, which is not helpful i
the comedy actor who became a household name on the russ abbot show is described as a huge comedy talent , les dennis said she was a funny, lovely friend . and the woman who can smell parkinson s disease. that s a bbc scotland investigation in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has warned the government not to agree to bailout the construction company carillion with tax payers money. there are fears the firm, which has debts of £1.5 billion, could collapse after creditors rejected a possible rescue plan. carillion employs about 20,000 people in the uk and is one of the government s main contractors. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. this is liverpool s newest hospital under construction, it will be the biggest single bed hospital in the uk and it s being built by carillion. now there s concern that projects like this could be affected if the company collapses. from prison
i m doing it. how doesjoy do this? could her ability really change the lives of people with parkinson s bbc scotland has been following the scientists who will answer those questions. i m really excited. i m also incredibly humbled because in the end these come from patients and the story comes from joy who lived with les for a very long time and now he isn t here any more. it s an amazing story, offering hope to millions of people around the globe. it was a really strange sensation that day. i have to take a deep breath every time i come in this room. i could smell it all around me. joy milne is remembering the moment that changed her life. she d taken her husband les, who had parkinson s disease, to a support group meeting. i was giving a talk about stem cells and parkinson s disease in our institute here and at the end of the talk i entertained some questions as i would normally do and this was when i first heard joy s voice. i have to say it was a truly out of body experi