People sIx years ago. AntI talIban forces have asked the InternatIonal communIty to not recognIse the all male government announced by the talIban. The Home Secretary wIll hold dIscussIons wIth her french counterpart about the surge In the number of people crossIng the EnglIsh Channel to the uk. Over 1,000 mIgrants have made the journey so far thIs week. BrItney spears father has fIled Court Documents seekIng to end an arrangement that gave hIm control over her fInances. BrItaIns Emma Raducanu Is In quarter fInal ActIon Today at the Us Open In new york. Good mornIng. Mps wIll vote later today on the PrIme MInIsters plans for a natIonal Insurance rIse, to pay for the nhs and SocIal Care. Yesterday borIsjohnson announced what he called the bIggest Catch Up Programme In the hIstory of the nhs. £36 bIllIon, raIsed over three years, to deal wIth the backlog caused by the pandemIc. More than £5 bIllIon of that wIll go towards changes to SocIal Care In england. Scotland, wales and Northern
Holidays as the government Says fully vaccinated Uk Travellers coming back from Amber List countries wont have to isolate afterjuly 19th. Local authorities across england Say they face a £3 billion shortfall in their budgets over the next three years. The Olympic Flame arrives in tokyo, two weeks before the games. But no spectators are allowed. And as anticipation continues to build for the Euro 2020 final, well be hearing from some of the players ahead of england vs italy. Welcome to bbc news. Metropolitan Police Officer Wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of Sarah Everard. The 33 year old disappeared as she walked home in clapham in South London in march This year. Her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford in kent. The head of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said outside court she was sickened and angered by the crimes committed by couzens. Our special Correspondent Lucy manning is at the Old Bailey, and she gave us an update on w
We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today, because of the pay gap with men, women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. There is high level support for change. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, Dame Minouche shafik the favourite to take over at the bank of england and glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley want a change in the law to give women the right to see how much male colleagues are earning. The gender pay gap is a lot worse in many other parts of the world women are paid 32 less than men on average according to pay data gathered by the World Economic forum across 149 countries. But campaigners here in the uk have long argued there ne
Of child nudity and sexual abuse. And. The secret weapon in the war on waste. How packaging could soon be telling you how to recycle it fitness apps on your mobile are now a multi billion dollar industry well be talking to one entrepreneur for whom exercise really is a big money spinner so in the interest of pay equality would you be happy with your colleagues knowing what you earn . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today because of the pay gap with men women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, and glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley want a change in the
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe