it follows the us central bank announcing its biggest increase in more than two decades yesterday. japan s prime minister has condemned the war in ukraine during a visit to london, where he s also due to agree a new defence partnership with the uk. retiring doctors in england are being urged to continue working, to help the national health service clear backlogs and deal with staff shortages. and coming up this hour, meeting some of nature s newest arrivals. a new study, following great tits near oxford, suggests spring is starting sooner in britain. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian officials say russian forces have launched an all out assault on the azovstal steelworks, in the besieged city of mariupol. around 200 civilians are still believed to be sheltering inside. moscow says humanitarian corridors will shortly open for 3 days to allow people to leave. the hope is that civilians will escape the area to safety, but ukraine h
after 7:00am, we will ask the managing director of lincoln city what it was like for him watching that historic win. and darren has the weather. good morning. as well as a giant snowdrop, we ve got some springlike temperatures in the next few days, but it comes with a lot of cloud. the best of the sunshine in the east. more details a little later. good morning. first, our main story: thousands of prison officers in london and south east england are getting an immediate pay increase of between £3,000 and £5,000. ministers have made the decision to try to boost recruitment and retain staff numbers, in the face of increasing violence. but the prison officers association says it is a divisive quick fix, and specialist and more experienced staff won t benefit. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. they are on the frontline of the troubled prison service. their numbers have been falling in recent years. now, the government is putting in place a £12 million pay offe
of up to £5,000. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the american food giant kraft heinz walks away from its proposed merger deal with unilever. and a nose for talent. india s perfume industry on the unique hiring push. welcome to asia business report. now, the biggest potential merger deal in corporate history is now not happening, and that is after the american food giant kraft heinz said it was dropping its bid to buy rival unilever. the anglo dutch company which makes marmite, lipton tea and dove soap rejected a bid from kraft heinz on friday. kraft heinz has said it has amicably agreed to scrap the plan. for more, here is our business reporter. i calculate that within 55 hours of the bid being submitted it has been withdrawn entirely and this will have brought together some major global brands that you and i know in our households such as philadelphia and kraft heinz beings. it would have brought together coleman ‘s mustard and magnum ic