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leaders to converse and most importantly perhaps relax. located deep in the woods, it is the ultimate behind the scenes venue of our imagination. we are thrilled this evening to be joined by the admiral who served 29 years on active duty in the united states navy retiring in 2010. serving as the commander of camp david for president bill clinton and george w. bush working under the white house military office the organization responsible for air force one, marine one and military aid. his book inside camp david is the first inside account of camp david and is available for purchase following the presentation. so now please join me in welcoming the admiral george young. [applause] thank you. it s a wonderful treat to be here thank you for putting this event together. she did a great job please thank laura rosenberg. [applause] i have some family and guests i want to introduce so you understand who s come here to be with me tonight first my parents, mary blue and sunny. m ....
the head of the fbi has defended its work after a classified memo was released accusing it of bias against president trump, and abuse of power. the memo, written by republican members of congress, says the fbi got permission to wiretap one of mr trump s advisers in 2016 by using unsubstantiated evidence which had been paid for by his political opponents. our correspondent peter bowes reports. this is the memo that sunk relations between the president and the fbi to a new low. the document, written by republicans, makes the case that the justice department and the fbi showed bias towards donald trump while buying on one of his advisers. a warrant for the surveillance operation was based on a dossier of information compiled by a former british intelligence agent who was desperate for donald trump to lose the election. i think it s a disgrace what s happening in our country, and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things, what s going on, a lot of peop ....
delighted that this is kind of ten minutes down the road from us. we just feel, i suppose, let down, and why wasn t anything in place to prevent this situation happening? there will now be no new spending save on services to safeguard the vulnerable until the next financial year. we ve been in what you might call a perfect storm of huge increases in demand for our services, at the same time, significant reductions in funding coming from central government. but is this a one off? english councils say by the end of the decade they will have seen £16 billion cut from their core central government funding. they say by 2020 there will bea funding. they say by 2020 there will be a £5.8 billion annual shortfall. what s more, they say they need an additional £1.3 billion now for social care. ministers will point to much needed efficiency savings made in the same period, but labour says it s time for change. after nearly eight years of conservative government, councils have l ....
victory with the last kick of the game in the six nations rugby, as they beat france 15 13 in paris. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying it s facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending apart from what s used to protect vulnerable people. the council s conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. it follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. our political correspondent matt cole reports. like so many others across britain, people in northamptonshire have watched their council manage multi million pound budget cuts since 2010, and now they ve run out of cash, meaning a host of services from subsidised buses to libraries are threatened. i ll be absolutely devastated if it closes. we ve ....
is being looked at by the airlines regulator. it s after complaints passengers are being split up deliberately. and ireland pull off a dramatic victory with the last kick of the game in the six nations rugby as they beat france by fifteen points to thirteen in paris. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying it s facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending, apart from what s used to protect vulnerable people. the council s conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. it follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. i m joined now by nick golding editor of the local government chronicle. thank you forjoining us this evening. first of all, if we start with northamptonshire, what s gone on there? ....