double what it was a year ago. and a famous football that could fetch £3 million at auction, the hand of god ball used by maradona at the vital victory over new zealand for england at the t20 world cup which keeps their hopes of regressing very much alive. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former health secretary matt hancock has been suspended as a conservative mp after becoming a surprise addition to the cast of the reality tv show i m a celebrity get me out of here. instead of representing his west suffolk constituents in westminster, he will be joining the other contenders in the australian jungle from next week. it is understood he wants to use his appearance to promote his campaign on dyslexia. the prime minister s spokesman said mitty sunak believes mps should what you work hard for their constituents at the challenging time for the country. our deputy political editor vicki young has the story. there are plenty of ways a politician can get that mes
a position which appears to have been agreed suggest this was not an open ended debate which led to a consistent decision. there was the ability to be able to unwind or unpick a position which had already been reached. do you agree with both those propositions or neither? obviously i didn t write the e mail, and i don t know precisely what it refers to. is it possible that i might have had a chat with the prime minister once a meeting wound up on my way back somewhere, of course that s possible. he might have said to me, that was interesting, i m thinking x, as a result of it, i don t think anything is wrong with that. i don t recall, huddle or not, it might havejust that. i don t recall, huddle or not, it might have just been that. i don t recall, huddle or not, it might havejust been him giving me a sense of where his head was at that particular moment in time. and i don t think there is anything particularly untoward about that, to be honest. as i have talked previously ab
and any ties to trump s campaign. the former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. the veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. retail sales rose by 2.3% last month defying market expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. hello and good morning. welcome to bbc news. i m sophie long, in west yorkshire. where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the conservative manifesto shortly. it has been delayed due to travel problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. small protests at this stage. one to the side of the building and another to the entrance. shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the conservative party plans for the election. let s take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. the party is promising that
bit longer to welcome in the new year tonight. an extra second will be added to the world s clocks to stay in sync with the earth s rotation. good evening and welcome to bbc news. celebrations around the world are continuing to welcome in 2017. this is the scene live in dubai, the latest major city to tick past midnight. hundreds of thousands of people are watching the display at the burj khalifa, the world s tallest building, measuring 828 metres high. these pictures show events in sydney earlier. we ve been talking about the security and put in place in many of the cities around the world tonight and here in dubai, private security guards are in attendance on the streets and there are metal barriers blocking the pavements around the building clear so that emergency vehicles could reach the centre of the city fc needed to. of course, last year, things went slightly awry last year, things went slightly awry last year. police ce thought police say the quality wedding spo