week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. we ll be live in windsor shortly but first, just to let you know we re expecting a news conference very shortly in belfast from police investigating the shooting last week of det chief inspectorjohn caldwell. two gunmen shot the 48 year old several times in front of his young son at a sports complex on wednesday evening. mr caldwell remains critically ill in hospital. six people remain in police custody for questioning. this is the scene, the podium, as we expect the conference getting under way. there are significant developm
covid jab technology. and the former chelsea and juventus player gianluca vialli has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel we ll get the latest from old trafford where everton are looking for a change of fortune, as they face manchester united in the fa cup. priorities is targeting dangerous gangs but what about some of the controversial police tactics? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the revelations from prince harry keep coming after his book due out next week was published early by mistake in spain. from the way he found out that his mother had died and his childhood resentment about being the younger brother, to the extent of his drug taking and more recently how he found out the queen had died from the bbc website rather than his family. it is all laid out in public. meanwhile there s been criticism and unease about his claim to have killed 25 taliban fighters desribing them
so let s get down to business and we begin in the us where the world s most powerful central bank wraps up its monthly meeting later. it s a given the federal reserve will increase the cost of borrowing. the question is by how much. with recent inflation data flashing red the sentiment on wall street has been grim. on monday the s&p 500 entered a bear market after the index fell by more than 20% from january s recent high. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, has more from new york. this minnesota petrol station is letting customers know they share their frustration. skyrocketing fuel prices have helped drive up inflation, currently at a a0 year high. customers, our car coming up, ate her at her corolla and gets fuel and at $80, you can t know how much it hits home to people. how much it hits home to ”eole. ,, . , how much it hits home to n-eole. , . , ,, people. gas prices in the us hit a record people. gas prices in the us hit a record of people.
was taken to hospital. his condition remains unknown. mark lobel, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. no need for heroics, i m sure. stabbed danaos is here, looking rather pretty. this is scotland, the only place i could find a rainbow. most of the showers will be across scotland, western scotland, because close to the area of low pressure there more isobars on the chart so quite windy across northern areas but this area of high pressure is building and across the south bringing a largely fine day for much of england and wales. right across england and wales. right across england and wales of eastern areas, compared to yesterday, just the odd shower but most of the showers in scotland and northern ireland, longer spells of rain for the north west of scotland. temperatures impacted a bit because of the wind and rain, 14 degrees, but we could see the high teens across the south east of england, so warmer than yesterday. tonight it stays quite breezy, variable cloud, most
We know he is going to address, hold a press conference, give a speech and take questions in Downing Street at liz30pm. There has been speculation through the morning following the link to the bbc yesterday of this potential big shift in Government Policy to push back net zero target dates that the government was scrambling, it was talking to industry, talking to other mps in the last few hours and all calling for clarity. What we now see is Downing Street confirming 4 30pm, the Prime Minister will address this issue and seeking to bring some clarity, which the car makers have been calling for an Opposition Party is already very critical of any move to change those targets. D0 critical of any move to change those taraets. ~. ,. ,. , critical of any move to change those taraets. ~. ,. ,. , targets. Do we know what some of the ro osals targets. Do we know what some of the preposals might targets. Do we know what some of the preposals might be targets. Do we know what some of the proposal