good afternoon and welcome to the programme. after a furious backlash from opposition parties and some conservative mps, downing street has signalled it s stepping back from plans to change the way mps conduct is policed. yesterday, borisjohnson backed a shake up of the standards watchdog, and supported mps who blocked the suspension of a former conservative minister, owen paterson, who d contravened lobbying rules a claim he denies. but labour, the liberal democrats and the snp refused to cooperate with the government s plans, and accused ministers of corruption. with the latest from westminster, here s our political correspondent, chris mason. the ayes to the right, 250. the noes to the left, 232. yesterday s vote in the moments after and in the hours since has caused a huge row. order. it was all about this man, owen paterson, who used to be a cabinet minister. he was found by an independent process to have broken the rules over the very well paid work he did for compan
the missile also damage nearby apartment buildings and shops. among the dead were two 14 year old twins yulia and anna aksenchenko. president zelensky said the attack showed russia deserved defeat. arnaud de decker is a journalist who was at the restaurant just before it was hit. he described what he saw. i was in the lounge eating a pizza and drinking a nonalcoholic beer. i paid and left and ten minutes later, i heard a very loud explosion, first one and then moments later a second one, and i immediately understood it was the lounge that was hit. i went to the place and it was an absolute disaster. the restaurant was totally gone, people wounded in the street and rescue workers were trying to help the people from underneath the rubble. it was absolutely a disaster. that was a journalist describing what he saw at the restaurant. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i m in the centre of kramatorsk where the missiles hit and the bl
the next general election. he ll be live on the sofa at 7:30am. the country s largest supermarket tesco is the latest to impose limits on certain fruit and vegetables, as shortages on the shelves continue. i ll have the latest. england s lionesses roar once more. they thrash belgium to retain the arnold clark cup and are now unbeaten in 29 matches. the cloud and rain across england and wales. all the details here on brick dust. breakfast. it s thursday, 23rd february. our main story. an off duty police officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around 8 o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened in front of young players, training at a football coaching session. it s thought the off duty officer was shot multiple times at around 8 o cl
of speculation about how it will deal with an estimated $5 billion of debt due to pandemic losses. pressure intensifies on the exam board, pearson, to explain why hundreds of students have still not received their btec results, four days after they were due to be released. the duke and duchess of cambridge say they will permenantly move to adelaide cottage in windsor and send their children to school in nearby ascot from september. good afternoon. criminal barristers in england and wales have voted for an all out strike next month joining a wave of industrial action as workers seek pay rises to keep up with high inflation. some barristers say they earn less than the minumum wage the government claims strike action will simply delay justice for victims of crime. railway workers, dockers, postal workers and refuse collectors are among those who ve already gone on strike in what s been called a summer of discontent while nurses are to be balloted on industrial action. our
mid bedfordshire next week, but first alex forsyth reports from tamworth. i like it. a training session for the potential footballers of the future on a tuesday evening in tamworth. these are some of the dosthill colts youngest members, but it s their parents and coaches attention that some political players are vying for as they try to win votes. what would you like to hear from your next mp, the person that wants to represent tamworth? it s the things that matter, like safety and like i say, the car crime and burglaries and things and just the thefts on the street. it s quite scary. it s really scary. politicians, they say it all and then when they re in power, they don t always deliver. so it s hard that is obviously the ambition and that is the hope. but it s a waiting game really, i think. yeah. wait and see, wait and hope for the best. people living in and around the midlands market town of tamworth will soon choose a new mp, another by election that will be closely