into poland. violent storms have caused flooding and mudslides in canada. and coming up, the world s most wanted cyber crime suspects living freely in russia. hello and welcome to bbc news. the cost of living has reached the highest rate in almost a decade due to rising fuel and energy costs. inflation is now more than doubled the bank of england s target. consumer prices were 4.2% higher last month than a year ago. the costs of transport, gas and electricity bills, as well as second hand cars climbed. in september inflation was 3.1%. the bank of england s aim is to keep inflation to around 2%. rising prices are putting new pressure on households and businesses. economists are debating now how much of the surge in inflation can be blamed on the pandemic and how long it will last. our reporter colletta smith has been speaking to people in halifax. it s lunchtime at nursery. and with 63 hungry mouths to feed the staff here have their hands full. paula has increased her hours re
the world s most wanted cyber crime supects are living freely in russia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mps in the uk will today debate proposals to tighten the rules on second jobs for mps, as the row over sleaze continues. borisjohnson has set out plans to ban mps from working as paid consultants, while labour wants a ban on all second jobs. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after the former tory mp owen paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules as a paid consultant. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. good morning, prime minister. the prime minister has a tough day of questioning ahead, as he tries to draw a line under the sleaze allegations which have dominated westminster for the last few weeks. yesterday, he announced he would support banning mps from working as paid political consultants, at the exact moment labour was holding a press conference calling for the same. labour is chalking the prime mi
accepted that it was a mistake and that it was my mistake. the government releases more details about how we pay for social care in england. former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq talks to the bbc about the racism he suffered at the club, and says he is determined that sharing his experiences will move society as a whole. britney spears speaks about the joys of the little things she has been able to do since being freed from her 13 year conservatorship last week. and cambridge dictionary s 2021 word of the year takes on a martian theme. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the cost of living has reached the highest rate in almost a decade due to rising fuel and energy costs. inflation is now more than double the bank of england s target, and climbing at a much steeper rate than economists predicted. it rose to 4.2% last month mainly due to rising prices at the pumps and household energy bills as well as an increase in the cost of second hand cars and eating out. in s
they censured paul gosar. this week we expect a giant fda decision on whether to okay covid boosters for all adults. we begin, though, on january 6 and the accountability question. just seconds ago, a judge sentencing jacob chansley to 41 months in prison. the judge called his actions, quote, terrible. you made yourself an epitome of the riot. chansley spoke directly to the judge for more than 30 minutes. he insisted he s a good man who broke the law, not a domestic terrorist, not an insurrectionist. this is a big sentencing. reporter: it s very significant, john. and the reason it s so significant is 41 months is the very same sentence that judge lamberth handed down to a capitol rioter just last week. that rioter punched a police officer, a violent crime. jacob chansley is not convicted of a violent crime, but the judge still believes that his acts are comparable with a violent act. so as we look at the grand scheme of all of these riot defendants, 660 defendants char
near the toilets. and the russian missile launch that led to panic on the international space station. good evening. borisjohnson is proposing to ban mps from acting as paid political consultants and lobbyists. the prime minister s intervention comes two weeks after he encouraged his conservative mps to save ex cabinet minister owen paterson, from an immediate commons suspension, over a breach of lobbying rules. in his letter to the speaker this afternoon, mrjohnson gave his backing to reforms that were proposed in a 2018 report written by the committee on standards in public life. it states that mps outside earnings should be within reasonable limits and should not prevent them from fully carrying out their range of duties . our political correspondent chris mason reports. this afternoon, the prime minister welcomed his greek opposite number to downing street with questions about sleaze still swelling. it is nearly a fortnight since the row is a bad parliamentary standard