minister orders his officials to hold checks on goods coming to northern ireland from the rest of the uk. russian troops on ukraine s border now the united states is sending 3,000 troops to eastern europe to protect nato allies if war erupts. and the new patron of rugby union and rugby league the duchess of cambridge takes over from prince harry. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the women s team split from raith rovers and protest at the signing of david goodwillie. the former scotland striker was found by a civil court to have raped a woman. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has set out how it intends to fulfil its flagship manifesto promise of closing the gap between richer and poorer areas in the uk over the next eight years. the wide ranging plans laid out by the levelling up secretary, michael gove, include improving education and skills with a particular focus on raising standards in 55 areas across england. a promise by 2030 to nar
approaches, the duchess of cambridge starts her new role as the patron of england s rugby football union and league. coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, celtic and rangers go head to head in the old firm derby at celtic park. can the home side sealed the win to take them top? good evening. ofgem, the energy regulator, is set to announce the biggest ever rise in energy bills, with ministers understood to be preparing measures to ease the pressure on households. the announcement is due tomorrow. every six months, ofgem reviews the maximum price that suppliers in england, wales and scotland can charge customers on a standard tariff. around 15 million households saw their bills go up by 12% when the last update happened in october. the new cap takes effect in april and industry predictions suggest gas prices could rise by as much as 50%, taking the average annual bill to roughly £2,000. there is a separate energy market in northern ireland, where prices have also ris
and peter murrell the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questionining over the party s funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party which was ostensibly to campaign for and hold a second independence referendum. it is alleged that money instead was used to help with the party s day running costs. in a short statement, the police had a 58 year old man has today, wednesday the 5th of april, been arrested. as part of an investigation into the funding of the scottish national party. he is being questioned by detectives. officers are also carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. they said i report will be s
election to be completed within the next week. this will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country s economic stability and national security. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. the high stakes political scramble in britain to find yet another prime minister. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. liz truss stepping down after 45 days in office, her tenure the shortest at any prime minister in history. sending shock waves across britain and driving the tabloids into a dizzy. who will be the next prime minister? they expect to name a new prime minister by the end of next week. even the name of former prime ministers are being floated, remember what boris johnson said? the terminator quote he may have been looking for is i ll be back. let s go live to london and bring in max foster. quite a moment in the uk. reporter: absolutely. boris johnson definitely the words on everyone