The Food Industry is being urged to make labelling clearer, to stop millions of tonnes of edible food being thrown away unnecessarily. Good morning. Its wednesday 29th november. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We have a breaking story from the hague. The defence lawyer for a Bosnian Croat war crimes suspect says her client has drunk poison. This was during the reading of his verdict at the un war crimes tribunalfor verdict at the un war crimes tribunal for the verdict at the un war crimes tribunalfor the former verdict at the un war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia. During the reading of his appeal sentencing, the former wartime leader appeared to drink from a small flask or glace. The presiding judge called for a doctor and halted the proceedings. It appears, according to the lawyer, that he has drunk poison on the stand in the hague at the war crimes tribunal. We will bring you more news on that breaking story in the next few moments. The bbc understands the
Side in game seven. Pushes a decider in the game seven. As i was told last night, less lets like a grip. Game seven. Well see you soon. Thats all from sportsday. Police in North Yorkshire have charged two 14 year old boys with conspiracy to murder. Lets go to our correspondent spencer stokes, whos in northallerton. Police have been questioning these 214 year olds since the weekend. They carried out raids, involving investigations in various properties. They were arrested and taken to properties. They were arrested and ta ken to west properties. They were arrested and taken to West Yorkshire were questioned with police from the northeast counterterror unit and then in the last hour, charges paid to them this evening, the first 14 year old boy charged with conspiracy to murder and aggravated burglary. The second 14 year old boy is charged with conspiracy to murder. The two boys go to the local high school here and the skill has played a central role in the investigation, since the weeken
Breaking fa cup run, the city is experiencing a baby boom well find out why good evening and welcome to bbc news. In the past hour, the defence secretary sir Michael Fallon has resigned, saying his behaviour in the past may have fallen short. Lets go straight to westminster and speak to our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. What do we know . We have received a copy of a letter sir Michael Fallon sent to the Prime Minister setting out his reasons for his resignation. In that, he says in recent days and number of allegations have surfaced about mps including some about his previous conduct and he says that many have been false but he accepts that in the past he has fallen short of the High Standards expected of the armed forces so he has reviewed his position and therefore decided to resign. He talks about things he is proud of in his role, such as the fight against Islamic State in iraq and syria and he says he will continue his work on the backbenches. We have also had theresa mays
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Interest rates have gone up for the first time in a decade. The bank of england has increased the rate by a quarter of 1 , to 0. 5 , as it tries to control inflation. The banks governor mark carney said households across the uk are generally well positioned to deal with the rate increase. The decision will mean higher Monthly Payments for millions with variable rate mortgages. But its good news at last for savers. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. One small step upwards for Interest Rates, affect millions of savers and millions of borrowers. Its more expensive if you have a mortgage, and forjames in south london, its time to cut costs. Weve been very lucky without realising it. I think its going to start, it will probably bite more from now on. For so long we thought, its always going to be like this, but its got to end sometime and we never realised it was going to be this soon. The governor of the bank of england knew it was a delicate bala