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to reach the league cup final. good morning. storm jocelyn has been packing a punch overnight. only slowly today will they wind moderate and most of us will have a dry day. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th january. in the next hour, the communications regulator ofcom will recommend options for changing how the postal service works, as part of its review of royal mail. one focus is expected to be on the future of saturday letter deliveries. currently, royal mail is legally obligated to deliver letters six days a week, something its owners say is unaffordable. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. britain s postal network has been delivering letters for hundreds of years. but these days, royal mail is finding it harder than ever to maintain the service, and its customers are getting frustrated. among them is tina from south east london. in november, she told us about her experiences. i have multiple medical problems, and hospital letters are not gett ....
the grand slam in dublin against england on st patrick s day weekend. good morning, this weekend is shaping up to be a tale of two halves, today a case of sunny spells and scattered sharp showers but mild for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieterforjust that for all, tomorrow will be a little bit quieter forjust that little bit cooler, all the details coming up shortly. it s saturday march 18th. our top story president biden has said vladimir putin has clearly committed war crimes after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president. the icc alleges he is responsible for criminal acts, and failing to use his presidential powers to stop children being deported from ukraine to russia. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. it helena wilkinson reports. is a war that he ordered that it is a war that he ordered, a war that brought death and devastation, a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it s one that has ....
order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. the bbc is to speak to one of its highest paid presenters after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media hello this is bbc news, the un secretary general, antonio guterres is in ukraine to hold talks with president zelensky about the continued export of ukrainian grain. brokered by the united nations and turkey lastjuly, and secured with russia, the deal enabled the shipping of ukrainian grain from odesa via the black sea, through the bosphorus strait in istanbul. but, now the deal is due for renewal and russia has signalled before it agrees to an extension it wants more done to lift curbs on its own agricultural ports. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and explains why russia might be hestitant on signing off the deal renewal this grain deal that allows some grain to pass through the black sea from ukraine through to the world markets is actually two a ....
the government s asylum policy was like 1930s germany. also in the programme this lunchtime. an arctic blast sweeps through many parts of the uk with snow and ice causing travel problems. a big rise in the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales. and a month on from the dramatic rescue of this man from the rubble of the turkish earthquake, he s reunited with the british search team who saved his life. and coming up on the bbc news channel andy murray expects russian and belarusian players will be allowed to play at wimbledon this summer, and says he doesn t mind if they do. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has been defending his government s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader sir keir starmer said the government is simply offering gimmicks and empty promises . the measures ann ....
closing of access to asylum in the uk for people arriving irregularly, we believe it s a clear breach of the refugee convention. they will enable us to take a very bold and forward leading steps in order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. the bbc is to speak to one of its highest paid presenters, gary lineker, after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media. he bbc investigation reveals how scammers and con people out of hundreds scammers and con people out of hundreds of millions of dollars. hello and welcome to bbc news. the un secretary general, antonio guterres is in ukraine to hold talks with president zelensky about the continued export of ukrainian grain. brokered by the united nations and turkey lastjuly, and secured with russia, the deal enabled the shipping of ukrainian grain from odesa via the black sea, through the bosphorus strait and istanbul. but, now the deal is up for renewal and russia has signa ....