about ii,500 red pounds earned by one call handler who never took a single call. it seems like an incredible waste of money. management consultants, there have been promises to kind of rollback on management consultants in the nhs and this particular scheme, 2239 management consultant on an average of £1100 a day, some of them would have been being paid more. that is what they scheme involves. so we are beginning to have this postmortem into what we did during the pandemic. the government has not had its inquiry yet, but he are the figures that well start feeding into it, and in a time when money is tight, figures like this are really eye popping. i tight, figures like this are really eye-pepping- tight, figures like this are really eye-popping. tight, figures like this are really ee oin~. , eye-popping. i remember when contact traits are telling eye-popping. i remember when contact traits are telling victoria traits are telling victoria derbyshire here on bbc news tha
coutts bank raised concerns internally that nigel farage was xenophobic and racist, and cancelled his account. well, he s here, and he s not best pleased. the former brexit leader has found an ally in rishi sunak, who has promised a crackdown on banks denying accounts to customers on the basis of their opinions. we ll ask, should financiers be free to choose their customers? also tonight. women have been out on the streets of afghanistan today facing down water cannon and tear gas, protesting about the tabilan s closure of every beauty salon in the country by the end of friday, which will leave more than 50,000 beauticans without a wage. we ll be speaking live from kabul to the feminist activist mahbouba serja. in our latest nhs investigation, we ask serious questions about one of the companies making millions from the nhs to review trusts. when we see there is millions of pounds being spent on consultants, we have to ask why that money is being spent, where it is being spent
well, russell brand might have disappeared from more traditional media outlets over recent years and he is no longer in hollywood films but he has built a huge following across social media on the likes of instagram, twitter and youtube he has millions of followers. on youtube in particular, he has over 6 million subscribers. he post videos near daily and he has monetisation on them which means that youtube puts adverts from other companies before and after, sometimes in the middle as well of those videos, viewers will be familiar with them. he gets a cut of the revenue from those adverts. i contacted google yesterday which owns youtube to ask whether or not that was under review given the serious nature of the allegations. as you say, russell brand denies them but they are still serious allegations. they didn t respond yesterday but this morning they have come back with a statement saying, we have suspended monetisation on russell brand s channel for violating our creator re
waiting for an operation on the tumour on her face. twice it s been cancelled because of industrial action by doctors. last week it was due to go ahead again, but this time there was no bed available. the delays are taking their toll. i m not going to say it s selfish cos i understand with the cost of living crisis, it s very hard at the moment especially for some people who maybe aren t getting paid as much as they should, especially for what they do. and i respect them, i really do, but for patients like me, it s really draining to keep having it, like, postponed, and really mentally damaging because you don t know what s going to be you re getting so much anxiety from when it s next going to be. today s action by consultant doctors in england will be their third walk out. the previous consultant strike days which occurred last month saw nearly 16,000 appointments cancelled or delayed, with around 6,000 staff off each day. overall, the nhs in england has seen ten mo
worst ever life. we know he is going to go. we don t even get a say on what will happen. so called islamic state under siege in syria. american led forces surround is fighters in raqqa. good morning. there s no need for men to wear a tie in the house of commons from now on says the speaker of the house so this morning i ll be seeing if formal dress codes at work are on their way out. in sport three days before wimbledon, the british number one johanna konta, recovers from a heavy fall at eastbourne, to beat the world number one, angelique kerber. and we ll hear the tale of menai the tropical sea turtle found washed up on a north wales beach earlier this year, thousands of miles from home. we ll hear how she s edging closer to a return to the wild. and sarah has the weather. good morning. a cloudy day with drizzle in the north and west. sunshine and showers towards the south east. sunshine and showers towards the south-east. details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our