such as the earth s climate. more than 200,000 pupils were off school in england last week over covid. and adele confirms her latest single. clara amfo will be with us just after 8:30pm. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary has announced an independent inquiry into the systematic failures that allowed a serving police officer to kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard. in her speech to the conservative party conference, priti patel said the public needs answers to ensure something like this can never happen again . last week, wayne couzens was sentenced to a whole life term in prison. our special correspondent lucy manning has this report. so many questions after sarah everard s murder. how could wayne couzens be a police officer? why wasn t he stopped earlier? why are women still not safe? nearly a week after, we learned the full distressing details of what a police officer did to sarah everard, there will now be a wide ranging inquiry. the public have a
pippa crerar and daily mail columnist sarah vine. hello and welcome. at the 2019 election, borisjohnson captured a slew of northern constituencies in england with the promise to level up the country. the government said it would rebalance the economy, share the prosperity of london, to address long standing underinvestment in the regions. and now we have the policy, a bill published today by the levelling up secretary michael gove which, finally, spells out how they aim to achieve it. this white paper lays out a long term economic and plan to make opportunity more equal. it shifts power and opportunity towards the north end midlands, scotland, wales and northern ireland. it guarantees increase investment in overlooked and undervalued communities. in research and development, in education and skills, and transport and broadband, in urban parks and decent homes, and grassroots ports and local culture and in fighting crime and tackling anti social behavior. it gives local comm
all of his time saving his own skin. is the sorry from the pm enough for you now? how are you left feeling after sue gray s initial findings into pa rtygate? do let me know it s @vicderbyshire on twitter and instagram. meanwhile, borisjohnson makes his way to ukraine this morning to hold talks with the country s president as tension grows over whether russian forces on the border will invade. good morning, i m ben boulos. our other stories this morning. myanmar marks the first anniversary of the military coup with a silent strike. the un says the country is now in a state of civil war. and five letters sell for seven figures. the new york times purchases the popular daily puzzle, wordle. hello, we are live in downing street and in numberten hello, we are live in downing street and in number ten borisjohnson is meeting his top team, the members of his cabinet, who went into the building a little earlier this morning. when they emerge we will try and grab a word with one or
donald trump admits he did want mike pence to overturn the result of the 2020 election and he calls on his supporters to come out in their thousands, if they dare to charge him for it. tonight with the context, ayesha hazarika, former labour advisor and evening standard columnist. and guto harri who worked with borisjohnson when he was the mayor of london. hello and welcome. 12 of the 16 events sue gray investigated are now subject to a police investigation, including three events it s claimed borisjohnson attended in person. in the abridged version of her report published today, sue gray said she was limited in what she could make public because of the met police inquiry. none of the 70 people she has spoken to were identified, nor did she include any of the relevant email information, whatsapp messages, or some 300 photographs that the met police now have in their possession. but she didn t pull any punches in her conclusions. some of the behaviour, she wrote, is difficul
after 19 children are killed in a school shooting as the debate over gun control intensifies. the king of clay, rafael nadal, cruises through round three at the french open, while emma radacanu is now focusing on wimbledon as she reflects on her defeat, ending british interest in the women s singles. it s in the women s singles. a bit windy today across th uk, it s a bit windy today across the uk, especially illinois. some rain at times in the west but as we head towards that weekend things are looking drier. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 26th may. our main story. every household in britain is set to receive hundreds of pounds in additional support from the government to ease the cost of living crisis this winter. the £200 loan on energy bills, announced in february, could now be doubled and replaced with a grant that will not have to be paid back with further measures expected for those on low and fixed incomes. the £10 billion package is