Begins, cheltenham roar, is the festival begins, kicking off four days of racing. Begins, kicking off four days of racing, culminating in the gold cup on friday on friday. Good morning. A fairly on friday. Good morning. A fairly cloudy day for most of us today. Patchy light rain in the north. Heavy rain in the south. The temperature continues to climb in the next few days. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its tuesday, 12th march. A long awaited report into Veterinary Services will be published this morning, after concerns pet owners are facing expensive bills when paying for treatments. The Competition And Markets Authority launched the review last year, and has previously said that fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. Nina has the details. Good morning. Are you paying too much to care for your furry friend . Why have vet costs been rising faster than general inflation . Are you getting a fair deal when it comes to costing
For the First Time Since itjoined nato, the swedish flag has been raised at nato headquarters. Theyve been taking part in the Largest Military exercise since the cold war, amidst warnings of a new threat to europe from russia following its full scale invasion from damning of ukraine. Jonathan beale reports from the arctic circle. Nato says its a bulwark for peace. But its preparing for war. This, just part of its massive Military Exercise taking place right across europe. And with newest members sweden and finland in no doubt as to why theyjoined. Being alone against russia is like, why take that risk when you canjoin nato . I personally feel a lot safer because now we have allies to depend on. In this scenario, theyve come to defend Northern Norway after its been invaded. Theyre not calling the enemy russia, but it is a near neighbour. The aim of this exercise is to demonstrate how nato would come to the aid of an ally under attack. It is the very principle of the alliance an attack o
Extended from nine to 19 years. Mr navalny was found guilty of inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organisation, charges he denied. Hes already serving a nine year term for fraud and contempt of court, in a case which many see as politically motivated. Todays Court Proceedings were held in the prison in melekhovo, where he has been held, and from where our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny was already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. All we could do was watch on a screen. At this trial behind bars, the kremlin critic was found guilty on extremism charges and handed a new 19 year prison sentence. Hell be transferred to a so called Special Regime colony and harsher conditions. We may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in t
killed in the nottingham attacks have addressed thousands at a vigil in the city centre. a minute s silence was held to remember students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, as well as ian coates, who was 65. police have been given more time to question a 31 year old man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. our midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. bell tolls. silent, defiant, united. the people of nottingham chose to stand together in pain and love. for the first time since the tragic events of tuesday, at this vigil, we heard from all three families of those who died. starting with james coates, one of school caretaker ian coates three sons. it feels like he has touched a lot of hearts over the years, more than what we assumed and knew he had. so it has been really nice and heart warming to see the messages and that people come out and talk about how he was when they were younger and how he has helped them. some beautiful comments. my dad was an avid fisherm
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