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scottish democracy. the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration, leaving hundreds of staff redundant. more rail strikes train drivers will walk out on the 1st and 3rd of february, after union bosses rejected a pay offerfrom rail companies. a double decker bus overturns in icy conditions in somerset. 56 people are injured. and after 31 years presenting his weekday mid morning show, broadcaster ken bruce announces he is leaving bbc radio 2. hello, good afternoon. for the first time, the uk government has announced it is blocking a law passed by the scottish parliament. the scotland secretary alisterjack told the commons he was blocking introducing reforms that would have made it easier for people to legally change gender. he said transgender people deserved respect and understanding, but he believed the bill would interfere with uk equalities law. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says her government will take legal action against the deci ....
round action this morning, just a day after his longest night and record breaking comeback in melbourne. and it is never cold and frosty start today in england and wales. a storm for scotland and northern ireland, said to turn milder this weekend. all the details here on breakfast. it s saturday 21 january. our top story: labour is calling for the prime minister rishi sunak to sack nadhim zahawi as the conservative party chairman, after reports he paid a penalty to hmrc as part of a multi million pound tax settlement. the ex chancellor has been under pressure over claims he tried to avoid paying tax and has now had to pay it back. the bbc has approached mr zahawi for comment on the allegation and is yet to receive a response. he has previously said that his taxes are properly declared and paid in the uk. david wallace lockha rt reports. nadhim zahawi is the chairman of the conservative party and sits around the cabinet table. he was the chancellor for a few months in the fina ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently making plans for over 4,000 gmb m ....
translation: we will still have to fight - for the supply of modern tanks. but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative to making the decision on tanks. the chair of the conservative party nadim zahawi has confirmed that he made a payment to the tax office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. mr zahawi said hmrc accepted that an error concerning shares he gave to his father for help in setting up the polling company yougov in 2000 had been careless and not deliberate. it comes after newspaper reports that he d paid a seven figure sum and been subject to a penalty. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. earlier labour had called on nadim zahawi to resign. here s our political correspondent helen catt. nadhim zahawi is a seniorfigure in the government, the chairman of the conservative party, who sits in the cabinet. last year, he was for a few months borisjo ....
in the last few years, we ve heard lots about the metaverse and how it s going to change our lives online. i ve made several stories about it and the effect that it s going to have. yeah, but you had help! i beg your pardon? you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that has helped with all of these stories on the telly. well, if you know so much about it, perhaps you d like to explain what the metaverse actually is, then? my pleasure. if we think of the current internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is the next version of the net that we re inside, experiencing as a 3d avatar, like this one. that s the broad idea it doesn t truly exist yet. but games like fortnite and roblox offer us a glimpse of what the metaverse could be virtual realms which play host to pop concerts, fashion shows and sports. ah! as well as allowing us to play games and mashing up different activities across genres and industries. but ....