At one point they were down by almost a third. Metro bank is the youngest lender on britains high streets. It launched here back in 2010 in the wake of the Global Financial crisis to take on the likes of lloyds and ba rclays. It was the first to do so for more than 100 years. But its had a series of Financial Issues and on thursday there were reports that its urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. So should customers be worried . Heres our Business Correspondent theo leggett. Well, i dont think customers should be too worried at this stage. Although a 25 drop in the share price is clearly not a good look, metro bank insists that, fundamentally, its finances are pretty sound, it made a profit in the first half of this year, and it continues, crucially, to meet all regulatory requirements in terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. 0n terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. On top of that, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme d
Good evening. A man who broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day in 2021 has been jailed for 9 years after pleading guilty to treason. Jaswant chail, whos now 21, will initially be kept in custody at broadmoor hospital. He is the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981. Daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. Just a few metres from the queens private apartments, and with his crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment whenJaswant Chail crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Chail was arrested. Seen here moments later, he had used a rope ladder to get into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, iam here 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am here to kill the queen. Wearing this metal mask inspired by his obsessio
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Temperatures across the world in september were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the eu climate service. The heat is being driven by ongoing emissions of gases warming the atmosphere, as well as the Weather Event known as el nino. They say 2023 is now on track to be the warmest on record. Our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here. This sounds very sobering . It is sobering. September was 0. 93 celsius warmer than the average global temperature for the month, so almost a whole degrees celsius, huge margin when you remember it is an average across the whole globe. Normally we would expect variations of a small fraction of a degree between years and it comes after, as you said, the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. July we saw the hottest day, then the hottest week, then the hottest month ever recorded with scientist saying they thought it was almost certainly they thought it w
One of the issues. Im curious because what i think in terms of one project. And im adding 17 for middle income. Then that is 170 units in just one project. So when you look at the funding that could be available for suggesting milling income i think it says 35 . Which means about 25 million a year. What are you going to do with the 25 million . You can explain exactly how its going to work . Is it to help bill or help to buy . Or what is it . [ please stand by ] type of building and the land value. We think we can negotiate pricing for the mixeduse development because the developers are working with us already and the purchase will allow inclusionary at a good price and the price point for the units which would be affordable serving generations of people at affordable rents is it can be a good price point and at least equal to or sometimes less than just building new. Its certainly faster. If you were to do a combination in terms of approximately 25 million a year, how many units can y
To be an olympian. But i ended up going, doing my best, and coming home with a gold medal. And i was a normal kid from kent. Commentator absolutely stratospheric. The fact remains, if you want to excel in winter sports, you have to travel abroad. There are some olympic sports which are far easier to play in every town and city in great britain. Like this one. British basketball has even been discussed in the house of commons recently. It has mass participation amongst young people but isnt considered likely to win olympic medals, and so doesnt get uk sport funding. We are in danger of losing national teams. Its got to be looked at now. Its notjust re evaluating, not just talking about my sport, talking about all sports, the way they are funded. We are at a crucial point. Some sports are given huge amounts of money and it is a very low participation sport. Uk sport exists to turn lottery money into medals, which everyone enjoys. But, like sliding on ice, the secret to funding may well b