united kingdom government to act to restore peace and stability in northern ireland. the thing which made it tolerable was that we knew business. today we face just the problems which the particle itself would solve. the protocol has provision for it to be changed. can ijust invite her come as a welcome this, the right solution for the way forward, and what nonsense we have heard, this is a solution that could be negotiated as a welcome it, could i ask her to repeat once again that we will protect the eu s legitimate interests as we restore the primacy of the good friday agreement and the constitutional integrity of the uk? my constitutional integrity of the uk? my honourable friend is absolutely right, we have already established the trusted traders scheme, we have already established data sharing with the eu of commercial data. what we are proposing as part of this bill is proper enforcement to make sure the eu single market is protected. that is the best solution in our vi
more evidence that wages are failing to keep pace with the cost of living earnings are down 1.2% from last year when adjusted for inflation, their biggest fall since 2013. a woman convicted of killing a one year old boy she was hoping to adopt. her lawyersaid one year old boy she was hoping to adopt. her lawyer said she lost it over his crying. wayne rooney tells a libel trial that the fa wanted rebekah vardy to calm down during the european championships six years ago. the queen has made a surprise visit to the new london elizabeth line ahead of its opening next week. welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland known as the protocol. she told parliament that britain would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu, but failing that, it would pass a law to change the protocol to make trade easier in an attempt to encourage
in the uk for the first time since records began. but high inflation means people s wages are falling in real terms. the wagatha christie court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. and the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. good evening. for 82 days, the ukrainian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night, more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port city has been key to moscow s military campaign giving russia full control of more than 80% of ukraine s black sea coastline. russian troops encircled mariupol in early march, damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. but ukrainian forces held out at the huge steelworks in
Party success in the local elections, an opinion poll gives sir keir starmer a 30 point lead over the conservatives, which does not support the prime ministers quirky theory that we are headed for a hung parliament. Starmer seize the initiative on small boats as he announced his plans to use Counter Terror powers to smash people smuggling gangs. But does the loss of some muslim voters in the local elections . Nonetheless put pressure on starmer to pivot his partys stance on gaza, and looking north of the scottish border. Can john swinney and kate forbes steer the snp away from the gender and hate crime policies pursued by Nicola Sturgeon and humza yousaf . Ill discuss all of that with my political panel. The final of the Eurovision Song Contest took place last night, with switzerlands nemo picking up the crown. Theres been a lot of controversy in recent weeks about the uks representative Olly Alexander, who said that he was ambivalent about the union jack. Doctor eurovision himself. Do
Law in the next few days, and people on flights to rwanda by early june. Ill bring you more shortly. Shortly. Okay. The first of four criminal trials against donald trump begins today in new york as he faces charges over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Daniels. And our debate at seven this morning with more than 11 million sick notes issued last yean million sick notes issued last year, well be discussing whether we need a crackdown. Whether we need a crackdown. And it is sport this morning in golf, Scottie Scheffler gets his second green jacket in five attempts as he wins the masters. Arsenal and liverpool get a little bit wobbly in the title race. And in germany, the first new champions that arent Bayern Munich for a very long time, its been a breezy and showery start to the morning, but there will be some sunshine on offer this afternoon. Join me later for the full forecast with all the details. And were all still talking about those drone attacks in israel on saturday