there is the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface. and it s exactly a0 years since henry 8th s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent, after 437 years under the sea. the bank of england has been forced to intervene once again in the markets warning of a material risk to financial stability. the emergency move this morning will see the bank buy a wider range of government debt, in order to restore conditions in the markets. it follows on from yesterday s announcement of further meaures aimed at ensuring an orderly end to its emergency bond buying scheme. today the institute for fiscal studies think tank warnted the chancellor will need to make big and painful spending cuts to put the country s finances on a sustainable path. it suggests the chancellor could increase working age benefits in line with average earnings, limit public investment to 2% of national income and cut the budgets of every government department except he
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julian responsible pleaded guilty to one charge under the sp on act julian assange. we will get reaction from the us. good evening. first the conservatives, now labour both main parties embroiled in the betting scandal. today, the tories withdrew support from two of their candidates, craig williams and laura saunders, who had bet on the timing of the election. both are on the ballot as conservatives, but will sit as independents if they are elected. and then tonight, labour suspending one of their candidates kevin craig, who reportedly had bet against himself. the party has returned £100,000 in donations the businessman had given them. there is a sense that we don t yet know the full extent of the investigation. the gambling commission says five more metropolitan police officers are alleged to have placed bets. 0ur political editor chris mason has more. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister. he turned down my request for an interv
like the nhs, they are acutely aware right now the country depends on it. and there it is, that smiling baby. and that means depending on carers like rejoice. she is gorgeous! she is. she s from malawi, but is in peterborough with a family on a work visa. this country needs people like me, someone that can put their heart out there and help someone from the heart. outside of this place, do you feel appreciated? not by the country, no, because they think we are numbers, but we re not numbers, we re human beings. but as migration numbers boosted the population here, research from the institute for fiscal studies shows peterborough receives less funding for policing, local governments and public health than it should do according to need. what impact has immigration had here? i think it s made the city grow very quickly. this is sarah s experience. the increase of population does not measure up to the increase of services for people. where are the pressure points? at the hospita
almost 50 years according to figures released this morning. air raid sirens have gone off again across ukraine, a day after russia launched some of the worst attacks there for months. the public inquiry into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of post office branch managers begins today. in what s been described as the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in british history, the post office prosecuted more than 700 sub postmasters based on information from a computer system called horizon which falsely suggested there were cash shortfalls. a high courtjudgment eventually found the it system which was developed by the japanese technology firm fujitsu was riddled with bugs, errors and defects . but so far, nobody has been held accountable. now, a former fujitsu uk board director has spoken exclusively to the bbc about what happened, as our correspondent colletta smith reports.