their celebrations, that s for sure. also celebrating today, is kate cross. she s been named in england s squad for the ashes test with australia after recovering from illness. the pace bowler needed multiple rounds of antibiotics to treat a parasite infection, but has been included in a is player squad for the four day test at trent bridge starting on 22nd june. she said on social media, it s always so special . the test is followed by three t20s and three one day internationals. full details of the squad are on the bbc sport website and app. it s a huge day for women s sport in england. last year was the baroness this morning euros. this summer at the ashes. the winners of the ashes in particular, for us, i think is much as we can we would encourage people to get out. and watch what we are hoping will be some really entertaining cricket. meanwhile, the men s ashes starts in four days time and australia got the perfect warm up by beating india on sunday to become world tes
welcome back to bbc news. we bring you some breaking news that s come in the last few minutes. the confederation of british industries has in the last few minutes announce its suspending all policy injune. this comes after dozens of firms paused or even cancelled their membership. a number of huge names have ditched the cbi and moved on. this includes bmw, john lewis, avi, mastercard, virgin media, lloyd s of london, schroders. these have either paused or cancelled their membership completely. the business lobbying group has been at the centre of all what only could be described as varying degrees. there really has taken a toll on the organisations. we ve seen its share resigning, stepping down. a new chair is do to take over, but we have had a lot of companies who rely on the cbi to not only lobby for them, but also to give best practice for businesses, to advise businesses on what is best practice. we ve seen one of those companies who are really the bread and butter of the
of wales will never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with millions in cash from a former qatari prime minister. singer r kelly could face decades in prison as he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of ringleading a violent scheme to lure women and children for him to sexually abuse. and coming up in sport, britain s emma raducanu is out of wimbledon after being defeated by france s caroline garcia in straight sets. welcome to the programme. a court in france has handed down guilty verdicts to all but one of the 20 men accused of involvement in the islamist attacks in paris in 2015. sentencing is still to be announced. among the defendants, the only suspected attacker to have survived, salah abdeslam, who has been sentenced to life injail. gunmen killed 130 people across the french capital. the attacks started with three explosions outside the stade de france stadium whilst a match was taking
adviser says he resigned last night because the prime minister put him in an impossible and odious position over an issue he believed would amount to a deliberate breach of the ministerial code. interest rates up again to one and a quarter per cent, the highest in more than a decade. a man confesses to killing a britishjournalist and his local guide in brazil, and leads police to where he buried the bodies. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave is expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment in british gymnastics has found that physical and emotional abuse was systemic . the whyte review, which extends beyond 300 pages and was co commissioned by uk sport and sport england, found that gymnast well being and welfare had not been at the centre of british gymnastics culture during a 12 year period up to 2020 and that there was a coach led culture of fear. let s talk to our spor
And they wont be the last. What does it mean for Council Tax Payers in the city . And as concerns grow for the Financial Futures of dozens of other councils, is this more evidence of crumbling britain . We will speak to conservative and Labour Councillors and an expert on town halls growing financial woes. Also tonight, hundreds of women can now take legal action against the makers of a Contraceptive Coil that women say have left them maimed and in constant pain. We will talk to the lawyer representing 200 patients and a woman who says she was forced to have a hysterectomy to get the coil out of her. And the row between government and big tech which could mean that the Message Services millions of us rely on could stop working. And the government plans to tighten Benefit Rules to encourage more disabled people off benefits and into work. We will get a reaction from a charity. And do send us a message on whatsapp. Are you in receipt of benefits and keen to work, or an employer hoping th