Suggesting she supported hamas, but the cost of that payment is covered by taxpayers. The science secretary, michelle donelan, has now retracted her comments about professor kate sang after a government investigation found the allegations were baseless. And allegations were baseless. And finally thousands of staff at greggs are to get, shall we say, a slice of the profits. More than £17 million in bonuses. Evidently, its after the high street bakery saw profits rise by 27 in the last year, so staff can expect to see their extra dough in their pay packets at the end of this month to recognise their hard work, and its all the icing on the cake for the workers, who already get a share of the profits each year for the very latest news stories, do sign up for gp news alerts. Scan the qr code on your screen to gb news. Common screen or go to gb news. Common alerts. Welcome along a message alerts. Welcome along a message to the Prime Ministerjust boots out the jihadis. Its not hard. France a
Are you an extremist . Next. Are you an extremist . Next. Im Polly Middlehurst and the top story in the gb newsroom tonight i at 9 01, Birmingham City council has approved a wave of budget cuts that have been described as a devastating double whammy of tax cuts and fewer public services. The fewer public services. The labour Led Authority is planning a 21 increase in council tax over two years, and £300 million worth of cuts to public services. Council leader john cotton, unrwa , vividly apologised to the unrwa, vividly apologised to the citys residents , blaming tory citys residents, blaming tory austero , 80, birminghams austero, 80, birminghams conservative leader, said though the cuts will mean streets arent clean and broken, street lights arent repaired and jeremy hunt is expected to ask councils to cut wasteful spending on equality and diversity programmes as he announces britains budget tomorrow. Its being suggested tomorrow. Its being suggested he could announce a £0. 02 in t
The fight to buy the tv network. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Women and men will play together at a European Tour golf event for the first time later this year as the new golfsixes event is launched. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road, rail and flight disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places three people have died in lincolnshire after a crash involving a car and a lorry. Many schools are shut, and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. The met office has issued amber warnings for swathes of the country as cold air sweeps in from the east. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today, and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of eastern england, scotland and Northern Ireland. The transport network has been badly affected, with many cancellations and delays. Robert hall reports. The east coast had time to prepare but the snowfall sweeping in from europ
Labours call to remain within a Customs Union. It would be a complete sell out of Britains National interests and a betrayal of the voters in the referendum. Police name three people believe to have died in an explosion in leicester and rule out finding any more suivivois. And Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox faces a fight to take to take control of sky, as the us cable giant comcast makes a bid worth £22 billion. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Train Services and flights have been cancelled and hundreds of schools have been closed because of the heavy snow and freezing conditions. Parts of south east and north east england, scotland and north wales are badly affected. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places. There has been disruption on many major roads in southern england with the m20 in kent among the worst affected. Rail journeys have also been badly affected with southeastern cancelling more than 100 services between kent and london. Services in east anglia a
Pressure has been ramped up on send banger. Also, golf, men and women will be playing side by side on the European Tour. There is snow out there. It is all about knowing where to look. There is more Severe Weather to come through the rest of this week. More Severe Weather warnings and more travel warnings. If you thought it was cold today, just wait until tomorrow. Also coming up, the warning that Global Warming could have a devastating impact on king penguins. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road, rail and flight disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places three people have died in lincolnshire after a crash involving a car and a lorry. Hundreds of trains are cancelled, many schools are shut and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. And theres a warning from the met office that if you havent seen snow yet by the end of the week you will have. Lets get the latest from our correspondent in North Yorkshire. First,