week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. we ll be live in windsor shortly but first, just to let you know we re expecting a news conference very shortly in belfast from police investigating the shooting last week of det chief inspectorjohn caldwell. two gunmen shot the 48 year old several times in front of his young son at a sports complex on wednesday evening. mr caldwell remains critically ill in hospital. six people remain in police custody for questioning. this is the scene, the podium, as we expect the conference getting under way. there are significant developm
When it comes to the dup s position, most focus will be on what their response to the agreement is. my colleagues have had a word with the dup leader sojeffrey donaldson as he left here and arrived at belfast city airport, where he is going to a parliamentary hearing. he wasn t giving too much away, he felt neither positive nor negative, he hadn t seen the full text, and he needed time to study at. when asked how long it would take, he said it would take as long as it does. we are getting the impression the dup won t give any immediate response to this deal. there won t be an immediate restoration of the stormont institution. the dup plan to take their time, analyse a document, take on board what some lawyers have to say about the legal
Rumbled over northern ireland protocol has rumbled on. there are people who work rumbled on. there are people who work in rumbled on. there are people who work in university science research, he would work in university science research, he would like the uk to be back in the eu s he would like the uk to be back in the eu s science programme. that was never the eu s science programme. that was never going the eu s science programme. that was never going to happen as long as the protocol never going to happen as long as the protocol row continued. potentially, does it protocol row continued. potentially, does it make it easier for the prime minister does it make it easier for the prime minister to does it make it easier for the prime minister to go does it make it easier for the prime ministerto go and does it make it easier for the prime minister to go and see present macron. we don t know how, but one present macron. we don t know how, but one would have thought they
Day of middle of what we feel is the final day of this middle of what we feel is the final day of this controversial negotiation between the eu. people like arlene foster, the former dup leader. like arlene foster, the former dup leader, have said today they are cross leader, have said today they are cross that leader, have said today they are cross that in their view the king is being cross that in their view the king is being drawn into something politically contentious when the kin- politically contentious when the king is politically contentious when the king is meant to be politically neutral king is meant to be politically neutral. the commission have said. just neutral. the commission have said. just hold neutral. the commission have said. just hold on neutral. the commission have said. just hold on one second. sorry to curtain. chris mason is saying a senior government source has told the bbc and agreement has been reached, the deal is done, so senior government
Commission president, they have managed commission president, they have managed to find a new agreement, on the sobject managed to find a new agreement, on the subject question about how to make the subject question about how to make trade across the rac smoother, to remove make trade across the rac smoother, to remove many checks, and the uk government to remove many checks, and the uk government hopes to bring more democratic consent of the decisions that apply democratic consent of the decisions that apply to northern ireland, which that apply to northern ireland, which of that apply to northern ireland, which of course remains part of the single which of course remains part of the single market, when it comes to customs single market, when it comes to customs. this has been a controversial issue that boris johnson, controversial issue that boris johnson, who came up with the original johnson, who came up with the original deal, try to grapple with, liz trusted, d