hello, i m with your top business stories. should one of britain s most influential newspapers be owned by the abu dhabi royal family? that s a question the uk government has been grappling with since the 169 year old daily telegraph agreed to a major investment from a uae backed firm late last year. redbird imi is backed by shekih mansour bin zayed al nahyan who also owns manchester city football club. the deal has been put on hold until later this month while uk media regulators examine it. but the man leading the bid, the former boss of cnn jeff zucker, has dismissed concerns about editorial interference by the gulf government at the telegraph and its sister magazine the spectator. speaking exclusively to our business editor simonjack, he said the deal will provide much needed investment in uk journalism. we think it is a two terrific brands that have been under invested in for a long time and is a great opportunity to export these brands, to invest in these brands, br
As british Prime Minister. An increasing number of conservatives say they want to see mrjohnson secure a Second Period at number 10 downing st. The first wild bison for thousands of years has been born in the uk. Three bison were released back injuly as part of a Rewilding Project in kent 0h, shes shes like A Ray Of Sunshine on a dark, cloudy day. Its thousands of years since a bison was born in the wild in britain. So this is quite a moment in kents blean woods. Europes largest mammal, once hunted almost to extinction, taking her first steps. Shes a little ball of energy. And when she sees. When we get a little bit of rain, she starts sprinting around and its, whats this stuff falling out of the sky . Shes fantastic. Shes doing so, so well. Donovan oversaw the arrival of the first three bison in july. Its basically a little treat, but that is the menu, what you see out there. These bison are not free to roam. Under uk law, theyve rather unfairly been classed as dangerous animals, whic
he denied he had any intention of using nuclear weapons in ukraine and accused the west of trying to destroy russia. the number of crimes in england and wales that result in someone being charged is now half of what it was seven years ago. figures released today show that the proportion of crimes reported to police that result in a charge has fallen from just over 15% in march 2015 to just over 5% now. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here with more details. the good news is that on the best official estimate, the number of crimes in england and wales is still lower than it was before the pandemic. but the bad news is that while we are actually reporting more crimes, fewer people are being charged with those offences by the police. here s a graph of the number of crimes reported to the police over the last seven years, rising from about 3.5 million to 5.5 million. so what has been the outcome of those crimes? well, back in 2015, just short of 600,000 of them
mike leigh, known for his legendary use of improvisation in films that have brought him seven 0scar nominations. james marsh, who won an academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron, who made the modern american classic american psycho starring christian bale, and sally el hosaini, a rising star in british cinema, having just launched herfilm the swimmers, a story of two syrian refugee sisters, to considerable acclaim at the toronto and london film festivals. the bbc may have been around for 100 years, but almost 50 years ago, i came to portland place to a bbc appointments board, and i gotan apprenticeship as a bbc news trainee. since then, over the years, i have witnessed numerous men and women, talented people at the bbc, who ve moved on to greatness in the film industry. the bbc helped to train the man who is, without any doubt, an elder statesman of british cinema 86 year old ken loach. with more than 50 directing credits to his name, he has mad
britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he needed to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium, to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profound economic crisis. a businesslike, sober tone, a blunt, direct