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Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is repor...

Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 1...

To stop that co2 from being released into the atmosphere, either by re using it, or storing it underground. Take this gas fired Power Station, for example. As the natural gas is burned to generate power, the Carbon Dioxide is separated out from it. Its then diverted via another pipeline and stored underground. If the Acorn Project it is given the go ahead, waste c02 will be piped from Central Scotland here to st fergus using old pipelines. Refineries at mossmoran and grangemouth, as well as a ne...

are a couple of stories here, yesterday was 17 degrees, back down to around eight or nine for thursday and friday but it will get chillier because we have a weather front coming, some much—needed rain. this weather front coming, some much—needed rain. this weatherfront is the coming, some much—needed rain. this weather front is the colder air but once that weather front moves through there is very little rain on the horizon for the rest of february. high pressure is in, by friday...

that the body found in the river is nicola bulley — who went missing last month. fractious scenes in israels parliament, where members are debating a controversial overhaul of the countrys judiciary. we begin in ukraine where us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv — his first trip since russia invaded almost a year ago. speaking alongside president zelensky, mr biden said that russias war in ukraine is failing and that vladimir putin had been wrong to think russia ...

tonight with the context... from edinburgh, alex massie scotland editor of the spectator. bill browder, the ceo of hermitage capital management and long—time critic of vladimir putin. and joel rubin, who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. welcome to the programme. whenjoe biden spoke to vladimir zelensky on this day last year, there wasnt much confidence in washington he would be president for much longer, nor indeed that kyiv could be defended...

of pakistans devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially—occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week — as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north—east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian—appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translat...

to harmful content online. disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities — one man is jailed for ten months. rail workers resume strike action in october, affecting the conservative party conference and the london marathon. and more than 28 million people in the uk saw the queens state funeral on tv yesterday, making it one of the most—watched live broadcasts in british history. hello, good evening. the prime minister, liz truss, says she is prepared to take difficult ...

conviction of adnan syed, we speak to a man who taught him law in prison. tonight with the context, democratic strategist mary anne marsh and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. welcome. world leaders are in new york for a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russias invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events today have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in th...

in france of not staffing border posts adequately. french politicians have blamed the chaos on extra brexit checks. now on bbc news — in the 1960s, an adoption agency split up infant twins and placed them in different families as part of a controversial study, having a seismic impact on many of their lives. february of 2018, there was a 2020 episode about the louise wise agency separating identical twins back in the mid �*60s, and my older sister whos adopted, called me and said, "...