insisting he is brain dead. barristers will take industrial action in england and wales in protest at pay and conditions. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation between 201! at 2014 fights that sexual exploitation between 2011 at 2014 fights that there were serious failings from the handling of some cases by the council and police. good afternoon. the transport secretary grant shapps says the government is doing everything it can to minimise disruption after it s confirmed the biggest series of rail strikes in 30 years will go ahead with a significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses today have failed to make any breakthrough. the strike action is taking place tomorrow, tuesday 21stjune, and also on thursday 23rd and saturday 25th. distruption is also expected on non strike days, too, with a special timetable published published for the whole of this week. network rail is advising passe
in martin scorsese s 1990 mafia movie, goodfellas. ray liotta was working on a film in the dominican republic when he died. he ll also be remembered for field of dreams and copland. the head of p&0 ferries has told the bbc it was a difficult decision to sack hundreds of staff earlier this year. peter hebblethwaite said that the dismissal of 800 workers and replacing them with foreign agency workers paid less than the minimum wage was intended to secure our transport correspondent katy austin reports. 10 weeks on, most of p&0 s ferries are running again, but questions remain, including about the way the company suddenly dismissed its staff. how would you feel if somebody did that to you? well. er. it s not, it is not pleasant, being made redundant and we have tri. it was more than being made redundant, wasn t it? it was being told on the day, this is your last day at work. no warning. yeah, as i ve said, i recognise that we had to make a very difficult decision. we have issued
plus, coming to a car park near you: cheap solar charging for your electric vehicle. but does northern europe have the weather for it? we start with the cost of living here in the uk because, as we were anticipating this time yesterday, the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a financial support package to help people with soaring bills. the 15 billion pound plan will be funded, in part, by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy. in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the opposition labour party have been calling for, but the government has resisted, until now. all households, regardless of income, will receive a grant of £400 towards their energy bills, which won t have to be paid back. on top of that, those on the lowest incomes, around eight million households, will receive a one off payment of £650. and pensioners receiving the winter fuel allowance will also get an extra one off payment of £300. those receiving disability b
care of, for a change. i the chancellor is rasing some of the cash from a one off tax on oil and gas companies. we ll have their reaction, too. also tonight. the texas primary school mass shooting questions about how long it took for police to challenge the gunman. up to an hour, some say. the actor kevin spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk. abba as you ve never seen them before. a0 years after they last toured, digital technology takes them on the road again. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rhys mcclenaghan is told he won t be allowed to defend his gold medal at the commonwealth games in a move that s been described as reprehensible. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. timely, targeted and temporary the three words chancellor rishi sunak used this afternoon to sum up a £15 billion package to help millions of households across the country through the cost of l
following the mass shooting at a school in texas, local police are now being blamed for a slow response. we meet the mother of two boys, both of whom were apparently forced to serve in the russian army, despite president putin s assurances. and from the palace archives the rare images of the queen s life being shared with the public for the first time. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we have the latest from the french open, with another win for world number one iga swiatek, but britain s number two, dan evans, is out. good evening. faced with clear evidence of a worsening cost of living crisis for millions of households, the chancellor, rishi sunak, has unveiled a new support package worth £15 billion. it will be funded in part by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the government has resisted until now. these are the main elements of the package. all households regardless of