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its wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotlands former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak — is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages — as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive ...

Being rescued on the front line as fighting rages around them. Calls for Energy Companies to stop making their customers use Prepayment Meters because theyre struggling to pay their bills. Bumper christmas sales for some of britains biggest retailers, despite the cost of living crisis. And tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck, who has died at the age of 78. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel. Great Britains Jack Draper will hope to be the Headline Maker in the first round of the...

we ask the experts. good morning. one of the most famous victories in scotlands history as they maintained their perfect start to euros qualifying with victory over spain at hampden park. and after sleeping outdoors for three years, the boy in the tent is coming back inside having raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. good morning. it is a mild and murky start to the day today, many of us will have cloud with some rain in the forecast, windy and temperatures higher than y...

than previously thought. and coming up on the bbc news channel, two late james anderson wickets put england in a strong position after day one of the opening test against new zealand. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the energy company centrica, which owns british gas, has seen its profits more than triple for last year because of rising oil and gas prices. the earnings were £3.3 billion, compared to £948 million from the year before. british gas was recently critic...

will place a face a growing backlash for revealing she had going issue with alcohol. there send the family would not i want it released. here is some of the family statement. we as a family believe the public focus has become distracted from finding nikki and more about speculation and rumours into her private life. "as a family, we were aware that lancashire police, last night, released a statement with some personal details. "although we know that nikki would not have wanted this. th...

to be like in ten years? this glacier is the place to be. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the energy company centrica, which owns british gas, police in lancashire. .. police in lancashire... the family have said believe that focus has become distracted. that is a statement through lancashire police but statement from the family of nicola bulley after initially a press conference yesterday more information today about nicola bulley and her history. there has been so much specul...

almost a year after russia invaded ukraine the bbc�*sjohn simpson talks to president zelensky about his countrys future. because of soaring energy costs. and coming up on sportsday on the the bbc news channel. as they prepare for this summers�* world cup, euro 2020 winners — england take on south korea this evening in their first game of the arnold clark cup. good evening. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley have called for people to focus on finding her and to stop spe...

china has called for a cool—headed handling of the dispute about a chinese spy balloon thats been seen over the united states. a senior chinese foreign ministry official has spoken with the us secretary of state antony blinken by phone, after he cancelled his trip to the country this weekend. presidentjoe biden says the united states is in his words "going to take care of" the balloon. beijing insists it is largely for meterological purposes and had been blown off course. a second ba...

british gas suspends its force—fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0shea has apologised. there chris 0shea has apologised. is nothing that i can 5 can there is nothing that i can say that can express the horror i had when i heard this, when i saw this. it is completely unacceptable, that language is completely unacceptable. the largest—ever outbreak of bird flu is now infecting mammals in the u...

with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. its just ten years since croatia joined the eu. you are watching bbc news. ill be back at the top of the hour. now its time for review 2022. and one story thats led news bulletins in the uk throughout the last 12 months has been rising prices and their impact. victoria valentine, along with our team of economics and business correspondents, have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of the squeezed economy and the cost ...