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the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. hes appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee — hes likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. lets listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what ive read, ther...

and help is still in short supply. in northern syria, disbelief on the face this small child pulled from the wreckage of her home after a night beneath the rubble. also on the programme — the man who carried out dozens of rapes and sexual offences whilst an officer in the metropolitan police has given 36 life sentences. police say they believe emma pattison and her daughter were shot dead in the surrey school where she coming up in sports day in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news ch...

obese when she died at the family home in october 2020. and bp announces record profits of £23 billion, more than double that of the year before. and, the great british fighting plane, one of the most famous from world war two, known as the mosquito, could soon fly again in the uk thanks to a group of volunteers. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. more than five thousand people are now known to have died after yesterdays devastating earthquakes that hit turkey and syria. many mo...

of classrooms and morale in schools, we have one big question this morning. how best can parents and the public judge whats really going on? for her first interview since the death of ruth perry, the chief inpector of schools, amanda spielman, is here to answer our questions. after the prime ministers friend and deputy quit after he was found to have bullied stuff, the governments new number two — oliver dowden — is here too. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, will ...

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...

ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. im samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three—day extension to it. the sudanese army says its approved the ...

and retaining their premier league title. liverpools trent alexander—arnold tells us why hes launching a scheme to help young players who are released by club academies. a lot of people still find it difficult to kind of open up and feel vulnerable, and are scared of that feeling of failure again. good morning. there is a lot of cloud out there for most of us and some outbreaks of rain. the weather is going to be warming up in the next few days. details here on bbc breakfast. good mo...

notre—dame cathedral as restoration continues, four years since a fire destroyed significant parts of the world heritage landmark. hello, im lucy gray. the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japans prime minister fumio kishida has been identified by the authorities as 24—year—old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. pm kishida ...

and driving hands free around the streets of london, we take a look at the driverless car that may be a gamechanger. lets now get down to business. lets start in the us, where it looks like interest rates will be headed higher and higher. speaking to a senate committee the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell warned more action might be needed to stabilise prices and tame inflation. many analysts had been expecting another quarter percent rise when the fed meets later this month...

on the really essential measures in her proposals that will protect children from this terrible scourge? if my right honourable friend met some very important points and i think across this house we want to ensure we protect children, and that is why in addition to measures already in place which are for example targeting advertising and making sure it does not take place towards children, there are a number of measures including the voluntary band that is taking place on football shir...