Into the house he knows that he's going to be outnumbered yet he still has the confidence and the ability to be a pal of those people the burglar is believed to stake out his targets for several weeks in order to intimately understand the comings and goings of the wealthy occupants locations of say some valuables inside he was so confident he spent more than an hour at the property until he had gathered all the items he wanted to steal . He's looking at houses to establish what the retains are that there is within the premises so that he can find the ideal opportunity to enter into this premise says investigators have appealed for help to catch the burglar saying it's vital to prevent further harm coming to anybody else forced. Full season. Spending says the Ministry of Defense is up to 4200000000 pounds off to selling tens of thousands of military homes 2 decades ago the B.B.C.'s defense correspondent Jonathan. The Ministry of Defense sold 55000 military homes to property limited in 1996 to 1600000000 pounds as part of the deal the lease back many of the properties and is currently spending 178000000 pounds of. The National Audit Office describes the deal as great for the landlords but it says the average may have lost between 2 and 4 pretty and pounced with a rise in property prices the Mideast says that couldn't have been predicted at the time the highlights waste with 20 percent of the properties rented back by the end of the left last year at one sorry to be empty for more than 20 years it's the shadow defense secretary Mia Griffiths says the situation could get even worse in a situation where in 2021 the company. Could push up the rents and it would be extremely difficult for the energy to negotiate any decrease. In those red. Forces. The former defense secretary son Michael Fallon has criticised the lack of female ministers in the movie he's warned it's hard to say the armed forces are open to everyone if all the politicians in charge of it all men are and how small so Michael Fallon made his comments yesterday as M.P.'s debated his flexible working veil in the comments he criticized the lack of female defense ministers falling to reason May's recently shuffle it is a mistake to fire defense ministers to have them we are to get more and. More people from the ethnic and the the minorities to join up and we have to show that this kind of change that is from the top to conservative former defense secretary told of his regret at the gap left by the decision to move Harriet Baldwin from the Ministry of Defense to the foreign office Michel with balls to resign 2 months ago after admitting his past behavior towards women have fallen short you know. The b.b.c. Is publishing a report today on what it pays its top stars there's been mounting criticism of how much the corporation rewards some high profile figures and of the discrepancy between men and women and it's already emerged that the b.b.c. Is proposing a paid cap for its news presenters of $320000.00 pounds a year the Conservative M.P.'s Damian Collins chairs the Digital Culture Media and Sport select committee what we want from the b.b.c. Is going to a clear explanation of the steps they will take to bring about transcriber policy. How they account for some of the pay decisions that were made in the past or saw some people being paid many times more than the colleagues for doing what was sent to the same job for the central plank of bricks at legislation in the e.u. Withdrawal bill begins its passage through the House of Lords today nearly 200 peers are expected to take part in the debate many. Strongly opposed. Especially can be meeting of the Irish cabinet has approved plans for a referendum on liberalizing the country's abortion laws take place in May well be honest if they want to amend the Constitution which gives equal weight to the right of both the mother and the unborn child and give the power to legislate on abortion in the future currently terminations are legal I only if the mother's life is not risk these days. And the 86 year old former paratrooper has been recognized by the prime minister after years of fundraising saw him raise close to home for a 1000000 pounds for charity his most recent effort was to walk 86 miles for the Royal British Legion on the Parachute Regiment charity despite being in the midst of ongoing chemotherapy kind of king went to meet him. For the $25.00 is. The definitive measure for Jeffrey delicately lays out his comeback in the ring there are a he likes to do his in full kit and this year he's received an award from the prime minister. For. Millions of people. Geoffrey is no stranger to long distances that have to complete. His last escapade it went viral raising a total of 120000 pounds Jeffrey now makes it a tradition. In mind. To raise money for charity he tells me he rarely gets this and when the octogenarian has no way to stay he simply camps. 87th the day. West Brom have signed livable and England striker Daniel Sturridge on loan for the rest of the season Newcastle and into Milan had also been interested in signing the forward former Everton midfielder. Who has joined learn from Barcelona former also strike Ian Wright says the club need to keep Olivier Giroud unsigned. Rather than lose the Frenchman to the German side or Premier League rivals Chelsea Dortmund are understood to be interested in signing as a replacement for Wright says I can't afford to let him go Liverpool boss says he believes the injury time was cut short in that f.a. Cup defeat on Saturday because of t.v. Show the video assistant referee was used 3 times in a West Brom's 32 win just over 5 additional minutes were added on that actual extra time and it broke up should have been 10 minutes ago when he told me that you cannot Cup match time only because you're up something out of school David Beckham says it'll be a while yet before he can start signing players for his new Major League Soccer team the former England captain is now officially launched in Miami franchise with the aim of entering the 2020 season says he's aiming to use some of his experience of Manchester United at the club we want to bring in big big stars but the rules and regulations have been part of the condition you know it's all about youth team system it's all about you know something that you feel from the ground up England finished 7th at the under 19 cricket World Cup after defeating hosts New Zealand by $32.00 runs but they were without Captain how it was dropped from the team for disciplinary reasons. It's believed that burglar who carried out a series of armed robberies at the home of wealthy people across southeast England could have a military background the government spending watchdog says the m o d has lost out on billions of pounds because it sold off down. Military hides. Please. Please. a bug has carried out armed raids on 7 luxury homes across the southeast of England the offender uses a shotgun to threaten his victims police think he may have had military training that active inspected the fielding his I'm sorry police is coordinating the investigation this individual has the confidence in the ability to overpower more than one person on his a he says cable ties and firearms weapons intimidation and violence which is is not something we would usually see with an amateur bad lack of somebody that had this kind of skills would normally somebody who's had the right training in place to use those kind of skills the man in charge of the b.b.c. Is promising to respond to claims of the corporation has been routinely underpaying its female staff but a review says the B.B.C.'s approach to pay while far from perfect rejects claims of gender bias the director general tiny holes also admitted some of the B.B.C.'s highest paid stars are facing substantial pay cuts there's no doubt in my mind that we paid some of our own people less than we should and that includes the men as well as women and son too much we need to deal with that as we make clear the range of pay for our present as has been much too wide the pay at the top has been too high Whitehall spending watchdog says the m.o.d.e. Lost around 4000000000 pounds because it sold off tens of thousands of houses more than 20 years ago it's been renting many of them back ever since from the new onus of the National Audit Office says the surge in property prices means Betty and that could have been spent by the day were lost labor has said it's worried the situation could get even worse if rent support up when the current deal runs out a leaked government report suggests the u.k. Economy will suffer because of BRICs it whatever the final deal with the e.u. It's being dismissed by supporters of leaving you say past predictions have been wrong. It comes as the House of Lords starts debating a key piece of legislation nearly $200.00 pairs are expected to raise a series of concerns the former lord chief justice of all judges worried about powers to allow ministers to amend e.u. Laws without going back to Parliament once you put yourself in the position where you habituated to for the country being run by regulations made by ministers you actually go to sleep you go to sleep on that day.