Page 3 - Associate Director News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

the princess of wales says her new campaign on early years development will be her "life's work". the eurovision song contest arrives in liverpool as the official handover takes place in liverpool today with "united in music" as this year's slogan. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the uk economy will perform worse than all other major advanced nations this year, including russia. that's according to the international monetary fund, which suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6%. that's a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now "on the right ...

the father of an aristocrat who's gone missing with her newborn baby and her partner — appeals for her to get in touch with the police. shock in new zealand as the prime ministerjacinda ardern unexpectedly stands down — she says she doesn't have enough left in the tank. and the harrowing anti—war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year's bafta film awards. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. levelling up has been one of the government's key policies — the idea of spreading public money more evenly across the uk. well, today ministers ha...

the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last—minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home—grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start—up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion — or $4.7 billion — factory in northumberland, as part of a long—term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory — with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year — would have looke...

number of backers. here's our political correspondent helen catt. three potential prime ministers. two of them have officially said they want the job. the former chancellor rishi sunak has confirmed he is running, after getting more than the 100 backers he needs. in a tweet he said he was standing because he wanted to fix the economy, unite the party and deliver for the country. penny mordaunt had already said she was in the race and is the only contender so far to go in front of the cameras. but she wouldn't be drawn on the detail she of the policy she would pursue. you stand b that...

investigating, 1000 witnesses, nine televised blockbuster hearings, the january 6th investigation sums up its case, and finishes with one last surprise. >> resolution one resolves. chairman be, is hereby directed to subpoena donald j trump. >> tonight, the unexpected, historic decision, to try to compel testimony from a former president. >> i want people to know, this is embarrassing, figure it out, we need to figure out, i don't want people to know we lost. >> new information about the advanced planning of the violence that day. in fact, that the white house knew it. >> a source wen...