british gas suspends its force fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0 shea has apologised. there chris 0 shea 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 uk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. europe s biggest energy firm, shell, has reported record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, more than double what it made in the previous year. the profits are the biggest in the firm s history boosted by higher energy prices since the start of the ukraine war. shell has already said it will pay tax in the uk for the first time since 2017 as a result of the government s windfall tax. let s take a closer look at t
are you concerned about the influence of andrew tait on boys or young men? get in touch with me on twitter. laterthis young men? get in touch with me on twitter. later this hour, the number of stars people can see with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade. welcome to bbc news. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks ahead of crunch talks involving western allies in germany. ahead of crucial talks. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further amid fears moscow will order a new offensive in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european coutries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. meanwhile, the uk has already promised to send 1a of its challenger 2 t
elle edwards was enjoying a night out at the lighthouse in wallasey, when she was shot ten minutes before midnight on christmas eve. the 26 year old beautician had been standing outside the pub when shots were fired towards the doorway. detectives said at the time they did not believe she was intended target of the attack, which also injured four other people. 0vernight, merseyside police charged 22 year old connor chapman, from nearby woodchurch, with elle s s murder, and two counts of attempted murder, and three counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. he was also charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life, and handling a stolen mercedes. he will appear before wirral adult remand court this morning. a 23 year old woman, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on bail pending further inquiries. and merseyside police is continuing to appeal for witnesses and informatio
The workplace and other public spaces. This hmay be an issue that the committee will decide to look at more closely and more detail in this incredibly useful session today will help inform the inquiry as we take it forward. I can first start by thanking our witnesses on behalf of the committee for taking time out to be here and i know the preparation required to be here is significant. Thank you. The usual practice is that we have questions from committee members. Weve got a lot of ground to cover. I heigmight use my chairs abil to move things on if need be. Just before we start with the first set of questions, could you say your name and the organization you represent starting with claire. Im a professor of law at durham university. Im scarlet harris from the tuc. Im mark hamilton. Im michael conroy. Our first questions are from eddie. Good morning. When she visited the uk this 2014, the u. N. Special reporter on violence against women said the u. K. Had a boys club, sexist culture. D
Inquiry as we take it forward. I can first start by thanking our witnesses on behalf of the committee for taking time out to be here and i know the preparation required to be here is significant. Thank you. The usual practice is that we have questions from committee members. Weve got a lot of ground to cover. I heigmight use my chairs abil to move things on if need be. Just before we start with the first set of questions, could you say your name and the organization you represent starting with claire. Im a professor of law at durham university. Im scarlet harris from the tuc. Im mark hamilton. Im michael conroy. Our first questions are from eddie. Good morning. When she visited the uk this 2014, the u. N. Special reporter on violence against women said the u. K. Had a boys club, sexist culture. Do you think that statement can be justified . I would suggest walking into this room passed about 200 years of unbroken patriarchal domination suggests that based on some reason. I can speak fo