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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...

King charles has asked that a surge in crown estate profits — as a result of deals for six offshore wind farms — be kept by the treasury for the "wider public good". the sovereign grant, which pays for the costs of working royals, is based on a quarter of crown estate profits — but king charles is proposing to reduce that proportion. (read 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell explains... in order for the sovereign grant, that being the amount of tax payer funding that is given to cover the running costs of working members of the royal family and also palace refurbishments, the upkeep o...