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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. five bulgarian nationals have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison after being convicted of the biggest benefit fraud ever in britain. the gang stole almost £54 million by making thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit. the judge said they d systemically plundered the state s support mechanism to steal eye watering sums. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. taxpayers money thrown around like confetti by a multi million pound fraudster. the scale of the scam astonished investigators. now the gang behind it have been sentenced. the full story of britain s biggest benefit fraud can be told. prosecutors say thousands of people were flown from bulgaria to london, that ids were then used to make claims for the main benefit universal credit. police officers. when the fraudsters various premises were raided, investigators found an extraordinary amount of evidence. 900 mobile p ....
sunshine and showers today, but generally fewer and lighter showers. for the next few days, it will be a drying trend, as this area of high pressure gets closer to the uk, but between that and the high in the north sea, we have a northerly breeze, which has pushed this cloud southwards. it brought a lot of thunderstorms across scotland yesterday, but it is focusing mainly showers today across parts of south east england. cloud coming in off the north sea brings a little rain towards parts of east yorkshire, lincolnshire and norfolk, bringing back the temperatures a little bit, so 14 15 here. elsewhere, probably 17 19 with some sunshine and some showers. 0ne elsewhere, probably 17 19 with some sunshine and some showers. one or two thunderstorms in the south of england, a drier day in scotland. though showers tend to fend fade later, then we have another batch of light rain to some parts of east england during the night. elsewhere, a few short lived mist and fog patche ....
or another device apiece share that with us. this is a fast moving complex investigation and will be working closely with our specialist climb colleagues, our partners in the council and other partners to establish the facts over the coming days. locally, people can expect to see a significant police and council presence, including armed officers, to provide reassurance and support. we will also continue our unrelenting focus on suppressing violence, gun crime and the offenders who endanger our communities here in hackney. events such as these, are rarely spontaneous. someone knows who was responsible. this was a shooting who has left a little girl fighting for her life. if you have any information that can assist us with the investigation, please do the right thing and make contact with us. you can contact us by calling 101 or if you wish to report information anonymously, you can call crimestoppers on oh 800, 555111 or call crimestoppers online at crimestoppers uk .org. ....
grammaticas has this report. big ben strikes. midnight last night. and exactly one minute later, all business here ended. parliament dissolved. those who were mps must now clear their offices. to return, they must stand as candidates again. we stand with diane! but when it comes to the long serving diane abbott, doubts swirl. last night, supporters gathered in her london constituency. she believes labour will not endorse her. the national party is insisting that i be banned. they haven t communicated with me personally. they haven t given a reason for banning me. they just want me excluded from parliament. sir keir starmer has said that s not true, but the party must finalise its list of mps next week. i will be the candidate for hackney north and stoke newington! cheering. the leaders of both main parties, meanwhile, are turning to the economy and taxes, trading blows and promises. in an article for today s telegraph, the chancellorjeremy hunt claims keir starmer and rachel ....
Why steps not taken to notify Madurai airport as an international facility, HC asks Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday observed that when the criteria for an international airport was met by Madurai airport, why had the Centre not taken steps to declare/notify the airport as an international airport. A Division Bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and S. Ananthi sought a response from the Centre in three separate public interest litigation petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, represented by its president N. Jegatheesan. The petitioner sought a direction to the Centre to take steps to declare Madurai airport as an international airport. The declaration of the Madurai airport as an international airport would boost industrial and economic growth in Southern Tamil Nadu, he said. He sought a direction to the authorities concerned to take steps to construct a new terminal buildin ....