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in ukraine. government ministries, power companies and banks are experiencing major problems. also in the next hour, an amber warning on the state of the uk economy. the bank of england says it s worried about a sharp rise in consumer borrowing through credit cards, personal loans and car finance deals. the world s first atm turns 50, but is cash still king? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish government has put plans for a second independence referendum on hold. in the past our, scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said that she wants to reset her plans on a second vote and ask the scottish electorate instead in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019, once the brexit negotiations are over. ms sturgeon has also told msps that she would now redouble her efforts to keep the country in the european single market. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in holyrood with the latest. the latest is there s no change. yes, simon, delaye ....
in consumer borrowing through credit cards, personal loans and car finance deals. and one of germany s most decorated war time pilots takes to the skies above england, in a spitfire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish government has put plans for a second independence referendum on hold. this afternoon, scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said that she wants to reset her plans on a second vote and ask the scottish electorate instead in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019, once the brexit negotiations are over. ms sturgeon has also told msps that she would now redouble her efforts to keep the country in the european single market. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in edinburgh with the latest. calls for nicola sturgeon to take the idea of an independence referendum off the table in but clearly she wants to have it there asa clearly she wants to have it there as a possibility, she says, depending on the outcome of bre ....
the grenfell tower tragedy. it comes as theresa may says there must be a major national investigation into the use of cladding on high rise buildings. and 50 years on from the first cash machine, we take a look at the changing face of banking. good evening and welcome to bbc news. companies across the world are reporting they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber attack with british firms among those to confirm their it systems had been targeted. what do we know so far? the attack started in the ukraine, with the country s state power company and kiev‘s main airport among the first to report issues. the confectionary manufacturer mars said part of the company s pet food unit was targeted in the attack, but they had isolated the issue. and the british firms reckitt benckiser, who manufacture nurofen and dettol, and the ad agency wpp confirmed their it systems had also been affected and they were working to contain the virus. with me is ross brewer who s a cybe ....
at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. president elect, donald trump, has tweeted that the us must strengthen its nuclear capabilities signalling a possible u turn on almost 30 years of de proliferation. we ll have reaction from washington. we ll be looking back at the tumultuous events in 2016 in our special review programme, the year in politics. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello, i m olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight. one win in 11, one point above the relegation zone. pa rd ew get the push at palace. so who s up for a relegation battle at selhurst park? sam allardyce is the favourite to take over. and british archers still have their sights on tokyo, despite losing all their olympic funding. good evening. alan pardew has been sacked. the crystal palace manager has seen his team win just once in their past 11 matches and he leaves the club just one point above the relegation zone. our reporter david ornstein is with m ....
team mates will have to find part time jobs team mates will have to find part timejobs to team mates will have to find part time jobs to support their 0lympic dream. part time jobs to support their olympic dream. there s quite a few people in the programme at university right now, so for them to train and go to university and get a job that will be really difficult. it means there will be less rest time and any spare time and have training you will be working, which is tough but gives you meant was yea rs is tough but gives you meant was years as well for the uk sports says tough choices have to be made and it prioritises sports with a real medal prospects for tokyo, iman brought in 18 months ago to provide few‘s performers disagrees with their assessment. they are saying we would dispute that we got a projection that says that isn t the case and we have one of the world is leading coaches to back is to make us up. archery on the only ones to miss out, wheelchair boun ....