so just to recap that news, birmingham city council saying that “p birmingham city council saying that to 600 jobs could be made redundant as it struggles with those huge debts that are now starting conversations with unions and staff. more on that as it it comes into us. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, marc. hello from the bbc sport centre lets start in melbourne where it's been an excellent day for the british contingent down under with four out of five progressing to the second round of the australian open, including both british number ones. meanwhile after a nightmare year where she has struggled with injury. former us 0pen champion emma raducanu says it was "extra sweet" to mark her grand slam comeback with a confident win. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks reports. not so long ago, emma raducanu feared for herfuture not so long ago, emma raducanu feared for her future after a double wrist surgery. but she had to be eaten shall be rochester and her tramp and run to the us open title, and once she'd settled into her stride... ,, ., ., stride... stunning fro

birmingham council is birmingham city council is expected a credible expected to release a credible plan300 million budget gap over the next two years. by the end of play today. what do you think the bankrupt council should do? will do? let's hope. but first, let's take a look at what that weather is doing with marco. >> looks like things are heating up. boilers sponsors of up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see plenty of fine settled weather across the uk over the next plenty of sunny next few days. plenty of sunny spells, frost and icy spells, fog, frost and some icy patches during patches though during the overnight and or overnight period and 1 or 2 wintry showers. two high pressure is dominating. sitting just north—west just towards the north—west of the the generally the uk, giving us the generally fine conditions , although notice fine conditions, although notice fairly tightly isobars fairly tightly packed isobars towards a bit of a towards the south. so

here at birmingham council, of birmingham city council, of course, commissioners have birmingham city of coursin commissioners have birmingham city council, of coursin here ommissioners have birmingham city council, of coursin here since ssioners have birmingham city council, of coursin here since october have birmingham city council, of coursin here since october over been in here since october over viewing the council as it looks to make those those savings and those cuts now it's back in december, wasn't it, that they'd the council they'd found the council said they'd found around £177 million worth of savings over the course of two years, but the commissioners , years, but the commissioners, which were sent in by michael gove , have said, said back then gove, have said, said back then that by yesterday, when that deadune that by yesterday, when that deadline expired, they needed to have found £300 million. and so today we wait very much with bated breath as to whether they have found that money. but the fact is, cuts are on the way and the selling off of assets is also on the way.

whitening straight to breaking news. just in the last few minutes, because at birmingham city councilsations with unions and staff immediately. the council declared itself effectively bankrupt last year. you may remember i made equal pay claims of up to 760 million and 80 million overspend on an it system. that was the backdrop. that was the financial difficulty that the chief executive has said node decisions were made until the end of a period of consultation but added the council faces exceptional financial cultural and governance challenges and added that in letter

birmingham city council has said up to 600 jobs could go, as it struggles with huge debt.n 750 million pounds. the world's oldest dog... ..might not have been. bobi the portuguese mastiff was said to be 31 years old when he died last year. but guinness world records have suspended his title and launched an investigation — after doubts emerged about his lifespan. mairead smyth explains. before bobi died last october, he held the guinness world record for the oldest living dog and the oldest dog ever. a purebred rafeiro do alentejo from portugal, bobi had apparently lived for 31 years and 165 days, the equivalent of 200 human years. but every dog has its day. with some reports questioning a change in colour of his paws from white in the late 90s to brown close to when he died. and now a pause of his title by guinness world records, a title handed to many dogs down the years that have defied the odds. well, there are a number of factors that can influence how long a dog can live. the first one is lucky genetics. sometimes it's not within our control. we don't know why some pe

there are three things that have been troubling birmingham city council finance , birmingham city councilpancies between jobs that were done more by men, and jobs that were done more by women at the council. and so that's mounted up one type of debt. the other type of debtis type of debt. the other type of debt is because of a faulty it system that's about £100 million. but the one that we're really focusing on is the in—year budget debt, debt councils have to legally balance their budget . if they cannot their budget. if they cannot balance their budget , they have balance their budget, they have to effectively declare themselves bankrupt. it's a section one one for notice. councils can't go bankrupt by nature, but it's the closest thing that we can say to having a really serious problem inside of a council. and that in—year budget that was around . i think budget that was around. i think it's £80 million for this year, specifically, but over the next two years it's expected to mount to around £300 million. so government commissioners sent in by the department for levelling up by the dep

should have backed the prime minister and on birmingham council very quickly , brian says council very quickly, brian says birmingham are not birmingham citysh cash cow for local and central government. failing alike . okay, government. failing alike. okay, now we've got loads more coming in the next hour, including that lords debate including starmer saying that we're all gone woke. we'll be arguing about all of that. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel. don't go anywhere . don't go anywhere. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on gb solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> afternoon i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. storm isha is out of the way, but storm jocelyn is on the way, but storm jocelyn is on the way, but storm jocelyn is on the way for later tomorrow . the the way for later tomorrow. the strongest winds across the northern half of the uk. there is easier exiting up towards norway, but jocelyn is brewing out in the atlantic . we're out in the atlantic. we're between these two storm systems at the moment. still quite windy out eve

. >> happened at >> what we've seen happened at birmingham for birmingham city council for months knownt the months now. we've known that the city council is bankrupt and labour not been labour councillors have not been making the tough decisions, but they've needed to and been kicking the down the road kicking the can down the road for £14 million. every month is added on to the debt in birmingham when they don't make added on to the debt in b decisionm when they don't make added on to the debt in b decision on vhen they don't make added on to the debt in b decision on equalhey don't make added on to the debt in b decision on equal paydon't make added on to the debt in b decision on equal pay .)n't make added on to the debt in b decision on equal pay . and �*nake a decision on equal pay. and here we are in december, three months, four months after the announcement was made and we're still step closer to still not a step closer to making that decision. >> could that issue save >> it's could that issue save gary sambrook his seat? >> well, i know there's something i'm going campaign some

birmingham city council has said up to 600 jobs could be made redundant, as it struggles with huge debtpt last year, amid equal pay claims of up to £760 million and an £80 million overspend on an it system. the chief executive said no decisions would be made, until after a consultation period. dramatic features caused by erosion are being sculpted into the world's biggest iceberg. it's known as the a23a — and is being ground down by the warmer air and water its encountering as it drifts slowly away from the antarctic. our science correspondent jonathan amos has more. it's the biggest chunk of free—floating ice on earth — an iceberg known as a23a. and after three decades confined to the freezer in antarctica, it's coming out, moving north into warmer waters. the berg is now melting, and fast. an expedition this week saw waves gouging huge caves and arches in its walls. only a23a's enormous scale is keeping it in existence. satellite images show the frozen block to have a width of 65km, or a0 miles. that's like the distance from manchester to sheffield. a23a has an area of 3,900 square ki

activists marching from the french capital to the european council in brussels to demand an end to the genocide in gaza. the uk's westmind city of birmingham has been the scene of a massive pro-palestine demonstration, one of several held since the start of the us israeli genocidal war in gaza. it comes in the face of continued uk government support for the israeli regime that has caused unprecedented public outrage, alienating the country's muslim community. say purza has more. true to their word, they have done it again. thousands. on foot or by bike have thronged the streets of birmingham to say this: we are riding for palestine, we want to see fire now, people and children are being killed in gaza. which is completely unacceptable, stop murdering children and innocent people, in the run up to today's protest, activists glute shot a branch of london headquartered banking giant barkley's in birmingham for allegedly investing in israeli weapons manufacturers. i think a lot of people are now fed up by carrying out totally non-violent, none interactive events, and now the... a proactive step so that they get noticed and this is desperations

municipalities - this is wow, well, i remind you that, for example, their councils include, for example, birmingham, the second largest size. the cityicipalities will declare bankruptcy in the next year or two, that is , the so-called 114 will be released, as it were, accordingly, point , that is, they will declare bankruptcy and will begin to reduce the amount of funding from the budget great britain is 64 billion pounds sterlin, and in order to now close the issue before these elections, so as not to lose seats there in these respectively... and the volume of external destinations, for example, to the middle east to other directions, accordingly, exceeds by are these volumes okay? what does this mean? this is to the question that it is approximately clear why the libarists are twice ahead of them, by the way, by the way, the problem in the soviets began precisely with joining the conservatives in 2010, therefore the problem is precisely with the unok, now it is being crushed precisely because it seems like internal problems are starting, in germany there are internal problems, in france , by the way, farmers have also rebelled the

marching from the french capital to the european council in brussels to demand an end to the genocide in gaza. meanwile people in the english city of birmingham have also held rally calling for immediate end to the us israel genocide in gaza. our correspondence sai tells us more. what i'm seeing cover is a large crowd of brumies, people in birmingham uh have come together today. of course people have also traveled in from the capital. and in other cities around the uk to be here today, at the top of their demand is a preminent cease fire, followed of course, by an end to the decades long military occupation of palestinian by the israeli regime, but they're also calling for is an end to um arming, the arming of the israeli military by the uk, um, but the fact remains that people here are outrageed and angry and disappointed, angry and outrage and heartbreak. looking at the sheer scale of the brutality and humanity of the ongoing unfolding genocide in the gaza strip and disappointed with the political leadership here, both the conservative party that is in power as well as the other major political party in the uk being labor, and lot of them a

birmingham, the council is ripping up car parks. it's making it very, very difficult get difficult for people to get around. your cityirmingham. birmingham sadiq birmingham is following sadiq khan's lead waging war on motorists. >> well, i'm certainly i was against clean air zone and i against the clean air zone and i made much of a protest as i made as much of a protest as i possibly could. uh, and i'm continuing continuely happy continuing continuely not happy about has come about this news that has come out . uh, and i about this news that has come out. uh, and i will oppose that as as i can. need to get as much as i can. we need to get our vulnerable people who our most vulnerable people who need not for leisure or need a car. not for leisure or pleasure, who need their cars for their livelihoods and employ it. and we want to get them involved. it. and we want to get them inv> great, sir. well, i think a lot people would agree with lot of people would agree with that. again, it comes that. but then again, it comes back trust. angela back to trust. we had angela rayner television saying the

birmingham? this is what they had to say. >> yeah, it's something i'm aware social media campaigns. >> i also work for a city council, our publicssage around vaccination and the children's school. um, so my children were like, i've got twin boys. they were like, having their jabs because of covid delays , um, and various covid delays, um, and various different setbacks. and so just two weeks ago, both of my boys were vaccinated , um, and hearing were vaccinated, um, and hearing the numbers around , you know, the numbers around, you know, increased cases. >> does that scare you at all? >> does that scare you at all? >> yeah, it is scary. i mean, it's a you know, it's not very nice disease to catches it. and also, you know, for their friends know spreads friends and you know it spreads very, very so um, you very, very quickly. so um, you know, last thing i want to know, the last thing i want to do is for my children to contract it or for others to contract it or for others to contract if they contract it from them. if they were infectious. um not me, were infectious. um not for me, particularly because he has been vaccinated. >>