this is doug barrowman, _ thing in life. this is doug barrowman, his - thing in life.ve is thing in life. this is doug _ barrowman, his greatest love is his yacht. he made millions in finance and hasn't been shy about showing off just and hasn't been shy about showing offjust how many millions, telling the world in a 2022 documentary. mr barrowman was thrown back into the public spotlight recently as husband of x conservative peer michelle moaned. he made millions selling personal protective equipment to the uk government during the pandemic, and one of his companies is now being sued by the government for breach of contract. but how did douglas barrowman make his money before the ppe affair? aml has been described as doug barrowman's tax avoidance firm in an hmrc press release. in the 2010s, aml promoted a scheme which supposedly enabled self—employed contractors to avoid income tax by converting their salaries into a loan from an offshore trust — a loan which would never need to be repaid. the problem was that these disguised renumeration sworn to legally sound, an h

hmrc eventually clamped down in 2016, landing those who had been sold mr barrowman�*s schemes with often huge loan charges. dougut a loan with one of mr barrowman�*s companies in 2011, when he was an it contractor. he ended up facing a loan charge of £90,000 from hmrc. it's impacted my health. i've been to hospital several times with chest pains. it's100% caused by the stress from the loan charge. you know, i did meet someone, but i was suffering from depression at the time we got married and, you know, i'm pretty sure this has contributed to my divorce. and now i'm having to sell my house, you know, to basically pay off the divorce settlement. he's effectively destroyed my life. it's meant that, you know, at the age of 56, i'm going to be homeless. and, you know, with property prices as they are in this area, i won't be able to live here any more. amy ross, an oil and gas sector contractor, also signed up for the same scheme in 2011. in 2015, she received a letter from hmrc informing her that she owed a considerable sum of money. ijust remember sitting in my car and feeling physically sick when i was reading i

the conservative peer, michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds intained by the crown prosecution service. you're live with bbc news. king charles is said to be doing well after receiving treatment in hospitalfor an enlarged prostate. he was visited earlier by queen camilla, seen here leaving the hospital. buckingham palace says the king had a "corrective procedure" after being diagnosed with the condition earlier this month. he's being treated in the same hospital, where catherine, the princess of wales, had surgery last week. we will have more on that later in the programme. and now the incredible story of how twins, ano and amy, who were stolen from their parents at birth in the eastern european country of georgia, but found each other many years later through the social media platform tiktok. the two were taken at birth and sold for adoption. it's believed the black market in baby trafficking operated for decades right up to the mid—2000s. some of the victims are now taking their cases court. fay nurse has been investigating. sobbing this is the

a55ets controlled by the former tory peer, michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have beenallegations of fraud in relation to the supply of ppe during the pandemic. a company lead by mr barrowman was awarded contracts worth more than £200m to supply ppe to the nhs through a so—called vip lane. he was the world's most famous reggae musician. now, a new biopic will trace the life of bob marley from his rise to fame to his death at the age ofjust 36. our music correspondent mark savage got exclusive access to the film's london set and spoke with the actor kingsley ben a—deer, who plays marley, about portraying a cultural icon. # get up # stand up for your rights #. you can't mimic him. you know, you can't copy him. it'sjust not possible. despite his reservations, kingsley ben—adir has transformed himself into reggae legend bob marley. # don't worry 'bout a thing #. and incredibly that process began on the barbie movie. some producer told me we were starting injune and barbie started in march, so i had ten weeks — i set up a little station in barbie land and i wasjust listening

after baroness michelle mone and her husband doug barrowman�*s involvement in a multi—million pound ppes argue that a firm link with mr barrowman should be investigated for fraud. good evening from belfast, on the day that northern ireland has been facing the biggest day of strike action for 50 years. more than 100,000 public sector workers went out on strike this morning at the start of a 24—hour dispute about pay. schools have been closed and health services and public transport badly affected. the dispute has been complicated by the fact that there's been no functioning government here now for two years. union leaders say workers are being used as pawns, in negotiations with westminster about restoring power sharing. we'll be talking to our northern ireland political editor enda mcclafferty in londonderry about that, and our political editor chris mason, who's in westminster, but first our ireland correspondent sara girvin has this report from belfast, about the impact of today's strike action. public transport stopped. announcement: due to industrial action there - will be no trains

the conservative peer, michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds ingations of fraud in contracts for personal protective equipment, awarded during the pandemic to a company linked to mr barrowman. the uk has halted trade talks with canada, with discussions breaking down due to a disagreement over beef and cheese. the two nations have been negotiating for the last two years after britain left the eu, with trade continuing under the same deal originally brokered when the uk was a member of the bloc. just a few stories making headlines. you're live with bbc news. as most eyes have been turned to the icj's provisional ruling, there's been an unrelated and rather striking announcement by unwra — the un body responsible for palestinian refugees. in a statement, philippe lazzarini, the body's commissioner—general, said... let's get more on this story from our state department correspondent, tom bateman. we've been telling our viewers the you were there in a briefing with the state department officials. they are clearly conserved. take are some of the things

assets controlled by the former tory peer, michelle mone, and her husband, doug barrowman, have beenstigating allegations of fraud in relation to the supply of personal protective equipment during the pandemic. a company lead by mr barrowman was awarded contracts worth more than $250—million to supply ppe to the nhs. the american museum of natural history in new york, says it will close two galleries this weekend, which display native american artefacts and cultural items. it�*s in response to new federal regulations that took effect onjanuary 12 that require tribal consent for certain objects to be displayed. it�*s part of broader efforts by the biden administration to return the artifacts to their original owners. the new regulations give institutions five years to prepare all human remains and objects related to funerals for return to their rightful owners. the american museum of natural history joins museums in chicago and cleveland that have also covered displays. the president of the american museum of natural history — sean decatur has called the exhibits "severly outdated." h

how ever her husband , doug ever her husband, doug barrowman, who really was the investor behind ppeuced ppe for the government, has put out a big personal statement today. in it, he says 1 or 2 very interesting things . we've been accused of things. we've been accused of going through the high priority lane, but he makes the point that 51 other suppliers went through that lane and got contracts valued up to £38 billion. it wasn't just michelle mone who used it and indeed there was 1 or 2 quite prominent cabinet ministers, friends of theirs did get big contracts . he theirs did get big contracts. he also makes the point there are 176, despite contracts to the value of 2.7 billion, including people who took government money run away with the money and never ever produced any ppe . and never ever produced any ppe. and whilst this may have now been referred to the national crime agency, he makes the point that actually he was told by a senior civil servant that if he paid back some money, they'd call the dogs off. these are all quite serious charges and if what doug barrowman says in th

the conservative peer michelle mone and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds in assetsncy is investigating allegations of fraud in contracts for personal protective equipment, awarded during the pandemic to a company linked to mr barrowman. you're live with bbc news. us central command confimed today it shot down another anti—ship ballistic missile that was flying towards the uss carney from houthi—controlled yemen. the ship was operating in the gulf of aden. a lot of the focus so far has been on the us uk response to these attacks. but reuters is reporting that china is now getting involved. citing four iranian sources, the report says officials from beijing have been asking iranian courterparts to help rein in the houthis. -- iranian —— iranian counterparts. the discussions took place in recent meetings in beijing and tehran. the attacks have raised the cost of shipping and insurance for western companies, that much we know, but this is also a route used widely by ships from china, who are exporting to europe. and we all know what sort of pressure the chinese economy

the conservative peer michelle mone and her husband, doug barrowman, have had millions of pounds in assetsations of fraud in contracts for personal protective equipment, awarded during the pandemic to a company linked to mr barrowman. police have released details of a woman they want to trace after the discovery of a baby in a shopping bag in newham. baby elsa, who was found by a dog walker in sub—zero temperatures, has since been discharged from hospital and is in foster care. the met also wants to trace a witness officer think saw the woman in the vicinity. you're live with bbc news. donald trump stormed out of a new york courtroom earlier today as the closing arguments began in the defamation case brought byjournalist and author ejean carroll. the former president was found liable last year of sexually abusing ms carroll in a new york department store, back in the 1990s, and then defaming her after she wrote about it. the jury must decide what damages he should now pay for that defamation. mr trump was clearly irritated by ms carroll's lawyer roberta kaplan, who told jurors that he had

doug barrowman says it suits the agenda of the government to scapegoat him and his wife. now they're being investigated for their involvement in supplying ppe during the pandemic. lady mone has admitted she lied when denying connections to medpro , denying connections to medpro, which made profits of £60 million. labour has called for lady mone to be expelled from the house of lords. the government comment the house of lords. the goverrongoing comment the house of lords. the goverrongoing legal comment the house of lords. the goverrongoing legal. comment the house of lords. the goverrongoing legal. caseomment the house of lords. the goverrongoing legal . case eye1ent on an ongoing legal. case eye tests may be required for drivers over the age of 70. the automobile association is calling for the mandatory screening after the number of license holders, license holding drivers over the age of 90 doubled in the last decade . a doubled in the last decade. a record 153,000 britons in that age group held a full licence in november , with no requirements november, with no require

doug barrowman says it suits the agenda of the government to scapegoat him and his wife.r involvement in supplying ppe during the pandemic. lady mons admitted she lied when denying connections to medpro, which made profits of £60 million. labour has called for lady moon to be expelled from the house of lords . the the house of lords. the government says it won't comment on any ongoing legal case. almost 30,000 migrants crossed the channel to britain in small boats last year. the channel to britain in small boats last year . that's down by boats last year. that's down by almost a third on the number of crossings from 2022, although it's the second largest total since numbers were first published six years ago. no attempt to cross the channel have been taking place since mid—december because of bad . mid—december because of bad. weather average household energy bills will now be almost £100 more expensive . the energy more expensive. the energy regulator has increased its price cap by 5% in response to rising wholesale prices. households are being urged to submit metre read

doug barrowman says it suits the agenda of the government to scapegoat him and his wife .they're being his wife. they're being investigated for their involvement in supplying ppe dunng involvement in supplying ppe during the pandemic. lady mones admitted she lied when denying connections to medpro, which made profits of £60 million. labour called for lady mone to be expelled from the house of lords. the government says it won't comment on ongoing legal case. almost 30,000 migrants crossed the channel to britain in small boats last year. that's down by almost a third on the number of crossings from 2022, although it's the second largest total since numbers were first published six years ago. no attempts to cross the channel have taken place since mid—december, either because of bad weather. average household energy bills will now be almost £100 more expensive. give the energy regulator has increased its price cap by 5% in response to rising wholesale prices . to rising wholesale prices. households are urged to submit metre readings to their supplier as quickly as possible t

michelle mone's husband, doug barrowman, features on the front of the daily mirror.ims he "took part in a £55 million corporate tax evasion scam." mr barrowman and six fellow defendants deny the charges. the sun reports robbie williams is sizing up a "shock bid" to buy his beloved port vale football club. it comes after the singer was named as the club's president at the weekend — the paper says he's also eyeing a potential wrexham—style tv deal. that would be a lot of fun. can you imagine? wrexham are probably a bit worried about that. this is impressive. europe's largest 3d—printed building — in the german city of heidelberg — is due to be completed later this year. the construction is done by a gigantic robot that prints layers and layers of concrete on top of each other. 0nce finished, it will be 55 metres long, 11 metres wide and 9 metres high, but the entire process is only expected to take around 140 hours. it is obviously much quicker than it would be... i need to get some printer paper myself. an interesting story about packed lunches. if you are in the kitc

barrowman's. um, michelle and her husband doug thought this is a really good way to earn a lot of money. >> he couldknow, you've got to trust for his children on the isle of man, the isle of other issue man, on the isle of other issue for is the checks and for me is the checks and balances when balances just aren't there when these when these um, um , uh, these when these um, um, uh, what are they called when the, um , when the things that people um, when the things that people buy the procurement issues from the government, there should have been really good checks and balances done. the, the things she'd been put out to tender and the best company should have been given it . been given it. >> i mean, we should say that they have not been charged with, with anything yet no one is saying they are being charged. >> i know, but i just want i just to make that just want to make that absolutely she told the bbc. >> hang on, she told the bbc in bbc. >> interview she told the bbc in bbc. >> interview lasttold the bbc in bbc. >> interview lasttold the she: in her interview last month, she said that it's my