the destroyer, ivan stoyanov!appear at the old bailey in london next month. daniel de simone, bbc news. reminded gifford top story this hour, the speaker of canada's house of parliament has resigned after inviting a ukrainian wolf fought with nazis to canada's parliament. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. hello there. the day's heavy rain and showers will continue to ease away through this evening, and overnight it will turn a lot drier for many with lengthy, clearskies, lighterwinds, particularly across the northern half of the country. that'll make it turn quite chilly across some of the scottish glens. but it's all change to the south. we're looking at this system deepening as it's approaching ireland. this is storm agnes. now, this will start to throw up some cloud in towards southern and western areas as we move through the night and the wind will start to pick up here as well. so temperatures are on the rise here, in fact — the low to mid—teens here — but a chillier night to come across the north. so stor

the destroyer, ivan stoyanov!d have been remanded in custody to appear at the old bailey in london next month. daniel de simone, bbc news. the bbc has learned that a hospital trust has failed to send out 2a,000 letters from senior doctors to patients and their gps after they became lost in a new computer system. newcastle hospitals has apologised but warned the problem, dating back to 2018, was significant. let's get more on this from our health correspondent sharon barbour. you were first to bring the story to light today. you were first to bring the story to light today-— you were first to bring the story to liuht toda . ~ ., ., i. ., �* light today. what more if you don't? it has light today. what more if you don't? it has been — light today. what more if you don't? it has been a — light today. what more if you don't? it has been a difficult _ light today. what more if you don't? it has been a difficult day _ light today. what more if you don't? it has been a difficult day for - it has been a difficult day for

one of the alleged spies, ivan stoyanov, is a one—time mixed martial arts fighter. r at the old bailey in london next month. daniel de simone, bbc news. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says the british people "are desperate for change". in a speech at the party's conference in bournemouth he attacked the government's record on the nhs and made a call for cancer patients to have a legal right to start treatment within two months of an urgent referral. chris mason watched the speech. the liberal democrats are asking you to give them a look. they have just 15 mps, but they've found their smiles again. party leader ed davey used to be in government with the conservatives. now, he can't stop criticising them. they're more like a bad tv soap than a functioning government. the factions and the feuds, the personal vendettas, the shock exits and unwelcome returns. this whole conservative shambles — they all have to go. the party's focus is the cost of living, the quality of our water and the health service. his reflections on the nhs included a deeply perso

those two additional defendants are ivan stoyanov and va nya gaberova.hey are all bulgarian nationals, and they're going to appear at westminster magistrates�* court here in london next week. staying here in the uk, and interest rates have been left on hold for the first time in nearly two years. the bank of england decision leaving the uk benchmark rate at 5.25% brings to an end a run of ia consecutive increases which began in late 2021. it was designed to curb rising prices. the announcement�*s a day after an unexpected slight fall in the rate of uk inflation, as well as a pause in rate hikes by the us central bank, the federal reserve. the governor of the bank of england says he expects the trend of slowing inflation to continue, but cautioned there is no room for complacency. well, it's a point when we've stopped tightening because we've had very good news this week on the inflation front, very welcome news. you know, we can see that inflation was coming down, but this week's news is good because it's a sign that we've had more than we expected, and

those two additional defendants are ivan stoyanov and va nya gaberova.hey are all bulgarian nationals and they are going to appear at westminster magistrates�* court here in london next week. uk interest rates have been left on hold, for the first time india says it is suspending visas for canadians, as the diplomatic row between the two countries escalates. india's foreign ministry spokesman confirmed the temporary halt at a news conference today. it followed a notice on the visa application portal which said the suspension was due to operational reasons. relations plummeted this week when canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, said indian agents may have been involved in the killing of a canadian sikh activist shot dead injune near vancouver. india described the accusation as "absurd". it also said canada can expect its number of diplomats in india to be reduced. earlier, india's foreign ministry spokesman was asked how the dispute was affecting india's reputation. the crisis seems to be deepening between india and canada isjust a few hours ago the i

those two additional defendants are ivan stoyanov and vanya gaberova.n. they are all bulgarian nationals and they are going to appear at westminster magistrates�* court here in london next week. the us president, joe biden, will shortly host ukraine�*s volodymyr zelensky at the white house. it�*s mr zelensky�*s second wartime visit to washington. he�*s trying to shore up us support for the fight against russia�*s invasion, at a time when there are signs of warfatigue among some us politicians. this was the ukrainian leader arriving on capitol hill a short while ago. he�*s now talking to republican and democratic leaders in the us congress, where a new multi—billion—dollar aid package for ukraine is at risk of being blocked. mr zelensky will also head to the pentagon in the next hour or so, as he seeks more weapons, including longer—range missiles to boost ukraine�*s defences. live now to our north america correspondent gary o�*donoghue. he is at the white house for us. good to talk to you. this is the second time mr zelensky has been in washington. how