marc ashdown reports.m of after the planning, packing and saying goodbye to work for a few weeks, it's time to check in for the well—earned holiday. for some people, this is as far as they get. paramedic nathan barnes was on its way to france with his fiancee to visit family. despite checking in online, they are making their way through luggage drop, security and passport control but at the boarding gate they were in a surprise. i had ten years plus extra months on the passport. ididn't i didn't think it would be a problem. he fell relevant ten—year rule, his passport issued ten years before the date the traveller so he would be refused entry to any eu country. they just theyjust said, sorry, you are not coming on. that moment they told you could not board, how did you feel? gutted. we were surprised more than anything. we checked online and we thought it was fine and then to be told at the gate. the rules on passports changed when the uk left the eu. to enter any country in the schengen free travel area,

marc ashdown reports.lanning, packing and saying goodbye to work for a few weeks, time to check in for the well earned holiday. for some people, this is as far as they could. paramedic nathan barnes was on its way to france with his fiancee to visit family. despite checking and online, they are making their way through like a shrub, security and passport control but at the boarding gate they were in a surprise. i but at the boarding gate they were in a surprise.— were in a surprise. i had ten ears were in a surprise. i had ten years plus — were in a surprise. i had ten years plus extra _ were in a surprise. i had ten years plus extra on - were in a surprise. i had ten years plus extra on the - years plus extra on the passport. years plus extra on the immort— years plus extra on the --assort. ., passport. he fell relevant ten-year-old, _ passport. he fell relevant ten-year-old, his - passport. he fell relevant. ten-year-old, his passport ten—year—old, his passport issued ten years before the date the travel

as our business correspondent marc ashdown reports.scandal. testimony supporting its credibility was used time and again to prosecute sub—postmasters accused of theft or fraud. one was seema misra, accused of stealing £75,000, and eventually sent to jail while she was pregnant. at her trial in 2010, garethjenkins was called as an expert witness, who must act independently of the post office. documents submitted to the public inquiry and seen by the bbc raise questions aboutjust how well he carried out that role. garethjenkins sent his draft witness statement to warwick tatford, a barrister working for the post office. he said he could not 10% — we now know he meant 100% — rule out problems with the horizon screens as a possible cause for some of the shortfalls. mr tatford responded asking him to please rephrase, as this would be taken as a damaging concession. in his final written testimony of mrjenkins stated no scenario had something more serious. by law all the draft document should have been shared with seema misra's defence team.

our business correspondent marc ashdown has more on the numbers.h zoopla, that property portal and we asked them to track rent rises over the past three years. between 2020 and 2023, they looked at 65 areas across the whole of the uk. cities, large towns. for the areas which have seen the biggest increases. this graph tells a story. this is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31%. these are the areas that have seen the biggest increases. the usual suspects. manchester, bolton, glasgow as you would expect. one interesting trend. six out of these ten are areas close to cities but not cities. bolton is obviously a city. these are towns within touching distance of cities. they have seen the biggest rent increases, luton, newport, bolton. bolton is one of these areas outside a city. bolton has seen the biggest rise. 39% of the past three years, rents have gone up in bolton. 15% in just the last year alone. one of the estate agents there we spoke to said in his 23 years, he hasn't seen anything like it, he described a staggeri

our business correspondent, marc ashdown has more.ar passengers will have to stump up around £200 extra for an annual ticket because of today's fare rises. so, is it worth it? there's always cancellations here. so i don't see where that extra money's going, what it's being used for. if i could see that, maybe i wouldn't mind as much, but i can't. you're saving money in the long run, instead of paying for insurance and car and things like that, and it's easier to commute on the train, so i do feel, you know, it is worth the money, at the end of the day. today's fare rises cover about half the tickets available to buy, including most travel cards and season tickets, so a yearly pass from brighton to london will rise from £5,600 to £5,900. a yearly ticket from huddersfield to manchester will go up by £150, to £3,227. and the most expensive route is southampton to london, which is set to rise by £334 a year, to £7,150. the rises are usually pegged to lastjuly�*s rpi figure, so the government said a 4.9% rise is just half of what it could

marc ashdown, bbc news.he europe's schengen area of free movement — but only for air and sea crossings. land border controls will remain in place because of austria's opposition to the eastern european nations becoming full members of the zone. vienna fears an influx of asylum seekers if all border controls disappear. romania's interior minister, catalin predoiu, said joining schengen was an important moment for his country and its citizens. polling stations have opened shortly across turkey for its local elections. president erdogan�*s party, thejustice and development party, hopes to regain control of cities it lost in the last round of voting five years ago. most notabaly, the country's largest city istanbul. the elections are taking place against a backdrop of severe economic problems, including inflation of nearly 70%. let's speak to ayca alemdaroglu, at the center on democracy, development and the rule of law at stanford university. why is the election so important for president erdogan? it important f

marc ashdown, bbc news. world has been destroyed in a fire. several buildings near al—ahram studio in the egyptian capital, cairo, also had to be evacuated as the flames spread. no casualties have been reported. many egyptian films and television series have been produced at the studio since it was founded eighty years ago. translation: the fire reached the upper floors in those - buildings, then spread. all those buildings burned down, then the ambulances and fire trucks arrived. this is a cinematography studio that tv shows used to film series in ramadan. the place is always active. nobody knows what happened. some say it was due to a short circuit, but others say that something strange happened inside. the indian navy says one of its warships has forced 35 somali pirates who had hijacked a cargo vessel in the indian ocean to surrender. a spokesman said all seventeen crew of the hijacked maltese—flagged ship, mv ruen, were rescued without injury. our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan has more

marc ashdown, bbc news. good advice.and carlo palombo were among 37 city traders prosecuted for manipulating rate benchmarks, libor and euribor. both men spent time in prison before being released in 2021. for children with special educational needs and disabilities, having access to free transport to and from school is vital. but councils say the costs are becoming unsustainable. the amount of money spent on transport by local authorities in england has almost doubled in the last five years — partly because of an increase in demand and a rise in costs per child. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. hello. say hello. at the end of the school day, there�*s a taxi waiting to take 11—year—old shakira home. she was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was a year old. see you tomorrow. now her medical needs mean constant care. shakira�*s journey to and from school takes an hour each way. her carer is with her constantly. want to help me? good. more and more children with special educational needs and disabiliti

marc ashdown, bbc news.the coming days for a new round of talks on a ceasefire in gaza. it comes a day after the un's top court, the international court ofjustice, ordered israel to allow the unimpeded flow of food aid into gaza, where sections of the palestinian population are said to be facing imminent starvation. injerusalem, there is an uneasy calm as palestinians mark easter and ramadan. from there, our international editor jeremy bowen now reports. injerusalem, where tension — and worse — are normal, there is always the consolation of religion. this ramadan, many of those ending a day of prayer at the aqsa mosque were palestinian israelis, around a fifth of israel's population. israel, citing security, restricts access to jerusalem for palestinians from the occupied west bank. just down the road, palestinian christians were deep in their celebration of easter, walking to the old city from the garden of gethsemane, where they believejesus prayed on the night before he was crucified. but in this city, sa

marc ashdown, bbc news.and get a bit more with that interview with the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt. he says he wants to find a way to bring down the tax burden — but he's told the bbc he'll do it in a responsible way. mr hunt will set out the government's tax and spending plans on wednesday, with growing calls within the conservative party to cut taxes. he's been speaking to laura kuennsberg. we've always said, and we've been very consistent, that we would only cut taxes in a way that was responsible and prudent. and if i may say, i think the most conservative thing i could do ——un—conservative thing i could do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing, because that's just cutting taxes and saying that future generations have to pick up the tax bill. i won't do that. but i do want where it's possible to do so responsibly to move towards a lower tax economy, and i hope to show a path in that direction. but this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long—term growth, tackling inflation,

here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown.s investigation into the horizon scandal. the computer system designed by fujitsu and used by subpostmasters to tally their accounts was central to hundreds of wrongful prosecutions. now a secret draft report from 2017 uncovered by the bbc shows the post office spent £100 million fighting court cases even though it knew its defence was untrue. commissioned by the post office, the bramble report by deloitte found that fujitsu employees had the ability to amend or delete transactions entered by branch staff. there would be no flag to a postmaster if a change had been made, and those changes could cause a shortfall in branch accounts. it also said a malicious actor could potentially change data, although there was no evidence this actually happened. janet skinner, a former subpostmistress from hull, lost herjob and was sent to prison in 2007. they could have prevented that court case. you know, the 555 of us that went to that court case, they could have prevented that and they could have

marc ashdown, bbc news.ch, says it's due to a spike in global cocoa prices after poor harvests, resulting in the overrall cost of chocolate going up by more than 12% in a year. leicester city have been charged by the premier league with allegedly breaking spending rules during their last three seasons in the top flight. the club has been referred to an independent commission for breaching profit and sustainability rules and failing to submit audited finances. if found guilty, the championship high—flyers could face a points deduction. the us government has filed a landmark lawsuit against the tech giant, apple, for maintainng a monopoly in the smartphone market. the justice deparment accuses the company of squashing the growth of new apps and reducing the appeal of rival products. michelle fleury has more from new york. more than a billion of us around the world own an iphone. for many people, it's almost unthinkable that they would use any other sort. for me, apple works a little bit better than android. i

our business correspondent marc ashdown has the details.es hisjob, but after paying his essential bills he's often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you'll be like, "0oh, i've got money this month!" and then it'lljust be, like — the next month will be a bit of a rough one. workers across the uk in some of the lowest—paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. from tomorrow, the national living wage is going up from £10112 an hour to £11.44 an hour. that's an increase of 9.8%. the age at which a worker qualifies has also been reduced from 23 to 21 years old. the treasury says a full—time worker should be paid about £1,800 extra over one year. this is the largest increase in a minimum wage in cash terms and the first time it's gone up by more than a pound in one go, and it reflects, really, the strength in pay growth across the economy — whi

i'm marc ashdown. we start here in the uk, where it's a crunch week for the chancellor who is under pressure from some in his party to reduce taxes in wednesday's budget. he's not keen to cut taxes by increasing borrowing. he's also got less money to play with, as the economic forecast has worsenened in recent weeks. joining me now is yael selfin, chief economist at kpmg uk. plenty ofjeremy plenty of jeremy hunt's plenty ofjeremy hunt's mps want to see these tax cuts. if he did go ahead with them talk us through the various options he might consider. he has got very little room to cut taxes. the obr is likely to lower the estimate of how much room he has, and that is probably an over estimate anyway. so he has very little space. he could opt for different things. it looks like he's going to concentrate more on their household than all businesses, therefore two major taxes, one is income tax, other is national insurance contribution. income tax is our broader tax and it would cost him more money whereas

the government says it'll boost the wages of the lowest paid by £1,800 a year, as marc ashdown reportssjob, but after paying his essential bills he's often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you'll be like, "0oh, i've got money this month!" and then it'lljust be, like — the next month will be a bit of a rough one. workers across the uk in some of the lowest—paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. the minimum wage will rise from tomorrow. anyone from the age of 16 will see their weights rise... if you are aged 18, 19, or 20, it will go... and the national living which will now be paid to anyone aged over 21 instead of 23. that is going up... that is the largest ever increase in cash terms, and could amount to a large increase in wet spells, of 17%. , ., ., large increase in wet spells, of 17%. y , . large increase in wet spells, of 17%. y ,. ., ., 17%. energy, food price inflation a

welcome to world business report, i'm marc ashdown.e start with big tech, because in the last hour, the european union has announced its investigating some of the biggest tech firms in the world — including alphabet, meta and apple — over alleged "uncompetitive practices. " regulators will look into potential breaches of the digital markets act, which was introduced in 2022. if they are found to have broken the rules, the firms can face huge fines of up to 10% of their annual turnover. the firm say the eu has rushed into this decision and they will defend themselves. here's eu antitrust boss margrethe vestager. we will do our best to investigate with due process and all the necessary respect for the companies that we investigate as fast as possible. it is not that we will wait 12 months and only then. now, as soon as we have results, of course we will take decisions. joining me now is technology journalist chris stokel—walker. very good morning to you, chris. just bring us up to speed on what they're accused of. put it in simple terms.

i'm marc ashdown. first up, it's all change at boeing.plane—maker has revealed that its chief executive dave calhoun will leave by the end of this year. the company also said the boss of its commercial airlines division will retire immediately, while its chairman will not stand for re—election. the firm is under pressure after a door panel on a plane blew—out in mid—air injanuary. no—one was injured during the incident, but the firm's safety record has come under renewed scrutiny. michelle fleury. some management shake—up. what's going on. you some management shake-up. what's auoin on. ., . . going on. you have the chief executive. — going on. you have the chief executive, dave _ going on. you have the chief executive, dave calhoun, i going on. you have the chief- executive, dave calhoun, whose to step down at the end of this year. his department as part of this broader management shake—up and you also have stern deal, the head of the division that makes the plane for commercial customers, he will retire immediately and is going to be rep

marc ashdown, bbc news.idn't expect to be in office for much longer, while the liberal democrats said the government was "out of touch". conservative mp tracey crouch and film director christopher nolan also received honours. still to come on the world today, we hear from relatives of the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, who are marking the first anniversary of his detention in russia. and oscar—winning movie oppenheimer finally gets a cinema release injapan. we hear reaction from a hiroshima survivor who's watched it. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. let's look at events in the middle east now. israel is reported to have carried out air strikes in syria. observers say the strikes happened in aleppo and may have targeted a depot storing rockets run by the militant group hezbollah. the reports suggest that at least 42 people were killed, including six members of hezbollah and 36 members of the syrian army. there have been sporadic clashes between the israel

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marc ashdown, bbc news.ospect of a united ireland. census data suggests there are now more people from a catholic background than protestant — but polls suggest most voters are against constitutional change. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. northern ireland has changed — statistically, politically, and physically. lurgan is one of the towns which has grown amidst evolving population trends. the first irish nationalist to be mayor of the area in 1999 has seen a major difference. one of the big changes for me were there were absolutely no—go areas in terms of canvassing. there were areas where you just would have been frightened, quite frankly, to go into. that's no longer the case. 25 years ago, did a united ireland feel achievable at all, then? many people wouldn't have thought of it ever being within reach within their lifetime, and i think now it is in our lifetime. the good friday peace agreement, which largely ended the conflict here in 1998, sets out a legal pathway to a referendum on irish

marc ashdown, bbc news. disclosed. but more than 100 police officers had been on the ground to capture ernst—volker staub and burkhard garweg, from the militant group also known as the baader—meinhof. its members conducted a series of heists, kidnappings and murders in the 19705 and 1980s. another suspected member was arrested last week after being on the run for 30 years. it's nearly four years since the first covid lockdown here in the uk — and today, those who lost loved ones during the pandemic are being remembered. just under 227,000 people have died in the uk with covid—19 listed as one of the causes on their death certificate. research from the marie curie foundation — which is organising a memorial event — says almost one in two bereaved adults are still coming to terms with pandemic grief. matthew reed is the ceo of marie curie. he explained a little more about why they organised the memorial. during the covid pandemic period, marie curie doctors, nurses, and bereavment teams supported tens of thous

marc ashdown, bbc news.me. and now, they're so popular, he's quit his job and enlisted his family to help him produce them. 0ur reporter, jonathan holmes, has the story. they're a familiar sight in stations up and down the country, the glowing panels telling you where you need to go and perhaps how late your train might be. russell used to commute to reading daily, and he spent a lot of time staring at these boards. i was fascinated with the departure boards. i really liked everything about them. so i decided i'd try and build my own one just for fun. he puts a video of his homemade board on youtube and was flooded with offers to buy it. now he's quit his old job just to build them. it's so niche and it's just something you'd never think would even exist or people wouldn't even want. ijust basically built it for fun myself and it just appears that other people seem to want them and enjoy them as well. platform two for the 11:41 great western railway service to bristol temple meads. the boards run off real ti

marc ashdown there.don. nathan told us what inspired him. i use lego bricks for two reasons. one, i think aesthetically there's something there. i like the distinct lines, the sharp corners on all those rectangular pieces. when you see my work up close, you're going to see all these right angles, these blocks and squares and rectangles, but then you back away from it and all those sharp corners, they blend into curves. and i think that's the magic of using lego bricks. i'm nathan sawaya, and i'm an artist who uses lego bricks. there are no limits to what can be built with this toy. so it's great as a toy that's also great as an art medium. for that very same reason, i can use it to create whatever i can imagine. i think lego is one of those unique products that really spans the test of time. and i feel it's a great way to talk to, say, younger kids. how do you talk to a five—year—old about the venus de milo? well, maybe if it's made out of a medium they're familiar with, like lego bricks, it kind of open

marc ashdown reports. up up to 6000 vehicles an hour usually pass through here.irst time, our scheduled closure of an entire section. it has the potential to be absolutely chaotic, good looks. if you can _ absolutely chaotic, good looks. if you can avoid travelling, please do so. this morning the so. this mornin- the advice to avoid the this morning the advice to avoid the area seem to have got through. this is normally what it is like on a monday on tuesday, rush hour. saturdays it is normally quieter. you can see the increase in traffic, but it is not as bad as we expected it to be. this five mile stretch between junction ten and junction 11 is closed to all traffic until six o�*clock on monday. there is a designated diversion which anyone who actually has to travel is strongly advised to stick to. the m25 is one of the busiest and most crucial motorways, linking london �*s the reports and channel ports on the coast. as of 200,000 journeys are made on this section every day. john is are now being diverted on to much smaller roads. this weekend comes after a yea

marc ashdown, bbc news.could put some at risk of eating disorders. the devices are part of a trend for personalised nutrition, spearheaded by companies like zoe. our health and disinformation reporter rachel schraer has been getting the details. blood glucose monitors like these have been used by people with diabetes for years. now, zoe is trying to bring them to people without the condition and you will find their trademark yellow logo everywhere, on social media, on bus stops and even branded yoghurt drinks in your local supermarket. but the health technology company is just one of several selling the promise of personalised diet advice, clearly tailored to your individual body. zoe says this can help you lose weight and get healthy but dieticians and doctors have told the bbc they are concerned these types of programmes have elements that are not based on strong evidence. they could even be harmfulfor some people. so, how does market leader zoe�*s programme work? customers are given a gadget called a cont

time for a look at the business news now with marc ashdown. tech giant apple has been fined 1.8 billion euros by the european commission for abusing its dominant position in the music streaming market. it was accused of preventing the likes of spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of other payment options, outside of the apple app store. the firm says it will challenge the ruling in court. let's talk to our technology reporter, chris vallance, in glasgow. 0h, we have erin delmore there in new york. hi, chris. talk us through the details. how they could this be? the eu has been very clear it didn't want to give apple the equivalent of a parking ticket although that said, apple's earnings last year were not too far off hundred billion, it is big but apple can afford it. it all stands from a complaint brought by its butterfly back in 2019. they were essentially unhappy with apple's rules that stop them other ways to pay. —— spotter five. apple's rules that stop them other ways to pay. —— spotterfive. the eu commission sa

marc ashdown, bbc news.tor of the sun newspaper, and carmen roberts, presenter on the travel show here on the bbc to answer your questions live about the passports issue. they'll be answering your questions, this whole passport story is the most read story on the bbc website. a lot of questions, a lot of people getting caught out, you heard, 200 people a day is the estimation. we will take your questions and answers many as we that is at 17.115. a new bbc investigation tells for the first time the story of a lost american documentary, filmed inside the irish republican army in 1972 — the bloodiest year of the conflict known as the troubles. ira leaders and rank—and—file members were filmed planning, preparing, and carrying out bomb and gun attacks. the ira hoped the film would boost their support in america. but, almost as soon as it was made, the film disappeared — as darragh macintyre now reports. the uncredited star of a strange lost film. this is 21—year—old ira leader martin mcguinness handling guns. be

our business correspondent marc ashdown is here. thanks very much.now your passport? could you quote the expiry date? or the issue date? if the answer is no, and you fancy a holiday, it might be time to dig it out. since brexit, the rules for entering the eu have changed. there are two key bits of information. the simple one first — your passport must be valid for three months from the date you plan to return to the uk. but also, on the date you travel, it has to have been issued less than ten years ago. travel experts say this is catching out around 100 people every day, like paramedic nathan barnes, who was turned away from his flight to france. i'm gutted, really. i mean, we were surprised, more than anything, because we'd checked online, we thought it was fine and then obviously to be told at the gate. and they were very matter—of—fact about it. theyjust said, "yeah, sorry, you're not coming on. off you pop. " the problem is, until six years ago, the passport office would add up to nine months left on an old passport to a new one, meaning it's po

with me now is our business correspondent marc ashdown, who can tell us more.k but customers looking for a coffee this morning may have been greeted by a sign saying having an issue with the tills. some of the stores were closed and some could not accept card payments and some could not even accept cash. some people were angry or even amused on social media. greggs said it was resolved by mid—morning and the majority of stores are back open. find by mid-morning and the ma'ority of stores are back open.h stores are back open. and it is not the first time _ stores are back open. and it is not the first time a _ stores are back open. and it is not the first time a big _ stores are back open. and it is not the first time a big company - stores are back open. and it is not the first time a big company like l the first time a big company like this has had it issues, what is going on? fin this has had it issues, what is going on?— this has had it issues, what is going on? this has had it issues, what is uaoinon? n ., ., ., going on? on friday mcdonald had a roblem going

i'm marc ashdown. we begin in the us, the biggest day so far in the 2024 race for the white house is here — super tuesday, as it's known. voters from 15 states, and one territory, will choose candidates for president, the first voting will get under way in virginia injust a few hours' time. it promises to be a big day for polling, but — let's face it — presidentjoe biden and former president donald trump — there they are — are almost certain to face each other again in november's election. some states had tried to exclude mr trump from the ballot, but the supreme court on monday over—ruled that. live now to robin swanson, who's a political strategist and a former spokesperson for the democratic party in california. super tuesday is always a pivotal moment — an exciting day in the calendar, when the presidential election really comes alive — also a pivotal moment for the republican contender nikki haley? it is. president biden will be the democratic nominee and donald trump is probably going to be the r

here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. in this ongoing drama and now there are calls for the police to widen its investigation into the horizon scandal. the computer system designed by fujitsu and used by subpostmasters to tally their accounts was central to hundreds of wrongful prosecutions. now a secret draft report from 2017 uncovered by the bbc shows the post office spent £100 million fighting court cases even though it knew its defence was untrue. commissioned by the post office, the bramble report by deloitte found that fujitsu employees had the ability to amend or delete transactions entered by branch staff. there would be no flag to a postmaster if a change had been made, and those changes could cause a shortfall in branch accounts. it also said a malicious actor could potentially change data, although there was no evidence this actually happened. janet skinner, a former subpostmistress from hull, lost herjob and was sent to prison in 2007. they could have prevented that court case. you know, the 555 of us that wen

our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has more on the numbers.d we asked them to crunch the data to track rent rises over the past three years. so between 2020 and 2023 they looked at 65 areas, cities, large towns across the whole of the uk. for the areas which have seen the biggest increases. and this graph behind me tells the story. this is the average amount. this is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31% there. and these are the areas that have seen the biggest increases. so the usual suspects in there, really — manchester, bolton, glasgow, as you'd expect. but an interesting trend really is six out of these ten are areas sort of close to cities, but not cities. i mean, bradford's a city, obviously, but these are sort of towns within touching distance of cities. but they've seen the biggest rent increases, places like luton, rochdale, wigan, newport, look, glasgow, though... sorry, bolton. one of these areas outside of a city which has seen the biggest rise look nearly 39% over the past three years. rents have gon

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let's speak to our correspondent marc ashdown. what is going on there?g on there? not so glamorous, really, _ what is going on there? not so glamorous, really, here. - what is going on there? not so glamorous, really, here. this. what is going on there? not so | glamorous, really, here. this is what is going on there? not so - glamorous, really, here. this is the sort of scene you don't usually see, the m25 completely shut, eight lines of traffic which would normally be thundering past yet at this time of day. about 100 vehicles a minute to come through the section. the m25 is a big clock face, it goes around london, we are about six o'clock, seven o'clock down the bottom there atjunction ten over there and we arejust next tojunction atjunction ten over there and we are just next to junction 11. it is only five miles long but this is quite an important stretch and it was closed at nine o'clock friday and won't open again until 6am on monday morning because of a major improvement programme going on junction ten. as you mentioned, the advice to motorists i

i'm marc ashdown. white house is here — super tuesday, as it's known. voters from 15 states, and one territory, will choose candidates for president, the first voting will get under way in virginia injust a few hours�* time. it promises to be a big day for polling, but — let's face it — presidentjoe biden and former president donald trump — there they are — are almost certain to face each other again in november's election. some states had tried to exclude mr trump from the ballot, but the supreme court on monday over—ruled that. live now to robin swanson, who's a political strategist and a former spokesperson for the democratic party in california. super tuesday is always a pivotal moment — an exciting day in the calendar, when the presidential election really comes alive — also a pivotal moment for the republican contender nikki haley?

our correspondent marc ashdown spoke to a person caught out by the rule, here's the story. fiancee to visit family. despite checking in for their flight online, then making their way through luggage drop security and passport control. at the boarding gate, they were in for a surprise. so i had ten years plus extra months on the passport, which i didn't think would be a problem. he fell foul of the ten year rule. nathan's passport was issued more than ten years before the date they were travelling, which meant he would be refused entry into any eu country. it was very matter of fact about it. theyjust said, "yeah, sorry, you're not coming on. off you, pop". so that moment they told you you couldn't board. how did you feel? oh, gutted. i mean, we were surprised more than anything. so we checked online, we thought it was fine, let's speak to simon calder — travel editor for the independent. let me get this straight. ten years is the maximum amount of time you are allowed to have a passport for, in terms of going to the eu, but lots of passports issue between 2014 into the 18 h

our business correspondent marc ashdown has the story.ffice scandal. testimony supporting its credibility was used time and again to prosecute sub—postmasters accused of theft or fraud. one was seema misra, accused of stealing £75,000 and eventually sent to jail while she was pregnant. at her trial in 2010, garethjenkins, the architect of horizon, was called as an independent witness. but evidence submitted to the public inquiry raises questions aboutjust how well he carried out that role. he sent his draft witness statement to warwick tatford, the post office's barrister. in it he said he could not 10%... he meant 100%. ..rule out problems with horizon screens as a possible cause for some cash shortfalls. mr tatford responded, saying, "please rephrase, as this will be taking as a damaging concession." in the final testimony, mrjenkins said, "no scenario had been presented that could explain losses because of poorly calibrated touch screens." mrjenkins also agreed with an expert defence witness that there could have been issues with train

marc ashdown, bbc news.scinating to hear that a couple of hundred of these happening every single day. i have read that you actually witness to something like that tell me more. i actually witness to something like that tell me more.— that tell me more. i went with my artner that tell me more. i went with my partner to — that tell me more. i went with my partner to southern _ that tell me more. i went with my partner to southern spain - that tell me more. i went with my partner to southern spain and - that tell me more. i went with my i partner to southern spain and there was a familyjust in front of us where the mother was pulled to one side i'm told that her passport was over ten years old. after that, the other people were fine but they didn't get on the plane either because they didn't want to leave the mother behind. you are not insured or something like that, to get a bit of perspective, the reason why this has become an issue is that the eu has had a rule that if you are not a eu citizen you cannot tr

our business correspondent marc ashdown is here. thank you very much.ue date? if the answer is no, and you fancy a holiday, it might be time to dig it out. since brexit, the rules for entering the eu have changed. there are two key bits of information. the simple one first — your passport must be valid for three months from the date you plan to return to the uk. but also, on the date you travel out, it has to have been issued less than ten years ago. travel experts say this is catching out around 100 people every day — like paramedic nathan barnes who was turned away from his flight to france. gutted, really, we had checked online and we thought it was fine, but we were told at the gate, they were very matter about it, they said sorry, off you pop. the problem is — until six years ago the passport office would automatically add up to nine months left on an old passport — onto a new one. meaning it's possible to have a passport that's valid for as long as ten years and nine months. as it passes its tenth birthday — that could become a problem. even if it

i'm marc ashdown.dget. he's not keen to cut taxes by increasing borrowing. he's also got less money to play with, as the economic forecast has worsenened in recent weeks. joining me now is yael selfin, chief economist at kpmg uk. plenty ofjeremy plenty of jeremy hunt's plenty ofjeremy hunt's mps want to see these tax cuts. if he did go ahead with them talk us through the various options he might consider. he has got very little room to cut taxes. the

our business correspondent marc ashdown is outside a greggs store. what�*s going on?britain's biggest bakery _ what's going on? it may be britain's biggest bakery chain _ what's going on? it may be britain's biggest bakery chain but _ what's going on? it may be britain's biggest bakery chain but anyone - biggest bakery chain but anyone turning up front see in the coffee or breakfast but this morning might have been greeted by a sign instead saying we�*ve got some issues with our tell. some greggs branches had to stay close to the morning, others couldn�*t accept card payments. greggs lend a technical issue, apologised and said by late morning its famous sausage rolls were back on the menu again. mcdonald�*s on friday, tesco and sainsbury�*s on saturday, greggs today so what is going on? there is no suggestion anyone has been cyber hacked but the cause seems to be computer systems and one security expert told me you can�*t rule out the possibility of an issue with the common underlying infrastructure. the systems tend to be pretty completed and enmeshed and with return

our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has the story.e post office scandal. testimony supporting its credibility was used time and again to prosecute sub—postmasters accused of theft or fraud. one was seema misra, accused of stealing £75,000 and eventually sent to jail while she was pregnant. at her trial in 2010, garethjenkins, the architect of horizon, was called as an independent witness. but evidence submitted to the public inquiry raises questions aboutjust how well he carried out that role. he sent his draught witness statement to warwick tatford, the post office's barrister. in it, he said he could not 10%... he meant 100%. ..rule out problems with horizon screens as a possible cause for some cash shortfalls. mr tatford responded, saying, "please rephrase, as this will be taken as a damaging concession." in the final testimony, mrjenkins said, "no scenario had been presented that could explain losses because of poorly calibrated touch screens." mrjenkins also agreed with an expert defence witness that there could have been issues

our business correspondent marc ashdown has more on the numbers we tracked rain prices in 65 cities andhave gone up by 31% over the past three years. these are the top ten rises, if you like. the usual suspects are in there, glasgow, manchester and london. interestingly small towns close to big cities have seen some of the biggest rain rises. rochdale, newport, wigan, bolton is right at the top. rain has gone up by nearly 39%. what is driving all of this? of course supply and demand. the number of rental properties has roughly stayed the same since 2016 but demand has really started to soar. students have been returning to campus after the pandemic, immigration has also played a role, but so too have working habits. more and more people are working flexibly, often from home, perhaps commuting into the office less. let's look at the pressure on household budgets which has also grown. wages versus rain is bubbling along but suddenly rain shot oak and earning did not keep pace. the gap is starting to narrow, the hope being that as inflation starts falling wages might catch up. if you are a

i'm marc ashdown. a very good morning to you.e start in hollywood and the film industry's biggest night, the oscars. the awards, which celebrate the best films of the year, finished just a few hours ago, clocking in at a spritely 3.5 hours. the big winner of the night was, as expected, the christopher nolan epic, oppenheimer, which racked up seven awards from its 13 nominations, including best picture. behind that on four wins is the quirky period �*dramedy�* poor things. here's the moment acting royalty al pacino presented the final award of the night for best picture. and oppenheimer... yes, yes... i think any of us who make movies_ i think any of us who make movies know that you kind of dream — movies know that you kind of dream of _ movies know that you kind of dream of this moment. you know you do. _ dream of this moment. you know you do, right? i could deny it but i — you do, right? i could deny it but i have _ you do, right? i could deny it but i have been dreaming about this moment for so long, but it seemed — this moment

time for a look at the business news now with marc ashdown.it was accused of preventing the likes of spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of other payment options, outside of the apple app store. the firm says it will challenge the ruling in court. let's talk to our technology reporter, chris vallance, in glasgow. 0h, we have erin delmore there in new york. hi, chris. talk us