the government is still committeed to selling down the entire stake in natwest by the end of the 2025-2026 financial year so by that time it will be over 18 years since the bailout of the royal bank. and i expect it won't make a great deal of difference in the great scheme of things, with natwest, the direction of travel has been quite clear for quite a while now but nonetheless a symbolic moment with the turn-around in the bank's fortunes. and barclays has admitted that it is going to take a 450 million pound hit, as a result of a mishandled bond sale. it goes from bad to worse really for this bank, obviously, it's had a fairly tumultuous few years, capped recently by last year's resignation of the former chief executive. >> ian, thank you. >>> a quick look at what is happening as far as the weather is concerned. >> turning cooler and more unsettled this week. wintry showers for some. each a threat of some, even a threat of some snow. >>> still to come on the program for you, talking about why some things appeared to go so badly wrong on william and kate's caribbean tour, coming up.

. _ the government no longer owns a controlling stake in natwest, after it sold £1.2 billion worth ofthe lowest level in more than a decade. the treasury took majority control to prevent the company from collapsing. the labour mp, dawn butler, has told the bbc a mammogram saved her life, after being diagnosed with breast cancer. she says without it, her condition wouldn't have been discovered. she's now undergone surgery, following the routine check—up in december. the charity breast cancer now estimates almost1 million women in the uk missed breast cancer screening during the pandemic, when the programme was paused. here's victoria derbyshire. when i got the results, i was at an event, and i took a phone call, and i was told that i needed to come in the next day to see a surgeon, and i thought, "i need a surgeon? it means i've got cancer." what was your immediate reaction, then, when you knew? i mean, the first thing i thought was, "i'm dying." did you? yeah, i thought, "i've only got 24 hours to live." labour mp dawn butler was diagnosed with breast cancer in december. she hasn't sp

the government no longer owns a controlling stake in natwest, after it sold 1.2 billion pounds worthhere you live. coletta smith, bbc news, in liverpool. the los angeles police department, says it hasn't yet received a complaint to investigate an assault by the actor will smith on the comedian chris rock at last night's oscars ceremony. shortly before collecting the award for best actor, mr smith climbed on stage and slapped mr rock, to the shock of the audience and millions of viewers around the world watching on television. the comic had made a joke about the actor's wife, jada pinkett smith. our north america correspondent, david willis, has more from hollywood. cheering all smiles as will smith arrived at the oscars. the night was billed as his coronation as one of the greatest actors of his generation. listen, looks like jada approved you, so you'd better get on up here. an earlierjoke by host regina hall saw smith laughing along. jada, i love you, gi jane 2, can't wait to see it, all right? but watch the reaction of wife jada pinkett smith when the comedian chris rock made fun