having been elected leader of northamptonshire county council in may 2016 | northamptonshire county councilffect. i gave an undertaking earlier this year that come what may i would oversee the budget setting process and the best value inspection report. the budget is set and the inspection report has been published this morning. let media viewer a few more comments that she made, she was critical of what she said was vicious attacks by four local mps —— let me give you for the she said if the machinery of government turns against you you cannot win. she has resigned in the last half an hour. let me give you some background to the severe financial pressures that the council here is facing. it was dubbed by one of the local mps as one of the worst run authorities in the country and has been struggling financially for a while. earlier this year it imposed spending controls on its own money because they thought they were going to run out of cash this year. it has set next year ‘s budget, £48 million worth of cuts, many subsidies will go, 21 libraries will close, training standards budget will b

we can reveal that northamptonshire county council is being investigated over claims that it spent millionshave done so, then this hard—up council could be forced to repay some of that cash. northamptonshire's finances are already in dire straits. at the start of february, it became the first council in nearly 20 years to put itself in financial special measures, as officials worried it might run out of cash. and it's cutting services, including axing bus subsidies and closing 21 libraries. opposition councillors say it's no surprise the authority may have broken the rules. i think it tells you a lot about the bigger picture at northamptonshire county council, which is that money is really tight. they are having to scramble around for every penny they can find to balance the budget, and they may be pushing things a little too far. and potentially spending ring—fenced money outside the rules. that's a big issue, isn't it? absolutely it's a big issue. you would expect people to know the rules and stick within them. the council's leader acknowledges that money intended for public health may ha

a financial crisis at northamptonshire county council has become so serious that it should be abolishede council's culture and northamptonshire now needs a new start. the leader of the council has resigned. our social affairs correspondent alison holt looks at what it will all mean. libraries closing, bus routes cut, potholes not filled and prevention services struggling. this is the financial cost of northamptonshire cou nty financial cost of northamptonshire county council's failures. the report concludes it lost control of its budget. and this is the human cost, john smith relies on council care. he feels cuts are leaving him and others isolated and worried.“ community organisations that provide support arejuiced, community organisations that provide support are juiced, they are minimal now, they're only doing the basic so you cannot get less than what we have got at the moment, so if it goes even further i don't know what will happen. today's government commissioned report says the council's problems are lack of management and it should be abolished. the report says the 2013 plan to

jo black, in northamptonshire county council headquarters.ther review by prosecutors into the death of 13—month—old poppi worthington, in barrow—in—furness in december 2012. a coroner concluded in january that poppi had been sexually assaulted by her father, paul worthington, before she died of asphyxia. he denies any wrongdoing. the cps said no new evidence had emerged that could change its decision not to prosecute. poppi's mother said she was "extremely disappointed" by the decision. a 44—year—old man has beenjailed for at least 30 years, after admitting stabbing to death a woman while she was at work in an aldi supermarket in skipton just before christmas. neville hord pleaded guilty to murdering 30—year—old jodie willsher, who was the daughter of his former partner. the mother of one died at the scene. prosecutors described hord's motive for the killing as ‘revenge'. let's return to the poisoning of a former russian spy in salisbury. theresa may has been visiting the town today, she has received the backing of the leaders of germany, fra

northamptonshire county council may have to return up to £10 million to public health england. oving the health of local people. but now there are questions about how one council has been spending that money. we can reveal that northamptonshire county council is being investigated over claims that it spent millions of pounds of public health money on other things. if it is found to have done so, then this hard up council could be forced to repay some of that cash. northamptonshire's finances are already in dire straits. at the start of february, it became the first council in nearly 20 years to put itself into financial special measures, as officials worried it might run out officials worried it might run out of cash. and it is cutting services, including axing bus subsidies and closing 21 libraries. opposition councillors say it is no surprise the authority may have broken the rules. i think it tells you a lot about the bigger picture northamptonshire county council, which is that money is really tight and we are having to scramble around for every penny they can find to balanc

northamptonshire county council should be abolished — a government inspection recommends a complete restructuref marmite and dove soap has chosen rotterdam over london for its headquarters. anglo—dutch consumer goods giant unilever say the company will move to a single legal entity in the netherlands in an effort to become more agile. they say the decision is not about brexit. the toystore giant toys r us says it will close all 735 of its us stores as it winds down the company after failing to secure a buyer or a rescue deal. yesterday, it was announced that all the uk toys r us stores will close in the next six weeks. airbus has warned that it could not give any new business to uk engineering giant gkn if it is taken over by turnaround specialist melrose, stressing the need for long term investment. gkn makes wing components and other key aircraft parts for airbus, which is its biggest customer. melrose, which has mounted the hostile bid, responded by saying they invest as if we were to own the business forever. as we've been hearing, unilever has chosen rotterdam over london for its headquart

calls to dismantle northamptonshire cou nty calls to dismantle northamptonshire county council after it fails to deal with a huge deficit. ina deal with a huge deficit. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what is coming up this evening on bbc news. beyond 100 days has more on the fallout between britain and russia. more on the sentencing of a man found guilty of stabbing to a woman to death outside a supermarket in yorkshire, and as thousands of people take part in bbc sports report, we ask how young people can spot the difference between real and fa ke spot the difference between real and fake news. some breaking news coming in from fake news. some breaking news coming infrom miami, fake news. some breaking news coming in from miami, where it is reported that a bridge at the university of florida has collapsed. emergency services are on the scene and we will bring you more on that as soon as we get it. emergency services are 110w as we get it. emergency services are now at the scene and when we get more from miami we will bring that to you. now it's time fo

government election just coming into view in may and jeremy corbyn seizing on the goodies in northamptonshire county councilive controlled, were special measures have been bitten. —— difficulties in the fa ntasy ca n bitten. —— difficulties in the fantasy can to cancel. theresa may cited in london councils were momentum have allegedly hobbled labour lead counsel. there seems to be concern among councils about the prioritisation of tax cuts for the super—rich and big business as something more important than funding for social care, libraries, repairing potholes, bin collection or street cleaning. the right honourable gentleman talks about bin collection while people living in birmingham undera collection while people living in birmingham under a labour run councils see thousands of tonnes of waste on the streets because the council is failing to collect the bins. we all know he talks about tax, the top 1% of taxpayers are paying the highest burden of tax and they've ever paid under labour. that was the main clash between mr corbyn and mrs may, about which we are not going to talk, let's talk about something

a financial crisis at northamptonshire county council has become so serious that it should be abolished not part of the council's culture and northamptonshire now needs a new start. the leader of the council has resigned. the anglo—dutch consumer company unilever, the third biggest firm in the uk, has denied brexit is a factor in its decision to base its new headquarters in rotterdam, rather than london. unilever, which makes staples such as marmite and hellmann‘s mayonnaise, insists it's fully committed to its british operations. today is news day for the bbc‘s annual school report. bbc london has been working with a sixth form student from romford. she wanted to explore if better education in schools around knife crime, could help to reduce the number of young people getting involved. 18—year—old abbianca has this report. hello, i'm abbianca. sixth form student at draper's academy, in harold hill. i want to explore the ways in which the education system can this issue is very close to my heart because in 2016, i lost a dearfriend of mine who was a victim of knife crime. i went to scot

northamptonshire council is the result of conservative incompetence at a local level, or if it is conservative incompetence at a national level? obviously, there has been the report into northamptonshire county in councils. yes, yes, yes. if you look at what is happening in councils up and down this country, there is one message for everybody, and that is that conservative councils cost you less. jeremy corbyn said the government had prioritised tax cuts for the super—rich and big businesses over funding to councils. with the noise level now threatening to wake the little boy, theresa may hit back. and we all know labour would mean for council taxpayers. because just this week, the shadow communities secretary... backed. 0h, he says! 0h! could that be because he does not want people to know what he is supporting? because he has supported a plan to stop local tax, have taxpayers having the right to stop tax hikes. he is supporting a plan to introduced a land value tax, a tax on your home and your garden, and he wants to introduce a new hotel tax. we all know what would happen under labour. happen under labour — more taxes and ordinary working people would pay the price. does it tell you every

obviously, there has been the report into northamptonshire county council, but let's look at what wes the board in councils. let'sjust...yes, yes, yes. if you look at what is happening and councils up and down this country, there is one message for everybody. and that's that conservative councils cost you less! jeremy corbyn! mr speaker, my question was actually quite specific to northamptonshire, and the tory leader said we've been warning the government from about 2013 and 2014, we couldn't cope with the level of cuts we're facing. three years ago, mr speaker, that council bragged it was pioneering an easy council model. it then proceeded to outsource 96% of its council staff, transferred them the new service providers, run by private companies, paying dividends, now that council has gone bust. does the prime minister really believe that the slash and burn model for local government is really a good one? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, first of all, it would be helpful if he accurately reflected the independent statutory inspection, which concluded last week. which the

a government inspector has recommended that northamptonshire county council, which has faced seriousr has resigned. hsbc has revealed that its female staff in the uk earned 59% less than their male colleagues last year. bonuses at the bank awarded to men were 86% higher than those given to women. hsbc said less than a quarter of senior roles were filled by women. police investigating the fire at grenfell tower in west london, which claimed the lives of 71 people, say tests on a front door from one of the flats, showed it was far less fire—resista nt than intended. survivors of the blaze have described the finding as ‘shocking‘ as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. could what happened here be the result of corporate manslaughter? that is what the police are investigating. highly technical work, including the test of a door from a grenfell flat. one that was undamaged in the fire. in this standard test, heat is applied to one side and the door must hold for 30 minutes. here, there‘s some smoke, but this door easily passes the test. the sample from grenfell lasted 15 mi

the government is poised to take over the running of the troubled northamptonshire county council. come to the decision after a report found the authority had "failed to comply with its duty" to deliver services. sajid javid said he was minded to appoint commissioners to oversee it. from day one i proposed that they take direct control over councils financial management and overall governance. getting these basics rights must be the first step in stabilising get shorty. i also proposed giving them reserve powers to act as they see fit across the entirety of the authorities functions if they consider that they must step in. his labour shadow asked what contingency plans had been put in place should other local authorities find themselves in a similar situation. mr speaker, northamptonshire is the first but it will not be the last. given the national audit office and the local government chronicles assessments the other councils will follow northamptonshire in the coming years, what assessment is the secretary of state making and what resource is he going to make available to ensure

there has been a report into northamptonshire county council, but let's look at what we see across thewas actually quite specific to northamptonshire. and the tory leader of the council said we had been warning the government since 2013/14 that we could not cope with the level of cuts we were facing. three years ago mr speaker, that council, brent, it was pioneering an easy council model. it then proceeded to outsource 96% of its council staff and transferred them to news service providers run by private companies paying dividends. now that counsel has gone bust. so does the prime minister really believe that the slash and burn model for local government is really a good one? can i say to the right honourable gentleman it would be helpful if he first accurately reflected the independent statutory inspection which concluded last week where the report was clear that northamptonshire's failure was not a case of underfunding. so his claims, indeed northamptonshire's core spending power is set to rise by £14.5 million. i say to the right honourable gentleman the attack that he is making tha

a report into the failure of northamptonshire county council has recommended that the authority be scrappedanagement failures. government—appointed investigators said the problems at the council, which last month announced £40 million worth of cuts, were so deep—rooted that it was impossible to rescue it in its current form. the leader of the council has now resigned. four african countries with the world's largest elephant populations are expected to call on britain and the european union to ban the legal sale of antique ivory today. ministers will sign a petition at a wildlife summit in botswana urging european countries to follow china's lead in outlawing the sale of all ivory products. alistair leithead reports. africa's elephants are still severely under threat, with less animals being born and the number killed by poachers every year increasing. here in botswana, the last true sanctuary for elephants on the continent, scientists and conservationists are meeting to stop the ivory trade. techniques used for counter—terrorism are now being used to stop poaching and catch the culprits. an

the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned that northamptonshire county council may have to returns to public health england. did you see a problem the weekend? i did not. well, look at this. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year's winner, a 2.5—year—old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened — two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased down and subdued by security staff. no animals or owners were harmed. lots of people are talking about the fa ct lots of people are talking about the fact that tease was whipped up into the arms of her own. clearly, slightly alarmed, to say the least. 0ne slightly alarmed, to say the least. one of those very strange live tv moments. a teenage photographer's shots of the beatles‘ first concerts in the united states are expected to sell for 250,000 pounds at auction. mike mitchell, who was 18 at the time, took hundreds of pictures of the fab four‘s gigs at the washington coliseum and the baltimore

a report last week recommending northamptonshire county council should be shut down and two other organisationsle to be. and the church does wonderful, wonderful things, you know, across the country. extraordinary things. and the most stressfuljob in the church is to be a parish priest. and to bea church is to be a parish priest. and to be a good parish priest. and that a minority, a small minority, have betrayed that... is horrifying. you can see the emotion in that evidence. he was also asked about the church‘s view on forgiveness. he says an abuser may repent, but they should still go to prison. 0verall in his evidence he said the church is open to change and is already changing, but he said more needs to be done at every level. keith, thank you very much, keith doyle bear. let‘s have a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. we were talking yesterday about what easter is looking like. it‘s looking cold, i think, having is looking like. it‘s looking cold, ithink, having read is looking like. it‘s looking cold, i think, having read that. i‘ve had it up to about here with the snow. i thi

the bbc‘s inside out east programme has learned northamptonshire county council may have to return ass urging the united nations to support the staff and families of its persian television service, which broadcasts from london into iran and the region. the un's human rights council in geneva will discuss a report describing how relatives of bbc staff in iran have been detained and subjected to travel bans. future students will be able to make consumer—style comparisons of degree courses when choosing their university. under government plans, universities in england would be graded on areas such as the chances of employment, potential earnings and drop—out rates. the department for education says the new system would expose poor teaching and help students get value for money. the annual crufts dog show had to be temporarily halted, after two protesters stormed the venue. as this year's winner, a two and a half year old whippet called tease, made her way to the podium, this happened. two demonstrators from the animal rights group peta emerged from the audience. they were quickly chased

a government inspector says northamptonshire county council should be abolished and replaced with two march. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will be briefed by officials from public health england as she visits salisbury this afternoon. the kremlin says british diplomats will be ordered to leave moscow following the expulsion of 23 rations from the uk. the prime minister took the action after moscow refused to explain how a russian—made nerve agent was used on a former spy and his daughter in the uk. this morning, france said it agreed with britain that russia was responsible for the attack, but the kremlin has denied involvement. last night, the us government expressed its full support for britain over the attack. let me make one thing clear from the very beginning. the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is responsible for the attack on two people in the united kingdom, using a military grade nerve agent. duncan kennedy is in salisbury for us. the prime minister has arrived. he will she

northamptonshire county council should be abolished, a government inspection recommends a complete restructure, after the council struggled with a deficit. like. by the un refugee agency, as the war exceeds seven years. in the sport on bbc news. ahead of their europa league tie with ac milan, arsenal boss, arsene wenger, calls on his players to produce the performances that will encourage fans back to the emirates stadium. hello, good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister is in salisbury this afternoon in the wake of the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. the kremlin has said british diplomats will be ordered to leave moscow soon, following the expulsion yesterday of 23 russians from london. the prime minister took the action after moscow refused to explain how a russian—made nerve agent was used on sergei and yulia skripal. france says it agrees that russia was responsible for the attack and last night the us government expressed its full support for britain in relation to the attack. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. in the last few

and stick within them. was outside the rules. that money wasn't misappropriated. in northamptonshire. county counciled council. tom barton, bbc news, northampton. tonight, on inside out, at 7:30pm, and everywhere, on the bbc iplayer. removed from her post, apparently against her will. against her will. an ‘employment issue‘ is investigated. investigated. claims she‘s the victim of a bullying culture in the party. while trying to land at kathmandu airport. airport. ploughed through a fence into the football field. football field. 22 people are being treated for injuries. the past year, according to a new report. report. physicians has found growing pressures on nhs staff. pressures on nhs staff. correspondent adina campbell reports. of care have gotten worse over the last months. period a year ago. 10% higher than last year. 92% said they had experienced staff shortages, up again by almost 10%. 7% higher than 12 months ago. college of physicians. up again by almost 10%. the next two years. but some doctors say they often feel they are having to do more for less. adina campbell, bbc news. a rise of mo