Новости за 09.03.2017

Theresa May has backed Philip Hammond's controversial National Insurance changes, but bowed to rebel Tory MPs by retreating on when they will be introduced.

The Irish premier has indicated he backs the idea of charging the UK to leave the EU - a bill that many believe would be about £50bn.

A father has been jailed after his four children had to be rescued from a house where the walls were covered in excrement.

A couple have been crushed to death after a bridge collapsed onto their car as they travelled along an Italian motorway.

Police investigating the alleged rape of a mother who was apparently forced into a car say the circumstances "were not as first reported".

EU leaders have confirmed Donald Tusk for another term as European Council president, despite attempts by his home nation to block him.

This week's European Council marks the last time a British prime minister is attending an EU summit with fellow political leaders as a full member.

The world's fattest woman at 79 stone (500kg) has lost a fifth of her body weight in three weeks after flying for life-saving stomach surgery in India.

Philip Hammond's controversial National Insurance hike for millions of self-employed workers has received the backing of a leading think tank.

Tesco says 140,000 workers are to be compensated after a payroll blunder meant they were paid below the National Living Wage.

Up to 20 British children are among more than 150 alleged victims of a man accused of posing as Justin Bieber to obtain explicit images from youngsters.

Police have arrested two people who are suspected of planning to abduct a baby from London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.

We now know that Theresa May is planning to trigger Article 50 on Wednesday 29 March. But how? And what happens next?

John Lewis and Waitrose staff have seen their annual bonus cut to 6% of salary from 10% the previous year, as the partnership prepares for tougher trading conditions ahead.

Some 85.1% of patients attending A&E were seen within four hours in January - making it the worst month on record, figures show.

A boy who died after collapsing at school with a suspected allergic reaction has been identified as Mohammad Ismaeel Ashraf.

Samuel L jackson has defended his criticism of black British actors playing American roles, blaming it on the "system".

Philip Hammond has defended a controversial rise in National Insurance for the self-employed as a "right and fair" move that will help the Government steer Britain through an uncertain future.

An Irishman and Frenchwoman have been rescued after their yacht's rudder broke, leaving them stranded in the rough Tasman Sea.

A man posing as pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with more than 900 child sex offences.

One of the actors in the Harry Potter series is recovering from serious injuries following a car crash.

Theresa May will today walk into the middle of a furious row over the re-election of European Council president Donald Tusk, in what is set to be her final EU leaders' summit before triggering Article 50.

A national monument dedicated to members of the military and civilians who worked to bring "peace and stability" to Iraq and Afghanistan has been unveiled by the Queen in London.

Philip Hammond will follow up his controversial Budget with a visit to the Midlands, where he will pledge £400m in Government investment for the region.

Barcelona have pulled off the biggest ever Champions League comeback, reversing a 4-0 first-leg deficit to knock out Paris Saint-Germain.