wales and northern ireland should see a bit more sunshine than we ve seen over recent days, so a drier, brighter feel. temperatures up to about 15, 16, possibly 17 celsius. just a little bit cooler across the northern half of scotland, but there should be some sunshine here. now, we could well break some records. the warmest ever new year s eve was back ten years ago in 2011. colwyn bay got to 14.8 celsius, so we are set to see temperatures probably a degree or so higher than that. heading through new year s eve night now, if you ve got plans, it s looking mostly dry, still very, very mild. could be some patchy rain across some northern and western areas as we see in the new year 2022. but new year s day once again looking very, very mild. we ve got this very narrow band of showery rain which is going to cross its way slowly eastwards, followed by sunshine and showers for many areas. showers mainly towards the north west, so quite a bit of dry weather for new year s day on saturday. an
a key inflation measure hitting a new 39-year high. consumer prices in december rose 7% from the year before, the fastest annual pace since 1982. the first term of ronald regan. from november to december, they rose 0.5%. that s the slowest growth in months, so people looking for a peak were happy to see that number. that s because energy costs fell for the first time since april. but everywhere you look, higher prices, higher housing costs, more expensive used cars and trucks, those were the biggest drivers of last month s jump in price. food costs also up, price rose nearly all major categories for grocery categories. stripping out volatile food and energy, core inflation rose 5.5% annually. that s the biggest jump since 1991. but even if these prices are red hot, real important here, they re still nowhere near the historic highs of the 1980s. inflation peaked in the spring of 1980, double here at 14.8%.
than we ve seen over recent days, so a drier, brighterfeel. temperatures up to about 15, 16, possibly 17 celsius. just a little bit cooler across the northern half of scotland, but there should be some sunshine here. now, we could well break some records. the warmest ever new year s eve was back ten years ago in 2011. colwyn bay got to 14.8 celsius, so we are set to see temperatures probably a degree or so higher than that. heading through new year s eve night now, if you ve got plans, it s looking mostly dry, still very, very mild. could be some patchy rain across some northern and western areas as we see in the new year 2022. but new year s day once again looking very, very mild. we ve got this very narrow band of showery rain which is going to cross its way slowly eastwards, followed by sunshine and showers for many areas. showers mainly towards the north west, so quite a bit of dry weather for new year s day on saturday. and again, you ve guessed it, exceptionally mild. 13 16 celsi
should see a bit more sunshine than we ve seen over recent days, so a drier, brighterfeel. temperatures up to about 15, i6, possibly i7 celsius. just a little bit cooler across the northern half of scotland, but there should be some sunshine here. now, we could well break some records. the warmest ever new year s eve was back ten years ago in 2011. colwyn bay got to 14.8 celsius, so we are set to see temperatures probably a degree or so higher than that. heading through new year s eve night now, if you ve got plans, it s looking mostly dry, still very, very mild. could be some patchy rain across some northern and western areas as we see in the new year 2022. but new year s day once again looking very, very mild. we ve got this very narrow band of showery rain which is going to cross its way slowly eastwards, followed by sunshine and showers for many areas. showers mainly towards the north west, so quite a bit of dry weather for new year s day on saturday. and again, you ve guessed it,
14.8 reinfection is is about li% of the ili.8 million positive tests we have had so far. we will sought out the technical gremlins and get linda and chris back in a few minutes. they are furiously sorting it out as we speak. i9 are furiously sorting it out as we speak. 19 minutes past nine is the time. this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl but critics claim lessons aren t being learnt from previous efforts saying the focus should be on people rather than shiny new buildings . our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we have got the best seaside resort in wales. we have got a lovely community here in rhyl. there is this sense community here in rhyl. there is this sense of community here in rhyl. there is this sense of hopelessness i community here in rhyl. there is i this sense of hopelessness amongst the people a