almost a0 people are dead after a passenger train and a freight train collide head on. and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression last year after his pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumour. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the long awaited disciplinary hearing following azeem rafiq s allegations of racism in yorkshire cricket club has begun in london. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. fresh questions have been raised about the judgement of the former health secretary matt hancock during the covid pandemic after a collection of his whatsapp messages were released. the messages, dating back to april 2020, published by the daily telegraph, cover issues such as care homes, schools and testing. in one of the most serious allegations the paper claims the messages show mr hancock ignored advice from senior medical officers to test everyone going into care homes in england, something he strongly denies. here s our political ed
this is the business stories from around the world, and i will try and pronounce that correctly in a let s start with a stark warning from the governor of the bank of england. andrew bailey has warned the uk and many other countries are facing apocalyptic food prices, due to supply problems caused by the war in ukraine. bailey warned inflation could hit 10% by the autumn, well above the central bank s 2% target. uk inflation is currently at 7%, which is its highest level in 30 years. another sign of the rising cost of living was shown at petrol pumps yesterday, with one litre of diesel costing £1.80, which is a record high. joining me now is swetha ramachandran, an investment manager at gam investments. thank you for being with us, we know that rising prices are a huge problem, but it really did underlinejust how bad huge problem, but it really did underline just how bad this could get without warning from the bank of england just yesterday. yes, indeed, and there are lots o
airfield after court proceedings wrapped up. is expected to head to canberra and australia, these islands relatively close to australia another reason it is believed this territory was selected but there you see the plane heading off carrying julian assange back to australia as we heard he is a free man and to depart to australia without those us extradition charges anymore. let s hear from extradition charges anymore. let s hearfrom his longest serving lawyer who was speaking right after court ended. right after court ended. today is an historic right after court ended. today is an historic day. right after court ended. today is an historic day. he - right after court ended. today is an historic day. he has - is an historic day. he has served a 14 year old legal battle and after 14 years of legal battles he can go home a free man. this brings to an end a case which has been seen as the greatest threat to the first amendment in the 21st century. first amendment in the 21
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