england and wales, a little bit coolerfurther north. the high pressure moves northwards towards the end of the week which should move most of the weather fronts and the stronger winds away from northern scotland. much of the country will end up having a settled end to the week with temperatures above normal. a reminder of our top story. the nhs in england is to get thousands of extra hospital beds and ambulances in a bid to tackle delays in emergency care. we nowjoin the bbc team is where you are. good afternoon. it s 1.34pm and here s your latest sports news. rory mcilroy admits it was mentally tough, but was happy he didn t let his emotions get in the way
that s all from the bbc news at one, so it s goodbye from me good afternoon. it s 1.34pm and here s your latest sports news. cameron norrie is out of the australian open. the british number one was beaten in the third round byjiri lehecka in five sets in melbourne. norrie has still never reached the last 16 of the opening grand slam of the year and had a battle from the start. he took a 1 0 and 2 1 lead, but lehecka fought back twice to take it to a deciding set by winning the fourth 6 i. norrie had some tape applied by his trainer to his left knee at the beginning of the fifth. the 21 year old czech, ranked 71 in the world, took it 6 4. world number one iga swiatek needed just 55 minutes to progress to the fourth round. she beat spanish qualifier cristina bucsa. elsewhere this morning, third seed jessica pegula also
bottles after a is the council member accuses city s democrat mayor accusing officers of not enforcing the law. democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz really heating up now with crime remaining the focal point of the oz campaign, the most recent poll showing fetterman at 48% and oz 46%. those polling numbers are within the margin of error which is 4.4% basically resulting in a tie. the numbers don t lie when it comes out of control crime in the streets of philly with armed robberies involving a gun up close to 50%. total violent crime up near 5%. victims of shootings are up just under 3% and shooting incidents of 1.34%. and with violent crime up nationwide, democrat candidates are distancing themselves from the biden administration and its policies. none of the democrats running want to be anywhere near him.
but we are have much devoted to that cause. let s talk about the strategic petroleum reserve. forbes says if for some reason we had a true supply emergency and found ourselves needing that oil, it will be looked upon as a terrible decision. we are at a multi-decade low. a pokes woman says not likely we ll replenish it until 2023. i think when they peaked out at $5 a gallon, the president oversaw a release of an historical number of barrels. got our allies to release another 60 million. 240 million barrels. that move has its fingerprints on this $1.34 decline since the
the core number went up .6, which as you know concerned a lot of economists when they dug into that number. they think they inflation will be around for a while. here s the number over the course of the presidency. from 1.4% inflation to 8.3. so the number has absolutely spiked over the 24 month period of the biden presidency. i don t think you ll hear any white house economist or policy analyst saying americans should feel good about inflation. in fact, we know inflation is a significant challenge to households. that s why we ve done so much to try to help. now, you talked about everything spiking. in fact, gas prices have of course spiked in the other direction. they re down 1.30 martha: they re still $1.30 higher than when the president took office. i let you ask your question. let me give you my answer. martha: they re still higher. $1.34 down.