flu is now infecting mammals in the uk. manchester united are into the league cup final. newcastle stand between them and a first trophy for six years. hello and welcome to the bbc news channel. the energy giant shell has reported record annual profits of £32 billion in 2022, more than double what it made this in the previous year. the profits are the biggest in the firm s history boosted by higher energy prices since the start of the ukraine war. shell has already said it will pay tax in the uk for the first time since 2017 as a result of the government s windfall tax. i m joined by our business editor simonjack. morning, simon. of these massive profits in context. the morning, simon. of these massive profits in context. profits in context. the highest in the shell s profits in context. the highest in the shell s 115 profits in context. the highest in the shell s115 year history, - profits in context. the highest in i the shell s115 year history, double what it mad
In european football history. Speechless, again, that we were able to score, to come back, to show this character and not to lose the game. The boys, they kept having the confidence that we were in the right way, especially after you can have a few doubts, you can try to change the way you are playing but we kept doing the right thing and it was important but it was totally deserved. And at the end, again, we scored an equaliser. Leverkusen will play atalanta in the final in dublin later this month. Its the italian clubs first in europe. They beat marseille 3 0 in their second leg for a 4 1 overall victory and are trying to win just a second major trophy in their history. Translation i think this will reall be translation i think this will really be an translation i think this will really be an historic, translation i think this will really be an historic, fantastic| really be an historic, fantastic moment in atalantas history. And if you will allow me, also for a club like ours that d
The news comes after the boss of the Bank Of England, andrew bailey, said the economy had turned a corner, but wasnt yet in a strong recovery. For more on this im joined now byjackie bowie, head of europe at chatham financial. Where is this growth coming from . The good news is the Surprise Upside in gdp was actually very broad based. If you look across the different components of gdp we saw a good recovery in the Service Sector activity. Actually good recovery in Consumer Spending as well because obviously thats been a big focus with The Cost Of Living issue and of course then with inflation that we have seen over the last year as well. So i pretty broad based recovery and again it took some economists by surprise this morning. Are you breaking out the champagne now, are the recession time is completely behind us . It certainly looks like we completely behind us . It certainly looks like we have completely behind us . It certainly looks like we have exited completely behind us . It ce
arsenal manager mikel arteta says that his luton counterpart rob edwards deserves more praise for the job he has done so far this season. the two sides played out a seven goal thriller at kenilworth road in december with arsenal coming out 4 3 winners courtesy of a 97th minute declan rice winner. arsenal currently sit two points behind leaders liverpool and arteta called on his players to make the most of the remainder of the campaign. the end is coming. nine games is still a lock. just embrace the moment. make sure we fully prepare for tomorrow to perform well. big compliments to the coaching staff. it is an amazing journey. they deserve more credit than any other team in the league. they generated. what they generated. kaiserslautern await the winners of wednesday s second german cup semifinal between bayer leverkusen and dusseldorf after ending the dream of third tier saarbrucken on tuesday. saarbrucken of the third tier of german football had knocked out three bundesli
Com plete did that happen . No, it was the complete opposite the Campaign Urges people to open up to a friend or colleague; well speak to people whove done exactly that. And, as new guidelines on sugar in food are published well talk to Industry Insiders about how manufacturers are juggling the pressure to make products more healthy without losing sales. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Tell us what you think of this. Imagine you finally get a statue, and it looks like that its a new statue of Cristiano Ronaldo which has been unveiled on the portuguese island of madeira. Hes putting a brave face on it, but if you were him, would you be happy . His fans on social media have been less than complimentary do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. According to the duke and Duchess Of Cambridge, and prince harry, they believe we are at a T