at least 200 vehicles were involved in the crash. a major clear up operation is under way. you are watching bbc news. good to have you with us. now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. and one story that s led news bulletins in the uk throughout the year has been rising prices and their impact. victoria valentine, along with our team of economics and business correspondents, have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of the squeezed economy and the cost of living. when big ben brought in the new year, few of us would have expected the year that was to follow. remember, in 2022 we started off very much in the grip of a global pandemic. who would have thought that another worldwide story would dominate the news agenda? tonight at 10, we are live in ukraine, a country at war, after a huge russian military offensive by land, sea and air. prices quickly rose to their fastest rate in over a0 years, and inflation touched everything, from our household bills to our wages
the pound remains under pressure from market concerns about government borrowing to fund tax cuts. a state funeral is due to be held for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders from across the world are expected to be at the service. the event will start in just under an hour but there has been growing opposition with detractors citing the cost. and honours even as engalnd and germany share six goals in their final game before the qatar, world cup. of an asteroid travelling at 14,000 miles per hour! it s the first time it s ever been done, and it s hoped that it ll teach us how to change the speed and path of future asteroids and planets. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been taking a look at what happened. closing in on the target. images beamed back from 7 million miles away as a nasa spacecraft approaches an asteroid. the details of the rocky world are revealed. but this probe isn t here to study it. itsjob is to knock the space rock off course by
cup, the premier league returns. on a busy boxing day with the leaders arsenal looking to go eight points clear of manchester city if they beat west ham. it s going to turn much colder for many as this boxing day, showers around as well, which could turn wintry towards north western areas. all of the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 26th december. our main story. police are appealing for information after a gunman shot dead a 26 year old woman in merseyside on christmas eve. four other people were injured in the shooting in the lighthouse pub in wallasey. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim was targeted. judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i was in bed and i was on phone and i heard a bang, bang, bang, bang fourtimes. i waited, because i thought it was
landfall in recent hours in western cuba, bringing winds of up to 125 mph. it is heading north, florida is bracing for man is full on thursday. it will bring a storm surge up to ten feet around the tampa bay region, half a metre of rainfall and winds other road 120 mph, so really dangerous conditions with both of those storms. closer to home, typically autumnal, lots of rainbows because we have the mix of sunny spells in blustery showers staying with those for the rest of the day. low pressure towards the east at the moment is driving and showers for part of eastern scotland, heading south into eastern england and there will also be rain towards the south west, so for the likes of cornwall towards the channel islands, more prolonged spells of rain, sunny intervals elsewhere and peppering a fairly heavy showers, winds of 30 to a0 mph but not so windy as over the past 2a hours also. temperatures between about 11 and 16, feeling cool by you are exposed to the brisk north westerl
now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. and one story that s led news bulletins in the uk throughout the year has been rising prices and their impact. victoria valentine along with our team of economics and business correspondents have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of the squeezed economy and the cost of living. when big ben brought in the new year, few of us would have expected the year that was to follow. remember, in 2022 we started off very much in the grip of a global pandemic. who would have thought that another worldwide story would dominate the news agenda? tonight at 10, we are live in ukraine, a country at war, after a huge russian military offensive by land, sea and air. prices quickly rose to their fastest rate in over a0 years, and inflation touched everything, from our household bills to our wages and our hopes for the future. the global economy was already suffering from a long covid, with hold ups in supply chains causing headaches and