Two holiday firms, with bookings from more than 50,000 people, have ceased trading. Last month was probably the warmestjuly on record according to new research. And, england Bowlerjames Anderson awaits the results of a calf scan and could be out for the rest of the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The liberal democrats have won the brecon and radnorshire by election taking the seat from the conservatives, and leaving borisjohnsons government with a working majority of one. Here is the result the liberal democrat candidate jane dodds overturned the conservatives majority of over 8,000 to beat the incumbent mp chris davies byjust over 1,400 votes. The brexit party pushed labour into fourth place. And here is the share of the vote which saw a 12 swing from the conservatives to the liberal democrats, and the labour vote collapsed. 0ther pro remain parties had stood aside to allow the lib dems a better chance to reclaim the seat they lost in the 201
reaches the third round of the world darts championship. good morning from the cotswolds. this is a reindeer herd, we are surrounded by christmas trees. today is less windy than yesterday, some rain in the forecast and some snow largely in the hills of the north east of scotland but at lower levels in the northern isles. all of the details throughout the programme. it s friday the 22nd of december. our main story. the czech republic has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in prague. police say the gunman was a 24 year old student at charles university and was later found dead. police were already looking for the gunman, after they discovered his father s body hours earlier. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this poin
the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. red gr
extraordinary hospitality . over all these years and in so many ways, i have been struck by the warmth of the friendship between our nations. some of the biggest names in technology call for a pause in the development of advanced artificial intelligence warning it could be a threat to humanity. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth, the skeleton of a patagotitan dinosaur, is the latest addition to london s natural history museum. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin with a developing story from rome, where pope francis has been admitted to hospital with what s being described as a respiratory infection. the vatican says the 86 year old is not suffering from covid but has been experiencing breathing difficulties in recent days and that he ll spend a few nights under medical supervision. it comes at the busiest time of the year for the pontiff, with easterjust next week. a little earlier, i spoke to our reporter sofia bettiz