what could the war do to an already volatile job market here? arsenal s champions league qualification hopes are in tatters. they were beaten 2 0 at newcastle, with tottenham now in pole position to clinch fourth spot. and a pretty humid day to come with some eastern areas under hazy sunshine seeing some of the highest temperatures of the year. but if you re in the west today, early sunshine will give way to cloud and eventually some outbreaks of rain. i ll have all the details of your forecast here on breakfast. it s tuesday the 17th of may. leading figures in sport, politics and entertainment have praised the blackpool striker jake daniels after he announced he is gay. it s the first time in more than 30 years that a male footballer has come out while still playing for a professional uk club. the 17 year old said it s a relief to be honest about his sexuality. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss reports on a turning point for british football. he s one of the ch
touch with me. blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first current male professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out as gay. now ijust do feel like i m ready to be myself, be free and just be confident with it all. lying all the time is not what i wanted to do, and it has been a struggle. football manager wayne rooney is due to give evidence in his wife s libel trial, dubbed wagatha christie , as the multimillion pound case enters its final days at the high court. hello and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to parliament today, paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. one of the main parties, the democratic unionists is refusing to enter power sharing at stormont unless the existing protocol is changed or scrapped. devolution in northern ireland mean nationalists and unionists have to agree to share power for a governemnt to be formerd. ir
pools. i have been looking into this at bodmin leisure centre in cornwall. families enjoying the fun of the water. this is alfred s first time in the pool. his mum thinks it s important for him to learn to swim. but as pool operators struggle with rising energy bills, prices are on the up. it s really difficult to pay more because everything is going up. petrol is going up to get here, it s going to be harder and i think we definitely have to cut down on the kind of paid activities that we do. gll, the uk s biggest pool operator, runs the council s leisure centres here in cornwall. they say the average cost of running a pool has gone up by almost a quarter of a million pounds, and that energy costs have gone up by 150% since 2019, meaning an additional £35 million in costs. these are our gas boilers which heat the pool. swimming fees have already gone up by 5% here in the last year. prices could go up further to help meet energy bills.
issue affecting small community run pools as well as larger public pools. i have been looking at the issue at bodmin leisure centre. families enjoying the fun of the water. this is alfred s first time in the pool. his mum feels it s important for him to learn to swim. but as pool operators struggle with rising energy bills, prices are on the up. it s really difficult to pay more because everything is going up. petrol is going up to get here, it s going to be harder and i think we definitely have to cut down on the kind of paid activities that we do. gll, the uk s biggest pool operator, runs the council s leisure centres here in cornwall. they say the average cost of running a pool has gone up by almost a quarter of a million pounds, and that energy costs have gone up by 150% since 2019, meaning an additional £35 million in costs. these are our gas boilers which heat the pool. swimming fees have already gone up by 5% here in the last year. prices could go up further