britain s ecomomy is expected to have gone into reverse shrinking by 0.1%. and if that continues for the rest of the year two quarters of negative growth that would constitute a recession. the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing to a 15 year high, to try to rein in soaring prices, and that s weighing heavily on many businesses and households. on thursday, official data showed a steep jump in the number of people falling behind on mortgage payments. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. good morning, donna speaking, how may i help? with rates on the up, more people have been struggling to pay their mortgage bill. don t worry, i m sure we can get this sorted out for you. ..and an increasing number are now officially in arrears. you know, nobody wants to send debt collectors to your door. nobody wants that. that s not what we want. we want to help you, we want to get a solution in place with you, but we can only do that if you give us a ca
good afternoon. downing street says it did not clear a controversial newspaper article in which the home secretary suella braverman has claimed police are biased in the way they treat pro palestinian demonstrations. the home secretary said scotland yard treat left wing protests more favourably than other groups, and she accused officers of double standards. she said they largely ignore what she calls pro palestinian mobs even when they break the law. labour say suella braverman is inflaming tensions. our political correspondent peter saull reports. another pro palestinian march like this in london is planned this weekend, on armistice day. but not at the same time as the commemoration and away from the cenotaph. the police believe the risk of major unrest is not high enough to warrant calling it. there is an almighty row about in westminster, though, with the home secretary at its heart. take a look at the language suella braverman uses here in an article for the times. she
grappling with losses in debt since 2019. it was backed by soft bank ofjapan and has reshaped the office sector globally but it has now sought us bankruptcy protection on monday after its bets on companies using more of its coworking space sound. that is just coming out. we should have the latest news on our website and we will bring you more as we get it. that breaking news justin, wework has filed for bankruptcy protection in the united states due to heavy losses that it has been suffering since 2019. let s move on to beijing, where australia s prime minister has met chinese prime minister xi jinping. the leaders have expressed a desire to work together and move on from recent tensions. their relationship soured during the pandemic, after australia s previous government called for an independent intervention into the origins of covid 19. beijing slapped bans on products such as wheat, corn and barley. the tariffs which were only lifted this year. this is the chinese leader.
from the eiu. he says australia was never a good target for china to have tensions with. it’s good target for china to have tensions with. tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation but - tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation but ties - tensions with. it s a slight stabilisation but ties are l stabilisation but ties are going to remain quite difficult. this recent incident between australia and china over the last two years really shows the limits and in some way the lack of sophistication of chinese foreign policy. australia was a bad target for china to choose. it was always going to side with the us when push comes to shove. because of its resource endowments it s got unusually large amounts of leverage. pushed by china on australia hasjust leverage. pushed by china on australia has just resulted firstly in australia doubling down on diversifying its export rays. it s termed public and political opinion in that country f
ma am, hold on, hold on, ma am. i just heard she is gone. she was a bright young mom to be. she was beautiful, confident, strong. it was her smile that got me. moving on from a messy divorce, jumping into a new romance. no one could believe it when they found her. they are saying it was a homicide. then the police found something else. recordings. recordings. everyin it started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a full-blown romance. hello. and welcome to dateline. it started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a full blown romance. problem was, brittany eldridge was married to another man. then, she found out she was pregnant and it was weeks before her due date that tragedy struck. investigators quickly hone in on the two men in brittany s life. but imagine all of your phone conversations being recorded for prosperity. how would you feel. what secrets would it will? this story begins here in a suburban office. l