following a slowdown in the rate of us inflation. the british pound is now worth over $1.25, the highest since june last year. this comes despite the latest gdp figures showing britain s economy flatlining. uk premier league football clubs have agreed to ban advertising by bookmakers and gambling organisations on the front of players shirts. however, the change won t come into force until 2026. eight top flight clubs currently have betting firms as their main shirt sponsors. our sport reporterjo currie has that story. gambling sponsors on the front of football shirts have become a familiar sight in the professional game. but in the premier league this will soon be a thing of the past. from the 2025 26 season, clubs in the top flight will not be able to feature betting companies in this way. currently, eight clubs in the premier league have these sponsors with deals estimated to be worth £60 million a year.
learning more today about the more than 200 migrants who wappr help in an abandoned trailer on the side of a mexican highway. the mexican national guard found the truck wednesday night, and officials say they could hear people inside, begging for air begging for water. the discovery is a reminder of the lengths people will go to get to the united states. some of those migrants in mexico had already likely survived an incredibly treacherous journey across the dairy in gap recently, cnn s nick paton walsh and his team actually hiked the entire darien gap for cnn s new program. the whole story with anderson cooper, the darien gap for if you don t know it s a dangerous 66 mile trek. through dense jungle with no roads that connect south and central america. every year, thousands of people attempt it all to get them closer to the u. s. 3000 miles away along the journey, cnn came across dozens dozens of unaccompanied children. football shirts. supporters each numbered
been asked questions about my affordability, who shouldn t have been sent free bets. it s 18 years since the last big change in gambling law. there were no smartphones back then, and many agree the law needs to catch up. there ll be an announcement soon and there s been intense lobbying on all sides. reformers are hopeful the industry will now be forced to pay a percentage of what they make, a so called statutory levy to fund education, treatment and research. reformers also want new affordability checks to make sure gamblers can afford to lose what they spend. the levels will probably be decided after a consultation. and the government is looking at tightening controls on advertising and marketing around sport. and when it comes to football sponsorship, it looks like the government isn t planning to ban the gambling firms. instead, all premier league clubs will voluntarily agree to take the company names off the front of football shirts.
will voluntarily agree to take the company names off the front of football shirts. that won t go far enough for some campaigners who want them out of the stadiums completely. when it gets to the weekend, he gambles. case management between health workers at the nhs northern gambling clinic in leeds. once he s finished his current therapy. three in ten people they now see here are women. estimates vary wildly, but hundreds of thousands of people across the uk are known to be problem gamblers. typically our service users are gambling from the moment they wake up in the morning in their bed, they take their phone into the bathroom with them, they take it in the car when they re even driving to work or on public transport, they re gambling at work. the wide availability of the products, the instant nature of it, the way the industry is advertising and marketing to people creates a significant public health crisis and that s what we have. the adverts show the more sociable,
tracks around the country apart from epsom derby day it s a bold move from a sport known for big hats and heels but as the chief executive of the jockey club told me earlier it s vital to make racing more accessible and inclusive. a lot of our research has perceived perceptions around triscuits are a barrier and that is part of it. of the whole sporting world notjust racing. racing is an accessible sport and lots people like to dress up sport and lots people like to dress up for racing and continue to do so we have to give people the choice. there are a couple of caveats. people cannot wear football shirts, etc why have you put those in with mac that has always been the case that has not really changed. but there are two that has not really changed. emit there are two major exceptions. one