Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
To be caught and rehomed. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The economy had higher than expected growth in the three months to september, raising the prospect of a rise in Interest Rates next month. An initial assessment by the office for national statistics, suggests the level of gdp, or the total amount of goods and services produced in the uk, rose by 0. 4 , with strong performances in the services and manufacturing sectors. However construction, is continuing to perform poorly. Heres our economics editor kamal ahmed. Not exactly firing on all cylinders but today better news on the economy that will have cheered the chancellor. He visited the Francis Crick Research Centre in london, just the kind of high skilled innovation he would like to encourage. Well, its a solid performance by the uk economy in the Third Quarter and its outperformed Market Expectations as the uk economy has done overall since the referendum last year and what it shows is the underlying fundamental strength