We spend the day with prince harry as he makes a surprise visit to a Charity Event for bereaved military children. Aston villas European Dream is over. Disappointment in athens as theyre knocked out in the semi finals of the Europa Conference League by olympiakos. Good morning from the blue peter garden, which is going to be fine in todays lovely weather once again. Is it going to last of the weekend . Join me throughout the programme. Its friday 10th may. Officalfigures released in an hour are expected to show the economy is no longer in recession, after growing in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Our Economics Correspondent andy verity reports. At this butcher on the Gloucester Road in bristol, business is ticking along, but hardly roaring away. After the soaring price rises ofjust over a year ago some customers are now seeing wages rise faster than prices, and the price of meat or
breakfast. it s thursday the 7th of december. our main story. rishi sunak is considering who to appoint as immigration minister following robertjenrick s dramatic resignation. he left in protest against new legislation designed to give the government the power to send migrants to rwanda. mrjenrick says the bill, which will be presented to parliament today, doesn t go far enough, because people arriving in small boats can still challenge their deportation to rwanda at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. it s nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop the boats, mr jenrick? as immigration minister, robertjenrick had vowed to see asylum seekers deported to rwanda even after the supreme court ruled the plan unlawful. this was tuesday
pretty soon with four by elections on the way, to be held on the 20th ofjuly so you have conservative campaign is going out trying to get people into those seeds to vote for them it will now be having this as a backdrop. it is certainly not ideal for rishi sunak. for rishi sunak. thank you very much, helen. the victims of tuesday s attacks in nottingham will be remembered in special prayers at services across the city. churches across nottingham are holding special services today in solidarity with those affected by the recent attacks in the city. 19 year old students, barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar, and 65 year old school caretaker, ian coates, died after they were stabbed in the early hours of tuesday. our reporter mel duffy is in nottingham this morning and shejoins us now. mel, what are today s services going to look like? i think for many people today will be a day of reflection. as you say, saint peters church in the centre of nottingham will be holding press for the
by election to take place swiftly. iain watson, bbc news. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us now from our london newsroom. helen, more headaches for rishi sunak this weekend? this event was known about, the metropolitan police looked at it but if they say a picture was worth a thousand words, how much is moving footage like that going to be in terms of the impact it is likely to have. the timing could not be much worse for rishi sunak. the enquiry opened just a few days ago so all of the memories of the coronavirus lockdowns and the people who lost people, their memories coming out now really meant that is pretty high in the public consciousness. there is also the fact that these are conservative party staffers, not related to the downing street party so it is not even as if rishi sunak could say this is under new management and we have moved on and of course he will face the voters