we ll have a special report we start with the uk economy, because the pound has jumped to its highest level against the us dollar since before liz truss became prime minister back in august. sterling has been trading at $1.21 to the dollar a hugejump from the record low of $1.03 it hit in the aftermath of that disastrous budget statement in late september. it is still around 12% lower than it was at the start of the year, but some are predicting the worst could be over for the pound. let s talk to gervais williams from the fund managers premier miton here in london.
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40,000 people have crossed the channel in dinghies so far this year. compare that to last year, the figure for the whole year was just over 28,500. this graph shows the hugejump since 2018. over 28,500. this graph shows the huge jump since 2018. here is a former border force immigration officer. we former border force immigration officer. ~ ., ., former border force immigration officer. ., ., ., , , officer. we have got too many people cominu officer. we have got too many people coming across officer. we have got too many people coming across that officer. we have got too many people coming across that we officer. we have got too many people coming across that we can officer. we have got too many people coming across that we can deal- officer. we have got too many people coming across that we can deal with. | coming across that we can deal with. the manston facility is just totally and absolutely overcrowded to breaking point. th and absolutely overcrowded to breaking point. b
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guaranteed more medals on sunday. a big upset in defeating the current champion. we will have to wait until sunday to find out. mr macgregor, bbc news. let sjoin natalie pirks in the alexander stadium for the latest on the athletics events. busy day here, eight gold medals up for grabs, but in about half an hour, england s katarina johnson thompson will aim to defend her heptathlon commonwealth title at the last two events. she was 109 points ahead this morning after a season s best in the shot put yesterday, but she could only manage second in the long jump this morning after a hugejump from her compatriot. northern ireland s kate 0 connor has dropped down to fifth, but she will prove to be a menace, i think, the final two events, the javelin coming up and then the 800 metres. katarina johnson thompson