businesses in places like ledbury where i am today they are essential to our economy so we are proposing £2 billion of investments and local authorities to give that support and community arts events and pubs and clubs and theatres because those sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and he sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and he then our high streets and he then ledbury, the ledbury poetry festival is launching today and that is a great example of how cultural activities can bring new people into our high streets and help revitalise them. we also want prompt payment charter put into law and it made easierfor charter put into law and it made easier for breaches of payment
particular issue. on a couple of fronts, nigel farage is - particular issue. on a couple of fronts, nigel farage is under . particular issue. on a couple of. fronts, nigel farage is under real pressure, underfire from his political opponents and battling to defend his party attic list, and values. nigel farage was asked yesterday about comments made about three his made by three of his palmetto candidate sally said yesterday he wouldn t want anything to do with them, and a spokesman for reform uk has confirmed that vardy has dropped those three candidates. however,. not entirely discerning them, saying they are there on the ballot but legally they cannot be removed from the ballot paper so they will still be standing under they will still be standing under the reform uk banner but as i said, these are really dreadful headlines for mr farage. while he loves courting controversy, making waves, he doesn t want to be explaining, i think, the words of candidates and activists f
Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
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