people here in gloucester, like so many others right across the country, had been talking to us about how have been dealing with the bills during such a tough economic time. this is eastgate indoor market in the heart of gloucester city centre. all day we had been hearing from business owners go shoppers, public sector workers, getting reaction to what was announced in the autumn statement a short time ago. let s speak to kim reading. you run a craft store is beside us. from what you had seen in the budget, the announcements today, what do you make of them? that announcements today, what do you make of them? announcements today, what do you make of them? . . . , make of them? at that minimum wages auoin u- but make of them? at that minimum wages going up but that make of them? at that minimum wages going up but that means make of them? at that minimum wages going up but that means everyone - going up but that means everyone will pay going up but that means everyone will pay more
there is not much that happens with the north korea situation that doesn t involve the hand in china. and we only have to rewind over the past couple of weeks to see some of these pieces of the puzzle come together. that visit by china s president, xi jinping, to pyongyang, a state visit where he was welcomed very warmly, the first time in over a decade that a chinese leader had visits there, and then these other pieces falling into place the letter that president trump sent to kim jong-un, that kcna splashed all over the evening news and newspapers were carrying on the front page, showing kim reading a letter that he described as having most excellent content. so, there was the sense that there were some of these dynamics being put into play before president trump sent that tweet suggesting that kim jong-un meet him at the border. president trump, as hans