welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1
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concerns about safety. paramedics and support staff are taking further action in their dispute over pay and conditions. they say the current situation is not sustainable. we don t meet minimum levels now on a day to day basis. i cannot stress enough how difficult it is for us to be able to deliver that care to patients. here at westminster, the government not was planning ahead. it wants to change the law to force unions to offer emergency cover during strikes. labour say that is insulting to workers. we ll have the latest on the series of disputes in different public sectors and the likelihood of resolution any time soon. also tonight. 2022 was a year of climate extremes, weather experts say. europe and the polar regions were hardest hit by global warming. the latest on the fighting in eastern ukraine, where the mining town of soledar is reported to be under russian control. and the popularity of gaming helps boost the uk s home entertainment industry to record levels. and s
34 there is any chance of a resolution. 3a years after the hillsborough disaster police forces across england and wales apologise formally for how the families of the victims were treated. the imf forecasts the uk will perform worse than any other major economy next year. the search continues for a woman who went missing during a dog walk in lancashire last friday. had phone was found still connected to a work call. and later we will have sportsday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prepare for significant disruption that s the warning from downing street with around half a million workers expected to walk out tomorrow in the biggest day of industrial action since 2011. teachers, university staff, train drivers, bus drivers and civil servants are among those who will go on strike. the strikes will affect more than 20,000 schools which have been urged to remain open. head teachers say they are struggling to plan because they are struggling to plan because th
and coming up at half past six we ll have the latest round up of sport on sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police in the republic of ireland have named the ten people who were killed by an explosion at a petrol station in a village in county donegal. the victims include a 39 year old woman and her 13 year old son, and 50 year old man and his 5 year old daughter. police also confirmed that a man in his 20s remains in hospital in a critical condition. seven other people who were injured in the explosion are still being treated in hospital and remain in a stable condition. our ireland correspondent, chris page has been at the scene. this has been a day when this community has been contemplating the scale of the losses that occurred here in a split second on friday afternoon. as you could see behind me the petrol station where the explosion happened is less busy, they are nowjust two police vehicles there, the ambulances and fire engines have gone as the investiga