good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it won t be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it stay dry? well, actually, we are expecting some showers this afternoon at wimbledon. for most, rain in the north of scotland, rain in northern ireland putting eastwards. behind all of that, sunshine and showers. a day for taking the brolly. more later. good morning. it s monday, the 3rd ofjuly. it appears to have been a calmer night across france, after the family of a teenager shot dead by police said they did not want his death to spark riots. police made around 80 arrests overnight, down from mo
controversial end to the second ashes series. welcome back to verify life. a watchdog has found that uk drivers paid more for fuel at supermarkets last year because of a lack of competition between retailers. the competition and markets authority says drivers paid an average of an extra six pence a litre for fuel, with diesel 13 pence a litre more expensive. the government is now promising a change in the law to increase competition. simon williams, the rac s fuel spokesperson, gave us this reaction. yes, consumers have been overcharged for some considerable time. the rac has a programme called fuelwatch. we monitor the price of retailfuel but also, crucially, the price of wholesale fuel. and for the last three months, the price of diesel on the wholesale market has been lower than petrol. yet if you go to virtually any forecourt across the uk, you will see diesel being priced above petrol. now, that is simply not right, it s not fair. it doesn t reflect what s going on at al
lined every high street, selling everything you could need. now, in a world of online shopping, and with many smaller shops disappearing, that s no longer the case. but a museum in the west midlands has recreated an authentic row of shops, from the 1940s to 60s, to give people a chance to step down memory lane, as david sillito reports. # it s a lovely day today # so whatever you ve got to do # you got a lovely day.# welcome to dudley and a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. # whatever you ve got to do.# some of the black country s best loved shops are once again open and looking their best. and if a packet of spangles is a much loved memory for you, this place is going to be an aladdin s cave of chocolate nostalgia. why have you done this?
welcome to dudley and a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. # whatever you ve got to do.# some of the black country s best loved shops are once again open and looking their best. and if a packet of spangles is a much loved memory for you, this place is going to be an aladdin s cave of chocolate nostalgia. why have you done this? so, what we re trying to do with this project is is recreating so, what we re trying to do with this project is recreating the high street from the 40s to the 60s. so burgin s newsagents was the real heart of the community. it was famous. it wasn t a place you just came to buy a newspaper, was it? absolutely not. it was the place for all the gossip. it also makes you feel quite. it s quite a sad feeling as well, isn t there, about what s happened? yeah, i suppose there s a melancholy there that, you know, the high street as it was doesn t exist in the same way it did. but, yeah, i think that s the beauty
lined your local high street. now, as more businesses disappear, that s no longer commonplace. but a museum in the west midlands has recreated an authentic row of shops, from the 19a05 to 60s, to give people a chance to step down memory lane, as david sillito reports. # it s a lovely day today. # so whatever you ve got to do, # you ve got a lovely day.# welcome to dudley, and a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. # whatever you ve got to do.# so we ve got black pudding. black pudding. we ve got pork pies, bacon. ooh, nice looking back bacon there. absolutely. and some chitlins. you don t see those very often these days. some of the black country s best loved shops are once again open and looking their best. and, if a packet of spangles is a much loved memory for you, this place is going to be an aladdin s cave of chocolate nostalgia. ooh, there s a smell of toffee in here. where are we? we re in burgin s newsagents. burgin s. yes. # it s a lovely day for sing