of living payment next year. yeah, i m quite overwhelmed, actually. you know, the minimum wage is going to help, and the benefits rise, because it will meet what s going on in the shops. at the chippy, jack van looy was serving the last of the lunchtime rush. he says the minimum wage rise he ll get won t make much difference. yeah, it s only going to get worse. i don t see it getting much better. it s still only a small jump considering the big jump in the increase in bills, isn t it? as expected, adam didn t personally benefit from the statement, but he was still broadly supportive. i think it s much fairer than the last announcement. my personal hope is that it will balance out the situation with mortgages. 55 days after a mini budget that dismayed those on low incomes, today, many feel more positive hopeful, even. michael buchanan,
georgia. stephanie, let s start with you in pennsylvania. what do you see? andrea, we are in the middle of the lunchtime rush here, in upper providence township. we ll be here all day. this is in montgomery county. as you may remember from the presidential election, it s a really important county for joe biden. there was an enthusiasm for him that helped push him over the edge two years ago. the question is, is that enthusiasm still here? a lot of people saying it may not be. these people voting in person. but there s a critical issue right now, with the mail-in votes here in the state of pennsylvania. and let me just set that up a little bit for you. the mail-in vote, when you re done voting, you have to sign and date the back of that ballot before you send it in. and a lot of people leave the date off. some people were told even put their birthday on there. right now, according to the supreme court here in this
through the crisis. we ll be live to paris in a moment for an expert view on what s at stake but first, this report from theo leggett. the restaurant occupies one of the most famous mediaeval buildings in strasbourg. inside, chefs are getting ready for the lunchtime rush. this place has always been very popular with tourists who bring in much needed income. but at the height of the covid pandemic, it had to close and when it reopened, tourist traffic had disappeared. the restaurant traffic had disappeared. the restaurant was traffic had disappeared. tue restaurant was open traffic had disappeared. tte restaurant was open but traffic had disappeared. ttj: restaurant was open but we still missed our tourists, our visitors, it takes a lot of groups as well. mainly from asia, for example. so you can imagine that those groups were just not here for the last 2.5 years. tt just not here for the last 2.5 ears. , ., ., years. it survived through a time when years. it survived through a ti
right. ..get them in there. gotta pick up the pace. yeah, come on. it s my first ever fish and chips. just when i thought it was my time for a break, i had to get to grips with another of their delicacies, a deep fried snickers bar. yes, you heard right, a deep fried chocolate bar. sam s wife kumi was on hand to show me how this famous scottish dish was made. can you smell it? yeah, i can smell the chocolate. it s really bubbling. all right, a small bite, here we go. mmm. this side was a bit more gooey. that s peanuts. mmm. not sure i want to get in my bikini after this. but there was no time for a quick dip or sunbathe anyway. so we ve got a bit of a lunchtime rush, and i m finding it a bit stressful. fish and chips, please.
fish and chips. you must be sam hi. hello, nice to meet you. so tell me about bonnie blue and your business here, sam. we try and do kind of uk style fish and chips with beer batter, but we use 0kinawan beer and we use local fish and nori seaweed on the chips as well. and what do the locals think of the local fish and chips with the beer batter? in ishigaki, people love fish and they love deep fried food as well. so i think it fits in nicely with the kind of food the people like, but it s also something new for everyone to try. but there was no time for yapping. i needed to learn how to make this british classic before the lunchtime rush arrived. so, sam, what s your secret? well, i won t tell you my secrets, but you can give me a hand. 0k. here s some gloves. thank you.