I nigel, thank you to you. And good evening. Now our top story on gb news. Tonight, the home office has exclusively told gb news theres been a huge increase in undocumented immigrants exploiting rules to work in the food delivery sector. It says restaurants and Small Businesses offering Delivery Services are being urged to carry out more detailed checks on their drivers to crack down on scams. Home Office Officials say working in the shadow economy , as its known, shadow economy, as its known, is a major pull factor for those embarking on often dangerous illegal journeys to the uk. Illegal journeys to the uk. Norfolk and Suffolk Police have admitted that the personal information of over 1000 people, including victims of crime and witnesses , were mistakenly witnesses, were mistakenly released in response to a freedom of information request. Both forces have attributes the mistake to a technical issue. In mistake to a technical issue. In a joint statement put out today, the forces said
Minister has said today that with wages rising at their fastest level for 22 years, there is now light at the end of there is now light at the end of the tunnel. Figures from the the tunnel. Figures from the office for National Statistics show wages rose by 7. 8 in the last quarter , with inflation last quarter, with inflation standing at 7. 9. Rishi sunak has said bringing down inflation is still his governments key priority. Obe any rise still his governments key priority. Obe any rise in rail fares in england next year will be below the rate of inflation. The department for transport says the increase will not be as high as the rise in the retail pnces high as the rise in the Retail Prices index, which normally dictates rail fares. The government has vowed to continue to protect rail passengers with the soaring cost of living. Any rises will be delayed until march next year rather than being brought forward in january. Nhs hospitals in england will get a £250 million boost from the
Tamsin roberts. Beth, thanks very much and good morning from the gb newsroom. Its 931, a retired british miner has been released from a prison in cyprus after being jailed for the manslaughter of his wife. David hunter was given a two year sentence for killing his terminally ill wife at their home in paphos in 2021. The 76 year old has been released after cypriot authorities calculated his time to serve. Hunter claimed his wife asked him to end her life as she suffered from blood cancer. End her life as she suffered from blood cancer. The end her life as she suffered from blood cancer. The Prime Minister has confirmed hundreds of new oil and gas licences will be granted in the uk. Downing street has also confirmed millions of pounds for a new Carbon Capture scheme in north east scotland. Number ten says the move will help britain achieve net zero Carbon Emissions and boost British Energy independence. Mr sunak Energy Independence. Mr sunak will visit scotland today to highlight the cou
Its interesting, this business about Workplace Bullying because weve seen so many alleged instance of it just recently, particularly in the television industry. Have you ever seen it . Have you ever seen it . Well, certainly back in the days , i used to work on tabloid days, i used to work on tabloid newspapers and i would often see grown men crying in pubs in breaks because they were getting so carpeted. But that was just so carpeted. But that was just the norm. Then im not saying it was right, but it was absolutely the the late the norm. This is like the late 90s the norm. This is like the late 905 2000. 90s 2000. Yeah, certainly i think yeah, it certainly i think there are some jobs, some professions where its almost seen of rite of seen as a sort of rite of passage to be bullied. Editors of newspapers in the olden days, when i was a trainee , they were when i was a trainee, they were they were absolute demons. You almost said the word there. Yeah, exactly what you mean. Yeah they w
with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b