Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where we ve learned today than the world s largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank the federal reserves next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of the growth figures to begin with. where did this surprisingly high figure come from? $5 did this surprisingly high figure come from? did this surprisingly high figure come from? ~ , i. ., come from? as you said, in the final three months come from? as you said, in the final three months of come from? as you said, in the final three months of last come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year on - come from? as yo
an exclusive interview with the anti war campaigner who s planning to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he tells this programme there is growing opposition to russia s special military operation in ukraine. i special military operation in ukraine. . ., , ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am absolutely i ukraine. i am not sure i will win l this time but i am absolutely sure putin will not rule russia for six years more, absolutely sure. here in the uk the families of three people stabbed to death in nottingham say they ve been let down by the police after their killer is sentenced after admitting three counts manslaughter by diminished responsibility. and some of ghana s crown jewels stolen by british soldiers more than a century ago, a
we start with the story that shocked the uk last year and made worldwide headlines. rishi sunak has set his heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the three people killed in the truly harrowing attacks. two university students, barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar, were celebrating the end of their first year. they were attacked as they walked home from a night out. ian coates, a school caretaker, was also killed. in a series of missed opportunities to prevent the killings, calocane had previously been detained in hospitalfour times, in a series of missed opportunities to prevent the killings, calocane had previously been detained in hospitalfour times, and a warrant for his arrest had been issued months before his deadly rampage. the families say, justice has not been served and the local police force has blood on its hands. navtej johal has this report taser, taser! stay where you are! this is the moment valdo calocane, a killer who caused carnage on the streets
now we start with our exclusive bbc interview with the man who s planning to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he stands no chance of winning but given what has happened to many other opposition politicians, it s a move that carries significant personal risk. we ll hearfrom boris nadezhdin a prominent ant war campaigner in just a moment, but first olga malchevska in the newsroom can tell us more about how he s managed to get enough support to mount his bid, in a country where criticising russia s special military operation in ukraine can result in a jail sentence. this is yakutsk city in northern russia. it is 43 celsius and people are queueing to pledge their support to the opposition candidate boris nadezhdin. now, such queues have been seen across russia and he has to gather 100,000 signatures to be eligible to stand against vladimir putin in the next presidential race. what do we know about boris nadezhdin? currently, he is one of th