Increase in the first three months of this year. Supercharging the economy is central to the new labour government s plans. Our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. Football didn t quite make it home again but the euros certainly gave the uk sjune gdp figure a gentle kick in the right direction. Gross domestic product is a measure of all the economic activity of companies, governments and people in a country. And one off major sporting or entertainment events, along with seasonal sun or downpours, can affect how productive we all are from month to month. After a big week of data on employment and inflation, the latest monthly and quarterly readings give yet another indication of where the economy is heading. The economic story then continues to be one of recovery after the uk tipped into a brief but shallow recession at the end of last year. Two consecutive quarters of growth will be welcomed, even if some months may prove to be bumpier than others. Keeping that story going wil
Key details about the risk posed by valdo calocane were minimised or omitted by nottinghamshire health care nhs foundation trust. The health secretary, wes streeting, says he expects services across england to learn from the review. Our social affairs editor alison holt has this report. Injune last year, valdo calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, went on a rampage through the streets of nottingham. It led to the fatal stabbings of 19 year old students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber and 65 year old caretaker ian coates. Three others were also seriously injured. Cctv picked up calocane walking for hours before the attacks. Today s report describes him as having been acutely unwell for the previous few years, but says mental health assessments missed key details and minimise the risks he posed to himself and others. The care quality commission says that over the two years calocane was in the care of nottinghamshire mental health services, there were difficulties getting him
It is a grave as collation. Israel said it has killed a senior hezbollah official. The movement has confirmed one of its top commanders was in a building targeted by israel but has yet to confirm his fate. Israel said he was responsible for an attack which killed 12 young people. Let s bring you the latest from jerusalem it d be quite typical for israel not to comment on an attack of this kind. It s not given a formal response, the israeli military only saying that it does not comment on reports in foreign media. And we have had some indications that the israeli prime minister s office has told ministers that they should not comment directly on this. That said, perhaps prior to that instruction being received, there were a couple of ministers. One wrote on on x, the social media platform, so may all your enemies perish, 0 lord. Quoting the bible following this news breaking of the assassination of ismail haniyeh. The heritage minister said that haniyeh s death makes the world a slightl
The israeli army says the strike targeted a hamas command and control centre which was inside the school. Ambulances brought those killed and injured including children to a nearby hospital in deir al balah. Let s hear from palestinians caught up in the strikes. Translation: in an instant, rockets dropped on us and we are already wounded. It s only been a couple of months since i came back from egypt with my daughter and now my daughter is wounded and was taken to the hospital. I was sitting in the tent at our neighbours . I heard heavy strikes, i started running, my daughter was in one place and i was in another. I saw people running towards the place that was struck. The people sheltering in khadijah s school are all wounded and they are innocent and this should not have happened to them. Meanwhile, further south in the gaza strip, the israeli army ordered an evacuation of southern parts of khan younis previously designated a humanitarian zone. This is a map of where palestinia