A reputation for being overly obsessed with westminster, not surprising when that is where the houses of parliament our company can lead to those outside london to feel their being ignored. That might well have been the thinking behind the recent appointment of alex forsyth to the new role of Political Correspondent based outside of london. Her time going around the country, talking to members of the conservative party about who should be its next leader. Here she is in a report showing last month. Sandwiches anybody . Meet some of the men and women who will pick the countrys next prime minister. We have the chance to really change things and its notjust the party thats going to change, its going to be the whole country. They know that whoever wins this contest will have a lot on their plate. A viewerjackie was disappointed with how the conservative voters they were depicted. A couple of weeks later, another report found more conservative members going on a trip to a steam train that p
Hello and welcome. The uks foreign secretary is warning there will be serious consequences if iran doesnt release a british tanker seized in the gulf with 23 crew on board. The stena impero was heading for the saudia arabian port ofjubail but contact was lost with the ship as it passed through the strait of hormuz. Tracking data shows it deviating from its intended route. Iranian media is quoting military officials saying it is being taken to the port in bandar abbas for further investigations. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports on the latest escalation of tensions in the region. This is stena impero, built only last year, british flagged, 183 metres long, now in the hands of iran, together with her 23 crew. Routine satellite tracking of the tanker shows her under way from the emirates of fujairah, around midday, heading north, staying well inside International Waters of the gulf until this happened. Just after three oclock, the 30,000 ton tanker diverts seriously off c
This is bbc news. The headlines the British Foreign secretary has warned there will be serious consequences if iran does not hello and welcome. Release a british flagged tanker the uks foreign secretary seized in the gulf, and the uk is warning there will be serious government has advised shipping consequences if iran doesnt release to stay out of the area too. A british tanker seized in the gulf with 23 crew on board. Tehran says the vessel was breaking maritime navigation rules. The stena imperos owners say they have been unable the stena impero was heading to contact their vessel. For the saudia arabian port ofjubail but contact was lost with the ship as it passed through the strait of hormuz tracking data shows it aid agencies are calling deviating from its intended route. On International Governments iranian media is quoting military to speed up their response officials saying it is being taken to the ebola emergency to the port in bandar abbas for further investigations. In the d
In the year tojuly. Competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. Data shows there was a 5. 5 increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and thats despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. In scotland the average rent was up 5. 7 ina year. And there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales up 6. 5 . Ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. Thank you for coming on the programme. What do you make of those numbers . , ,. ,. , numbers . Sadly, its not a huge Surrise Numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are seeing numbers . Sadly, its not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up. Forso surprise that we are seeing rents going up. For s