we start with the soaring cost of living because prices here in the uk are now rising at the fastest rate in a0 years. the annual rate of inflation hit 9% in april up from 7% in march, driven bya bigjump in energy bills. britain s finance minister, chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak is warning of tougher times ahead as pressure grows on him to take action. our economics editor faisal islam has more. when prices rise this fast it hits everyone, the fracture seen on every street, office and household in the country, including in lancashire. she recently ran her business, after the pandemic she finds money running out as bills get more expensive and even essential things become too expensive. essential things become too “pensive- expensive. gas and electric because i expensive. gas and electric because i got expensive. gas and electric because i got in expensive. gas and electric because i got in arrears - because i got in arrears because i got in arrears beca
journalists were targeted. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and times radio presenterjenny kleeman and kate ferguson who s deputy political editor of the sun. hello deputy political editor of the sun. to you both. let at hello to you both. let s have a look at some of the headlines that have come in tonight. uk s new defence pact of sweden and finland on the front pages, including the times. saying britain would help fight any russian invasion. that story also leads the telegraph, showing the prime minister and his swedish counterpart enjoying a boat ride after signing their declaration. the financial times says the eu will retaliate if the uk rips up the trade deal for northern ireland. the guardian claims scores of planned new oil and gas projects could drive global temperatures past agreed limits. the i claims number ten wants new measures to tackle the rising cost of living, but the treas
Weve got our forecast down from 1. 7 in april, down to zero point a present. We have already said risks were the downside when we made this forecast was up is down by almost one percentage point. There are number of factors, the continuing crisis in the world that we see and now of course we have the crisis in The Middle East. We have the slowdown in growth in china, we also have high Interest Rates that have continued. We see weak demand across the board for them in most sectors in most geographies. Thats why we cut the forecast. Cut the forecast. How much of this is actual cut the forecast. How much of this is actual policy . Cut the forecast. How much of this is actual policy . Were. This is actual policy . Were hearing from the west this idea of nearshore income of french or income of Rebuilding Supply Chain away from east asia for the friend sharing. How much of this is here to stay and how much of a problem is that . We saw there much of a problem is that . We saw there is much o
[rockets] [shouting] [blasts] [shouting] jesse tonight another war in the middle east. Islamic terrorist group hamas backed by the iranians caught israel in surprise and the deadliest attack since the holocaust. A thousand are dead. Bodies are being dug out by the rubble. 11 americans have been killed. Hamas has 115 hostages, some could be american. It began three days ago when hamas fired 5,000 rockets from gaza into israeli territory. The 29 [rockets being fired] jesse a thousand terrorist poured over the Israeli Border on motorcycles, trucks, boats, even flying on paragliders. 50th Anniversary where they were being ch by coalition. Saturdays attack also coincided with the jewish festival. In the middle of the Celebration Radical Muslims murdered innocent men and front of their families. Pulling away women and children as hostages. Hamas also stormed a Music Festival, executing civilians at pointblank range. [shouting] jesse kidnapped or be killed. 260 bodies scattered throughout the
Hello from the Unionjack Club In London ahead of a very special day when normandy veterans will gather to begin commemorations for this years 80th Anniversary of the d day landings. A cold and frosty start to friday for many, a bit of sunshine to begin with but, like in recent days, Shower Clouds are not far. Will the weather get any better . I will have the full forecast later. Its friday 26th april. Skin Cancer Patients in the uk have begun taking part in a trial aimed at developing the first personalised vaccine for melanoma. The experimental treatment uses the same technology as some covid 19 jabs, and works by telling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent them from coming back. Researchers say the jab also has the potential to stop lung, bladder, and kidney cancers. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. Steve young, one of the first nhs patients to take part in the trial for whats hoped will be a Game Changing treatment. Its for melanoma the deadliest of all