forecast that second quarter revenue would be above market expectations. this confirms the view that digital advertisers are betting on well established platforms such as facebook and instagram in the face of challenging economic conditions. those concerns have led meta and other tech giants to embark on a cost cutting campaign that has so far resulted in 150,000 lay offs across the sector. earlier i spoke to the founder of the tech advisory firm constellation research and it told me that meta has managed told me that meta has managed to keep eyeballs on its platforms and advertisers know that. , , ., ., that. they showed the digital at winter is that. they showed the digital at winter is falling that. they showed the digital at winter is falling and - that. they showed the digital at winter is falling and that l at winter is falling and that is important piece. what you mentioned earlier was important, advertisers are flocking to the big platforms. if you don t have the
we start with a denial from ukraine of any involvement in september s attacks on the nord stream pipelines, which were built to carry russian natural gas to germany. the denial follows this report from the new york times. it cites us intelligence officials, suggesting a pro ukrainian group was to blame. before we look at those claims, let s get more details about the nord stream pipelines. let s get more details this map shows where they run along the sea bed, from russia, across the baltic, to germany. the damage was discovered near the danish island of bornholm. it s also relatively close to the russian territory of kaliningrad. it was first noticed when huge amounts of gas were spotted bubbling up to the surface. when cameras were sent down, this is what they recorded. several experts said it appeared the pipes had been damaged by an explosion on the outside of the pipe. here s ukrainian defence minister oleksi reznikov on the new allegations. for me, it s a little bit o
hgppy message for you this morning. happy new year! in other news, two men have been charged with the murder of cody fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. it s a very happy new yearfor arsenalfans. their team are seven points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating brighton. a hero s welcome for gary mckee. he s raises £1 million by running 365 marathons one every day in 2022. we start the new year with quite a bit of snowfall sunshine elsewhere, mixed in with some showers. we have your forecast for the start of the new year here on a breakfast. happy new year. it s sunday the 1st of january. our top story: cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023, with large crowds gathering for fireworks and light displays, many for the first time since the start of the pandemic. in london, big ben signaled the start of a spectacular display, which included a tribute to queen elizabeth. louisa pilbeam reports. big ben bongs.
how about that? desert island discs last and now found. louise is here with the weather. it looks likely we will see cloud around today but a beautiful sunset this evening in east yorkshire. sunshine certainly at a premium as we go into tomorrow because of the amount of cloud spilling in as we speak. sun down to the south west but it is this cloud which will bring the heaviest of the overnight rain across north west scotland and northern ireland. it weakens as it pushes its way south and east and further south of that, it is a drab affair, a lot of low cloud, drizzly and murky, perhaps persistent rain pushing into the far south west. but at least that cloud keeps temperatures up so a mild start to friday morning but a murky one, there could be fog around and it stays overcast and drizzly for much of the day with much of that rain sitting and hanging around across the south coast. there will be sunshine, north wales, northern england. eventually that frontal system from scotla