this morning we will get a measure of how tough things are in the economy, hearing the gdp figures just after seven. those figures we tend to report every quarter which puts a finger on the pulse of how the economy has been doing. gdp growth has been struggling since the pandemic. no more predictions that we are in store for a bounce back butjust we are in store for a bounce back but just after seven we will we are in store for a bounce back butjust after seven we will bring the figures and i will explain what they mean for households and businesses. studio: thank you. more than 100,000 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past five years. the government started the official count in 2018, but it doesn t include those who made it across without being intercepted by the authorities. our reporter simonjones joins us from dover. there is added up figures are one thing but it is day by day that we
twickenham. owen farrell returns to captain the side from fly half with experienced forwards jamie george, marrow its oj and believe in a polar also returning to the side. this is england s second of four warm up games ahead of the world cup in september with matches against ireland and fiji still to come. that s just about it from us, you can of course gets more and although stories including the latest transfer talk over on the bbc sport website and the bbc sport app. for me and the team, thanks for watching, we will see you again a bit later on. hello and welcome, i m sarah campbell. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news we have got from our reporter simonjones. he reports reporter simon jones. he reports that reporter simonjones. he reports that this morning, all weather rnli
lifeboats, lifeboats from dover, ramsgate and little stone, were involved in an incident in the channel by the coastguard. on arrival at the scene, some casualties were found to be in the water but all casualties are believed to be accounted for and were brought to safety by the rnli s volunteer crew. that was breaking news from our reporter simonjones. an incident in the channel involving the rnli lifeboats. casualties were found to be in the water but all casualties are believed to be accounted for and were brought to safety. we will bring more detail when we get it. home secretary suella braverman has called for those responsible for disorder on oxford street in london on wednesday to be hunted down and jailed. nine people were arrested last night after posts on the social media platform, tiktok, appeared to encourage group shoplifting. staffordshire police say
has two more overtime bans coming up at 15 operators from this monday until saturday the august 5 and again from monday 7 to saturday august 12. they are likely to mean disruption in some places. the rmt and aslef rejected the latest offers in spring which set up changes to rays of working in exchange for pay increases. government ministers and the industry insisted changes are fairand they will not change them. we have been negotiating for over a year now. it is a real shame that the offer that we made to them with 13% in terms of an increase in pay for the lowest paid has not been put to their membership, which would have brought this industrial dispute to an end. ~ , have brought this industrial dispute to an end. ~ , , ., to an end. when it comes to the disutes to an end. when it comes to the disputes on to an end. when it comes to the disputes on the to an end. when it comes to the disputes on the railway - to an end. when it comes to the disputes on the railway it - to an en
in terms of an increase in pay for the lowest paid has not been put to their membership, which would have brought this industrial dispute to an end. when it comes to the disputes on the railway, it feels like we re still far from the end of the line. katy austin, bbc news. let s go to euston station and join our reporter simonjones. we can see the picket line behind you and it would normally be very busy but tell us what it is like today. us what it is like today. passengers arrivin: us what it is like today. passengers arriving here us what it is like today. passengers arriving here this us what it is like today. passengers arriving here this morning - us what it is like today. passengers arriving here this morning are - us what it is like today. passengers | arriving here this morning are being greeted by pet behind me. the the government plans to shut hundreds of ticket offices behind me have harden the