of political times past, so too was the speech at a global power conference by his former boss, borisjohnson, part of which was shown live on the news channel on thursday. nothing and no one will stop me reciting the song. of the oompa loompas about augustus gloop, which you all remember. # augustus gloop. # the great big greedy nincompoop. that made me weep with laughter as a child. and frankly, i d be very surprised if anybody at cis in vauxhall behaved towards their secretaries as bond behaved towards moneypenny. but that doesn t mean we should be banned from reading fleming s novels. not everyone welcomed the reappearance of the former prime minister, with janet edwards asking. we mentioned a couple of weeks ago complaints about hugh edwards and reeta chakrabarti travelling from london to edinburgh to present news bulletins on the day of nicola sturgeon s resignation, and that this practice of flying news anchors out on location was a regular source of irritation. so regu
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time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in also starting in australia? might as well, 35 degrees in melbourne. - well, 35 degrees in melbourne. today, a hot start to the weekend but it will be cooler and wetter on sunday. on the north island of new zealand they are crying out for drier weather right now. they had an absolute value which earlier on friday, water waste deep, the airport flooded, because nearly submerged under a state of emergency has been declared. they have had a record daily rainfall for auckland of around 261 millimetres, equating to around eight summer s worth of rain in one day so if you know anybody in this part of new zealand and they tell you it has been white, now you know how wet. our weather is not conducive to much rain at the moment because we have a finger of high nosing and across the uk, fingers and noses?! we have a weathe
germany. your speech suggests you don t acknowledge these things. if you cant don t acknowledge these things. if you can t see the problem, chancellor, why would voters believe you can chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix it? you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit ri . ht! you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! | think you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you you can fix it? joel, let s get that bit right! i think you are - bit right! i think you are completely wrong. my entire speech is about how we deal with the productivity paradox that is at the heart of why we haven t seen that growth in real incomes, if we don t invest in improvements in our education system, in our skills, if we don t find opportunities for the millions of people who could work and contribute to our economy back down at the moment, we are not going to s
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b