the health secretary will meet representatives from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrainian police have since been conducting investigations into their disappearance. but now, unconfirmed reports from accounts linked to russia s wagner
from the british medical association and other unions later this morning, in a bid to avert future strike action. in the us, where a fresh batch of classified documents relating tojoe biden s time as vice president have been discovered at an unsecured location. and tributes pour in forjeff beck, one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time, who has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a russian mercenary group fighting in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing over the weekend. christopher parry and andrew bagshaw were last seen on friday heading to the town of soledar, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks. the claim has not been verified by the foreign office in the uk and the wagner group of mercenaries did not give a name. gareth barlow has this report. chris parry and andrew bagshaw went missing on friday, while travelling to the town of soledar. ukrai
tesco, through to the discounters which were also growing their own market share. 50 which were also growing their own market share. which were also growing their own market share. so you would expect erha -s to market share. so you would expect perhaps to see market share. so you would expect perhaps to see a market share. so you would expect perhaps to see a significant - market share. so you would expect| perhaps to see a significant amount of belt tightening even though consumers may have decided to splash out a bit around the festive season? yes, that is very possible. one thing the supermarkets may be able to do is to mitigate some of those inflationary pressures, which they have been seeing, and not pass the entirety of those costs onto consumers. nonetheless, we are going to get some very important inflationary figures coming out over the next few weeks which may give us a better clue as to whether inflation is beginning to peak or maybe even has peaked. and obviously, tha
this is bbc news, i m martine croxall. the headlines at 11. ambulance response times in england reach their worst level on record the figures from december are up from the previous worst performance recorded in october. a pro russian mercenary group in ukraine says it has found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing at the weeked the claim hasn t been independently verified. new figures show more than 3 million people on energy prepayment meters ran out of credit last year , the equivalent of one person losing gas or electricity every ten seconds. retailers tesco and marks & spencer saw strong increases in sales over christmas, despite pressures on the cost of living. and tributes pour in forjeff beck,
of where we re seeing at the moment, the supermarkets on the whole enjoyed a strong growth in sales, ranging from the very top of the tree namely, tesco through to the discounters, which were also growing their own market share. so you would expect perhaps to see a significant amount of belt tightening, even though consumers may have decided to splash out a bit around the festive season? yes, that s very possible. one thing the supermarkets may be able to do is to mitigate some of those inflationary pressures, which they have been seeing, and not pass the entirety of those costs on to consumers. nonetheless, we re going to get some very important inflationary figures coming out over the next few weeks, which may give us a better clue as to whether inflation is beginning to peak or maybe even has peaked. and obviously, that could potentially take some of the pressure off consumers wallets. but that doesn t necessarily immediately account for the fact that obviously,