And may the force be with you. The stars and fans flock to the london premiere of the latest star wars release the lastjedi. Good evening good evening and welcome to bbc news. The gap between the average increase in wages and the rise in the cost of living has widened, tightening the squeeze on household budgets. Rising food costs, bigger electricity bills and higher air fares have all helped push inflation to its highest level for almost six years. The Consumer Prices index the measure the government uses hit 3. 1 last month. Heres our economics correspondent, andrew verity. At this baker on the outskirts of barnsley, its notjust the bread rolls that are on the rise. Ingredients like butter and flour have shot up in the last year and a half, so its had to do everything it can to make sure its costs are covered. One of the things we have done with our suppliers, we have decided to take a radical approach which is pay all of our suppliers very early and demand better terms from them bec
Canada marks its 150th Anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, Iraqi Forces Say theyve taken control of the so callled Islamic States main base. The militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around part of the old city. Commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. A symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. Troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. Commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. Its international. Explosion he
Canada marks its 150th Anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, Iraqi Forces Say theyve taken control of the so callled Islamic States main base. The militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around part of the old city. Commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. A symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. Troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. Commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. Its international. Explosion he
Canada marks its 150th Anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, Iraqi Forces Say theyve taken control of the so callled Islamic States main base. The militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around part of the old city. Commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. A symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. Troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. Commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. Its international. Explosion he
Canada marks its 150th Anniversary. 500,000 people attend celebrations in ottawa. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We begin in mosul, where, after intense fighting, Iraqi Forces Say theyve taken control of the so callled Islamic States main base. The militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. But fighting is continuing around part of the old city. Commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. A symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. Troops, weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex, but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. We will keep chasing them and those who support them, says this man, and we will throw them in the garbage. Commanders say they have removed a cancer here, but one that has already spread. 0ur message is daesh is not only an iraqi problem, says colonel falah al wabdan. Its international. Explosion he