arrested and charged with murder. at 74 years of age, he may never see the light of day as a free man again. he is yet to be sentenced but could spend the rest of his life in prison. phil mercer, bbc news, in sydney. people living in shetland would need to earn at least £100,000 a year to avoid fuel poverty. that s the warning from the islands council. it estimates that by april the average household energy cost per year will be over ten thousand pounds more than double that of the rest of the uk. jothohnson reports. stocking up the peat fire. 82 year old crofter barbara fraser has been heating her kitchen with peat for decades but relies on electricity to keep the rest of her croft house warm and power the lights. it s a huge, huge rise that nobody expected and it s always a bit colder here. we have a lot of wind.
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slowing hiring plans and you are seeing many signs of a slowdown, slowdown in spending by companies in certain areas, definitely retailers having a hard time kind of being whip sawed by not having enough inventory last year, stocking up, now trying to get rid of it very cheaply. so there are strains in the economy for sure, but on the other hand, more americans have jobs than almost anytime in our lifetime. maybe not the exact job that they want, but they do have jobs. and wages are rising again not at the pace of inflation recently, but at the most rapid pace in many, many years. and so that does not make it a recession. really the question is where we re heading and the nightmare for investors is that you have stagf stagflation, that is what we re scared of, this is that the economy growing very slowly or not growing at all, but inflation remaining persistent and the fed not being able to let up and to fight it with lower rates because they are
inside the city, we re able to move about, except for many people living in high-risk areas. you have confirmed cases of authorities having been sealed up in their homes. they are expanding such areas. as of now, shops are still open. and the supplies, including food and grocery stores are plentiful online and in stores. but being are stocking up. many of them are being reminded by people in shanghai, things can change at any moment and officials promises and reassurances don t mean much anymore. not surprisingly. steven jaing. since the beginning of the pandemic, china had strict covid restrictions. we look at how difficult it is to travel to and within the country. traveling into china is like entering a fortress.
still mostly free to move about, but the authorities have also been expanding their targeted lockdown of neighborhoods with confirmed cases. now, most shops still seem to be open, and supplies seem to be ample at this point. but i think people have been stocking up, being constantly reminded by their friends and family in shanghai that things could change at any moment and officials promises and reassurances don t mean much anymore after the fiasco in shanghai. michael. it s just extraordinary reactions to the numbers of cases compared to the population. steven, really appreciate the reporting. thanks so much for that. steven jiang in beijing. now, shanghai s strict covid lockdown could come at a heavy economic cost. cnn s kristie lu stout on that. reporter: it s china s biggest and most affluent city, and the streets have been empty for weeks. shanghai is battling its worst ever covid-19 outbreak, determined to crush it with its zero-covid policy.