Kick off an informal tour of nigeria. And the dutch Eurovision Contestant is stopped from rehearsing by organisers. Well be live in malmo with the latest. The duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria. Here they are prince harry and his wife meghan being greeted at an event in abuja. Its the start of a three day trip, which is at the invitation of the chief of defence staff. Harry will attend a reception to honour military families, and meghan will co host an event for women in leadership. For more on that, ive been speaking with our africa correspondent simi, who is in abuja. It has been a lively day here for the duke and duchess of sussex and this is their first time in nigeria and as you saw in that, they were enthusiastically greeted by schoolchildren and traditional dancers and spoke about Mental Health and the duke spoke about how it is fortunate to speak up especially if youre feeling emotions like grief and loss and not feel the need to bundle it in. Behind t
Coming up on bbc news, aston villa fall short of the first european final in 42 years, but they are beaten by a team who have never been in one up until now, olympiakos. Hello. The uk is officially out of recession, with economic output up by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year. Thats better than expected, and marks a modest return to growth after the mild recession, of late last year. Rishi sunak says its proof the economy is turning a corner, but hes told the bbc itll take time for people to really feel better. Dharshini david, is here with all the details. Dharshini. Finally, some news we really can use the sun is not only shining across the country today, the economy also hit a brighter spot at the start of the year according to these initial estimates, beating expectations. With stronger Consumer Spending in shops, hotels and restaurants, the Service Sector perked up, and while a rebound in trade kept manufacturers busy, the heavy rain did dampen construction activity. But
We spend the day with prince harry as he makes a surprise visit to a Charity Event for bereaved military children. Aston villas European Dream is over. Disappointment in athens as theyre knocked out in the semi finals of the Europa Conference League by olympiakos. Good morning from the blue peter garden, which is going to be fine in todays lovely weather once again. Is it going to last of the weekend . Join me throughout the programme. Its friday 10th may. Officalfigures released in an hour are expected to show the economy is no longer in recession, after growing in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Our Economics Correspondent andy verity reports. At this butcher on the Gloucester Road in bristol, business is ticking along, but hardly roaring away. After the soaring price rises ofjust over a year ago some customers are now seeing wages rise faster than prices, and the price of meat or
andrew harding was on the beach in france during that incident, and, in a lengthy investigation, has tracked the smuggler through europe to luxembourg. excuse me, sir. andrew harding from bbc news. we ve come to luxembourg to confront a man we ve been chasing across europe. we know who you are, you re a smuggler. no. he s responsible for putting hundreds of people in small boats heading from france to england. and responsible for one boat in particular. this one. we came across it back in april on a beach in northern france. police, battling with a group of smugglers. chaos as people clambered onto the boat. we saw a girl here in a pink coat. she was one of five to die at the scene. her name was sara, seven years old, born in belgium, raised in sweden. a few days later, we found her father, ahmed, an iraqi man consumed by grief and also by guilt. but what of the smugglers? multiple sources tell us the man paid to arrange sara s journey is still active and working from a dis
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