Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev
To bring you the information on the issue that 33 one half british people voted on a year ago. That result, 17. 5for people voted on a year ago. That result, 17. 5 for leaving the European Union, and 16 million for remaining, was a majority for brexit. But after an Election Result where nobody won a majority, what has changed 7 where nobody won a majority, what has changed . I am heading to brussels to get some answers, and to speak to those on the other side of the negotiating table. And i am going the other way, to the north. Toa going the other way, to the north. To a town with a special place in my life, and which is to tell the story ofa life, and which is to tell the story of a very divided britain. Rather in South Yorkshire is the place where my mother was born. It voted firmly for brexit. Rotherham. But after a year, i want to see views have changed. It is famous for steel and coal. With factories and pits employing thousands. Mostly gone, along with thejobs. Employing thousand
Things this has got to stop. This knife things got to stop. Are you paying thousands of pounds too much in hidden fees on your pension . The regulator is to announce a crackdown on firms that manage our money but why are we still getting a raw deal . In sport. Not again. England lose to germany on penalties. Nathan redmonds miss means they fail to make the final of the under 21 European Championship. And carol has the weather. Im here to place an Early Morning football with the guys from man v fat to see how teamwork has helped men like this and 3000 more around the country lose a combined total of 30 tons in wake. To play some. And carol has the weather. For england, wales and Northern Ireland some rain on the cards, some of it will be heavy but as temperatures rise we could have thundery downpours. The dryers conditions today are likely to be in scotland. More details in 15 minutes driest conditions. Good morning. First, our main story. The families of those who died At Hillsborough
lows, between 13 and 16 degrees. into tomorrow, our low pressure advances north eastwards, in the centre of the low pressure it will not be windy but you can see the tightening of the isobars in the south east, a yellow weather warning out for this area. gusts a0 to 50, locally especially along the south coast but not exclusively, we are looking at 50 to 55. it could cause some disruption to travel and we could see some small slates coming up could see some small slates coming up roofs of houses and branches coming through. there could be some day be on the words and surface spray. there will be a lot of showers rotating around this area of low pressure and it is going to be a windy day, the strongest we saw