With neighbours in an effort to find out more about what happened. I m here to let the family and the wider community know that we will work with you and support you as we seek to find who is responsible for the death of this young boy. Last year, the west midlands had the highest rate of knife offences in england and wales with many victims in their teens. Police launched something called project guardian to try to combat the problem five years ago, but since then, the numbers have kept going up. Young people are in fear. Because they hear stories like this and think that they need to equip themselves with a knife. So you know, a lot of young people i mentor tell me i don t want to die. Or if in a situation that i ve got a knife, what do i do? outside the house, people come to lay flowers in tears. But there s a fear, too. There s a real danger around this area. It s not a nice area to live in any more. But for a 13 year old, it s quite sad. I ve got a 13 year old daughter, and i wo
And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don
Generation he says. Meanwhile it is jobs day that november jobs report out this morning two and a half hours time 8 30 a. M. Eastern, economists expect 469,000 jobs added to economy with the Unemployment Rate ticking down for a 7th straight month to 6. 8 ahead of the jobs number futures are higher in the triple digits. Dow industrials right now up 136 the nasdaq up 48 and s p 500 higher by 13. After a mix performance yesterday, all three major indices poised to finish the week in the green with a the dow industrials yesterday at 85 nasdaq up 27 and s p 500 weaker by two and a quarter. Taking on big tech, President Trump going after the new defense bill that has no repeal of section 230 of the Communications Act. Threatening to veto it if it is not changed. We are taking a look at that. Plus somebody is watching me. The new technology that can detect whether remote employees are being lazy about work it is making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. European marke
Yesterday has introduced further doubt about claims that the vote in georgia was in any way secure and in any way honest. The video appears to show election workers in fulton pulling out suitcases from beneath a table and then illegally counting ballots without supervisors or republican watchers present. Even though state Election Officials call that perfectly normal, if you can imagine. Georgias governor, brian kemp who has fought against a further recount after looking at that is now calling for an audit of the vote. I called early on for a signature audit. Obviously, the secretary of state per the laws in the constitution would have to order that. He has not done that. I think it should be done. I think especially with what we saw today, it raises more questions. There needs to be transparency on that. I would again call for that, and i think in the next 24 hours, hopefully, well see a lot more from the hearings that the legislature had today, and well be able to look and see what t
A very good wednesday morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Were halfway there through the workweek, the day before thanksgiving. Mike has a look at the commute. First that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. How is it looking, kari . It looks pretty good. We are all quiet across the bay area. We started out with Cool Temperatures and patches of fog particularly in the north bay. A live look in dublin, it will be cooler but comfortable for the middle of the day. We do have some cool mornings ahead. The dry weather does continue. Well talk about that in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking driving through some of those foggy areas . Yes, folks might have trouble looking around them. The bay bridge for a reference, very light traffic flow. The note as we look at the north bay 29 to highway 1 up to healdsbu healdsburg, thats that warm amber blob where the fog has registered. Lower visibility there. Really no slowing on this map. Back to you. President