as well as taking hull from labour in the north of england, which is where the conservatives mostly held off labour s challenge in places like hartlepool, where voters didn t seem too fussed about downing street parties. things will go on no . matter what happens, you know what i mean? you ll get people doing things which they shouldn t do, - but what they want to do is put it back to the back burner, - and let s get. let s move on. either labour or conservatives, whoever, everybody does silly things. local elections are not a simple reflection of national politics, but they give parties a lot to think about. labour is making progress, but has a long way to go back to power, while the conservatives will be concerned their vote in parts of true blue england seems to be sinking. ben wright, bbc news, southampton. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. the earlier rain across northern and western parts of the uk should l
of pounds when it goes under the hammer within the next half hour. bulgaria, hungary, slovakia and the czech republic, have all called for exemptions. the proposal was announced by the european finished commission this morning as part of the latest round of sanctions on moscow in retaliation for the war in ukraine. the british government is also introducing fresh sanctions against russia as part of the international pressure on president putin as he intensifies his military offensive in ukraine. new measures will include. new measures will include a ban on russia accessing uk accountancy, management consultancy, and pr services. lets head to kyiv and ben brown. hello from the capital of kyiv and the latest reports we are getting from the southern city of mary apple is that russian forces are trying to storm the steelworks where ukrainian fighters making a pretty desperate last stand. there have been bombarded in that steelworks for weeks and weeks but according to the mayo
of half of 1% is expected to try and team inflation. and the actor amber heard is about to take to the stand in the definition trial that her ex husband johnny depp. in a moment we ll bring you all the latest from the war in ukraine. but first some breaking news from the united states. the us federal reserve has been meeting to set interest rates. the fed has a brief to keep price stable but its fighting soaring inflation driven by rising energy prices. we are expecting federal reserve to decide on interest rates and let me get that figure whatever the decision is of course we will bring it straight to you. michelle fleury is in washington. the federal reserve has just raised rates by half a percentage point as expected bringing its key benchmark rate to the range of 0.75 and 1%. this was a big move designed to try and manage soaring information which is now currently at a a0 year high. it is a step up in efforts that began a month ago. but even when the federal reserve rai
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