england may well need their captain to provide another telling contribution if they re to win the third ashes test at headingley. ben stokes is at the crease with australia needing just six more wickets to claim victory themselves in the match. and with it the series. england are currently 153 for 4 at lunch, they need just 98 more cows are one of the biggest producers of the greenhouse gas methane in the uk but pioneering research could help limit their emissions by using a natural plant extra ct. it comes from daffodils and adding it to cattle feed seems to help improve the health
has been assured by the bbc s director general tim davie that the corporation is investigating the allegations on this unnamed presenter. these allegations at the presenter. these allegations at the presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit images and they are investigating them swiftly and sensitively. that is coming through from the pa news agency that the culture secretary lucy fraser. as i mentioned, the issue has taken a political turn with the uk s culture secretary saying they will speak to the bbc s director general tim davie today. with more on this is our political correspondent peter saull: we also had labour talking about this earlier on today, haven t we? yes, and the culture secretary suggested the conversation is now taking place between the director general and lucy fraser. interesting that she decided to put the line out earlier on today about how concerned she was about these allegations and the fact that she wanted to have a chat with tim
if successful, the government says it could make it a legal requirement to use methane reducing supplements like this on farms in the next few years. we should point out that humans should not try to eat daffodils as they are highly toxic. viewers in the uk can see tom s full report on countryfile, on sunday evening at eight o clock on bbc one or you can watch the show on the bbc i player. culture secretary lucy frazer said she has been assured by bbc director general tim davie that the corporation is swiftly and sensitively investigating the allegations an unnamed presenter paid a teenagerfor sexually explicit images. the department for culture, media and sport earlier called
our technology corresponded. the police has seized more than 500 tonnes of counterfeit goods from shipping containers at a storage unit in manchester. the mammoth seizure worth an estimated £870 million included clothes, drugs, illicit tobacco, nitrous oxide canisters and counterfeit vapes, and it s being described by greater manchester police as a record haul in uk history. there are lots of british players due to be in action today on the second day of wimbledon, with two time champion andy murray taking on fellow brit ryan peniston on centre court later this afternoon. nesta mcgregor is at the all england club for us. my my goodness, with an umbrella. yes, we will address my goodness, with an umbrella. yes, we will address at my goodness, with an umbrella. yes, we will address at the my goodness, with an umbrella. 1913 we will address at the big white elephant in the room injust we will address at the big white elephant in the room in just a second but would you believe i
raised its base rate to a 15 year high of 5% last month, in an effort to tackle inflation. the news comes as the bosses of the four big high street banks have been summoned to meet the uk s financial watchdog later this week, to discuss concerns the banks are profiteering by not passing in the higher rates to savers. our economics correspondent andy verity is here. andy. thanks, jane. well, it s all about trying to tame inflation the annual rise in the prices of all the goods and services we typically buy from hair cuts to ham sandwiches. at the last count inflation in europe had slowed down sharply to 5.5%. in the us it was 4.0%. but in the uk, 8.7%. economists think that s because households and firms are spending too much, so you ve got too much money chasing too few goods, and that pushes prices up. if you raise interest rates, you make it more expensive for everyone to borrow, so households and firms