important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says its forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are
important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the
and wales and southern parts of northern ireland, it should remain largely dry some sunshine. hello this is bbc news. i m annita mcveigh. the headlines: the global financial institution, the imf, is predicting the uk to be the only major economy to shrink in 2023 but says the government is shifting in the right direction. five years after a report into the treatment of the families of the hillsborough disaster the author criticises the government, saying it s intolerable that it still hasn t responded. ministers set out a plan to improve nature in england but campaigners have questioned whether it goes far enough to stop the loss of wildlife. united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision song contest is unveiled, as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today, in liverpool. sport now and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.