with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift off.again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off, which is hoped to be in the next four to six hours. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of uni
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
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earlier this week, the hacking group, shinyhunters, said it had hacked the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. with me is our business reporter simon browning. iamjust i am just staggered, it is 500 million ticketmaster customers. you sate perfectly- million ticketmaster customers. 7m. sate perfectly. this million ticketmaster customers. 7m, sate perfectly. this is a massive attack. a significant, significant and a huge hike. firstly, ticketmaster, a company we know all around the world if like festivals, concerts, comedians, it is likely you have used ticketmaster s platforms to book tickets to go to those events. millions of customers, millions have signed up, millions have given over their data. it was first reported on thursday when hackers said they had hacked ticketmaster but there was no confirmation of that but this morning in a filing in the us in the security and exchange commission, the owners of ticketmaster indicated there had b