Broadband years ahead of schedule. In an open letter, the heads of three trade bodies say the pledge will require 100 commitment from the government, including further investment in skills, and a reduction in red tape and taxes. Our Business Correspondent katy austin reports. Good internet is now a priority for hotel guests like those in southend. The manager here says the speed and reliability of full fibre broadband have been game changing. Weve been able to increase our bandwidth and this is giving the customer a much, much faster and better, much more consistent experience throughout. At the moment, most of the country can get superfast broadband. Thats a mixture of fibre and Copper Technology that results in a download speed of 2a megabits per second or more. Full fibre uses fibre optic cables to connect the exchange directly to properties, and that results in download speeds of1gigabit per second or more. At the moment, only about 7 of the uk can get full fibre. Borisjohnson has
The Russian Military say they have succeeded in putting out a number of fires. At 10pm, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. But now on bbc news, our world tells the story of a South African journalists attempts to save a family friend from drug addiction. This programme contains scenes some people may find disturbing. Across south africa, communities are being decimated by a deadly narcotic known as nyaope. It goes straight into the blood, to your heart, to your lungs. This is a story of a drug epidemic fuelled by corruption. And one mans fight for redemption. Nyaope has cost me my life, has cost me my child, its costing me everything. A drug epidemic is raging in townships across my country. Nyaope is a highly addictive heroin based narcotic, which sometimes contains hiv medication. Its often mixed with marijuana and smoked or injected. This drug is slowly eating away at south africas first post apartheid generation, and i want to find out why. My name is g
Find they are not viable, if the uk leaves the eu without a deal at the end of october. He also told the bbc that food and fuel prices could rise, and incomes could also be hit. Andy verity reports. It isnt your usual halloween nightmare, but the fear is that come 31 october a no deal brexit could lead to a slowdown in imports entering the country. This time it could also hit firms hard, making many of them unprofitable. Mark carney says hes not playing up the scare. With no deal the shock to the economy is instantaneous and that instantly you have the supply notjust disruptions so im not talking aboutjust the issues at the ports, which are real, but you actually have businesses that no longer are economic. The well known risk is that a shift to the World Trade Organisation regime means higher tariffs added to imported or exported goods. But what mark carneys saying is that it could also be inflationary in other ways. Mark carney has highlighted two things that could happen in a no dea
Into the of 0s, and tomorrow 60, and tomorrow the low 70, so rather tropical for tomorrow, so tougher for your body to regulate, so remember that will. When it comes to the storms its a mainly dry morning. Isolated early day shower, but most of storms start around noontime, then move eastward as we head through the afternoon. Expecting the thunderstorms to track towards the boston area between 2 00 and 4 00, then head to the go to the coast and out to see. By 5 30 down to the cape, and everything should be wrapping up about 7 00 to 7 30 tomorrow evening. The highest chance ask a is along and south and east of the pike tomorrow. Well talk t rethe pan mass, and full weekend forecast coming up in a little while. Tonight another shark alert whale carcass. En feeding off a the beaches closed are on the bay side. The harbor master is urging people at all beaches though to be on guard. On the Mbta Providence and stoughton commuter trains because of a the line is cleared. And breaking news in
Hes not a leader, hes a follower, but hes talking the talk about masks because its a big deal. Wash your hands, stay away when you can and when you cant, wear a mask. Its all we have going for us. That and surrendering the me to the we, counselor coates. Have to join the bandwagon. You heard what harry was talking about with these issue. I get a macha latte from starbucks, i just say medium or large. I do it with a mask on at the drivethru for the record. Putting a mask on that face is a crime. Lets not argue. Ill disagree tonight. Thank you. Im laura coates in for don lemon. Coronavirus cases increasing in state after state after state. Now you have the governor of texas ordering 95 of all texans to now where masks in public. Governor greg abbott had previously barred local officials from penalizing people who didnt do that. Now texas is reporting its highest number of cases in a single day just yesterday. Thats not all. Los angeles reporting more than 2,000 new cases for not even the