the chancellor, rachel reeves, has promised to make kick starting economic growth a national mission . a key part of that is a plan to reintroduce compulsory house building targets, as our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. how do you go about building prosperity? loosening red tape to revive private investment in home building and energy infrastructure form the foundation of today s plans, aimed at underpinning a decade of renewal. it will be up to local communities to decide where the housing is built but it has to be built. if the answer is always no, we ll continue as we are and continuing as we are means living standards continuing to decline and it means public services continuing to deteriorate. the plans involve reviving mandatory house building targets, allowing development on so called grey belt, parts of the protected green belt already built on, and lifting a ban on onshore wind powered developments. she knows she may be in for a fight. how pr
and we get the story behind the soaring price of the beans in your coffee. the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics are finally under way. it follows months of uncertainty, and a build up marred by protests and the resignations of senior japanese officials. but for the athletes, the day is here. 11 gold medals are up for grabs on saturday, and day one of the official olympics schedule is packed, with plenty of key events to keep an eye on in the coming hours, including: the first gold medal it s expected to go to the winner of the 10 metre air rifle for women. we will also keep an eye on cycling. the 234km men s road race starts in about two hours time and is expected to take around seven hours. slovenia s tadej pogacar goes in this, fresh from winning the tour de france. also, look out for the tennis. just two weeks after wimbledon, the competition for olympic gold begins with novak djokovic on court. he s going for the golden slam which would be gold here along with four grand s
hello. welcome to bbc news in the uk and around the world. after months of uncertainty, and a build up marred by controversy and resignations, the delayed 2020 tokyo 0lympics are finally under way. although the japanese capital is under a state of emergency because of covid, 0lympic officials still managed to pull off a thoughtful opening ceremony watched by millions globally. lucy hockings is in tokyo there wasn t exactly a party like atmosphere in tokyo today, still a lot of fear and anxiety around the rising covid 19 infection rates is the city in the state of emergency or bars and restaurants are shutting at eight o clock and people are being told to stay home and stay safe because of the pandemic and because of these on games and the pandemic means there s been a lot of protests. recent opinion polls say that over 55% of the japanese public didn t want these 0lympics that over 55% of the japanese public didn t want these olympics to happen and even of the olympics there
hello, welcome to bbc news in the uk and around the world. it is good to have your company. the delayed 2020 tokyo olympics are finally under way. it follows months of uncertainty and a build up marred by protests and the resignations of seniorjapanese officials. the opening ceremony took place despite the japanese capital being under a state of emergency because of covid pandemic. the ceremony itself was watched by millions of people around the world on television. on saturday, 11 gold medals will be up for grabs in sports as diverse as archery and the prestigious men s road race in cycling, and the us women s football team face a crunch match after losing their first game. team gb are also in action. my colleague lucy hockings is in tokyo. there wasn t exactly a party like atmosphere in tokyo today. still a lot of fear and anxiety around the rising covid infection rates. and, of course, this is still a city in a state of emergency, with bars and restaurants shutting at 8pm