and it s game, set and. mo? four time olympic champion sir mo farah is the latest athlete to take on our breakfast mug challenge. the scotland and northern ireland there are changes from this is a s weather, i will fill you there are changes from this is a s weather, iwill fill you in there are changes from this is a s weather, i will fill you in on the details in 15 minutes. good morning, first our main story. the number of mobile phones and drugs smuggled into prisons is unacceptable , according to the government. more than 20,000 phones and sim cards and over 200 kilograms of narcotics were found in jails in england and wales last year. the seizures follow a £2 million investment in technology to detect contra band, as james waterhouse reports. many will say this continuing trend of contraband being smuggled into jails through whatever means possible only highlights the scale of the challenge facing prison officers, who ve had to deal with staff cuts and growing violence
feels very british traditional countryside and meals steeped in our culture. but in truth, the european union affects every part of our food chain from field to fork. the eu say what farmers are allowed to grow and, indeed, what they re not. the eu sets animal welfare and food standards regulations, and will ban imports that don t meet them. eu payments come direct to farmers, keeping quite a few of them in business. and many of the people that pick and pack ourfood. ..are in britain thanks to eu rules on free movement of labour. and free trade regulations mean that fresh fruit and veg and that cheeky continental treat are around all year duty free. the eu even controls what can go on the label of our food. so when we do leave the european union, where is our next meal coming from? brexit negotiations have just begun, but the uk s divorce bill has to be agreed before we start to talk about trade. food and farming, which together make britain s biggest manufacturing sector b
On Wednesday, Robert Lopez, the owner of Hummingbird Group Limited, a furniture manufacturing business, turned to the media to express his grievances with a group he identified as Hill Farming Cooperation. According to Lopez, his employees were met by a group of men from the cooperation drawing survey lines on property in the Maya Mountain