a mutual security pact with sweden, pledging support should the military come under attack. more could be done to help you with long term chronic pain, specialists say, is a bbc survey suggests a quarter of uk adults live with the condition. doesn t matter how hard i tried, or how much i wait or how much i pray, it most likely isn t going to change. downing street says its target of building 300,000 new homes in england per year still stands after the housing secretary michael gove has said the government was no longer trying to meet it. mr gove said ministers were now focusing on building homes people can be proud of and said that people in england would be given the right to vote on proposed property extensions in their neighbourhood as part of its new levelling up and regeneration bill which has been introduced in parliament today after yesterday s queens speech. labour has said the queen s speech didn t contain enough measures to help people with the rising cost of living
Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, our cities, theyre home to governments, cathedrals, universities, hospitals, hundreds of millions of homes and billions of people. They dominate the Global Economy, but they also generate the vast majority, 70 , of the worlds carbon emissions. The world, it has become more populous than at any point in history. And since 1980, the proportion of People Living in urban areas, it has soared. In that year, it was just over 39 . By 2007, for the first time, more than half of the global population were living in an urban setting. And here in 2024, that number is now nearly 60 . Its projected to be 68 by the middle of this century. And if that trend continues, more than 80 , or four in five of us, will be living in towns or cities by 2080. That means therell be six times as many big cities with a population of more than a million people. But some regions
Multiply each other. Yep, the future of our cities theyre the engines of the world economy, driving 80 of Global Economic activity. And despite taking up just 2 of the planets landmass, cities are the home to well over half of the worlds population. And that share is growing rapidly, set to be nearly 70 by 2050. Im going to be discussing all of that with these two. There they are. Ones a Top Urban Expert whos worked with 400 cities on everything from Transport To Demographic Change and climate planning. And the leader of one of the worlds most liveable cities, known as australias garden city. Were going to find out from the mayor of melbourne why its so appealing. And how do you balance the needs of five Million People living side by side . Also on the show, were going to take a look at what it takes to create our spaces. Im going to bejoined by the big boss of autodesk. Its the worlds top Software Designers for architects. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World, once again, a
Seconds , ive heard people lying about their age, people have made sexual and offensive remarks to me and ive even been shown hard core porn by kids in a classroom. Thatll is tory coming up around 9 15am. That full story. Prince harry tells us magazine newsweek that none of the royals really wants to be king or queen, but they act from duty. He also criticises the decision to make him walk behind his mothers coffin. Well be speaking to the reporter who interviewed him over the course of a year. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch if your children have stumbled across inappropriate content online or if you have views on any of the stories were talking about. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Chief Executive of kensington and Chelsea Borough Council says he has been forced to resign over the response to the fire at Grenfell Tower. The government has denied
You and you getjealous. And coming up in the sport on bbc news joe root is expected to be named as alistair cooks successor as england test captain. Roots coach at yorkshire thinks hell take more risks in thejob. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Growing Number of conservative mps have criticised the speaker of the House Of Commons, john bercow, after he publicly opposed the idea of President Trump addressing parliament during his state visit. He told the House Of Commons yesterday that addressing mps was not an automatic right, but an earned honour. Its prompted calls for him to consider his position, with some conservativing accusing him of ignoring the tradition that the speaker should stay neutral. But the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said it was the duty of the speaker to stand up for parliament. Heres our political correspondent, chris mason. The ultimate accolade on a state visit. The red carpet and the chance to address both houses of parliament. So this is