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Paddy are you there . We are not in space but we are. More stories this morning about donations and holidays and dresses and awkward embarrassing thing Is That the Labour Party would just wish would go away. Lets get under way with the Sunday Episode of new cast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its paddy in the studio. And its laura in the newsroom in lovely liverpool. And its henry in a Portacabin Round and its henry in a Portacabin Round the and its henry in a Portacabin Round the back of the mens toilets round the back of the mens toilets in. You had your first Tv Interview with the deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. Why do you think shes been absent and how did it go this morning. We shes been absent and how did it go this morning. It go this morning. We always ask if they it go this morning. We always ask if they would it go this morning. We always ask if they would like it go this morning. We always ask if they would like to it go this morning. We alwaysj ask if they wo ....
so what do you think to the strategy? is there any other option? what impact will it have on you? is it right to raise rates? what do you think? get in touch. here is the news. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again at midday for the thirteenth time in a row. it s trying to curb rising prices after figures published yesterday showed that inflation stalled last month at 8.7%. a specialist robot is on its way to the north atlantic to help with the search for a missing submersible with five people on board. the titan sub was on its way to see the titanic wreck. estimates suggest oxygen could run out later this morning. bbc analysis shows the uk had one of the worst increases in death rates of major european economies during the covid pandemic. it was 5% higher in the three years after march 2020 compared with the previous five years. services are taking places across the country to mark 75 years since caribbean migrants on the ship, empire windrush, ....
costs, shortages of labour, and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today as minette batters, she farmers right here she is also president of the national farmers union of england and wales. as a society are we asking ourfarmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk.- impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for havin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great - for having me. it s a great pleasure for having me. it s a great pleasure to for having me. it s a great pleasure to be for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on - for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on your. for having me. it s a great i pleasure to be on your farm for having me. it s a great - pleasure to be on your farm and the sun is shining, ....
good morning to you. yesterday was a really cloudy one right across the board. today we ve got a lot more sunshine around, but it is feeling on the cool side. high pressure sticks with us into much of this upcoming week, so it looks like it is going to stay largely dry and settled, but i will have all the details on that very shortly. it s sunday, the 5th february. our main story: the business secretary, grant shapps, has given energy firms a deadline of tuesday to say what action they will take for vulnerable customers who may have had pre payment meters wrongfully installed. it comes after an investigation by the times newspaper revealed that some debt agents working for british gas had broken into the homes of people struggling to pay their bills, in order to install the equipment. simonjones has this report. debt collectors working for british gas secretly filmed about to break into the home of a single father with young children to fit a prepayment meter. it is not an is ....