Candidate, 523. Applause guy otten, green party candidate, 436. Ravin rodent subortna, official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate, 209. Cheering David Anthony tully, independent candidate, 6,648. Cheering and applause that was 6,638. I do hereby declare that George Galloway is duly elected. Cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. The cheering and applause welcome to rochdale. ,. , welcome to rochdale. The turnout was 39. 7 . Welcome to rochdale. The turnout was 397 thank welcome to rochdale. The turnout was 397 thank you. Welcome to rochdale. The turnout was 39. 7 . Thank you, ladies welcome to rochdale. The turnout was 39. 796. Thank you, ladies and 39. 7 . Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Mr galloway. So George Galloway will now come to the stage. Keir starmer, this is for gaza. Applause you have paid, and you will pay, a high price for the role that you have played in enabling, encouraging and covering for the catastrophe presently going on in occupied palestine in the gaza st
today, the business headlines will be dominated again by the huge profits made by one of the world s top oil companies. this time it s the turn of bp its latest results are out in an hour and a half and it is expected to reveal it s made substantial sums in the last quarter. last week, shell announced it made record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, double the previous year s total and the highest in its 115 year history. energy firms have seen record earnings since oil and gas prices jumped following the invasion of ukraine. dr carole nakhle is chief executive of crystal energy, a consultancy that provides advice, research and training to the energy sector. thank you for being on the programme. if we look at the numbers to begin with will bp be record numbersjust like be record numbers just like shell? be record numbersjust like shell? i be record numbers “ust like shell? ., ~ , shell? i don t think bp will be an outlier shell? i don t think bp will be a
we begin in china where we ve just had a slew of data that shows how deep the impact of both the pandemic and its demographics is having on society and the economy. data from the national bureau of statistics shows china s economy grew by 2.9% year on year for the last three months of 2022. that beat expectations reuters expected the economy to grow byjust1.8%. for the full year growth came in at 3% far below china s official target of 5.5%. excluding the year covid hit in 2020, this is china s worst showing in nearly 50 years. also today, the news that china s population has shrunk for the first time in more than 60 years a change that is expected to have deep economic, social and political implications for china. for more on that let s go to katie silver in our asia business hub. tell us more. that s right. the bi . tell us more. that s right. the big figure tell us more. that s right. the big figure that tell us more. that s right. the big figure that we ve tel
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Has an impact on variable rate mortgages but fixed rate mortgages, which are looking at interest rates, will not worry about that. it should be a bit more attractive when short term interest rates go up. the bank of england was finding it difficult to attract too many investors into sterling and that s because of the outlook for the economy. we may have avoided recession into the end of last year here in the uk but it is very likely that we re going to hit recession this year. growth does look bad. the fundamentals are very sour. and that s something that is still dampening the lthlthlth look for the pound. qm. dampening the ijththkjh look for the pound. for the pound. 0k, jane. the outlookfor for the pound. 0k, jane. the outlook for the for the pound. 0k, jane. the outlook for the pound. - for the pound. 0k, jane. the outlook for the pound. ok, i outlook for the pound. 0k, jane. thank you. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we find out what are the latest consumer tr