wigan and newport. let s speak to marc ashdown, business correspondent. how rapidly have rents been rising? the bbc teamed up with that property portal and we asked them to track rent rises over the past three years. between 2020 and 2023, they looked at 65 areas across the whole of the uk. for the areas which have seen the biggest increases. this graph tells a story. this is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31%. these are the areas that have seen the biggest increases. manchester, bolton, glasgow as you would expect. but six out of these ten are areas close to cities but not cities. these are towns within touching distance of cities. they have seen the biggest rent increases, luton, newport, bolton. nearly 39% over the last three years, rents have gone up in bolton. 15% injust the last year. one of the estate agents we spoke to said in his 23 years, he hasn t seen anything like it, he described a staggering. baez hasn t seen anything like it, h
plus, we take a first look at tomorrow s front pages. hello, good evening. the prime minister spoke outside downing street tonight in a hastily arranged address, claiming that forces in the uk were trying to tear us apart. it comes after the controversial politician george galloway won the rochdale by election with a majority of more than 5,000. george galloway said his views have been endorsed by the electorate. voters turned their backs on the traditional parties, with an independent candidate, david tully, taking second place. labour had withdrawn support from its candidate, azhar ali, after he was recorded making remarks that the party considered anti semitic. george galloway said his victory in a part of greater manchester with a significant muslim population was for gaza but one organisation representing britishjews described it as dark day for the uk s jewish community. from rochdale, here s our political editor, chris mason. tonight, from the showroom of a car dea
who survived that day, but two of her close friends were killed. i began by asking her how the film came about. the film came from the need to show the world what we have been through, like the pure truth of what happened on october 7th through our eyes, through documentaries that the survivors took that day without editing anything and interpretations, just pure truth. what will people see when they watch the film? it s not an easy film to watch. it s combining the documentaries that the survivors took along with the documentaries of the terrorists so you can actually see a full image of what happened that day and all the time line from 6:30 in the morning and even the preparations before the party all the way to the end. you say it isn t an easy film to watch. why for you is it important for people to see it? because sometimes people need to see the faces. i mean, hearing rumours and stories is not as powerful as seeing the visual films from that day. when you see this film
against what he called extremists undermining democracy as george galloway is re elected to parliament. the new mp for rochdale, george galloway, tells newsnight that democracy has just happened, and that he was the winner. what is keir starmer doing wrong? i know that you are so sad about the result because i have been watching you on television, and all that i can say is, cry more! and labour leader keir starmer apologises, claiming labour would have won with a formal candidate. galloway only matter first because labour galloway only matter first because labour didn t stand a candidate. galloway labour didn t stand a candidate. galloway only won because. we ve assembled a friday night political panel to chew over the result and the reaction. also tonight. the world s richest man has effectively pitched himself against the world s biggest company for the future of technology, and perhaps humanity. stick with us and we ll explain, helped by an adviser to the un on
card. the weather stays on the i chillier side of things. tomorrow the will be drier and brighter. it s saturday the 2nd of march. our main story. the prime minister has urged the nation to stand together against extremists who want to undermine britain s multi faith democracy . labour said rishi sunak was right to call for unity but the lib dems claimed the conservatives had sowed the seeds of division for years . our political correspondent, leila nathoo, has the latest. the prime minister arriving back at downing street last night, ahead of an unusual address to the country from outside number ten, to warn that extremists were spreading poison. there are forces here at home trying to tear us apart. since october the 7th, there have been those trying to take advantage of the very human angst that we all feel about the terrible suffering that war brings to the innocent, women and children. to advance a divisive, hateful ideological agenda. his speech was prompted by the