when london s skyline is lit up in colour with the fireworks all starts here on these barges in the east of london in the docklands. the final preparations are being put in place. there are thousands of shells, there are controlled firing panels, there are wires, so it s really interesting to see it all happening behind the scenes. it s a very, very meticulous operation and i m joined by the event director. just talk me through the numbers. how many fireworks and how long has it all taken? we have about 12,000 individual fireworks on these three barges and also the london eye. we don t get the chance to read that until tomorrow. we don t get the chance to read that untiltomorrow. rig. the most iconic part doesn t get rigged until 6am tomorrow. we have a crew of about 30 people working over the two locations since the 27th of december. we have got over 30 tonnes of equipment to load. almost 50 kilometres of cable and wire that need to be connected and 4,500 individual firin
of azerbaijan, both old and new, through its people, culture and food to find out more about this diverse and complex country. baku is a swing! it s a jazz! fish, yeah! my favourite i love fish. nazrin, hi. and, there are horses! yeah. i didn t know we re going to have horses. i m also here to find out why the likes of you and me, potential tourists, are seen as the bright new hope as an alternative to black gold. so, welcome to azerbaijan. when you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire! huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across azerbaijan, but this is now the last. right up here, it s really, really pretty hot right up to your face you can really sense it. the whole of my body is rea
on the other. i want to explore the many faces of azerbaijan, both old and new, through its people, culture and food to find out more about this diverse and complex country. baku is a swing! it s a jazz! fish, yeah! my favourite i love fish. nazrin, hi. and, there are horses! yeah. i didn t know we re going to have horses. i m also here to find out why the likes of you and me, potential tourists, are seen as the bright new hope as an alternative to black gold. so, welcome to azerbaijan. when you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire! huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across azerbaijan, but this is now the last. right up here, it s really, really pretty hot right up to your face you c
when you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire! huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across azerbaijan, but this is now the last. right up here, it s really, really pretty hot right up to your face you can really sense it. the whole of my body is really, really hot. this is incredible! it s. .. ..beautiful and bewitching at the same time. 2,500 years ago, these fires enticed zoroastrian priests from persia, who considered them a divine miracle. no wonder people for thousands of years have pretty well worshipped at this, certainly felt spiritual about it. i do it s overwhelming. but, halfway through the 19th century, azerbaijan s natural wonders attracted a different but equally fervent
welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1