The Snp Manifesto calling for a second Scottish Independence referendum at the end of the Brexit Process. Rolf harris says hes relieved after being formally cleared of indecently assaulting three teenage girls. The mother of zookeeper rosa king who was killed by a tiger says she loved herjob and wouldnt have done anything else. The bbc understands that Arsene Wenger is to sign a new two Year Contract with arsenal a formal announcement is expected tomorrow. And back in the top flight after 45 years Huddersfield Town will celebrate promotion to the Premier League with an Open Top Bus Parade later. Good afternoon. In the last hour it has been announced that the american singer Ariana Grande will return to manchester this weekend for a Benefit Concert would nearly two weeks after her gig was attacked in the city killing 22 people. She will bejoined for the the city killing 22 people. She will be joined for the temporary concert bya be joined for the temporary concert by a host of stars. It
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and they re barely going up anymore and they have barely been going up for a decade. that is a really important political point. if we re not getting better off over time, we re not going to feel so happy with the status quo. and here is one more shocking fact about that. if you look at where wages would have been if we continued on the precrisis trend, the average wage would have been 43,000, nearly 44. but now in five years time it will only be 31,000, so 13 grand less then we might have had if we were growing like we used to. , , ., ~ had if we were growing like we used to. , , ., , the time is 1.16. our top story this lunchtime. france seizes a british trawler amid escalating tensions over post brexit fishing rights and coming up. how our listening habits have changed during the pandemic. coming up in the sport on the bbc news coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the latest from vienna where news channel, the latest from vienna where the news channel, the latest
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