fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. that s a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me it s notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. i ve got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they want to go swimming and, unfortunately, that s closed now. because of the small boats crossing the channel, the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone from 3,000 to 51,000 in just three years. it s the government policy that almost no one is in favour of not even the government and it s costing the taxpayer £6 million a day. daniel sandford, bbc news, kegworth. more than 100 metropolitan police officers, who are being investigated for domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, are being allo
as the cost of living rises, the long awaited plan on the future of food in england is being published. but the man behind the review says the government s vision is not detailed enough. is it the big, bold, unified strategy that i think we need? no. is it progress, you know, am i.? do i think we re going in the right direction? yes. personal items belonging to missing britishjournalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest, a week after the pair went missing. and, a warning that lives could be at risk after a bbc panorama investigation finds the uk s biggest chain of gp practices lets less qualified staff see patients without adequate supervision. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk russia has been accused of killing hundreds of civilians in ukraine s second biggest city, kharkiv, through indiscriminate shelling. amnesty international says it has evidence
we start with brexit, and an indication of how much effect the uk leaving the european union has had on trade in both directions across the english channel. figures compiled by the uk government show how british exports to the eu fell byjust over 40% injanuary the first month when the post brexit rules came into force. and imports from the eu were down by nearly 30%. there are of course contributing factors, like earlier stockpiling, and pandemic lockdowns. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has the details. this manchester exporter of branded clothing, much of it for corporate events that haven t been happening, has gone through what it describes as a nightmare yearjust staying in business and keeping staff safe. but now, its boss told me, far from the promised frictionless trade, it s become very difficult to export to europe. transporters and couriers are charging big extra fees to cover much more complex paperwork and taxes, pushing costs up so high that it s had
A Nuclear Warhead that could fit onto a missile. North korea best not make any threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. A tale of two englands, the growing divide which means people in the north are 20 more likely to die early than those in the south. Gonna be where the lights are shining on me. Like a Rhinestone Cowboy and, the Rhinestone Cowboy, Country Singer Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news well have the best of the action from the European Super Cup between Manchester United and real madrid. Good evening. The South African President jacob zuma has narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership. The Secret Ballot in parliament was the eighth vote of no confidence he has faced in less than a decade. It was called amid repeated allegations of corruption and mismanagement. After the ballot, jacob zuma celebrated with his supporters and told them that the vote had confir
The Israel Institute of New Zealand welcomes the United Nations call for “full accountability for the multitude of alleged crimes committed against civilians in Israel in the 7 October attacks” following the findings in the publication of a .