hello and welcome to the programme. the us coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation, after a sub mersible used to take tourists to view the wreck of the titanic went missing in the atlantic ocean. the vessel with five people on board lost contact about one hour and 45 minutes into a dive to the wreck. the titanic, which sank in 1912, lies nearly 4,000 metres beneath the surface, around 600 kilometres off the coast of newfoundland in canada.from boston , our correspondent jessica parker reports. designed to plunge the depths of the ocean, this is the titan submersible, now missing in the north atlantic after contact with the vessel was lost. it sparked a frantic but complicated search. 0n the bottom, particularly very deep, it s going to be difficult to rescue it. none of the conventional submarine rescue methods, which are designed mainly for naval submarines, would be able to operate down at the depth of the titanic. even if it could get down there, the hatc
being warned of a 13 hour wait to see a doctor in a&e. the mass shooting in uvalde in texas two weeks ago which left 19 children and two adults dead. us lawmakers hear harrowing testimony from survivors. he and the artist who depicted fantasy and her own life, dame paula rego, has died at the age of 87. and coming up on the bbc news channel: it s one of the most lucrative and controversial tournaments ever. six time major winner phil mickelson is due to tee off at the first saudi funded liv golf event in hertfordshire. good evening. motorists and rail travellers are bracing themselves as rising prices and consequent demands for pay increases combine to create a perfect travel storm. the price of petrol is soaring, largely due to the war in ukraine and the rac is predicting the cost of filling a typical family car could go above £100 tomorrow. 0n the railways, the rmt union says the cost of living crisis, with inflation running at 9%, has prompted a planned series of wa
finally, the sun leads with model kelly brook s engagement to her now fiance, jeremy parisi. we will not trouble you with the jeremy parisi, kelly brooks, story i think, for now. kevin, if we can, let s begin with the ft any rather ominous warning from the oecd that our growth is going to be pretty pathetic next year. our growth is going to be pretty pathetic next year. yeah, that s a re fair pathetic next year. yeah, that s a pretty fair summary, pathetic next year. yeah, that s a pretty fair summary, i pathetic next year. yeah, that s a pretty fair summary, i think. - pathetic next year. yeah, that s a i pretty fair summary, i think. yeah, out of the 620 countries, the only one worse than the uk on growth is russia, and i think it is safe to say there are some extenuating circumstances there, the sanctions the rest of the world has imposed on russia which might explain their economic troubles, but the oecd will see zero economic growth in the uk, complete stagnation, i
after controversial remarks about the prophet muhammad by officials from the governing bjp. the party has now suspended two officials. hello and welcome to our second and last look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, political editor of the huffpost uk, and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard. have pretty much got a set of front pages now. here are the highlights. the times leads with new plans from the prime minister, which could allow housing benefit claimants to buy a home. he ll also cut bills left, right and centre according to the daily express, which claims he will ease the cost of living crisis. the price of filling up the average car will hit £100 that makes the front page of the mirror. the guardian also leads with rising fuel prices and adds that the worsening economic situtation in the uk will prevent the pm from reseting what they call his troubled premiership . the mail reports on th