inflation. but this is a western phenomenon. it is happening in europe, too, and it is certainly happening in the uk, as well. it is what is hurting the government s fortunes. boris johnson seems to have survived his arnold palmers. remember, joe, this is london and britain and people drink a lot, so it probably wasn t arnold palmers they were drinking. he seems to have survived the scandal. harder for him is the cost of living. what was it that dominated the french election? the cost of living. that, unfortunately, in the short term isn t going to be fixed in europe because of the war in ukraine which is driving up not just energy prices but particularly when we come to the fall is going to drive up food prices, as well, when the grain supplies we should be getting out of ukraine don t materialize. so this is a western-wide phenomenon. though i saw the alarming headline in the new york times yesterday, that economists think the u.s. is heading into a full-blown recession. i hope dav
london. there s one piece of damage here that s been deliberately left alone. this crack appeared when big ben was struck during a test in 1858 the hammer was too heavy, but it gives the bell its unique tone. this is london. chiming it should be e, - the note e, but it does give it a slightly flat sound. a very serious sound, in fact. so that s one bit of repairing you didn t want to do? that s right, yes. no change to the bell. whatsoever, because it s become the familiar, the familiar note. - chiming a much loved building, largely hidden for the past few years, slowly revealing itself once more. tim muffett, bbc news. now on bbc news: talking movies.
and it was specially constructed so that the chiming bells for the four quarters could be heard right across london. there s one piece of damage here that s been deliberately left alone. this crack appeared when big ben was struck during a test in 1858. the hammer was too heavy, but it gives the bell its unique tone. this is london. bong. it should be e the note e but it does give it a slightly flat sound a very serious sound, in fact. so, that s one bit of repairing you didn t want to do. that s right, yes. no change to the bell whatsoever because it s become the familiar note. a much loved building largely hidden for the past few years slowly revealing itself once more. tim muffett, bbc news.
and it was specially constructed so that the chiming bells for the four quarters could be heard right across london. there s one piece of damage here that s been deliberately left alone. this crack appeared when big ben was struck during a test in 1858. the hammer was too heavy, but it gives the bell its unique tone. this is london. bong. it should be e the note e but it does give it a slightly flat sound a very serious sound, in fact. so that s one bit of repairing you didn t want to do. that s right, yes. no change to the bell whatsoever because it s become the familiar note. a much loved building largely hidden for the past few years slowly revealing itself once more.
yeah, it s covered. we ve been here for two years. we haven t seen it open. it looks ugly, doesn t it? yeah, no, we need it back. i mean, already, you can kind of see the restoration. with the clock mechanism out of action, a computerised system has meant that, on special occasions, big ben has still been struck. we re standing in the belfry of the elizabeth tower and it was specially constructed so that the chiming bells for the four quarters could be heard right across london. there s one piece of damage here that s been deliberately left alone. this crack appeared when big ben was struck during a test in 1858. the hammer was too heavy, but it gives the bell its unique tone. this is london. bong. it should be e the note e but it does give it a slightly flat sound a very serious sound, in fact. so, that s one bit of repairing