Welcome to the programme. Here in the uk the left wing maverick, George Galloway has won the rochdale by election. Mr galloway who won by almost 6,000 votes made his support for the palestinian cause his dominant Campaign Theme in the constituency, which has a large asian muslim community. 0ur Political Correspondent peter saull reports from rochdale. I do hereby declare that George Galloway is duly elected. George galloway is nothing if not persistent. 37 years after he was first elected as a labour mp, he is on his way back to parliament determined to be a thorn in his former partys side. This is going to spark a movement, a landslide, a shifting of the Tectonic Plates in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north west. In the west midlands, in london, from ilford to Bethnal Green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters. Hes always divided opinion, though. George galloway you want to burn our future that pro
what you need is to relax. you stupid boy. laughter. you stupid boy. but even decades later, fans would still call out. you stupid boy. ..the old catchphrase. walmington on sea. just a moment. # whistle while you work. # hilter is a twerp. # he s half barmy, so s his army. # whistle while you. your name will also go on the list. laughter. what is it? don t tell him, pike. pike! ian lavender, the last member of the famous platoon. let s go back now to our top story, and the announcement that the king has been diagnosed with cancer. we can speak to our royal correspondent daniela ralph, who s outside buckingham palace. this is both a very personal issue for the royal family but also a public one in the sense that they will need to fulfil the king s public role in the coming weeks or months. that s right. there is no getting away from the fact this will be a hugely challenging time, as you say, both privately for the royal family but in terms of how they manage the public side o
between the uk and the eu, as sara girvin reports. across northern ireland today people woke up news of a political breakthrough thats has been nearly two years in the making, the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people, public sector workers were out on strike earlier this month over pay. unions hope that increases will now be a priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are apprehensive. teachers haven t had a pay increase for three year, they really have waited long enough. they have watched teachers wages grow far ahead oaf wages in northern ireland. that is one priority. parents hope that financial hope with childcare available in other parts of the uk will now be signed off. families here have been watching developments elsewhere in the uk, in england we have seen record investment in childcare and the extension to 30 hour scheme, it is considerably more than families can access in northern ireland. the dup wal
but will it last? rebecca babin is a senior energy trader at cibc private wealth. she gave me her predictions. i think the concern right now is really concentrated on the longer shipping time. the market is not pricing in that we actually lose barrels from the market as a result of what is happening in the suez canal. what it is concerned with right now and the reason it has risen 6% is because the shipping costs associated with travelling around the southern tip of africa to reach its destination adds around 15 days of travel time. it increases freight costs. and it has increased insurance costs. that is what the markets are pricing in and looking at at this point. the market has not entered a panic mode, as we have seen in the past with other geopolitical events, where it starts to pricing supply is lost from the market. right now it is a logistical rerouting, what we re seeing, and not kind of that panic and fear that we re going to lose barrels. that obviously can change