that s 825 times a day on average. are you a surfer, bather, fisherman, fisherman s friend? scorching days are coming. it is free and fun, head to the coast, have a debt. a dip in what? the companies have now pledged £10 billion to put things right. but they say it could mean higher bills. it is it all their fault? it is it all theirfault? sewage systems designed by victorian gentlemen in top hats? are we our own worst enemies? are you sick of the sewage? get in touch. it is going to be a good voyage of discovery. now for the news, read by bethan holmes. water companies in england have apologised for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. they say they ll spend £10 billion this decade on modernising sewers 3 times more than under current plans. but that investment will lead to higher bills. bt is cutting up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade as it seeks to cut costs. the chief exec philipjansen says by the end of the 2020s bt will have a
we start here in the uk where investors are now betting the cost of borrowing will have to keep rising because inflation remains stubbornly high. that s despite a pledge by the government to bring it down, and a barrage of interest rate rises by the bank of england attempting to get it under control. just a few weeks ago, we were assuming that after 11 increases in a row, the bank would not have to raise rates much further. but on wednesday, there was a major rethink on financial markets, which are now pricing in three more rises this year, with rates hitting 5%. here s why. prices in the uk are still rising much too fast, with inflation at 10.1% in the year to march. that s a bit less than the 10.4% recorded in in february, but was still much higher than expected. economists were predicting inflation would fall into single figures. one of the biggest factors the soaring cost of food and drink. it s up over 19% in the past year. it s the fastest rise in 45 years accordi
off of the gulf coast there. we re not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. and we ll be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k o connor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles per hour shy of a category five. only for hurricane stronger than that have made landfall in the united states ever. but it is not just the strength of the storm, it is the size. this is the view of hurricane in from the international space station this afternoon. just showing how massive the storm is. the national river describes in as battering the florida peninsula with tied and winds, and flooding. ian has just now weakened to a category two storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles
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today on inside politics, big wins for democrats in ohio, kentucky and virginia last night. the clear message from voters, abortion rights matter. still, big time. but will that be enough to power president biden to reelection a year from now? plus it s debate night in america. five republican candidates will take the stage in miami tonight, absent once again, the front runner. so is tonight s faceoff really just a race for second? and new reporting on the democratic divide over israel. hear when some jewish democrats are saying about members of their own party who voted against the resolution supporting israel s war against hamas. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with last night s election results. president biden summed it up like this. he said, quote, across the country tonight, democrats won and maga lost. voters vote, polls don t. now let s go win next year. cnn political director david chalian has more from what happened last night at