statistics office says soaring energy and motor fuel prices are to blame. price increased since 949. the germans will have to brace for higher consumer prices. apple store and maryland in the united states made history by forming companies, 1st union and majority of the 110 employees voted to unionized, demanding a say, and she's decisions on wages. and working hours. they join a growing push, cross american service and tech industries to organize from greater workplace protections. bitcoin has fallen below 20000 years dollars for the 1st time since 2020, with central banks raising interest rates. many investors are selling risk your assets, like to see, there's also been turbulence in the market as stable coin tara imploded last month . let's take a closer look at the matter together with santa streeter. senior investment at market analyst at hargrove lansdowne welcome to the w. santa bitcoin has lost more than 70 percent of its value since reaching its peak last year. that surely cannot all be attributed too much more aggressive, aggressive monetary polic

the national statistics office says soaring energy and motor fuel prices are to blame. price increased since 949. want to say germans will have to brace for higher consumer price. an apple store in maryland in the united states made history by forming the company's 1st union. and majority of the 110 employees voted to unionize, demanding a say, and to show decisions on wages and working hours. the joint growing push across american service and tech industries to organize for greater will please protections. bitcoin is falling below 20000 years. dollars for the 1st time since 2020, with central banks raising interest rates. many investors are selling risk. your assets, like the food c, that's also been turbulence in the market as stable con tara imploded last month. devastating floods have decimated road homes and portions of the protected landscape in yellowstone national park in the united states. the area has long been a popular summer destination, rather than prepare for visitors. residents are now trying to contend with the damage cost by the flooding, both to the e

that's according to the national statistics office. soaring energy and motor fuel costs are to blame for the largest annual price of tic in that category. since 1949 inflation has pushed up german consumer prices in recent months. a cruise ship that would have been the world's largest is heading directly to the junkyard. the owner of the global dream to germans ship builder in beaverton went bankrupt in january, following the failure of its parent company, hong kong base crews company getting group efforts to sell. the cruise liner were unsuccessful. it was the world's 1st national park and is still the 1st travel destination for many in the us, yellowstone the summer. however, instead of preparing for visitors, the region around the park is still cleaning up from heavy rains and flooding. some business owners are now worried about their livelihoods, with the flooding didn't just wipe out road homes and infrastructure in this part of yellowstone national park in montana. it also took with it hopes for a bustling summer tourist season, which businesses here rely on to get them through

new figures released by the office for national statistics show that 77% of adults are worried or very worried about rising costs, with almost half the respondents saying they had reduced the number of items in their food shopping. government figures also show that 22% of pupils in england now qualify for free school meals, and the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit £100 for the first time. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports on the impact of rising prices in slade green in south london. once we've paid all our bills, there's nothing left, nothing. i've had a stroke, covid—i9, but i was fit, i was active, earning 40 grand a year, gone. don't do mashed potato, - it takes too long for the gas. i've lost two stone - because i literallyjust walk everywhere because i can't afford the fuel. _ running the slade green food bank can feel never—ending. hundreds of people are fed from this small hall in south—east london each week. families that once just about managed are now barely surviving. my energy prices have gone up from £90 a month to

that's according to the office for national statistics. its report suggests the small rise is likely to be driven by the ba—4 and ba—5 variants of omicron. studies show these variants may be able to spread more easily than older omicron variants. the latest estimates suggest around 990,000 people in the uk have covid. a 17th—century shipwreck has been discovered off the norfolk coast, and it's being described as the most important maritime discovery since the raising of the mary rose. the gloucester sank 340 years ago while carrying the future king james ii of england — but the ship's whereabouts were unknown until a team of divers found it after a four—year search. jo black reports. beneath the surface, 30 miles off the yarmouth coast lies the gloucester. a 17th—century warship which came to a tragic end. it sank 340 years ago, after hitting the sand bank. onboard was the future king of england, james stuart, duke of york. he survived, but others did not. it is estimated between 130 and 250 people died that morning in may. sin

on wednesday, the uk office for national statistics will announce the consumer price inflation for may. it rose, up from 7% in march, britain's highest rate on record. japan's may consumer price index numbers will be released on friday >>> inflation in april excluding fresh food jumped 2.1% from a year earlier. that was up for the eighth straight month. the soaring price of crude oil was the major factor. 2% inflation has been the goal ever since he took the helm in a 2013. the target has never been achieved in what he describes as a sustainable and stable manner. >>> now we will also see key gauges of business sentiment from the european single currency block and the world's number one economy. the eurozone's index will be released on thursday. the index fell to a four-month low of 54.8 in may, down from 55.8 in april. while the headline measure was still indicative of economic growth across the euro area, it highlighted a lauoss of momentu. it was the result of a softer service now on the same day, the u.s. composite pmi for june will be released. signal a signaling a solid but slowe

new figures released by the office for national statistics show that 77% of adults are worried or very worried about rising costs, with almost half the respondents saying they had reduced the number of items in their food shopping. government figures also show that 22% of pupils in england now qualify for free school meals, and the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit £100 for the first time. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports on the impact of rising prices in slade green in south london. once we've paid all our bills, there's nothing left, nothing. i've had a stroke, covid—19, but i was fit, i was active, working, a0 grand a year, gone. don't do mashed potatoes, takes too long for the gas. | i've lost two stone - because i literallyjust walk everywhere cos i can't afford the fuel. - running the slade green food bank can feel never—ending. hundreds of people are fed from this small hall in south—east london each week. families that once just about managed are now barely surviving. my energy prices have gone up from £90 a month to £30

data from the office of national statistics, of national statistics estimated that about one in 40 people had the virus — an increase from one in 50 the week before. health experts say there�*s no reason to panic. the bbc�*sjoanne macaulay, reports. covid numbers are once again increasing in scotland. according to the latest figures, it is mostly among people in their 30s and 405. experts say the rise comes after a steady decline over the past two months. how worried should we be? i think the most important thing is, when you start to see numbers rise, the infection rates rise, is to be prepared for that, and vaccination, and getting up—to—date with your vaccination is probably the best thing that you can do right now. forearmed, forewarned. but there is no sign of a return to the restrictions of the past. it has not gone away, but it is not the 2000 people in hospital, the huge numbers of deaths that we were seeing in earlier waves, and that is thanks to science, that is thanks to the vaccines and anti—virals that we give to those who are particularly vulnerable to the diseas

for national statistics. fuel and energy prices are the biggest drivers of inflation, but food costs have pushed it up further. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has more details. there's no respite from the relentless rise in prices rolling everyone's way every day. i'm trying to buy the cheaper brands, but that's it. other than that, if i haven't got the money, i can't eat. i make sure my daughter eats first. if they're not giving us the wage rises, we can't compete with inflation. we're suffering. the rate of inflation is at new ito—year highs and, says the chairman of the country's third—largest grocer, it's changing what and how households buy. we're seeing a massive change in behaviour. i this is the first time that - consumers have seen significant inflation for 30 or 40 years. people are holding back. they're worried - about their spending. they have a limit. they say, "£30 is my limit" and if they get to more - than £30, that's it, stop. i'm of a generation that remembers what it was like last

for national statistics. roughly one in 65 are estimated to have the virus last week, up from one and 70 previously. it's due to two new variance of omicron. a 17th—century ship — the gloucester — which sank off the coast of norfolk has been found — and experts say it's the most important maritime discovery since the mary rose was raised a0 years ago. the gloucester ran aground off the coast of great yarmouth in 1682. the wreck�*s location was unknown until it was discovered by divers after a four—year search. our east of england correspondentjo black reports from great yarmouth. beneath the surface, 30 miles off the great yarmouth coast, lies the gloucester, a 17th century warship which came to a tragic end. it sank 340 years ago after hitting the sandbank. on board was james stuart, duke of york and future king. he survived but it is estimated up to 250 people did not. since 1682, the vessel remained half buried on the sea bed and its exact location was unknown. now we know it has been discovere

new figures released by the office for national statistics show that 77% of adults are worried or very worried about rising costs — with almost half the respondents saying they had reduced the number of goods they buy when shopping for food. government figures also show that 22% of pupils in england now qualify for free school meals — up from 14% five years ago — and the cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit £100 for the first time. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports now from slade green in south london — on people now struggling to afford even the basics of life. once we've paid all our bills, there's nothing left, nothing. i've had a stroke, covid—19, but i was fit, i was active, earning 40 grand a year, gone. don't do mashed potato, - it takes too long for the gas. i've lost two stone - because i literallyjust walk everywhere because i can't afford the fuel. _ running the slade green food bank can feel never—ending. hundreds of people are fed from this small hall in south—east london each week. families that once just about m

for national statistics, setting out the statistics as well as a speech coming from the prime minister in the first couple of weeks of next month. why do they want to do all of this? are in government put it, they want to level with people. that is government speak for saying this is going to be bad news. for more information about the rail strike, including full details on the lines affected, head to bbc news 0nline, that's bbc.co.uk/news, or use the bbc news app. 0ldham council and greater manchester police have apologised after a report concluded they'd failed to protect some children from sexual exploitation between 2011 and 2014. the review was commissioned after rumours circulated online that the authorities were covering up child sexual abuse in oldham. investigators said there was no evidence to back up the allegation, but there were flaws in the systems meant to protect children. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. 0ldham, another british town where the sexual abuse of children by older men has led to an investigation and admissions of failure by the authorities. 0n too ma

data from the office of national statistics estimated that about one in a0 people had the virus — an increase from one in 50 the week before. earlier i spoke to scotland's national clinical directorjason leitch, who explained the reasons behind the rise. roughly speaking, everybody has reached a lower level plateau, and just beginning to creep up again. it is a mixture of things, ben, it is pretty predictable now, you know this disease just as well as the rest of the country has got to know it. it is mixing, of course, we are back, we are back to festivals, we are back to theatres, we are back to work, but also we have got some nasty variants, some variants from 0micron, the same basic shape as 0micron, but they are good at transmission. a little bit better at transmission. the vaccines still work, and the illness is still mild in the vast majority of people, but there is definitelyjust a little movement in the numbers. you talked about the variants there. can you just be a bit more specific? what do you think is the variant that is causing the slight uptick? well, it is still 0micro

for national statistics. this graph shows how steep the rise has been — from 2.1% in may last year to 9.1% this may. that's the big picture, but look at what's happened to some everyday staples. bread's gone up 10% in the same period. and the cost of cooking oil is up by a whopping 18%. 0ur ecomonics editor faisal islam sums up what the numbers mean for households and the wider economy. there is no respite from the relentless rise in prices, rolling everyone�*s way everyday. essen relentless rise in prices, rolling everyone's way everyday. even coming here today i — everyone's way everyday. even coming here today i have _ everyone's way everyday. even coming here today i have found _ everyone's way everyday. even coming here today i have found how— everyone's way everyday. even coming here today i have found how much - here today i have found how much things i buy every week, it is going up things i buy every week, it is going up by things i buy every week, it is going up by 30p, a0 p. if they will no

the office for national statistics' weekly survey — the most reliable indicator of covid levels — suggests that last week, one in 50 people in england was infected, one in 30 in scotland, and one in 45 in wales and northern ireland. the increase is being driven by two even more contagious sub—variants of 0micron called baa and ba.5. even in those who've had a previous omicron infection, it is quite possible that you can get reinfected. and in particular, we have this baa, ba.5 sub—variant circulating now. they're quite different from the original omicron variant, and therefore, they are able to evade your past immunity. vaccines may not be able to stop you getting infected, but crucially, they give strong protection against severe covid. more than 50 million people in the uk have had at least two doses of covid vaccine. that's more than nine in ten of those aged 12 and over. globally, two thirds of the world's population have had at least one dose, but that drops to just one in six people in low—income countries. in the uk, there are still a few hundred covid—related deaths per wee

according to the office for national statistics, nearly 950,000 people in private households are estimated to have had the virus last week — that's roughly one in 65 people, compared to one in 70 the week before. a 14—year—old boy has died and his mother injured in what's been described as a ferocious stabbing at a manchester home. police warned the public not to approach the suspect following the domestic incident in miles platting. live now to manchester and our reporter there, yunus mulla. yunus, what more can you tell us? what has happened here, greater manchester police say, is nothing short of devastating, with a teenager killed and his mother seriously injured in what is a truly shocking incident. it was around 9.30 last night when emergency services were called here, to an estate in miles platting, in north manchester. they found the boy with stab wounds. he was treated for those stab wounds at his home, his mother was also taken to hospital, but he later died about an hour later. as you can see behind me, there is a lot of police activity, a huge police presence. i have seen

the office for national statistics says gdp was down 0.3%, compared with a fall of 0.1% in march. our economics correspondent andy verity is here. how many sectors of the economy have shrunk? the short answer is, every sector, the whole economy. we should stress these are monthly figures and they wobble around and are not as reliable as the three month ago. even then, when you look at the picture, it is not good. looking for example at services, four fifths of the economy, you can see activity bear has shrunk by 0.3%. a large part of that was because the government was spending less money on test and trace because it was wound down. looking at other sectors, production, manufacturing and oil and sectors, production, manufacturing and oiland gas, sectors, production, manufacturing and oil and gas, that was down 0.6%. part of the reason there is what we have been talking about for weeks, supply disruption. in the car industry they have struggled to get parts. and supply difficulties also in the oil and gas industry partly because of the war in ukraine. other sectors like constructio

the latest figures from the office for national statistics suggest covid cases are continuing to rise across the uk. an estimated 1.7 million people had coronavirus last week, around one in 35 of the population. that's a jump of 23% from the previous week. health officials have said that more than half of covid cases are driven by newer strains of the omicron variant — ba 4 and ba 5 — which spread more quicky. they've stressed again the importance of getting vaccinated. we had very little evidence that it causes more severe disease however we are concerned that there are a number of people, particularly in the higher risk groups, the over 75's and those who are immunosuppressed you have not come forward for their fourth ghost of the booster. and those people we think they could get the consequences of severe covid. we are urging people if they have been offered a fourth dose, to come forward.- dose, to come forward. susan hokins dose, to come forward. susan hopkins there. _ billie eilish has used her headline set at the glastonbury festival to address the us supreme court's decisi

the office for national statistics' weekly survey — the most reliable indicator of covid levels — suggests that last week one in 50 people in england was infected, one in 30 in scotland, and one in 45 in wales and northern ireland. the increase is being driven by two even more contagious sub—variants of 0micron called ba.4 and ba.5. even in those who've had a previous 0micron infection, it is quite possible you can get reinfected. in particular, we have this ba.4, ba.5 sub variant circulating now. they are quite different form the original 0micron variant, and therefore they are able to evade your past immunity. vaccines may not stop you getting infected, but crucially they give strong protection against severe covid. more than 50 million people in the uk have had at least two doses of covid vaccine — that's more than nine in ten of those aged 12 and over. globally, two—thirds of the world's population have had at least one dose. but that drops to just one in six people in low income countries. in the uk, there are still a few hundred covid—related deaths per week. but that's way b

data from the office of national statistics estimated that about one in a0 people had the virus — an increase from one in 50 the week before. i'm nowjoined by scotland's national clinical directorjason leitch. good to see. thank you very much for being with us. what is the picture because we are seeing the same picture, really, in all four uk nations, aren't we? element with some variation between english regions but roughly speaking, everybody has reached a lower—level plateau and just beginning to creep up plateau and just beginning to creep up again. it is a mixture of things. it's pretty predictable. you know this disease just as well as the rest of the country has got to know it. it is mixed in, of course, we are back to festivals, were back to theatres, we're back to work. we've also got some nasty variants. some variants from omicron, the same basic shape as omicron but they're good at transmission. a little bit better at transmission for the vaccine still work and the onus is still mired in the vast majority of people but there is definitely a little movement. you talked ab

the figures, from the office for national statistics, also found thatjob vacancies have hit a new high, as employers struggle to find enough staff to meet demand. here's our economics correspondent, andrew verity. this occupation was on the front line of the pandemic, but like much of the rest of the economy, the £59 billion a year cleaning industry is going through an acute recruitment crisis. when you are doing this, you need to have a cloth that you fold into sections. you don't take a cloth, screw it into a ball and just rub the surface around, transferring soil. you have eight surfaces and then you can use it and lose it. at you have eight surfaces and then you can use it and lose it.— can use it and lose it. at this trainin: can use it and lose it. at this training centre _ can use it and lose it. at this training centre in _ can use it and lose it. at this training centre in the - can use it and lose it. at this training centre in the west . training centre in the west midlands, they are challenging the assumption cleaning is low skilled, low status jobs, urging the governmen

the office for national statistics survey the most reliable indicator of codeless suggest the following figures. increases being driven by two even more contagious sub—levels of common cold balpha—macro for and later mac a5. of common cold balpha-macro for and later mac its-— later mac a5. even in those who had a revious later mac a5. even in those who had a previous infection _ later mac a5. even in those who had a previous infection of _ later mac a5. even in those who had a previous infection of a _ later mac a5. even in those who had a previous infection of a week- later mac a5. even in those who had a previous infection of a week when | a previous infection of a week when it is possible you can get reinfected and in particular we have this variance circulating now which are quite — this variance circulating now which are quite different from the previous— are quite different from the previous covariance and are now able to evade _ previous covariance and are now able to evade our— previous covariance and are now able to evade our past immunity. just back_ to evade our p

let's speak to becky tinsley — who's from office for national statistics. (os marcus is taking us through some of the main top headlines. i wonder figurejust go back the main top headlines. i wonder figure just go back to how we got here. just how much data we are dealing with and getting these results to us? what was involved? so results to us? what was involved? ’sr we results to us? what was involved? 5r we had fantastic response from the public. and we have been dealing with a response rate of 97% which is phenomenal so thank you to anyone who filled out their senses for him and bringing in all of that data and taking the time to process it, thinking about everyone filling out the same form at the same time last year, bringing that data in and overall, once we publish all of the census we will be publishing over 5 billion statistics which is so important for so many different uses. �* important for so many different uses. ~ ., important for so many different uses. n. ., ., ., important for so many different uses. ., ., ., . uses. apart from populati

that's according to the office for national statistics. its report suggests the small rise is likely to be driven by the ba.1i and ba.5 variants of omicron. studies show these variants may be able to spread more easily than older omicron variants. the latest estimates suggest around 990,000 people in the uk have covid. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomas. that is looking promising. look at all of the deer hiding. yes. that is looking promising. look at all of the deer hiding.— all of the deer hiding. yes. to be honest, all of the deer hiding. yes. to be honest. i'm _ all of the deer hiding. yes. to be honest, i'm not _ all of the deer hiding. yes. to be honest, i'm not sure _ all of the deer hiding. yes. to be honest, i'm not sure where - all of the deer hiding. yes. to be honest, i'm not sure where this i all of the deer hiding. yes. to be i honest, i'm not sure where this is. i think it is possibly richmond park? it is certainly looking promising and the weekend just around the corner, looking thing for most of us. not p

interestingly, slightly lower than expectations because the ons projections, the office for national statistics, obviously try and do their best guess of what the population is, but they thought it would be 57 million, so there are some people missing. in wales, the figure is 3 million, 170,500, —— three people thought it would be 3.2. the census of northern ireland, thatis 3.2. the census of northern ireland, that is 1.9 million, is the best estimate of scotland's population, because they are having their senses a year later than the rest of the uk, the best we have for that, is a 5.4 million, giving a uk total of 66,966,400. very close to 97 million. —— 67 million. people thought that would be a bit higher, but that matters because these numbers are used to decide how much money goes to local authorities, schools, gp services and or thing. so some people will be scratching their heads. so some people will be scratching their heade— their heads. what about area by area? is interesting, _ their heads. what about area by area? is interesting, some - their heads. what about a

data from the office of national statistics show a total of 1.7 million people are estimated to have had the virus last week, up from 1.4 million the week before. our health editor hugh pym is here; how concerning is this? it isa it is a significant increase over a week picked up by the ons regular household survey which is seen as the most authoritative guide to what is going on and, yes, last week, saturday, there were a total of 1.7 million people in the uk who had coronavirus. this was representing an increase of 23% week on week. it has to be said, this is considerably lower, this number, then even where we were in late march. this is something to be borne in mind, a bit of context. it should be set around the uk, scotland has the highest rate, one in 20 with the virus but again, that is fewer than back in the peak months earlier this year so what does it mean for hospital numbers? well, thanks to the vaccine, and the fact that omicron has been milder than other variants, fewer people have got seriously ill and the numbers, again, a much lower than they were at the previous peak

so the office for national statistics has a total of 989,800 people in private households are estimated to have had the virus last week and that is up from 953,900 the previous week. all four nations have seen a rise in infections although the ons describes the trend in scotland and wales as uncertain. five men have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a football fan who died five years after being assaulted on his way home from a match. simon dobbin was left with permanent brain damage after being assaulted in southend, following a southend united vs cambridge united match on march 212015. essex police said they began treating his death as a homicide after medical tests showed a direct link between his death and the injuries he had sustained. a bill which would over—ride parts of the northern ireland protocol — which governs post—brexit trading arrangements — will be put before parliament on monday. the eu has voiced strong opposition to the move and warned it could retaliate with trade sanctions. the prime minister has said changes are needed to fix the political stalem

data from the office for national statistics found: in the period between february and april, average real wages, excluding bonuses, fell by 2.2 % compared with a year earlier. public sector workers fared the worst with an average real wage fall of 4.5%. in the private sector, average real wages fell by i.6%. let's get more with our economics correspondent, andy verity. some really interesting figures, please give us more context, what is the story behind them? we please give us more context, what is the story behind them?— the story behind them? we have the tiuhtest the story behind them? we have the tightest labour _ the story behind them? we have the tightest labour market _ the story behind them? we have the tightest labour market in _ the story behind them? we have the tightest labour market in decades, l tightest labour market in decades, by which i mean employers looking for people, vacancies are at a record number of 1.3 million and yet in spite of that, pay is not keeping up in spite of that, pay is not keeping up with inflation. normally if there is a lot of demand for wor

the figures, from the office for national statistics, also found thatjob vacancies have hit a new high — as employers struggle to find enough staff to meet demand. joining me now is tony wilson, director of the institute for employment studies — a research group which aims to encourage sustainable improvements to employment policy. good evening teal. this is a bit of a conundrum, isn't it? we are in a position whereby the number of people getting jobs, the number of vacancies forjobs is at an all—time high, yet we are earning less or wages are going down. normally that would be the other way around, wouldn't it?— wouldn't it? that is right. the answer to _ wouldn't it? that is right. the answer to that _ wouldn't it? that is right. the answer to that conundrum - wouldn't it? that is right. the answer to that conundrum is l answer to that conundrum is inflation. it's spiralling, rocketing inflation, which means that even though nominal pay growth is relatively strong, it's about 4% a year in cash terms. inflation of seven or 8% isjust a year in cash terms. inflation of seven or

for national statistics has said. the figure is now at the highest level since march 1982. the bank of england has warned inflation will reach 11% later this year. our business correspondent emma simpson reports on how the rising cost of living is affecting how we all shop. if i haven't got the money, i can't eat. you see lots of things that are on cheap, we buy them and freeze them. definitely shopping around, looking for what's cheaper and where. - it's here in the supermarket aisles you get a taste of how the rising cost of living is starting to bite. we buy less and we buy cheaper products, unfortunately. we can't usually afford to buy all the named product stuff so we have to go and buy the essential stuff. if they're not going to give us the wage rises, we can't compete with inflation, we're suffering. at britain's third—biggest grocer, they know that their customers are feeling the pain, too. people are trading back, they're worried about spending, they've got a limit that they set out to, they say £30 is my

the office for national statistics says gdp was down 0.3%, compared with a fall of 0.1% in march. our economics correspondent andy verity is here. it seems to be worse and getting worse. is that the trend?- worse. is that the trend? three months with — worse. is that the trend? three months with no _ worse. is that the trend? three months with no economic - worse. is that the trend? three i months with no economic growth, worse. is that the trend? three - months with no economic growth, in february it was flat and then it went down in march and were to be economists were expecting it to grow in april but we had a shrinkage —— and economists were expecting to grow in april. if you look at the services sector, that was done by 0.3% and a large part was because of the government spending less on test and trace so it shows you how a lot of the economic activity that is out there especially during the pandemic was because of government spending. if you look at the production sector which is the oil and gas industries and manufacturing, that was done by even more, 0.6%. that is qu

of national statistics. it is up about 23% from around 1.4 million the week before. the ons says it is likely infections compatible with omicron variants and it is about 2.7% of the population which is roughly one in 35 people, up which is roughly one in 35 people, up from one in 45 the week before. a man's been sentenced to life with a minimum of 15 years for the murder of six—year—old rikki neave almost 28—year—ago. rikki neave's naked body was found near his peterborough home the day after he disappeared in november 1994. in april this year, the child—killerjames watson, now 41 but 13 at the time of rikki's death, was found guilty of his murder. ricky neave when the six—year—old was found murdered in whitland, detectives believed ruth need of a mother of four who had been involved with drugs killed her own son. she was jailed for child cruelty but cleared by a jury of ricky's murder. now nearly 28 years on ricky's real killer has been brought to justice. today james watson is 41 but he was a

we have a line of breaking news to bring you from the office for national statistics in the uk. the ons says a record 2 million people in the uk are at estimated to be suffering from long covid, a record 2 million people in the uk estimated to be suffering from long covid, says the office for national statistics. obviously that presents ongoing challenges for the response from the health service, which is already dealing with huge backlogs in terms of care and treatment, and the ons saying 2 million people in the ons saying 2 million people in the uk estimated to be suffering from long covid. the communications watchdog, ofcom, is urging technology firms to do more to make the online world safer for women and girls. a snapshot of the uk's online habits compiled by the regulatorfound that women were more likely than men to come across harmful content — and were more likely to be distressed by it. zoe kleinman reports. # tak me back tae the summer time... 24—year—old scots folk singer iona fyfe uses social media to promote her music, and she gets a lot of online abuse. she s

data from the office for national statistics found: in the period between february and april, average real wages, excluding bonuses, fell by 2.2 per cent compared with a year earlier. public sector workers fared the worst with an average real wage fall of a.5%. in the private sector, average real wages fell by 1.6%. our economics correspondent, andy verity, says the high level ofjob vacancies should drive wage increases. we've got the tightest labour market we have seen in decades. by which i mean employers looking for people, vacancies are at a record number of 1.3 million, and yet in spite of that, pay is not keeping up with inflation. normally, if there is a lot of demand for workers, you would expect them to put up the pay and that has been happening. we've seen pay rises before inflation of a.2%. in the three months from february to april, comparing that to the year before, pay has gone up by a.2%. that is still not enough of course to keep up with elevated levels of inflation and that's why those figures you quoted earlier show a realfall in pay. in other words, when you take ac

the country's statistics office said on tuesday that consumer prices rose to a record 39.1% in may. the island nation is currently stuck in a crippling economic crisis and lack of foreign currency is affecting sri lanka's ability to buy essentials, including food and fuel. india's economy grew 4.1% last year according to data released by the government on tuesday. the 4.1% growth is lower than the previous quarter, which came in at 5.3%. still not bad, though, is it? the slowdown is being attributed to the impact of the omicron wave, as well as the rising price of raw materials. in the united states, trying to tame a four—decade high inflation is still very much in focus for president biden. mr biden met with the federal reserve chairmanjerome powell at the white house where he repeated his stance that he will respect the fed's independence. from new york, our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more on what that comment really means. president biden and jerome powell huddled together in the oval office. top of their mind, how to tackle inflation. currently at

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for national statistics and this is up about 43% from around 900 —— 990,000 a week before and the ons says it's likely to have been caused by infections compatible with two different strains of omicron. what do these figures mean? it's about 2% of the population, one in 45 people, and thatis population, one in 45 people, and that is up from roughly one in 65 the week before, so i think you can see the headline there that covid infections are up by more than 40% on last week with that news just in to us at the bbc. this morning we're looking at the impact of the rising cost of living — with the bank of england warning that the increase in the cost of everything we buy and use could hit 11 per cent later this year. the huge rise is being driven in part by events in ukraine — but the pinch is already being felt here in the uk. it comes as a bbc—commissioned survey suggests we're cutting back on food and travel as those price rises hit our household budgets. four thousand adults across the uk were asked about the impact on their spending. eight out of 10 said they're worried about i

of national statistics said it was the single worst industry out of all of them, and everyone suffered in some ways but travel and the transport industry in general suffered the worst and you can�*t bounce back straightaway. actually, travel only reopened without restrictions coming back to the uk three months ago, not so long ago. the government gave some assistance to the industry but not assistance to the industry but not as much as they are making out. in fact, the main point of help was the furlough scheme which all companies could apply for and that stopped six months before travel reopened so let�*s bear that in mind. i think on the whole, the industry has done a very good job in incredibly difficult circumstances to get things up and running. it is not perfect, i�*m not denying that and i personally, if i had been told my holiday was cancelled at short notice, would not be happy, particularly if i had been looking forward to it. long but i would say people in that position are in the minority and clearly they have rights as well, which, if that happens and if it is a pack

the new york post reports a nation's largest police forces shrinking with more than 1500 officers leaving so far this year. that would be on pace for the biggest exodus from the department since statistics have been available. alexis mcadams is live in our newsroom with the latest. >> the city's police union says this drop in the number of officers out of the streets as a threat to public safety. according to the new york post, more than 1500 nypd officers have either resigned or retired this year. that is up 38% just compared to last year. this puts the department on track to have the biggest loss of and power decades. the nypd has much lower numbers that they shared with us this morning, but still tells fox news at least 1000 officers have left the department within the last year. the question, why are these officers leaving? the police benevolent association points to loaf a, inferior benefits and in anti-cop atmosphere, just to name a few. the nypd and the city of new york have been working hard to recruit hundreds of new police officers, even rolling out social media campaigns to try

new figures from the office for national statistics show violent but the mayor and the met police are both calling for more funding in case crime levels rise this summer as the cost of living crisis begins to bite. the government says it's already protecting the most vulnerable people facing price rises. john lewis has announced the location of it's first rental homes in london and the south east. last year the chain said it would become a residential landlord by building ten thousand homes over the next few years. it's now planning to build properties above waitrose shops in bromley and west ealing and at an old warehouse in reading. travel now and this is how tfl services are looking right now. there's no service on the district line between upminster and plaistow. there's also no service between kensington 0lympia and earls court. and on the hammersmith and city line there's no service between liverpool street and barking. 0nto the weather now with elizabeth rizzini hello. good morning. yesterday sunny spells but with a few showers breaking out at times and today we will get a mixt

that's the gdp — or gross domestic product — which is from the office for national statistics. services, construction and manufacturing are all down. ben's at a factory in rochdale with more on this. how can you explain this to us? you are absolutely _ how can you explain this to us? you are absolutely right. the economy shrank— are absolutely right. the economy shrank by— are absolutely right. the economy shrank by 0.3% in april. people having — shrank by 0.3% in april. people having less money to spend on goods and services. in effect, businesses like this— and services. in effect, businesses like this one, this door factory in rochdale. — like this one, this door factory in rochdale, they make 3500 of these doors _ rochdale, they make 3500 of these doors every day. it is all go here. this— doors every day. it is all go here. this is— doors every day. it is all go here. this is how— doors every day. it is all go here. this is how noisy it is. the machines— this is how noisy it is. the machines are all in full flow. the same _ machines are all in full flow. t

national statistics. our reporterjamie coulson has been to meet 11—year—old freya who has been suffering with debilitating symptoms since last october. this was freya before she caught coded last october, energetic, sporty and full of life. and this is her now, living with a long list of the militating symptoms which frequently leave her exalted and often in pain —— debilitating. i get often in pain -- debilitating. i get backache. — often in pain -- debilitating. i get backache, headache, _ often in pain —— debilitating. i get backache, headache, rashes, sometimes i get to notice,, tired all the time — note —— tinitus. really active, jumping around constantly. we see her does very tired. _ constantly. we see her does very tired, having to have a rest even after _ tired, having to have a rest even after going — tired, having to have a rest even after going to school for a few hours — after going to school for a few hours. ., . ., after going to school for a few hours. ., _, .,, . h