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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, loved by some, loathed by others. They use barriers, bollards and Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras to control or limit access to some streets. They have been set up in recent years in london, bristol, birmingham, bournemouth and more cities, with tens of millions of pounds of government funding. The aim, to keep through traffic away from residential streets, lower average speeds, improve our quality and reduce carbon emissions. In some places, tempers have f...

70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. Heading off the well worn tourist path, were on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. Travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is quite incredible, the sand. Its just crystal, hard cystals. White salt. You can probably taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas really for the adventurous traveller. This isnt india on tap. Im on...

And 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. Heading off the well worn tourist path, were on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. Travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is quite incredible, the sand. Its just crystal, hard cystals. White salt. You can probably taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas really for the adventurous traveller. This isnt india on tap. I...

time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where weve learned today than the worlds largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank — the federal reserves — next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of th...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijings communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kongs autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kongs executive council and leader of the new peoples party. what does hong kongs fate tell us about beijings worldview? regina ...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. stories, and checking out police in nottingham have charged a 31—year—old man with the murders of two students and a school care—taker, who were stabbed to death on tuesday. valdo calocane, whos 31, has also been charged with attempted murder — after three people were hit by a van and injured. live now to our correspondent simonjones in nottingham. tell u...

hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. to some breaking news now, and nottinghamshire police have announced murder charges against a 31—year—old man after tuesdays events in which three people died in nottingham. they were stabbed to death. valdo calocane who is 31, has also been charged with the attempted murder after three people were hit with a van and injured. live now to simon jones in no...