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hello. we start with the soaring cost of living, because the price of filling up an average car here in the uk has hit more than £100 for the first time ever. fuel prices are adding to the intensifying pressure on household budgets, notjust here, but around the world, coming on top of rising energy bills and food prices. our business editor simonjack reports. butcher alistair paul makes deliveries from here in inverness all over the west coast of scotland, but hes considering doing fe...

and you are looking in for every week and month that goes by, the dream of homeownership recedes further into the distance. the average age of first—time buyers has been rising continuously. the proportion of young people who can afford to buy their own home has been falling. between 2005—2016, the proportion of 2534 —year—olds that owned their own home fell by 20%, whereas in most other countries, it has been rising. it is true that we still have higher rates of overall homeow...

—— outlining measures to boost homeownership in england. current and former staff at a group of childrens homes tell the bbc vulnerable young people have been let down. hello, and welcome to wimbledon. and after 30 years, sue barker announces she is stepping down from presenting wimbledon. on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. half an hour after teeing off in the breakaway liv invitational event, over a dozen golfers are suspended by the us pga tour. good evening....

to death on his own front lawn after subjecting them to years of threats and abuse has been jailed for at least 38 years. a predator with the face of a crocodile, weighing several tonnes and measuring more than ten metres in length. the remains of europes biggest land dinosaur have been discovered on the isle of wight. good evening, welcome to the programme. two british men who were in the ukrainian armed forces have been sentenced to death in eastern ukraine by a russian court. 28—y...

despite a ban on the ivory trade — we have special investigation. and the undercover prince — how william took to the streets of london this week, selling the big issue magazine for the homeless. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the game of golf under threat. bbc news channel, the game of golf underthreat. phil bbc news channel, the game of golf under threat. phil mickelson among players suspended from the pga tour for taking part in the saudi backed liv golf eve...

the rmt union is branded selfish and irresponsible by no 10, as days of crippling rail strikes are planned for later this month. our members have had enough, as have many british workers. we need a pay deal, we need job security and we need decent terms and conditions. one person is killed and 12 injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin. police say they dont yet know whether it was deliberate. bullying and a blame culture among nhs management. a major review of health and social...

and that is because this government has done some very big and very remarkable things which they did not necessarily approve of. mr speaker, the prime ministers big plan act is so tired that even once loyal mps dont believe him. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin police say they dont yet know if it was deliberate. bullying and a blame culture among nhs management. a major review of health and social care in england says training of nhs lea...

new york im ayman mohyeldin it is election night in america, and we are going to go straight to steve kornacki at the big board who has some breaking news for, us just in the last couple of minutes. steve, take it. away >> yes, even for folks who are watching this, hour we said we would get one big batch of votes, to san francisco about 12 minutes ago, we did. its the mail-in vote, this is the recalled of the district attorney, just about dean. and you could see its two thirds more of ...

i think its a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraines president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high—income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid—i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealands former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the pr...

we got a reminder that gas high are at a record. double what they were a little more than 1 1/2 years ago. and going still higher. i talked to a key oil analyst on fox business, which ifdown dont get you should demand because he had the bad news of imparting the fact that $5 gas is inevitable. for a dozen states in this country, indeed it is. $6 gas is the next stop after that. and then the best you could hope for is that that momentum slows. all of this happening the same day seven st...