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Marc, thank you very much. now, in december, inflation rose to 5.4%, up from 5.1% the previous month, that is a 12 month comparison, so 5.1 in the year until november and 5.4 in the year to december. that 5.4% figure is the highest since march 1992. food, clothing and household goods also rose, the bank of england indicates inflation hitting 6% by april. that is also the month in which the energy cap will be revised to reflect the spike in wholesale gas prices. simon, how painful is this going t...

Record, a1. it has been even hotter towards australia. the joint highest temperature ever recorded on thursday and that is the joint highest across the entire seven dill southern hemisphere. goodbye for now. —— the entire southern hemisphere.

Around an area of high pressure and there will be more of a noticeable breeze but of anything the wind is not as strong down the north sea coastline tomorrow so it wont feel as cold. having said that, you will still feel cold with temperatures ranging between five and london to about nine in stornoway. as we head into the week and the high pressure that has been with us the last wee while and be with us into next week slips a bit further south and we have a weather front coming in across the nor...

Inflation rate since march of 1992, in fact the highest since the bank of england became independent, lets look at what it is. electricity, up 18.8%, gusts up 28.1%, and something that has been there the whole time, used car prices up 28%, mainly down to the fact that we have had a shortage around the world of chips. it is amazing to think you could have bought a car this time last year, and it is worth more than you paid for it. is, year, and it is worth more than you aid for it. �* , year, a...

Of the global health security index and, before the pandemic, we ranked the uk and the us among the highest in the world in their preparation. but it didnt turn out that way, and i think its because of a combination of loss of public trust in science and public health, an overwhelmed health system, and just the failure to take the political steps that needed to be taken early on to limit the number of deaths, as other countries have been able to do. what do you think was the source of that loss ...

Maybe 13 in northern ireland. those weather fronts, then, tumble down across the uk overnight into tuesday, hanging around across more southern parts of england and into east anglia, so these areas will still have a lot of cloud on tuesday and maybe a little light rain or drizzle. but elsewhere, some sunshine to come, until we get up towards the far northwest of the uk, where theres a stronger wind coming in from the atlantic. that is going to bring in some milderair, mind you. and temperatures ...

That tsunami is spreading worldwide. the uk, france, italy, denmark, portugal, greece, and australia, are among the nations which reported their highest ever number of infections on wednesday. some of the figures may be partly due to delays in reporting over christmas, there is no question about the added pressure it places on health systems. translation: 9096 of our patients are unvaccinatedl with a rather young average age. at the moment, the average age of our patients is 49 years old. on the...

As healthily and well as they can, so it is a really rewarding career. i think what we have got to do is make sure that people are recognised for those fantastic skills and paid properly and to see it as a career, because there are some wonderful examples of people started as care workers and have ended up as chief executives of organisations. it is perfectly possible to do that career path, but we need to set it out for young people, particularly, and make it as an attractive and as aspirationa...

In houston. the houston health department says it administered more than 45,000 covid-19 tests in the first week of january, thats eight times the amount in the same period in november. so a lot more people are testing, certainly finding a lot more infections, the big question is, how are the hospitals handling this? >> reporter: thats a big question. and theres a big concern. harris county judge calling it a tsunami of cases, so much so, increasing the covid-19 threat level to red, which is the...

People in november, the highest since records began in august 2010. 123,218 people had to wait at least four hours from the decision to admit, to admission, in december, which is slightly below the all—time high ofjust under 121,000, last october. so, very high numbers 0ctober. so, very high numbers again, a record high in fat, 0ctober. so, very high numbers again, a record high infat, number of people waiting for admission in english a&e departments. —— a record high in fact. the care sys...