personality katie price could face jail after pleading guilty to drink driving, driving while banned and having no insurance. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel, we will hearfrom the man bidding to become the first briton to win a medal at the summer and winter olympics, as former long jump champion greg rutherford sets his eye on bobsleigh glory. the hunt for fuel has continued across large parts of britain today, with long queues continuing to build on petrol forecourts. but the petrol retailers association says there are encouraging signs that the situation is continuing to improve, with the number of petrol stations running dry falling by a half since the weekend our business editor simonjack has this report. it s a question on millions of workers minds how many miles do i have left in the tank? we ve got 150 at the moment. that should see us through today. nurses lindsay and adele are heading out to see patients and can ill
the latest update on the pandemic in the uk, and the officialfigures show there were 36,722 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average, 35,204 new cases were reported per day in the last week. 150 deaths were reported in the latest 24 hour period that s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid i9 test. on average in the past week, 129 deaths were announced every day. as for vaccinations, 89.8% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab. 82.5% are now double vaccinated. the tv personality katie price has pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving while disqualified and without insurance after a crash near her home in west sussex yesterday morning. she appeared in court at crawley magistrates , from where colin paterson reports. katie price leaving court this afternoon, someone who has spent 25 years trying to get her face in the papers for once
if keir starmer is to win a general election for labour then marginal seats like dudley north in the midlands will be key in securing a majority. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been gauging the reaction amongst voters to the labour leader s speech. once the heart of industrial britain, dudley north used to be a safe labour seat. i always said that labour was for the working class. i don t know about that now. let s see about labour. plenty here have turned away from the party. this brexit backing town voted tory last time round. i ve always been labour but we ve turned to the conservatives. love boris. that s what the labour leader is up against. what about keir starmer? no. keir starmer? know much about him? no, i don t. keir starmer did try to put his personality front and centre today, as these students from dudley college watched closely. he was very articulate when it came
to embrace him yet. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brighton. the labour leader has acknowledged the scale of the challenge faced by labour to get back to office at westminster for the first time since 2010. winning many marginal seats especially in the midlands and the north of england will be essential. dudley north in the west midlands which turned conservative in 2019 is one of those seats. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been asking local voters for their response to keir starmer s message. once the heart of industrial britain, dudley north was a labour seat for years. i always said that labour was for the working class. i don t know about that now. but i ll still vote labour, anyway. but plenty here have turned away from the party. this brexit backing town voted tory last time round. i ve always been labour but we ve turned to the conservatives. we like boris. that s what the labour leader is up against. what about keir starmer? no.
near her home in sussex. how could will take home for let s get more reaction to the labour leader s speech in brighton where sir keir starmer has promised that the party will never again go into an election without a serious plan for government . his speech also faced heckles from some on the left. if sir keir starmer is to win a general election for labour then marginal seats like dudley north in the midlands will be key in securing a majority. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been gauging the reaction amongst voters to his speech. once the heart of industrial britain, dudley north used to be a safe labour seat. i always said that labour was for the working class. i don t know about that now. but i ll still vote labour anyway. but plenty here have turned away from the party. this brexit backing town voted tory last time round.