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This is bbc news. The government says 27 high rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed fire cladding safety tests. Four buildings on the Chalcot Estate near Swiss Cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities for urgent fire safety works. They identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building wa...

At the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. Britains Prime Minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. It was the week where her government began negotiating brexit. Those leading th...

Dateline london, at the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. Britains Prime Minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. It was the week where her government began negotiating brexit....

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End takes joanna konta into the next round at wimbledon. And coming up on bbc news. Well have all the latest from a big day for the british players at the all england club. Join me for Wimbledon Sportsday at 6 30. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Knife crime is now one of the greatest challenges facing Police Forces across the country. In fact, the knife is britains number one murder weapon. The figures are all the more shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators ...

The rising tide of knife crime in britain now the number one Murder Weapon its being carried by growing numbers of children. We need to step right back to nine year olds, eight year olds, and guide them in a better direction, and thats all over the uk. Plugging into the future volvo becomes the first carmaker to ditch petrol and diesel only cars. And a straight sets win for andy murray takes him through to the 3rd round at wimbledon. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News Warren Gatland keeps fa...

A lot more skilled workers, so the mismatch exists. is it viable as keir starmer suggested for the uk industry to wean itself off cheap labour from abroad and re—skill people in the uk, domestic workers, so they can fill the vacancies that we have? look, at the end of the day, that is not really a question about immigration, its much more a question of training and productivity, and there is no question that in there is no question that in the uk we do have a big productivity problem. we are n...

Produce a great big spirit from us. then they all broke at the same time. we never really reinvented the country. we abandon manufacturing and space of government advisers sneered at it. but manufacturing has delivered much higher income to the working class people. it isjust much more distributive. money goes around to more people than just focusing on financial services. so nobody, and it does include the conservative government. nobody has looked at our productivity problem and has attempted ...

The new prime minister— what would you like to hear? well, the new prime minister talks - what would you like to hear? -ii the new prime minister talks about a profound economic crisis. the fact that stems from a productivity problem, and that comes from a scarcity of skills. but let�*s not be gloomy, there is terrific demand for quality british product around the country, we have had one of the best years ever, and i think we could solve this not by manipulating taxes, but unlocking talent ...

Morning. but im afraid that, even before the pandemic, britain went through the worst decade of productivity growth since the industrial revolution. the worst decade. now that is staggering. but of course, the government has its own answer to the productivity problem, he is called geoffrey cox. but we might need a little bit more than that. now its not as if we dont know the answer. we need increased business investment and better capital stock on improved infrastructure. we need to embrace new ...