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at its fastest rate in a0 years, welcome to this special edition of your questions answered. over the next half hour, well be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions that individuals, and communities, are finding. so, weve got a panel of experts. sarah pennells is a consumerfinance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uks largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is co—ordinator ...

and he still has a twitter account. what the hell is that about? i dont understand it. the crisis crisis in maternity care. the royal college of midwives warns that new research shows many units in england dont always meet safety standards. what meet safety standards. a player! and, the 20 time grand slam champion roger federer tells the bbc he wants to stay involved with tennis, after he retires this week. hello. energy bills for businesses are to be cut by about half their predicted ...

to protect the most vulnerable children in the uk. 3:00 kick—off times are here to stay for thousands of football fans after efl clubs ruled out a widespread shift to earlier start times to reduce floodlight use as a way of cutting energy bills. it will be a quiet and misty starch to friday in southern and eastern areas but wet and windy already in northern ireland and western scotland. i will heavier forecast on breakfast. —— i will heavier forecast. its friday the 30th of septe...

longest squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. and well have more from westminster in just a few minutes. also this afternoon: ukraines president says nearly one third of his countrys power stations have been destroyed after another round of russian attacks. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who appeared in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and the climate activist greta thunberg says she will not pursue a career in po...

meanwhile, an attack on ukraines zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy — the story of a retiring guide dog — good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of fou...

we will be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions individuals — and communities — are finding. so, we have a panel of experts, sarah pennells is a consumer finance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uks largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is coordinator at the independent food aid network — which provides help to those at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. a...

a man suspected of killing ten people in a mass stabbing in canada has died after being arrested. further criticism of how police forces in england and wales are trying to tackle violence against women and girls. and its back to schools for the young royals as george, charlotte and louis all start at lambrook school in berkshire, after the familys recent move to windsor. good morning. the prime minister, liz truss, will this morning unveil her long—awaited plan for tackling the soari...

a year, with businesses also in line for help. its expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing. in germany, the government has already brought in subsidies for low—income households along with other measures, costing about about 60 billion euros which is £51 billion. injanuary, the french government forced the state—owned energy provider to cap wholesale price rises to 4% for a year and they also brought it other measures. thats all expected to cost 45 billion e...

we start here in the uk — where a final battle to become the next prime minister is taking place as the country faces the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. as youve been hearing, formerfinance minister, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss are the last remaining candidates. they will now face a vote by conservative party members around the uk — with a result expected in september. whoever wins could mean a very different approach to the economy. truss says "...

is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented. heat—health alerts come into effect at midday across england, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach 35 celsius later this week. the backlog of people waiting more than two years for a routine operation on the nhs in england has shrunk from more than 22,000 at the start of the year to fewer than 200. school pupils in scotland begin receiving their results from the first set of formal exams held since the s...