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Lawrence that music gets me fired up. Its Super Tuesday. And polls are open in maine, massachusetts, North Carolina, virginia. And vermont. 15 States Holding races today with 854 delegates up for grabs on the republican side. Brian i prefer Eye Of The Tiger although this is my second favorite. I dont know what rockie he was. In live team coverage, will cain is talking to voters in texas. We hope they talk back. Steve screen right we are joined right now by Jacqui Heinrich she is live at the white house. And jacqui, the people up on the second floor are going to be watching the Election Results tonight with baited breath. Jacqui thats right, good mornin ....
Wigan and newport. Lets speak to marc ashdown, business correspondent. How rapidly have rents been rising . The bbc teamed up with that property portal and we asked them to track rent rises over the past three years. Between 2020 and 2023, they looked at 65 areas across the whole of the uk. For the areas which have seen the biggest increases. This graph tells a story. This is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31 . These are the areas that have seen the biggest increases. Manchester, bolton, glasgow as you would expect. But six out of these ten are areas close to cities but not cities. These are towns within touching distance of cities. They have seen the biggest rent increases, luton, newport, bolton. Nearly 39 over the last three years, rents have gone up in bolton. 15 injust the last year. One of the Estate Agents we spoke to said in his 23 years, he hasnt seen anything like it, he described a stagge ....
Where there were questions over how unified opec could be are particularly after angola left the cartel. Now were seeing that there and it also a sign that 0pec are really showing a strong defence of 80 a barrel floor in pricing. What theyve done here is really built a fence, surplus will keep the market in deficit with a view for demand and return more strongly in the second half, allowing cuts to be unwound and actually deficits to be sustained through the course of the year, keeping that curve, keeping prices elevated. So is this cut priced in then, or are we likely to see a bit of impact on brent prices . We have obviously seen thejump in the immediate aftermath of this. There is already uncertainty as to how demand plans out but were seeing a structurally bullish outlook for the rest of year where, if demand does recover, particularly injet fuel and some emerging economies in the second half, sustained deficits on top of what was on already precarious with stocks and on geopolitic ....
In the lives of average sri lankans is still a long way off. As i travelled across the Island Nation from the coastal Fishing Towns to vibrant tourist hubs and central farmlands, i saw how the harsh economic realities have forced sri lankans to make tough choices. These are their stories. You like going to the sea . Yes, i like this. First the shortages and then a cut in the Government Subsidy has meant fuel is three times more expensive than last year, raising the risks for fishermen. Theres no guarantee they can cover expenses on every fishing trip. More than 250km south on the islands coast in arugam bay, The Tide Is Turning for some. Tourism is riding the first waves of recovery. In this town on the eastern coast of sri lanka, the peak of the economic cri ....