One of the buildings which was destroyed was the grace baptist church. Our correspondent sophie long is in hawaii and spoke to some of the congregation. The fire that left more than a city devastated and charred, black buildings behind. Questions hover above the emptiness. How can you rebuild from this . What will exist here in the future . A now churchless congregation gathered at a coffee shop to share their pain. One of the Police Officers sent me the pictures. Of what used to be. My house. I wept. But weeping is not a lack of faith. Thank god that he gave us tears. Amazing grace. There are so many questions that remain without answers. Why did one survive to sit in a makeshift church when their neighbour didnt . What will become of their community so crippled by a loss that is still being counted . I dont think it will ever be the same. I hope it will be better, so thats my prayer, and i believe that. I think one day it can be an even better lahaina than it was. That is what i hope
but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the
shinzo abe. mr abe who was japan s longest serving leader was shot dead during an election rally injuly. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, susie boniface and sian grifiths, education editor for the sunday times. the financial times leads with comments by the bank of england s chief economist suggesting a big rise in interest rates could be on the way. the times believes such a rise could trigger a fall in house prices. the telegraph reports the highly unusual warning by the international monetary fund to liz truss to reverse her recent tax cuts. the metro focuses on keir starmer s speech at the labour conference and his plea to voters not to forget the economic turmoil when it comes to the next election. the guardian also goes with starmer s speech and his belief that this is a labour moment that will see the party returned to power. the mirror is similarly enthusiastic concentra
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