drill, hill! drill, does keir drill, does keir starmer drill, does keir starmer sa drill, does keir starmer sa build, drill, does keir starmer say build, baby, _ drill, does keir starmer say build, baby, built? i drill, does keir starmer say build, baby. built?— the prime minister's strategy for growth as he welcomed today's rate cut. —— build. there is no shortage of big and ambitious sounding also tonight, two families tell the bbc they had abortions serious genetic conditions. president trump doubles down on his plans for the us to take over gaza and turn it into what he calls one of the greatest and most of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour on the set sadly, i have huge memories of being on here but i know i was well sadly, i have huge memories of being on her! so t i know i was well sadly, i have huge memories of

being on her! so thank pw i was well gatcombe estate. from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. it's hoped the cut will boost spending and mean cheaper borrowing costs for some mortgages and loans. but the bank has also slashed its growth forecast for the economy in half this year, and is predicting a surge in inflation because of higher water bills and energy costs. here's our economics editor, faisal islam it was good news today

for the ball family in selby. any decrease would take a little bit of the strain off. we have been trying to make cutbacks and save, but ultimately £150 is £150 and it's a lot of money for a family of four. today, the bank of england governor said more rate cuts this year, yes, but sounded a note of caution too. the path remains downward. i'm afraid there is a lot of uncertainty around. but part of the reason for cutting rates is because of

would grow by 1.5% this year. there have been some mentions of the budget i pick it up when i go around the country talking to businesses. there's no question that of course the increase in the cost of employment does have an effect. and the two main political leaders each taking rather they've basically said that growth has halved, from 1.5 to 0.75%. that means we're going to be getting poorer. this ship came from china and is on its way to belgium, laden with 9,000 cars.

and international sources. the uk economy disappointed at the end of last year. the hope, the assumption, was that we'd be in recovery right now. but there are clouds — domestically, from tax rises, but also from 3,500 miles away — just total uncertainty over anything that seriously fragments the world economy is not good for growth in the world economy, and it's not good for growth here in the uk. i'm not going to...that's obviously, you know, all these policies but i would always caution against policies that lead to greater fragmentation of the world economy. across the economy, cheaper borrowing costs faisal islam, bbc news.

stations in england and wales. on the growth figures. here's our political editor, chris mason. the national nuclear laboratory in preston. solutions for uranium... nuclear power stations in england and wales in many more places, inside the station's control room, lord wakeham pushed a rather

it's 30 years since a new nuclear power station opened — sir keir hopes there'll be more new ones by 2032. to a sluggish economy. does keir starmer say build, baby, build? i say we're going to take on the blockers so that we can build. let's be clear about what you would be saying to local opponents we're saying that we have to get on with the infrastructure, make sure that it's home—grown,

it's stable, there are lower prices. and if that's happening down the road from you and you don't like it, tough. well, you know, we can't go on with the answer always being no. is working with amongst the most deadly materials known to mankind. should be the priority. hello. - hi, everyone. but both reform uk and the conservatives, we were supportive of. small modular reactors. if the government is picking up where we left off, - that's a good thing. we're not going to . complain about that. nuclear is a fuel like no other. but it is far from

wildly embraced by all. and the parliamentary numbers to crack on with it. let's talk about counting on growth — still little sign of it. we have said it before and we will say it again, central dynamic at say it again, the central dynamic at the heart of our politics, those growth forecast from the bank of that towards 77 on the horizon, that sluggishness on the horizon, that kind of sluggishness kind of perpetuating sluggishness and ministers seemingly willing to every tree, to pull 7 = -7::£ 77 77 stratum 77 7777 77 albeit with critics 7 albeit with critics saying7 budget made things 7 7 budget made things worse. a �*figure in government 7 7 7 agar;ag'o'v'g'r'n'inent today senior figure in government today me that they want to squeeze said to me that they want to squeeze we can out of our and what we can out of our majority. and sentiment rings what we can oot of oor majority. ahd sentiment rings a bell what we can oot of oor majority. ahd sentiment rings a hell with that sentiment rings a hell with something that someone to me week week ago when they made that =- = _= that they would back a ru nway runway at as they third runway at heathrow, as they are talking today about ae ta'ifl�*a “1�*s ahe�* a area, ae ta'ifl�*a “53 a�*:** a area, nuclear. ae ta'ifl�*a “53 at") a area, nuclear. what are willing to do is say, look,

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by nottingham university hospitals serious genetic conditions. two couples went ahead with the terminations. the largest maternity inquiry in the history of the nhs. we just thought the best option was to end the pregnancy because the baby was just suffering. when a test indicated their baby might have patau she would just spend hours suffering and her life the doctors... it would just palliative care. yeah.

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i remember being really confused, like, is this normal, that, you know, they guide you to end "we know that we've failed carley, carl and their baby ladybird. we can assure them and other families that we have just over 3,000 abortions in england and wales, their baby had a life—limiting genetic disorder. in an email, they wrote, "when a post—mortem was carried why is that?

our son knows that he was poorly during my pregnancy with him, but we haven't told him how close he came to dying. this third couple are the parents of a healthy nine—year—old boy, but only just. and how's your son now? he's great. he's healthy. yeah, he's a typical nine—year—old. the nottingham university hospitals trust say their foetal medicine teams strive to support families in the most

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about consulting the people the government insists it has talked to the community, holding a series of meetings. but this was the advice to the government in december.

each one a place where someone may have died. well, the streets around grenfell have become a people's memorial to the lives lost. five design teams are working on more permanent ideas. tom symonds, bbc news, at grenfell tower. of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour on the set of his television programmes.

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and as you can see, temperatures were well above previous years. higher across the year. it's another record — the hottest january ever recorded. which is why scientists are confused — and concerned. this map shows sea temperatures. you'll see the water getting hotter — the darker colour there. that's a weather pattern known as el nino. of our already warming climate. el nino has a sister weather pattern, la nina, temperatures down a notch.

some think a crackdown on air pollution could mean there are fewer raising the worrying prospect that climate change may be accelerating. but one things for sure — we can expect more extreme weather justin, thank you. where she was treated last summer and thanked medical staff

here's daniela relph. i mean, it's partly, from my perspective, because i seriously don't have any idea. laughter. ..because both the example and the recovery have been relatively straightforward, thankfully. that isn't always true, so i'm really grateful. in gloucestershire when it's thought she was struck by a horse. she spent five nights

at southmead hospital. that's very common in lots of our patients, that they have moments where they don't remember their stay nice to be able to piece it all back together for her. daniela relph, bbc news. liverpool are through to next month's carabao cup family at t777777afte7r7th7ras7hing 7 7 77777 7 7 after7th7ras7hing not wembley after thrashing not 4-0 wembley after thrashing not 4—0 in the semifinal tottenham 4—0 in the semifinal leg.

well. after half an hour. level on aggregate. mo salah's shot grazing the crossbar. but at half—time, things were still tantalisingly poised. and mo salah did the rest. darwin nunez was upended. for the first time, liverpool led the tie in the end, all so easy for liverpool. yes, such for never really tottenham, who never really threatened, but won't threatened, but liverpool won't mind that. they now face newcastle that. they will now face newcastle in next month and on this

in the final next month and on this sort of they will take some and if you want to continue watching the bbc news at ten, next, it's newsnight.