andrew plant, bbc news.h inflation at 5.1% last month. the office for national statistics, says the rise is due to a surge in transport and energy costs. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. it is notjust here in cardiff that inflation is reaching ever—dizzier heights. across the nation, prices are rising at their fastest rate in a decade, driven by record petrol prices, massive spikes in gas and electricity, and now clothing and food price rises too, raising questions about how quickly it will come down to earth. the official rate of inflation reached 5.1% in november, the highest level since 2011, and well over double the rate targeted by the bank of england. the older unofficial retail price index measure, still used by some government departments and to set some bills, reached 7.1%, the highest level in over 30 years. this reflects the everyday experience of those at the cardiff christmas market, with widespread price pressures and now uncertainty over the spread of the variant. food has gone up, t

andrew plant, bbc news, in bath. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.with some rain on the way. however, a chilly start with patches of frost for central and eastern areas of the uk. temperatures in the coldest parts of scotland —9, —10 degrees even. but as we go through the day, after a bright start across the north and the east, the cloud will tend to thicken. rain arrives quickly in northern ireland before spreading northwards and eastwards along with freshening and strengthening southerly winds. those winds will be bringing milder air, so by the end of the day, temperatures about ten degrees in plymouth, but cooler across eastern and north—eastern areas. now, there may well be still some temperatures below freezing in some of the scottish valleys as this band of rain works in. that leads to a risk of ice, weather from freezing rain or from rain falling on those frozen surfaces, but either way, it could be pretty slippy. on into thursday, a band of rain pushes northwards accompanied by some very mild air. this is bbc news, the headlines... president

andrew plant, bbc news.london. 60 firefighters went to the property. london fire brigade confirm the only people in the house when they arrived with two sets of twin boys aged three and four. an investigation is under way. the four little boys were in this terraced house alone when they were found by fire crews. twin brothers aged three and four. this morning they were described by locals as lovely, polite and well managed. really shocked, because it is a close community. everyone knows each other. a lot of the people. it is other. a lot of the people. it is devastating. _ other. a lot of the people. it is devastating. the _ other. a lot of the people. it is devastating. the scale of the emergency response was huge. 60 firefighters and eight fire engines deployed just before 7pm last night. they were faced with intense flames which ripped through the entire ground floor. the children were brought out of the property. firefighters carried out cpr until ambulances arrived. they were taken to two separate hospi

andrew plant reports. police shout.houting. inside, sir richard sutton had been fatally stabbed, his partner, anne schreiber, knifed multiple times, her spinal partially severed. after the attack, thomas schreiber packed a suitcase and fled to london, his car tracked from a police helicopter. before he was arrested by armed police, he sent this chilling voice message to a friend. i've made a mistake. i've let my anger get the better of me and i've killed my mother and i've killed her partner, and this is the last you'll ever hearfrom me. thomas schreiber thought he'd killed his mother, but anne schreiber survived. she's now paralysed. giving evidence from a spinal unit, she said her son had always had a furious temper. in court, witnesses said thomas schreiber felt hatred towards his mother and sir richard, convinced he'd been unfairly treated when it came to money. sir richard sutton owned a property empire, including the sheraton hotel on park lane and the athenaeum in mayfair. sir richard sutton died from a stab woun

0ur correspondent, andrew plant, has been finding out, in bath.l the day after boxing day, so we can't go anywhere, so we're going to enjoy it here. it's been a confusing build—up to christmas. less organised this year than i was last year. kate mccarey�*s plans are up in the air, unsure if she'll see her grandchildren, due to fly over from america on thursday. if they come, how much we will be able to do, because we don't know what's going to happen immediately after christmas, and therefore, whether it's worth them taking the risk. it has been busy here today with shoppers and day—trippers, but most people have said they've taken a cautious approach to this christmas, not making any big plans in the first place, just in case they have to cancel. we are worried to go away in case something happens and we can't get back, and we can't be stuck away. normally there would be about 25 of us, all have like a big dinner and everything together. but now it'sjust going to be the four of us, and we'lljust, if we are allowed to, we just try and pop round an

andrew plant, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. the christmas weekend. at the moment, as the rain petered out away from scotland and under the ridge of high pressure it turns foggy, but you can see we do have snow across the highlands of scotland, in fact several centimetres building up overnight. it could be a little bit icy and wintry over the tops here. further south, icy and wintry over the tops here. furthersouth, more icy and wintry over the tops here. further south, more likely we will see patchy fog and that is worth bearing in mind if you are heading out onto the roads for christmas travel tomorrow, but it is relatively mild in southern areas with the risk of ice and snow further north where the cold air stays with us. it is a drier picture tomorrow for parts of scotland and you have that cold air coming into the north, some brightness and sunshine. the fog takes a while to clear elsewhere, then we have our next weather front coming in across the south—west, moving in later in the south—west, moving in later in the afterno

andrew plant, bbc news.rove the increase. our economics editor faisal islam has more. it is not just it is notjust here in cardiff that inflation is reaching ever dizzy heights. across the nation prices are rising at their fastest rate in decades, driven by record petrol prices, massive spikes in gas and electricity, and now clothing and food price rises too, raising questions about how quickly it will come back down—to—earth. the official rate of inflation reached 5.1% in november, the highest level since 2011 and well over the double rate targeted by the bank of england. the older price index measure, still used by some government departments and to set some bills, reached 7.1%, the highest level in over 30 years. this reflects the every day experience of those at the cardiff christmas market, with widespread price pressures and now uncertainty over the spread of the variant. food pressures and now uncertainty over the spread of the variant.— the spread of the variant. food has one u - , the spread of the

andrew plant, bbc news.saulted 25—year—old wendy knell and 20—year—old caroline pierce in separate attacks in tunbridge wells in 1987. 30 years later, he was caught after a breakthrough in dna evidence. a search of his home revealed recordings of fuller attacking dead bodies over a period of more than ten years from 2008 at two hospitals in kent where he worked as an electrician. our health correspondent catherine burns has been speaking to a family whose loved ones were victims of the mortuary attacks, and you may find her report distressing. a mother who has experienced huge loss. she knows pain all too well. it is not good for parents, no one deserves it. nobody deserves it. now she and her remaining family face fresh agony. so beautiful. —— now she and her remaining family face fresh agony. daughter audrey gets some comfort remembering her sisters, 22—year—old helen and mary, who was just 16 years old. she was a baby of the family. easter 2014, nike was the sole survivor after a crash on a motorway in ke

andrew plant has the details.to make the headlines. but now it's pictures like these — posted on social media. nhs staff finding there is simply no food to be found beside a few lonely snacks and a vending machine. this doctor tweeting on a monday — "night four of four on icu and there's been no sandwiches since friday". working in the nhs, anyway, the hours are quite long and the conditions are quite stressful. the food provision in some places, in some hospitals, i'd say is nonexistent. so if you don't bring your own food to work, there is a good chance you could go hungry overnight. 0ften nhs staff are not getting the kind of nutrition they need when they are working those really punishing, long shifts. nhs workers have been spilling the beans online — one saying "no change in 50 years, night staff never get fed properly". another added, "it's shocking that health care workers are left with nutrition—less options." this podiatrist has started a campaign for better food for nhs workers. mental—health issues have

that is their determination to get their boosters done here andrew plant reporting. their win at norwich had them confirmed with pcr tests today. the club say the team won't travel down to london until the outcome of discussions with the premier league is known. staying with football, there were two attempts at carrying out the champions league last 16 draw today. the first one was declared void because of mistakes made that uefa blamed on a software problem. so a couple of hours later it was undertaken again... there's one tie that is the same as the first attempt — that's holders chelsea against lille, while the other english teams will face different opponents. liverpool will play inter milan, manchester city against sporting lisbon, while manchester united are taking on atletico madrid voters in north shropshire go to the polls in a by—election on thursday. that's the constituency which was previously held by owen paterson. my colleague martine croxall has spent the day in oswestry. welcome back to baileyhead in oswestry. can't get rid of the umbrella this time.

andrew plant, bbc news, in bath. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. fine end to the day and in east sussex this is one of the pictures showing a setting sun but notjust that we also had at this sun pillar, a line of light extending northwards caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere and these ice crystals are caused by the cloud working in ahead of the next weather system that will bring something of a change to the weather over the next 2a hours. right now there's a of cloud around in temperatures hovering around freezing but with more extensive cloud breaks there will be frost central and eastern areas in england and in scotland it's down to —9 in the coldest areas so a cold night here in those chilly spots. tomorrow, the area of low pressure i showed you is this area of cloud and rain that will come in and associated with south—westerly winds and they will be bringing a smile to airas winds and they will be bringing a smile to air as well as the day goes by. so for wednesday, smile to air as well as the day goes by. so forwednesday, rain smile to a

andrew plant, bbc news.maining finalists — she said she'd be cheering them on — on one leg. she still has a sense of humour! let's speak to the entertainment journalist emma bullimore. we see a huge personal blow fur aj odudu, because in the semifinal, she scored a perfect score, a10s. how much is it a blow to the programme? think it is cutting for everybody involved. you want it to be this amazing final, three fantastic couples left. to then lose one through no fault of her own, you think she was so close to the end. i think she was so close to the end. i think she was arguably the best dancer, technically, out of the three of them. to go out now, as you say, getting for the show as well as well as for aj odudu. they are supposed to have this amazing extravaganza, now three dancers missing because they are supposed to do three dances each couple. how will they fill the time? they shorten the show? no official line yet but it will be disappointing for everybody involved. this yet but it will be disappointing

our correspondent, andrew plant reports.otos, then blackmailing them into increasingly extreme sexual acts, threatening to expose them if they did not comply. as soon as he's got one picture of you, that's it. asking if i've got younger siblings, if i knew any close people that were younger than me. itjust got more and more graphic, asking me to hit myself, just really degrading stuff. he put them in a position, where theyjust couldn't escape, because he had so much control over them. officers from the national crime agency described the material are some of the most depraved they'd ever seen. the more material he got, the more control he had in what threats he could make. that's what he did. he got them to do worse and worse acts as the scale of his offending increase. abdul elahi repeatedly blackmailed dozens of victims, systematically storing the material and selling them online, including acts of incest and thousands of sexual images of children. elahi made a business out of his blackmail, selling the pictures and videos

let's talk to our correspondent andrew plant, who's been with people queueing for up to three hours tom have been waiting a long time, haven't they? they have been. i long time, haven't they? they have been- i think _ long time, haven't they? they have been. i think the _ long time, haven't they? they have been. i think the scenes _ long time, haven't they? they have been. i think the scenes we've - long time, haven't they? they have| been. i think the scenes we've seen have been replicated by the sounds of a walk—in centre right across the country as people respond to that speech and try to get their booster is as soon as possible. there were queues snaking around the block. they were going around all four edges. this is a walk—in open until seven o'clock, but they had to close the walk—in section at two o'clock because they figured they had five hours worth of cueing. this is right at the end of a half hour wait. most of them have been out here for more than four hours, and there's been intermingled drizzle. there has been evidence of other demand, people trying to put their appointm

let's talk to our reporter andrew plant who's been with people queueing for up to three hours to gethave to wait? the same story is true in every walk in _ they have to wait? the same story is true in every walk in centre - they have to wait? the same story is true in every walk in centre across i true in every walk in centre across the country and certainly true here in hungerford, the q is snaking behind me and it goes way around the corner. this is a walk—in centre and an appointment centre but they said they stopped taking walkins at two o'clock this afternoon because there was too many. they have a long way to go. someone in the queue has been waiting about three hours and they probably still have around about one hour to go but many people determined to get the booster here today after that announcement yesterday about the ambitious target to try to get everybody, every adult given their booster or at least offered it, by the end of the year and that equates to something like a million people, just more than a million people, just more than a million every single day, in fact,

stephenson decided to parlay it into something more substantial and approached governor andrews at the plant to handpick officers for the new regiment. the governor declined saying massachusetts had to build their quotas troops with the utmost dispatch that he feared stephenson's plan would be to slow. many times he offered stevenson commissions to command of the regiment until at the end of august 1861 the governor gave his approval to stephenson's recruitment plan. the news of the governor's action spread like wildfire the regimental historian said. by the end of the week stevenson had had 38 handpicked officer turk or would become the 24th massachusetts infantry. these officers recorded the has burned were the exception of five for all under the age of 30. so many of them in their teens or early 20s that take barely reached a minimum age. stephenson himself was only 25 greatest memorial tells us he was proud of the regiment which yet organized and jealous of its honor. the duties that involved involve the point of the very circumstances of the war would be well performed. to celebrate the

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andrew plant has the background to the case.ead. sir richard sutton was stabbed multiple times, one blow penetrating at 12 centimetres into his heart. doctors used 27 litres of blood to save an's life, she spent months in hospital. she told the court has sun appeared behind tell that night with wild eyes as he was stabbing me she said ifelt like he was eyes as he was stabbing me she said i felt like he was not really there. the singer and songwriter bruce springsteen has sold his master recordings and music publishing rights to sony music — in a deal estimated at five—hundred million dollars. the music magazine billboard said sony would have ownership of the rock legend's entire catalogue — including classic albums such as �*born in the usa'. tim allman reports. they call him the boss. an icon of blue—collar america. one of the most successful performance in rock music history. so he's not exactly short of a few bob. but the boss has just got a lot richer. # i come home in the morning... he signed a deal believed to be worth som

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andrew. you need a plant grab one while we're looking at the futures. >> i got nothing >> i don't think andrewtures up by 57 the nasdaq up by 278 the ten-year has been picking up to 1.458% it continues to climb. in the meantime, that does it for us today we are being invaded by the pods and the pod people it's been happening all through the show if you don't get this, you need to tune in earlier make sure you join us tomorrow right now it's time for "squawk on the street. bye-bye. >>> good morning welcome to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, david faber. bitcoin is back above 51k. oil near 71. markets looking past expectations for a faster taper next week. the dow coming off its best day in nine months. >> plus, intel shares, you're going to see they're surging this after the plan is taking their self-driving car public next

plant by 2025. how we an injury. energy says will do in 2024 1st light fusion says 2024 zap energy says 2023. 2023 is like 13 months away. 14 months away, andrew, are, are, these are listed timelines. yes. so let's be clear here that these are timelines for demonstrating the science of fusion in a breakeven way. this is not the timelines for getting a power plant onto the grid other than the one that said 2030. and you know, i think that there is a pathway towards a very accelerated timeframe getting there in the 20 thirty's or the late 20 twenty's. but, you know, i worry about that, i read this article this morning to and, you know, the author really compiles a lot of things that are not really clear. and you know, takes things out of context. and if it doesn't pass muster, to me is as something that is a serious article or something we should worry about. and you know, the fact that there are no comparison is, is problematic for me too, because that was one company that was fraudulent. and our member companies, there's 26 companies all working hard. and you know, they're probably not going to make it. and they're probably not all going to be

living near as new wells plant in mulberry of a single that sucked hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water into the aquifer. senior investigative reporter, steve andrews broke the story last week. he's back to night with an important update that includes that overdue a policy at this point today. this whole is getting bigger, it's widening. it appears as though the walls are eroding cracking, separating it looks as though it's about to collapse. a florida department of environmental protection claims. it's all over this. but the guardians of our environment. i've been dead silent about this. all of this from the get go. po county officially became aware of the single september 9th. it failed to notify the public to did you do enough? as far as notifying our constituents the, the problem is, what do you tell them? you know, we possible danger coming your way. ah, there's no such thing as unilateral security. all real security is always collected . this is precisely how russia used endless western hostility and nato expansion. moscow is presented ways to avoid conflict. sure, all security is the west suite at the switch for christmas. the traditional yu

andrew watters and gus matammal. >>> a bay area tech giant is jumping in to help save the monarch butterfly. google is building a habitat. there will be butterfly-friendly plantsing. the habitat will be completed next year. >>> when we come back, we'll introduce you to a holiday teen getting into the holiday spirit. >>> well, one south bay teenager is using lessons learned from her own life struggles to give back. >> 15-year-old jewel struggles with a rare auto inflammatory illness that affects one in a million kids. for years, she saved her own money along with some donations to get gifts for others. she is helping provide temporary housing to those in crisis to help get them back on their feet. it's always amazing to see someone who struggles on their own give back to others. >> quite the inspirational teenager. >>> restrictions are tightening in the bay area and across the united states as covid cases continue to rise. new testing has gone into effect at all airports. the delta variant remains the biggest threat. >> we have about 90,000 to 100,000 cases per day in the united states, an 99%

living nearest new wells planted mulberry of a sinkhole that sucked hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water into the aquifer. senior investigative reporter, steve andrews broke the story last week. he's back tonight with an important update that includes that overdue a policy at this point today. hey, this hall is getting bigger, it's widening. it appears as all the walls are eroding cracking, separating it looks as though it's about to collapse a florida department of environmental protection claims. it's all over this, but the guardians of our environment. i've been dead silent about this. all of this from the get go. polk county officially became aware of this single september night . it failed to notify the public to did you do enough? as far as notifying our constituents the, the problem is, what do you tell them? you know, we had possible danger coming your way. i mean, you must so did it in as you want to don't. so we stand together. we'll continue to stand together against russia. 80 in germany police. some of the areas that we doubtless made. they noticed vinitez chunky daughters about their village influence other nations, france b, u k. and

associated with planning five of these new land grant planting t five new land grant colleges and would influence many others, and here's a shout-out to andrew jackson. downing and the influence of, with the horticulture the whole idea of the land grant was not only teaching but extension, through horticulturist societies and education. so the first land grant with the college of california berkeley, which had begun as, actually, a private institution, and olmsted tried to convince the trusties for the campus, his campus park proposal taking advantage of the stream, also on the arid climate and the plants, he spent many nights on the campus studying its microclimate. his work also addressed down planning for the city of berkeley which didn't exist for the time. his plan for the city, olmsted sought to create a community of houses that was safe and attractive. he saw the possibility of the creek and its canyon for the adjacent campus. writing about canyon road, olmsted identified the mountain gorge and creek waters as scenic amenities. here's a quote, as the road follows a stream of water from the open landscape to the bay region, into the mi

plants. it's incrementally impacting things with a lot of small moves it will take big moves with your greenhouse gas andrewnext drop is from doing the solar panel renewable electricity. that is policed on the different climate records, it was a big expense. however, it looks like that will come back and lower energy costs. a few more things, broader supply is always a question all in all it allows us to have recreational things, people think old fountains and they use less than 1% of our affordable water on campus. they get less than 1% of reportable water use. now what we've done regionally to the water system. at the lower end of the campus in three regions we now pump the water back, anyone that reaches the lower ends of campus gets pumped back into the lake water system. if the closed-loop which allows us the irrigation for most of her other plantings. in vegetation management. our biggest thing is to get our county to stop counting individual trees and look at a canopy management approach appeared written that conversation and is just trying to figure out what are the right numbers and butter cities u