from bilpin, new south wales, phil mercer reports.lack summer fires destroyed an area of land the size of the united kingdom in bilpin, north west of sydney. much of simon tadros orchard was ruined. they were horrific. never seen nothing like that. very scary. he's rebuilt and replanted but believes the fires will return. we've been here a0 years and we've had four or five different major fire events and it will all happen again. regardless of what people say or what happens, we will get major fires again. an inquiry found that climate change had made the blazes of 2019/20 more extreme. modern australia had never seen such ferocity. this scared me. this really scared me. i think it's given australia a whole wake up, a huge wake up call on just how susceptible we are and how dangerous things can be. the memories of the fires are still fresh in this part of the blue mountains. people remember the fear and the panic they felt during that terrible time. but here in bilpin, there is an unmistakable sense of renewal and a determination to r

phil mercer reports from bilpin in new south wales.nited kingdom was destroyed in the fires. in bilpin, north—west of sydney, much of simon's orchard was ruined. i never seen anything like it. he has rebuilt and replanted but believes the fires will return. we have been here 40 years and had four or five different major fire events. and it will happen again. regardless what people say what happened, we will get major fires here. an enquiry found that climate change had made the blazes of 2019—20 more extreme. modern australia had never seen such ferocity. this really scared me. it gave australia a huge wake—up call on just how susceptible we are and how dangerous things can be. the memories of the fires are still fresh in this part of the blue mountains. people remember the fear and the panic they felt during that terrible time. here in bilpin there is an unmistakable sense of renewal and determination to rebuild. the flames that tore bilpin came from a strategic back burn that went badly wrong. it was lit deliberately by emergency cre

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phil mercer, bbc news in bilpin new south wales. contracted again for the month of november based on government data that has just come out. purchasing manager indices are closely watched for signals of current and future business conditions and future business conditions and china's manufacturing activity unexpected delete shrank in october in the country's economy is facing a swamp and unemployment has affected consumer spending as well. we will have more on that ahead on asia business report. let's take you now to india where it is due to report later today its economic both figures for the three months to the end of september. its gdp is expected to have eased to about 6.8% for the period, down from 7.8% in the previous quarter. our correspondent has more from mumbai. ,, ., our correspondent has more from mumbai. ,, . ., , . mumbai. severalfactors are likel to mumbai. severalfactors are likely to have _ mumbai. severalfactors are likely to have contributed i mumbai. severalfactors are likely to have contributed toj likely to hav

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