lets speak to coletta smith, who's at manchester's piccadilly station this evening. coletta. increase, which isn't as much as inflation but let's have a look at what that means on some of those regulated fares. for annual season ticket holders, if you are travelling between liverpool and manchester, you will see your ticket go manchester, you will see your ticket 9° up manchester, you will see your ticket 9° up by manchester, you will see your ticket go up by £169 a year to more than £3000 in total. if you are travelling from brighton to london, that ticket annually will go up to £5,614, so the mood music is it could have been worse had it been pegged to that inflation rate, but of course it is still a really, really big rise. the second highest on record. that will be really difficult for a lot of people to swallow. most household budgets are already stretched, lots of people the bbc has been following one soldier — lt eugene gro—madskyi — as he fights to defend his country at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera—journalist darren conway joi

so, what should we all be doing to keep warm during this cold snap7 0ur cost of living reporter, coletta so it is not really warm on this side of the house but if you come in here, we have got the fire on and it is always warm in the living room. 0h, lovely, so you are just heating this room during the daytime, then7 yeah, just this room and then the kids' rooms are above so they get the heat which is nice for bedtime. i feel incredibly guilty as a mum, to think that, well, i would love to put the heating on 21w, and i would love to be able to offer much more variety in her diet and things like that, but right now, the priority is full tummies and can we put an extra blanket on and keep the oil radiator closer to her and try and keep her as warm and cosy as we can? if temperatures stay this cold for a full week, then people on certain types of benefit will qualify for that extra cold weather payment of £25 per week. and there is a similar system in scotland. but natalie and her husband won't qualify, no matter how cold the weather. i think it is one of those things where we are above the

coletta smith, bbc news in huddersfield. our business editor simonjack is here.eep up with inflation, lots of strikes as well, what is the big picture?- what is the big picture? well, funnily enough, _ what is the big picture? well, funnily enough, private - what is the big picture? well, | funnily enough, private sector what is the big picture? well, - funnily enough, private sector pay rising at 6.9% is one of the fastest rates we have ever seen outside of the bounce back from the coronavirus, but it is not keeping pace as you said in your graph with ii%, and public sector workers like wishing wells behind on 2.7%. something interesting is happening out there, we've got a lot of vacancies and it is still historically high but the number of vacancies in the private sector is falling quite fast, and it seems that private—sector firms are thinking, we are going to cut our hiring intentions, along with softening consumer demand, we are sliding into what many people predict is a recession so they are saying we are going to have fewer workers and possibly be able to

coletta smith, bbc news in huddersfield.stment platdorm. good investment platdorm. to have you with us. it feels like good to have you with us. it feels like it is never a more important time to talk about the economy, talk about whether people are in work, out of work, how much they are earning relative to inflation? yes. earning relative to inflation? yes, that is right _ earning relative to inflation? yes, that is right and _ earning relative to inflation? yes, that is right and it _ earning relative to inflation? yes, that is right and it is _ earning relative to inflation? yes, that is right and it is a _ earning relative to inflation? yes, that is right and it is a busy - earning relative to inflation? yes that is right and it is a busy week for the economic calendar because we had the growth figures yesterday and the unemployment rate today. the all—important inflation figures tomorrow and the bank of england on thursday. essentially what we have seen from these figures is a slight worsening in the overall unemploymen

coletta smith, bbc news in huddersfield. a real rage of stories on the impact of inflation. it can also be a great way for elderly people to enjoy some company, cut their bills and avoid the need to go into a care home. a project in cornwall is helping to make this happen by matching older homeowners with younger housemates. janine jansen has the details. when 93—year—old daphne lost her husband, living home alone in truro got lonely. but now she has been matched with ros, her new house sharer. i love it. ijust think it is such a good idea. more people should do it. so many people live alone in their own homes, particularly facing this winter, electricity and gas bills. it is a way of sharing resources more. i have skills and time and also it meets my needs so i'm getting company. i'm not going home to an empty house every night. ros says that cost of living forced her to downsize. she sold her house in penzance and she got empty nest syndrome when her daughter went to uni. now she gets discounted rent in return for giving daphne support and companionship. i do a bit of clea

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