here's colin campbell.he number of first—time buyers has nearly doubled over the past decade, but with surging property prices, it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first—time buyers are putting down an average deposit of more than £32,000, rising to more than £110,000 in london. the figures show a london first—time buyer's deposit could almost buy a home outright in the north—east of england or northern ireland. but it is in wales where first—time buyers are paying the lowest average deposit ofjust over £16,000. while there's been an increase in first—time buyers year on year across the uk, in scotland and wales, numbers have fallen. terraced houses closely followed by semidetached properties continue to be the first—time buyers‘ home of choice. despite a shortage of homes and challenges of raising a deposit, the halifax sa

here's colin campbell. number of first—time buyers has nearly doubled over the past decade, but with surging property prices, it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first—time buyers are putting down an average deposit of more than £32,000, rising to more than £110,000 in london. the figures show a london first—time buyer's deposit could almost buy a home outright in the north—east of england or northern ireland. but it's in wales where first—time buyers are paying the lowest average deposits ofjust over £16,000. while there's been an increase in first—time buyers year on year across the uk, in scotland and wales, numbers have fallen. terraced houses closely followed by semidetached properties continue to be the first—time buyers‘ home of choice. despite a shortage of homes and challenges of raising a deposit, the halifax say

here's colin campbell.cade, but with surging property prices it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first—time buyers are putting down an average deposit of more than £32,000, rising to more than £110,000 in london. the figures show a london first—time buyer's deposit could almost buy a home outright in the north—east of england or northern ireland. but it is in wales where first—time buyers are paying the lowest average deposit ofjust over £16,000. while there has been an increase in first—time buyers year on year across the uk, in scotland and wales numbers have fallen. terraced houses closely followed by semidetached properties continue to be the first time buyers' home of choice. despite a shortage of homes and challenges of raising a deposit, the halifax say the figures show healthy movement in the first buyer property ma

colin campbell, bbc news.o peter morris, chief economist at the aviation consultancy ascend. i asked him what he thought had gone wrong at flybmi. basically, aviation is linked indirectly to the economy and with the uncertainty in the uk economy that transmits itself to aviation. they also have a problem of being caught between the low—cost carrier model at the bottom of the market and the network carriers at the top of the market, and the space left therefore regional operators is relatively limited. and so much of their business is to and from europe that clearly the massive uncertainty that clearly the massive uncertainty that exists regarding the aviation environment, which had been built up over a0 yea rs, environment, which had been built up over a0 years, suddenly looks like potentially could unravel in a very short space of time. it hits them harder than anyone. we were hearing in that report, too many seats, too few customers. 0n in that report, too many seats, too few customers. on average only about

colin campbell, bbc news.our brighton studio by murdo morrison from flight global magazine. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. is this another example of a smaller airline simply being squeezed? yes, very much so. i think it's very difficult at the moment to operate a regional or a short—haul european airline unless you have scale and you have larger aircraft and you can fill those aircraft, like easyjet or ryanair, or unless you have a very strong niche in the market where you can command premium prices because no one else serves that route. and also because business people use it because they are happy to pay large affairs for the convenience and getting to destinations directly. —— happy to pay a largerfares. flybmi didn't really sit anywhere. it was certain with the tourist market competing with the tourist market competing with low—cost airlines and competing with low—cost airlines and competing with business routes as well and it didn't have that scale. its airc

colin campbell has more.ho ran away to join is, but who is now asking to return to the uk. pictured in today's newspapers in a syrian refugee camp with her newborn son, shamima begum is appealing for public sympathy. her family are asking the british government to show compassion and help them get her home. they would like the government to recognise its responsibility to a now one—day old child and to extend every help that can be given to have that child repatriated to the uk. she travelled from east london to syria with her two school friends in 2015, but fled fighting a fortnight ago. the government has said it wants to prevent people who went to join a terrorist group returning to britain. but ministers can see that people like shamima begum, who have only british nationality, may ultimately be allowed to come back. if you are dealing with a british citizen who wants to return to this country. they are not a dual citizen, so their only citizenship is british citizenship, then we are obliged, at some stag

here's colin campbell.early doubled over the past decade, but with surging property prices it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home has jumped the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first-time £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first—time buyers are putting down an average deposit of more than £32,000, rising to more than £110,000 in london. the figures show a london first—time buyer's deposit could almost buy a home outright in the north—east of england or northern ireland. but it is in wales where first—time buyers are paying the lowest average deposit ofjust over £16,000. while there has been an increase in first—time buyers year on year across the uk, in scotland and wales numbers have fallen. terraced houses closely followed by semidetached properties continue to be the first time buyers‘ home of choic

colin campbell, bbc news. apartment block, which belonged to colombia's infamous drug lord, pablo escobar at the height of his power and fame, has been demolished. the building in the city of medellin had become a popular tourist attraction, which many local residents found offensive. a ceremony was held outside the building, to honour the victims of the criminal organisation led by escobar. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we have had quite a mixed picture of whether so far today. some of us have low cloud and fog, particularly gci’oss have low cloud and fog, particularly across southern have low cloud and fog, particularly gci’oss southern areas. have low cloud and fog, particularly across southern areas. a week weather front pushing into scotland, western most parts of england and wales to the afternoon, leaving a good part of england and wales with sunshine. temperatures are very mild for the time of year. highs of 18 celsius, 10 degrees above normalfor this late stage of february

colin campbell has the details. flights cancelled, hundreds of passengers including families on their half term breaks have had their travel plans disrupted. others have been left stranded abroad. all the flights on the return home have been cancelled. they said they would not give me a refund. we are now off into austria for our skiing trip but there is a real concern as to how we are going to get home now the company has gone into administration. based in the east midlands, flybmi operated i7 jets, flying to 25 european cities. the airline, which has 376 employees, blames its collapse on a spike in the price of fuel and changes in the cost of carbon permits. in a statement, the company said current trading and future prospects have also been seriously affected by the uncertainty created by the brexit process which has led to our inability to secure valuable flying contracts in europe. it's a horrible time to be any small airline at the moment. in europe, you have far too many seats, but too few customers and just

colin campbell reports.lamic showers the schoolgirl who ran away to join islamic state, showers the schoolgirl who ran away tojoin islamic state, but showers the schoolgirl who ran away to join islamic state, but who showers the schoolgirl who ran away tojoin islamic state, but who is now asking to return to the uk. pictured in today's newspapers in a syrian refugee camp with her newborn sun, shamima begum is appealing for public sympathy. her family are asking the british government to show compassion and help them get her home. they would like the government to recognise its responsibility to her and her one —day—old child, and to extend every help that can be given to have that child repatriated to the united kingdom. she travelled from east london to syria with vote schoolfriends in 2015, but fled fighting a fortnight ago. the government has said it wants to prevent people who went to join a terrorist group returning to written. but ministers concede that people like shamima begum who have only british n

colin campbell, bbc news.s correspondent nina warhurst is outside the honda plant in swindon. sears confirmed this morning, really grim news for the hunter workers and the wider swindon community —— fears confirmed. that's right. colin touched on it, the emotional impact for these workers who went home yesterday with all the rumours and speculation under a media presence at their place of work, but no confirmation about what would happen. that came out 8am, 3500 jobs will go, sooner than expected, in 2021. and you had to multiply that by203 2021. and you had to multiply that by 203 when you consider the impact on the wider economy, had to make new here, hauliers, suppliers, logistics, elements making up the local economy. we are joined logistics, elements making up the local economy. we arejoined by doctorjanet‘s match from the university of oxford —— university of oxford, she is an expert on white scale operations like this. could honda had to do anything differently 01’ was honda had to do anything different

our reporter colin campbell has the details.l flybmi flights cancelled, hundreds of passengers including families on their half term breaks have had their travel plans disrupted. others have been left stranded abroad. all the flights on the return home have been cancelled. they said they would not give me a refund of the 134 pounds i originally spent. we are now off into austria for our skiing trip but there is a real concern as to how we are going to get home now the company has gone into administration. based in the east midlands, flybmi operated i7 jets, flying to 25 european cities. the airline which has 376 employees blames its collapse on a spike in the price of fuel and changes in the cost of carbon permits. in a statement, the company said current trading and future prospects have also been seriously affected by the uncertainty created by the brexit process which has led to our inability to secure valuable flying contracts in europe. it's a horrible time to be any small airline at the moment. in europe, you have far too

we'll be live at the honda plant in swindon in a moment, but first this report by colin campbell. the production line, new honda cars leaving the swindon plant this morning but in 2021 the factory will cease operations and close down. bowing to waiting press, a spokesperson for honda say it is because the company is strengthening its commitment to electrified cars. in response to unprecedented changes in the global automotive industry. honda say they will support their workers through a difficult time. we are very proud of what we produce in the uk, we are very proud of our associates there, but this is being driven by global forces and as i said we are, we deeply regret the impact this will have on the people of swindon and will make sure we support them through this. cars have been made at the swindon site for 30 yea rs, been made at the swindon site for 30 years, three and a half thousand workers will lose theirjobs. my wife works here, my brother works here, my cousin works here, there are loads of odds, dad, stepdad, brother, my mum works in the cafe. there are about ten or 1

colin campbell reports.0 years, honda has been making cars in swindon, employing 3,500 workers. many left stunned after hearing the factory could close. doom and gloom. lots of families, lots of people with children, like ourselves. so, yes, gutted, really. this is my life, my lifeline. without this, now, technically, i'mjobless. the employees, the workers here, everyone works really hard here. it is a big, sad shame to see this happen. last month, honda announced it would shut the swindon operation for six days in april to deal with any brexit disruption. some of the workers here now blame brexit for a more permanent closure. i can't imagine a starker warning to the government. no—deal will be catastrophic for the uk car industry. and if there is no—deal in particular, this won't be the only plant closure, there will be more to come. arriving in the 1980s providing jobs for locals, honda helped transform swindon into a vibrant business hub. roughly, for one manufacturing job there are four at risk in the su

here's colin campbell.deposit ofjust buyers are paying the lowest average deposit of just over £16,000. buyers are paying the lowest average deposit ofjust over £16,000. while there has been an increase in first—time buyers‘ year on year across the uk, in scotland and wales numbers have fallen. terraced houses, closely followed by semi detached properties, continue to be the first time by a‘s home of choice. despite a shortage of homes and challenges of raising a deposit, halifax say the figures show a healthy movement in the first time by market. india‘s first and only professional symphony orchestra is making its uk debut this week. its concert at the symphony hall in birmingham is the first of six, as sat—nam rana reports. orchestral music plays the symphony orchestra of india in rehearsal at the symphony hall in birmingham. it is one of six concerts they will be performing in theirfirst uk tour. this, the berlioz roman carnival overture, part of the regular western repertoire. personally and the orchest

the most affordable areas for first time buyers. 00:09:49,298 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 here's colin campbellng about pages these days. you don't often hear about people talking about pages these dayslj used to have one as a reporter. did you? pagers are to be phased out from from the nhs within the next three years. the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced that staff will instead be asked to use mobile phones and apps — in a bid to cut costs and improve communication. more than one in ten of the world's pagers are used in the nhs. but not for much longer. but not for much longer. the luxury apartment bloc, that belonged to colombia's infamous drug lord pablo escobar, at the height of his power and fame, has been demolished in the city of medellin. it had become a popular tourist attraction, which many local residents found offensive and disrespectful. a ceremony was held outside the building, to honour the victims of the criminal organisation led by escobar. wow. if you were watching brea kfast yesterday, you'll have seen our special programme from endcliffe park in sheffield, to re