food is the basic— like this one in county durham.fr>r>c is the basic essential of life. it's not right that people are hungry and don't have food, that is not right. such has been the rise in prices that the statistics office is now measuring everyday inflation affecting household purchases, at 17% it's much higher than the official rate. there have been some phenomenal rises in the prices of basic foods over the past year, driven by the war in ukraine, weaker sterling and other factors. driven by the war in ukraine, weaker sterling and otherfactors. pasta is atjust sterling and otherfactors. pasta is at just under sterling and otherfactors. pasta is atjust under 60% in price, tea is “p atjust under 60% in price, tea is up 46%, meanwhile, chips cost 38% more and most basic of foodstuffs, bread, is up by a similar number. elsewhere in county durham, manufacturer of washing machines regularly visited by boris johnson expressed the need for a thorough clean—up of recent messes made in westminster. the clean-up of recent messes made in w

elsewhere in county durham, a manufacturer of washing machines, ebac, regularly visited by former pm clean—up of recent messes made in westminster. the chaos in westminster now will pass. it might take six months, it might take longer, but it will pass. and in some ways we've probably got to get worse before we can get better. we've got to increase taxes. we've all got to pay more. and the people earning more have got to pay more. we've all got to accept we're in a problem — we're in a deep problem — of cash shortage. we've got to all make sacrifices. we've got to work more and pay more taxes. and the challenge for the new neighbours at number 10 and number 11 is that not everybody will be so accepting of such sacrifice to fix a problem they admit is partly of their party's making. stability, financial credibility and the trust of the markets. these are essential and priceless commodities for any downing street team. and the early signs from the currency markets and the borrowing markets are that mr sunak and mr hunt are winning them back. and that should limit the rise in borrowing

it's an area of county durham where some people are struggling. spaghetti bolognese dripping off my chin! lovely. thank you. well, as you can see, julie is cutting up the millionaires' shortbread. so many treats on offer. but people are feeling quite far from being like millionaires because of the cost of living pressures. let's speak to some of the business is about how they are dealing with it. barry runs the tea rooms. what are you finding in terms of cost pressures that are biting most? it’s pressures that are biting most? it's across pressures that are biting most? it�*s across the board, it is everything. utility bills, which everybody knows about. the cost of suppliers as well. the cost of everything has gone up. but has doubled in price. we go through an awful lot of butter in places like this. milk has gone up. bread has gone up four times already this year. everywhere we look there are nothing but price increases. we have to pay our staff more as well to help them survive the cost of living crisis.— the cost of living crisis. what would

. _ a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a two—year—old girl in county durham.on at a property in shotton colliery. peter harris was in court. police had been called to a house in shotton colliery last wednesday and subsequently a girl, who can now be named as maya louise chappell, was airlifted to hospital. she subsequently died in the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle on friday. now, she was two years old. yesterday, durham police charged a 26—year—old man, michael daymond, with her murder and this morning he appeared here at peterlee magistrates�* court. he spoke only to confirm his name and he has been remanded in custody. he will next appear before teesside crown court, that's on october the 10th. now, durham police say a 23—year—old woman who was also arrested has now been released under investigation. our top story this lunchtime. more than 100 licences could be issued by the government for companies to explore for oil and gas in the north sea. and a tech giant warns russia could try to attack undersea cables carrying internet traffic. coming up in th

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so i don't think it would be easy to move italy into any leave or sorry, durham county, i don't think people who voted for her both for that agenda. they voted for her to express her front door for state frustration. but i'm not sure the means she tries to move italy in that direction should be the popular or so for the moment. you should be complacent. i'm not complacent. but i see her be embarrassment because she screamed a yell as i said, but now it's the moment of truth and she doesn't know who to talk to the wrong discount. and you know way, if it weren't so serious, it will be even funny. it is a lesson for all populists out there, so easy to scream when, when you are in a position, but then you have to take things seriously and she doesn't know how to do that. let's go back to maloney and this is from august when she was on the campaign trail and then because she's claiming that she definitely has a presence on stage and it's a very loud presence. just remind us of what she's like when she has a big audience, who is enjoying what she says. and then i'm just going to go back to

. >> reporter: durham county cher itch supports beasley and said she's hardly extreme but he acknowledged their party. do you think that was a mistake to use those words, defund the police? >> i think defund the police, the phrase itself, did more damage to law enforcement and communities than anyone ever imagined. unfortunately, we're seeing that now. reforming the criminal justice system? absolutely. that's what we should be having. >> on november 8th, vote like your life depends on it. it just might. >> a message that will resonate in some places. >>> new developments in a story we've been following. authorities in texas have charged a former police officer in the shooting of an unarmed teen. police body camera footage shows then officer james cameron opening up the door and the visibly startled teen put the car in reverse and the officer opened fire. cantu has been in critical condition and is on life support. >> someone questioned our training, pour policies. my response was this was a failure for one individual police officer. it had nothing to do with the policies. policies did not

. >> durham county sheriff clarence birkhead, who's running for a second term as a democrat, supportse is hardly extreme. but he acknowledged challenges in how some voters view their party. >> do you think that was a mistake for some democrats to use those words defund the police? >> i think defund the police the phrase itself did more damage than law enforcement and communities than anyone ever imagined. unfortunately, we are seeing the effects of that now. reforming the criminal justice system? absolutely, that's a conversation we should be having. >> but that conversation is in short supply, amid a wave of campaign ads up and down the ballot, featuring frightening messages. >> on november 8th, vote like your life depends on it, it just might. >> with far less discussion devoted to finding solutions to crime in america. >> and jeff zeleny joins us now. so, why has crime amours as such a central issue, it seems, so late in the campaign? >> anderson, one thing is that voters are now just beginning to pay attention to this. so, republicans are clearly pressing this issue of crime and t

. >> reporter: durham county sheriff clarence burkhead, who is running for a second term as a democratowledged challenges in how some voters view their party. you think that was a mistake for some democrats to use those words, "defund the police"? i think so r. >> i think defund the police did more damage to law enforcement and communities than anyone ever imagined. and unfortunately, we're seeing the effects of that now. reforming the criminal justice system? absolutely. that's the conversation we should be having. >> reporter: but that conversation is in short supply amid a wave of campaign ads up and down the ballot featuring frightening messages -- >> on november 8th, vote like your life depends on it. it just might. >> reporter: with far less discussion devoted to finding solutions to crime in america. >> and jeff zeleny joins us now. why is crime emerging such a central issue so late it seems in the campaign? >> anderson, one thing is that voters now are just beginning to pay attention to this. so republicans clearly are pressing this issue of crime and the economy. in many respe

served as president of the conservation trust for north carolina and as president elect of the durham county bar association. please join me in welcoming brand into the stage for our first session. >> good morning, thank you, everybody. thank you all very much. before i began, i have to say how grateful i am to this association for the historic expansion of its reach. not just within washington, d.c., but within the united states and globally. i think if you think back to the last time we had one of these symposia right here in person followed by covid, even jacqueline kennedy would have been shocked at just how far her association has reach people all over the world. regardless of whether they will have a chance to see the white house. thesince 2017, i've driven for hours my home in durham, learned, carolina to attend these events, book lectures, and many other events at the association. to tell you two things, first i have never been disappointed in my expectations of what this group, the association, can deliver whenever i dry back to north carolina on i-95 to, thinking about all the inte

spreading out of south—east upland, through to county durham, also passed anglesey and parts of gwynethsome overnight, becoming lighter through the night. range this evening, east anglia and the south—east, that will clear as to the south and east of the country with winds like this, skies clears, clear night tonight, temperatures down to low single figures real real parts. a fresh start the weekend, saturday lovely for the majority, one or two isolated showers across parts of western scotland, northern ireland and north—west but most will be dry and north—west but most will be dry and on sunday england and wales best defender south and east you are, windier and wetterfor defender south and east you are, windier and wetter for scotland and northern ireland. thank you. when it comes to pop partnerships, paul heaton partnerships... paul. perfect10. ..and jacqui abbott are a perfect ten. they've been knocking out bittersweet songs for more than 30 years — off and on — and their new album is out today. let's have a look at them in action and — if you were a fan of saturday morning tv in the

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making fals statements to the fbi back in june though durham's final report will likely be skating toward the fbi. roughly 5,000 voters in riverside countycalifornia wil be receiving not just one but two ballots in the mail after a computer error caused duplicate to go out by accident officials tell the fox affiliate covering that region that the barcodes o the ballots are the same at meeting those with two ballots will not be able to cast their votes twice. they do ask anyone receiving duplicate ballots destroy one o them one of the pivotal midterm races at that could decide control of the senate is ohio. the two candidates square off i a fiery debate and clash on a number of key issues. rich edson has more tonight. >> how shameful for you the danger it shameful for you to accuse. >> my turn. >> an hour-long debate so personal in combative it was a striking republican jd vance an democratic congressman tim ryan shook hands afterwards. >> ryan accused advance of stoking racial violence and pushing concepts claiming there is a conspiracy to replace whit people in the united states. >> this is who he's running around with you are so desper