and then as you know a number of economists marx keynes are pointed out is eventually all these means go on and the question. to those heavy lobbying by the financial sector on the government to ensure actually that this financial sector growth could continue and governments believe that it was in the interest of the economy because everyone told the monitors and told them that if you had all this liquidity in the system then you must be growing your real economy but actually what was happening within that system rather was that you freed up all this money which was then used to bet on the increases in the value of certain companies and certain shares and of money itself in the system and the people who were doing that betting were not only profiting from it but they were also the only people who were regulating the system so it created a huge unstable and incredibly. equal system in which the rich got very much richer really very fast. for decades society has been transformed into an enormous market to which there's allegedly no alternative. the huge sums few in the financial markets

compare that to almost £1,000 in milton keynes. you've paid for flowers, a coffin or a funeral director. we want to hear your experiences this morning. have you been left in debt after paying for a funeral? did you save money by shopping around, or is that unrealistic when you're grieving? do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about. use the hashtag victoria live. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you, and maybe want to take part in the programme, please include your phone number in your message. if you text, you'll be charged at the standard network rate. first, julian worricker has the news. good morning. the uk economy shrank by 0.2% between april and june this year, its worst performance since 2012. this figure is worse than most economists expected. the fall was driven by a sharp decline in manufacturing output. after the data was released by the office for national statistics, the pound fell, raising fears of a recession. jeremy corbyn has called on britain's top civil servant to block the prime mi

planned for tomorrow now organizers of that rally say they want it to remain peaceful and rational that keynes will avoid some of the violent scenes that we saw at the hong kong airport earlier this week which would be jumped on by chinese state media with beijing calling some of the more violent protesters close to terrorist organizes a gets approved that's far from the truth and that this pro-democracy movement still enjoys broad support on the streets of hong kong. charlotte shell's until there now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world some 4000 people have taken part in a moscow rally organized by russia's communist party ahead of city council elections other opposition groups were not granted permission to hold demonstrations so supporters have been holding single person pickets instead to get around the bank. 9 people have been killed and 10 others injured in a hotel fire in the ukrainian port city of odessa more than 100 guests at the tokyo star hotel were evacuated to safety authorities are investigating the cause of the plane's. italy has allowed

alana cutland, from milton keynes, was on an internship on the island at the time of her death. plane door. her family say they're heartbroken. president trump will today travel to el paso in texas, where 22 people were killed by an alleged white supremacist over the weekend. opponents of the president have blamed his rhetoric for creating the atmosphere that led to the deaths. mr trump has since condemned racism and white supremacy, but also blamed gun violence on video games, the internet and mental illness. the music and surf festival boardmasters has been cancelled, just hours before it was set to begin. organisers said they had concerns for safety following extreme weather warnings led to the decision. our reporter fiona lamdin is in newquay where the festival was set to begin. a real disappointment for thousands of people who were due to turn up over the next few days? yes, so it isa over the next few days? yes, so it is a five day festival, it was meant to start this morning, but the news very late last night that it has been cancelled. let me just explain, we are are at

, the first on taft avenue just before 3 am and the second later that day just before midnight on keynes avenue. the resident in the second house was awakened and got a look at the suspect. police are asking people in the neighborhoods to check their surveillance video to help them catch this man. >>> the father of one of the bay area teens accused of killing that police officer in rome has now met with the media. ethan elder released a statement outside his home through his attorney. he just returned from italy where his w she saw his son, finnegan, in jail. investigators say the 19-year- old stabbed an unarmed plainclothes officer nearly one dozen times. his father says the full story has not been told. >> it is understandable but unfortunate that people have jumped to conclusions in this matter. the public has an incomplete account of the true versions of the events. >> finnegan lee elder claimed he added acted in self-defense. if convicted, he and his 18- year-old and could face life in prison. >>> a group of wildfires in these contra costa county is 85% contained. evacuation and she

mainline, but that has problems as well because they are doing lots of exciting things in milton keynes to one an hour. so on both of the main north— south lines, there are problems and would you believe on sunday there is a strike on cross—country railways which means that lots of the alternative services there are going to be cancelled. my goodness. is your journey really to be cancelled. my goodness. is yourjourney really necessary, that is the main line. ifi have booked my ticket say three months in advance of the bank holiday weekend, what are my rights? probably wouldn‘t have even been able to get a cheap advance ticket because lots of the problems when there are large—scale engineering activity, they take away advance ticket options, not actually because they wa nt to options, not actually because they want to make money but they want to persuade people not to travel. certainly on cross—country with this strike coming up, they are saying you can travel on other operators. both of the main problems and also a few issues around newark, they are doing some work to the lines there. r

alana cutland, who was 19 and from milton keynes, died last week.re by—election. it was triggered after the conservative mp chris davies lost his seat in a recall petition by his constituents following an expenses scandal. if the tories lose their seat, boris johnson's majority in the commons will be cut to one. campaigners are calling for more training and better understanding of domestic abuse victims, as their cases go through the courts system. many victims say they are left scared and isolated because of poor support and communication. more than a million cases of domestic abuse were recorded in england and wales, between april 2017 and march 2018. there were just over 89,000 prosecutions but only 68,000 guilty verdicts. 0ur correspondentjeremy cooke has followed two women over the last year, as they attempt to getjustice. you may find some of his report upsetting. nervous, because i could even bump into him today. i don't know anything. kirsty is at the beginning of a journey. heading to magistrates' court, where an ex partner stands accused o

alana cutland, 19 from milton keynes, is believed to have open the door of the plane midair.lding site in reading. none of their injuries are serious. structure came down just after a quarter past 11 this morning. firefighters looked to see if anyone else was trapped under the rubble. the sale of single—use plastic bags in england has fallen dramatically since a 5p charge was introduced four years ago. government figures suggest the biggest retailers sold 90% fewer plastic bags than in 2015. in the last year alone, there has been a 4796 last year alone, there has been a 47% decrease meaning the average person now uses just ten single—use bags a year compared to 140 just five years ago. earlier, i spoke to catherine conway, a campaigner who advises supermarkets. i started by asking her to her reaction to the success of the plastic bag charge. campaigners like myself expected this to happen. we knew the british public was happy to use the plastic bags they had at home. we just needed that little tax on it to get people to change their behaviour. why do you think it's taken so l

alana cutland — who was 19 and from milton keynes — had been on an internship on the island off the southwe know that alana took off last thursday from a remote airstrip in the north of madagascar. a few minutes later, the side door opened and she fell to her death. today, the police in madagascar told me they have confirmed that she opened they have confirmed that she opened the door herself. the investigation continues. her parents have asked for privacy and are not commenting on the circumstances. but we understand that that investigation will now continue. the hunt for the body, of course crucial, and the testimony of the pilot and another woman believed to be on the flight. their evidence will also be very important. thank you. our top story this evening: thousands of residents are told to leave their homes in derbyshire amid fears a huge dam is about to burst. coming up, the first day of the ashes becomes an australian renaissance. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: together for the first time in three years, the murray brothers win at the washington 0pen, taking them to the quarte

there a recession on the horizon i don't think in the long run we're all dead to quote john maynard keynes the economist so eventually the 2nd thing you know the so i know those 2 things will do that too and cory booker is it could be president. it could happen and obviously the trade war threats or big determining factor of that however i agree with chuck schumer talk about that for bipartisan support i think it is so important to go after china this has been a problem 18 years in the making since we foolishly let them into the world trade organization under the terms that we did this is been terribly corrosive they have violated the law they violated those deals for so so long just their illegal actions have cost us millions of jobs not merely the regular flow of trade it's a really good for president trying to take this on even if it does hurt the economy or if it shakes markets in the meantime i think it's important for him to to show that he's not like other politicians of both parties to actually fulfill a major campaign promise so far everyone told us the economy was going to tank o

she did at some point, when george got married, this would've been in the 60s -- she was on to keynes. so i don't know if that was permanent or i thought she then was in a single carriage after that. but i could be wrong. >> that just kind of stuck with me. and talk about the there is little on her letters and what other materials are available. other people and fredericksburg the talk about in the letters of buddies? >> one of the things very helpful her early family was incredibly litigious. -- >> court records which are fascinating. she had a half-brother in england who wrote her sometimes very patriarchal, this is what you should think type of letters and with this way. but she had respect for him and she kept that correspondence so there's three letters and to me that's a treasure trove of letters. there were an awful lot -- it comes down to his correspondence and triangulating and what other people are saying. all of the people in town, many related to the washington so that occasionally cousins saying things that you can figure out where she was and what she was doing at that p

local police say they are investigating whether alana cutland, who was 19 and from milton keynes, deliberatelyamily described her as a bright and independent young woman who had a thirst for discovering more of the world. we can cross to johannesburg and speak to our correspondent andrew harding. what more do we know about alana and what she was doing in madagascar? we know she had just finished her second year at cambridge, she had been studying natural sciences, biology, and we understand she had paid for herself to come out to madagascar, this big remote, slow wild and uninhabited island of the eastern coast of southern africa. there are reports that she was doing some sort of research project about the sea bed off the coast and was taking a plane as part of that project. she failed to her death. what are the thought he saying about what might have happened? there is a lot of speculation. the police have confirmed that alana definitely opened the door of this small plane herself between five and ten minutes after it had taken a fairly remote airstrip any north of the country. they are inves

and then as you know a number of economists marx keynes are pointed out is eventually all these means go on and the question. to those heavy lobbying by the financial sector on the government to ensure actually that this financial sector growth could continue and governments believe that it was in the interest of the economy because everyone told the monitors and told them that if you had all this liquidity in the system then you must be growing your real economy but actually what was happening within that system rather was that you freed up all this money which was then used to bet on the increases in the value of certain companies and certain shares and of money itself in the system and the people who were doing that betting were not only profiting from it but they were also the only people who were regulating the system so it created a huge unstable and incredibly. equal system in which the rich got very much richer really very fast. for decades society has been transformed into an enormous market to which there's allegedly no alternative. the huge sums and very few in the financia

the challenge is with all kara keynes that is hurricanes as you are chasing the hurricane, where it willicanes, the track variability and it is difficult at times to figure out where to put the resources because you may have to move them quickly. >> getting resources is one thing but what we have also found in situations like this is getting people in those areas to heed the warnings? >> yes, not only that but the roads get impassable. that is one of the challenges we see in puerto rico. it might not be e hurricane but the flash flooding's is a concern and that area has still not recovered so there are challenges no matter what comes out of this. looking good so far but challenges will be in three days in what happens to florida . >> martin devoe, always a pleasure. thank you so much. >>> hurricane dorian moves toward puerto rico and the trump administration says it plans to transfer $271 million in disaster relief money to fund immigration operations. the $155 million or $155 million of that money is going to be used to set up temporary facilities along with doesn't -- the southern bord

milton keynes, £960. that is the council run crematoria.f the extras, that is the cremation and may be a bit of chapel time. it doesn't account for the coffin, flowers a nd doesn't account for the coffin, flowers and funeral directors and so most funerals run into the thousands of pounds. how do those in charge account for those variations? they say it is a high cost business, cremated need updating and there is environmental standards to consider, that could be millions of pounds. the grounds of a chapel are often very beautiful, they need maintaining, staff costs and energy costs. but there is concern in the sector they may be overcharging. these are above inflation price increases every year and the competition authority is investigating. they are investigating. they are investigating at the moment and we're looking at that report coming out probably the middle of next year andi out probably the middle of next year and i think we could see a shake—up in the sector. it is not an area is it where people are inclined to shop around because

joining us now is soumaya keynes.rade war is leading some to crimp investments." how much of the sort of the fears of recession that we're seeing right now, not just in the united states, but around the world, come from the institution of tariffs from the united states? >> yeah, so my piece looked into that question and i think the first point to make is that these tariffs are affecting a large, large fraction of trade between the u.s. and china. but when you put them in the context of the u.s. economy, they're just not that big. so mechanically they shouldn't be enough to tip the u.s. economy into recession. however, i think more important than that mechanical effect is it will be uncertainty that the tariff announcements are creating. businesses don't know what's about to happen. that could encourage them to put off investment and there -- there is evidence that suggest that companies are holding back on investment. the fear is if they hold back on investment perhaps later down the line they'll hold back on hiring a

alana cutland, from milton keynes, was on an internship on the island at the time of her death.cause of fears a pa rtially—colla psed dam could cause mass flooding in the town. police have allowed about 50 people back into their homes. they say they won't let the remaining population return until they're certain that water levels in the reservoir have fallen to a point that could sustain further rainfall. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: supermarkets call on the government to scrap strict competition laws, to help prevent food shortages in the event of a no—deal brexit. plans to resolve a row with doctors over their pensions, after senior medics refuse overtime shifts — increasing waiting times for operations. and boardmasters festival in newquay is cancelled — just hours before it was due to go ahead — because of fears of severe weather. hello, iam ben hello, i am ben thompson. these are the business headlines. holidaymakers travelling with british airways are facing delays and problems checking in online. the airline has blamed

and then as you know a number of economists marx keynes are pointed out is eventually all these mains go on and the question. to those heavy lobbying by the financial sector on the government to ensure actually that this financial sector growth could continue and governments believe that it was in the interest of the economy because everyone told the monitors and told them that if you had all this liquidity in the system then you must be growing your real economy but actually what was happening within that system rather was that you freed up all this money which was then used to bet on the increases in the value of certain companies and certain shares and of money itself in the system and the people who were doing that betting were not only profiting from it but they were also the only people who were regulating the system so it created a huge unstable and an incredibly. equal system in which the rich got very much richer really very fast. for decades society has been transformed into an enormous market to which there's allegedly no alternative. the huge sums few in the financial mark

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might this have any impact on me in milton keynes? maybe. the track looks likely to ta ke maybe.re other toys available. they pride themselves being opened 356 days a year. the darker blue colours denote the uncertainty of the track so it is worth stressing that this storm could change direction. there is the potential on monday that it could make land full in florida and could bea make land full in florida and could be a category four. simon, you sent ina be a category four. simon, you sent in a beautiful weather watcher picture. a cheap shot! and someone upset i am taking credit for their work! a tale of two halves, wet and windy, cloudy. some rain at the moment, the clouds thickening all the time and the wind strengthening into the far north—west but east anglia, the south—east corner, south coast, beautiful afternoon, temperatures into the mid 20s. things will start to change as we move into the weekend but as we move overnight tonight, the cloud pushes off the atlantic, so widely double digits, not as chilly a start. the rain stays across scotland, rainfall totals mounting u