breaking news now, nicola billy who vanished while walking her dog in lancashire injanuary, she diedst has heard. the 45—year—old went missing from a park in lancashire, prompting a search. —— nicola bulley. it took more than three weeks for her body to be found, one mile away from where she was last seen. the pathologist was giving evidence in canticle in preference to an precedent, and said there was no evidence she was harmed. rising housing costs arejust the latest big squeeze on the cost of livingand it's a really worrying time, especially if you've already seen your repayments go up by hundreds of pounds a month. according to the debt charity stepchange, more than a quarter of all new clients say the rising cost of living is the source of their debt. that's compared to just 9%, 18 months ago, back at the start of 2022. 0livia richwald went along to hear about the help on offer. afternoon. you're through to beth at stepchange. how can i help? is he behind with of the bills — rent, council tax, water, tv licence? the call handlers at the charity stepchange help those in financial

court when that happens but to remind you, a coroner has concluded that nicola billy fell into a riverctures sent to us earlier this morning this one from the isle of wight. the early rising sun picking out layers of cloud to the west of the uk and that cloud is associated with an area of low pressure that's near iceland and we have a warm front bringing damp weather to the northern half of the uk behind the one front there is going to be turning quite humid as we go through the rest of the day and overnight. through the afternoon, the cloud will bring us in patches of rain, mostly light. but we will see some heavy bursts of rain across scotland for a time. it should stay dry and bright across the south. temperatures widely into the south. temperatures widely into the low 20s. 0vernight tonight, is they who made a works its way in we will have increasingly thick cloud across western areas of the uk with extensive drizzle developing overnight. the other thing that cloudy weather will do is it will stop temperatures falling fast of 16 or 17 degrees overnight. tomorrow morning, jump—start

the investigation into the death of nicola billy found she died as a result of drowning and there wasr. she went missing while walking her dog along a river in lancashire. her disappearance injanuary lancashire. her disappearance in january sparked lancashire. her disappearance injanuary sparked a major search in the area, took three weeks for her body to be found just a mile from where she was last seen. uk home office documents show it could cost £36,000 or $80,000 more to send an asylum seeker to rwanda than to keep them in the uk. the information is in an economic assessment of the illegal migration which has just been published by ministers, it found nearly two out of five people would need to be deterred from crossing the channel for the plan to break even. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. climate the uk, this is bbc news. change is a global problem climate change is a global problem but one way to tackle it could be found here. this doctor guides me through a field of barley in norfolk, this is the sensor. he wants to show me two senses. as it sniffing the

the inquest into the death of nicola billy has been hearing more details this morning.was found in the river wye in february. live now to our correspondence danny savage years at the inquest. this to our correspondence danny savage years at the inquest.— years at the inquest. this is the second day _ years at the inquest. this is the second day of— years at the inquest. this is the second day of the _ years at the inquest. this is the second day of the inquest - years at the inquest. this is the second day of the inquest into i second day of the inquest into nicola billy? death. yesterday we heard from the expert witnesses about how quickly you could become unconscious in cold water when you plunge into it. that came out has less than 30 seconds, potentially. today we have been hearing from her family. it was quite an emotional morning, as you would expect. both of the main witnesses became over, times and had to have short breaks because they became so tearful because they became so tearful because they became so tearful because they were talking about such a close rel

, was continuing apace behind the scenes and then today as a spokesperson for nicola sturgeon said, by arrangement with billynd questioned in relation to operation branchform. the way things work in scotland, 12 hours are from the time somebody is arrested before they are either have to be charged with a crime paul released while inquiries continue. then, as many of your guests and commentators have been at pains to emphasise, that arrest also means that the case is now active for the purposes of what is known as a contempt of court act, which limits what anyone can say and limits what anyone can say and limits the extent of any speculation surrounding today's developments. irate surrounding today's developments. we did hear from a spokesperson for nicola sturgeon earlier and confirming that arrest and saying she has consistently said she would cooperate with the investigation and continues to do so. but interestingly, humza yousaf, nicola sturgeon's successor as first minister, he was speaking to the bbc today and he said that he had recently asked nicola sturgeon about her welfare, that she had mentioned h