this is news from the office for national statistics. would you make of the story? i don't think it is just about costs. it is cultural. it is also about career. when i started work on my head to say, in 1962, any manager in the banco was working at, lady, was earning half what the same bloke was for the same job —— bank. it was disgraceful. the number of appointments within that bank of managerial status, about 150 people, three, sally. it wasjust... now it is absolutely getting near enough, the gap is closing, it is still unacceptable for the same job. as you so rightly say, careers are much more important. they not more important, but they are something to consider. a lot of women to get it established for the study have children. which is what i did. they had made between 32 and 38 years old, my three children. it meant they could come back to work. there are issues like flexible working... technology, pay, all kinds of issues. i think people today, across the spectrum, are far better educated. they want the opportunity to express themselves having had that educa

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the figures — published by the office for national statistics — show there were more than 730 cases ofd manslaughter. that's the highest number for a decade. but the likelihood of being a victim of violent crime is at its lowest level ever as our home editor mark easton explains. it is a horribly familiar scene. another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high, and knife offences recorded by police reach record levels. the sense is that violence is rising in england and wales, but let's look at the bigger picture. homicide is up, a 10—year high, but this graph suggests it is too early to say that society is becoming more violent. 0verall figures for violent crime show actually a huge fall since the mid—‘90s. the chances of being a victim of violence then were 110 in 1,000. now, the lowest ever, 29. figures for offences involving a knife recorded by police are at their highest. but they only go back to 2011. some experts think the apparent trend upwards may not be quite what it seems. violence involving knives is l

the office for national statistics says nearly a third of graduates are overeducated for the job theyd workers in the uk, with about a quarter overqualified for their job. graduates in arts and humanities were more likely to be under—using their education. the united states has delivered a new warning that allowing the chinese technology company huawei to help build the uk's new 5g data network would pose an unacceptable risk. a decision by theresa may and cabinet ministers to back the proposal was leaked last week. today, a senior american diplomat warned that the us would reconsider how it shared intelligence with any western ally which let huawei play a part in building the new high—speed networks. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. it is the promise of a new high—tech future. 5g data networks will connect almost every device and aspect of our lives. from our cars to our homes. but should this future be made in china? and by this company, huawei? washington has been arguing that the risk of china spying on or switching off 5g through the company is too great. and tod

necessarily include crimes reported to police, that shows a very small increase, but the office for national statisticsympic champion sir mo farah has become involved in a dispute with ethiopian athletics star haile gebrselassie over an alleged robbery at a hotel in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. gebrselassie says he's considering taking legal action against farah, as jon donnison reports. a photocall for sir mo farah and his rivals ahead of the london marathon this weekend, good—humoured sparring with the favourite, world record holder, eliud kipchoge e, from kenya, but is with highly gabba selassie, an ethiopian legend, that mo farah is now involved with a genuine spat. —— haile gebrselassie. mo farah claims he was robbed by hotel staff of two phones and money. somebody at the hotel had gone into my bag, opened somebody at the hotel had gone into opened my somebody at the hotel had gone into bag, somebody at the hotel had gone into my bag, opened my bag, took my money, took my nice watch that my wife brought me as a present. stay for three months in that hotel, it is very disappointing to know t

the figures, published by the office for national statistics, show there were more than 730 cases of ber for a decade. but the likelihood of being a victim of violent crime is at its lowest level ever, as our home editor mark easton explains. it is a horribly familiar scene. another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high, and knife offences recorded by police reach record levels. the sense is that violence is rising in england and wales, but let's look at the bigger picture. homicide is up, a ten—year high, but this graph suggests it is too early to say that society is becoming more violent. 0verall figures for violent crime show actually a huge fall since the mid—‘90s. the chances of being a victim of violence then were 110 in 1,000. now, the lowest ever, 29. figures for offences involving a knife recorded by police are at their highest. but they only go back to 2011. some experts think the apparent trend upwards may not be quite what it seems. violence involving knives is localised. it affects relatively smal

the figures, published by the office for national statistics, show there were more than 730 cases of aughter. that's the highest number for a decade. but the likelihood of being a victim of violent crime is at its lowest level ever, as our home editor mark easton explains. it is a horribly familiar scene. another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high, and knife offences recorded by police reach record levels. the sense is that violence is rising in england and wales, but let's look at the bigger picture. homicide is up, a ten—year high, but this graph suggests it is too early to say that society is becoming more violent. overall figures for violent crime show actually a huge fall since the mid—‘90s. the chances of being a victim of violence then were 110 in 1,000. now, the lowest ever, 29. figures for offences involving a knife recorded by police are at their highest. but they only go back to 2011. some experts think the apparent trend upwards may not be quite what it seems. violence involving knives is locali

the figures — published by the office for national statistics — show there were more than 730 cases of the highest number for a decade. but your chances of being a victim of violent crime are at their lowest level ever as our home editor, mark easton, explains. it is a horribly familiar scene — another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high and knife offences recorded by police reach record levels. crime is now the most troubling political issue after brexit — with police detection rates at their lowest since they were first measured in 2015, there are demands for a more effective response. nobody wakes up and decides just to go and kill somebody. there's got to be some kind of underlying problem, and agencies need to work together, cos you've got little agencies that work on their own. we've seen an appalling number of young lives that have been cut short. the prime minister has recently set up a new cross—departmental serious violence team in whitehall, with a ministerial task force to coordinate the governmen

that's according to data published by the office for national statistics. more on this in a moment.awsuit against credit card business mastercard. the court of appeal has ruled a tribunal must reconsider the class action against mastercard. it alleges 46 million people paid higher prices in shops than they should have due to high card fees. and shares in italian football giant juventus fell by 22% on the milan stock market this morning, after the club was knocked out of the champions league by ajax amsterdam. afternoon, welcome to the business news. we've had the latest update on the cost of living this morning — the consumer price index's measure of inflation came in at 1.9% for march — that's unchanged from february. fuel prices rose between february and march this year, but that was offset by falls in food prices. the office of national statistics say that weakening inflation, combined with the lowest unemployment rate in 44 years. and rising average wages, has helped ease some of the uncertainty around brexit. earlier we spoke to vicky pryce, chief economist adviser, to the cent

in england went up by almost 11% in 2018, according to figures published today by the office for national statisticsbiggest increase being in the number of people aged under 25. police are offering a reward of £20,000 for information leading to the arrest of this man, joseph mccann. he is wanted in connection with the rape and abduction of two women in london last week. this thursday, people across most of england and northern ireland will head to the polls to vote in local council elections. there are around 25,000 people standing to be councillors in england alone. but will the polls be over—shadowed by the still unresolved question of brexit? here'sjon pienaar on why thursday's local elections matter. what? another election? yes, i know, but we don't get bored with using these. 0rfinding the odd road in decent shape. 0r seeing where we're going after dark. forget about brexit, just for a moment anyway. these elections are about choosing the people who run things so the rest of us don't have to worry about it, and so we know who to tell when we do. this election is in nearly 250 english authoritie

the latest figures — they date from two years ago, 2017 — from the office for national statistics, show this isn'tjust a case ofjumping into any old job the moment you graduate. around 30% of graduates were still overeducated for their job five years after graduation. it's a year now since the music streaming service spotify sold its shares on the new york stock exchange and it's marked the anniversary in style. the swedish company now has 100m paying subscribers, that's a first for any music streaming company in an increasingly competitive market. it's not just subscribers that matter. monthly active users are important and they grew by more than a quarter from a year earlier to 217 million. these are figures for the first three months of the year — it had more than £1.5 billion in revenues. but after all that it didn't make a profit. it's still investing heavily and that eats up all its income. in its 13 years existence it has made a profit in one three month period — at the end of last year. allyson stewart—allen is chief executive of international marketing partners — industry. alis

latest figures from the country's official office for national statistics showed retail sales takingsr ago — the biggest rise in two and a half years. the competition watchdog says the uk's "big four" accounting firms must ringfence auditing from their consultancy work. it reviewed the industry after accountants failed to spot business failures at the likes of carillion and bhs. regulators found pwc‘s lead auditor of bhs spent two hours on its 2014 audit and 31 hours on better paid non—audit work. lobby group the city uk, said the plan made a good headline, but wouldn't improve things much. and pinterest, the online picture scrap—book, is valued at over 12 billion dollars, and it's another one of those that has never made a profit. shares in the tech company will launch in new york later today. we'll be keeping an eye on that. britain's lenders are starting to put the most costly consumer scandal to hit the industry behind it, with payouts for mis—sold payment protection insurance known as ppi, falling in the second half of 2018. that's according to a survey from the financial conduct

the figures, published by the office for national statistics, show there were more than 730 cases ofhe highest number since 2008. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke is here with me now. you have been looking through these figures, what more can you tell us? these figures come amid a national debate about this particular issue. two people have died as a result of the stab wounds in london and birmingham since tuesday. earlier this month, the prime minister held a youth violence summit at downing street and said this cannot be solved purely by increasing police numbers and arresting their way out of the situation. the offences are at the highest level since 2011. under new home office proposals, teachers, nhs workers and police officers in england and wales could be held accountable if they fail to spot a violent crime in children among their care. unions reacted angrily to that. murder cases have raised by 12%, 77 more than the previous year. malicious communications, things like stalking and harassment, up 74%. rubbery up attempt, but burglaries see a reduction. rubbery up a

the office for national statistics says the year—on—year growth in march was 6.7%, the highest sinceondentjonty bloom is here. is this a surprise? it is a bit of a surprise because sales are continuing to increase but if you look at the graph comparing this year with last year, that 6.7 increase sounds impressive but this time last year in march we had the beast from the east and people just weren‘t going out shopping so that is slightly deceptive. what‘s more reliable is over the last three months retail sales have increased by1.6%, months retail sales have increased by 1.6%, that is really quite encouraging for shops and it is probably because we are seeing wages increasing considerably faster than inflation and therefore people have more money to spend and it seems they are spending it. and are all retailers doing equally well? most are but the one area that is seeing its sales for our department stores, and if we think about the problems of the house of fraser and debenhams having at the moment, bhs a couple of years ago, we have seenjohn lewis having very low bonuses for its par

year, to the end of march, thatis financial year, to the end of march, that is from the office for national statistics had hoped. in other news, we heard earlier that theresa may will be attending the funeral of the murdered journalist lyra mckee this lunchtime in belfast, labour has announced jeremy corbyn, labour leader, will also be attending the funeral, at saint annes cathedral in the city. two charities are warning that punishing cuts to council budgets are leaving increasing numbers of people at risk on the streets. research by st mungo's and homeless link, suggests nine years of government cuts have left local services for single homeless people in england with a one billion pounds a yearfunding gap. the government said it is committed to preventing all forms of homelessness. the system we have means that people with kids, families, have much more protection in the law, some single people, if they have disabilities, that sort of thing, may be affected, most are not. that is why it is really important that services exist for those people, otherwise they are the people that are much more likely

that's according to data published by the office for national statistics. more on this in a moment. e55 mastercard. the court of appeal has ruled a tribunal mu5t reconsider the class action against mastercard. it alleges 46 million people paid higher prices in shops than they should have due to high card fees. and shares in italian football giant juventu5 fell by 22% on the milan stock market this morning, after the club was knocked out of the champions league by ajax amsterdam. 22%? yes, quite considerable, after ju5t 22%? yes, quite considerable, after just one loss. oh, well. oh, well! house prices rose in february at the slowest rate since september 2012 while in london house prices fell. so there's been a slowdown in house price growth over the past two years. but in london there's been a fall in house prices — the largest fall since mid—2009. the average price in london is roughly double the national average still. there are a number of factors, they say it is because they have been a tax on landlords to discourage people having more than one property, there has been increases

the latest figures — they date from two years ago, 2017 — from the office for national statistics, showter graduation. boeing shareholders meeting today — they are going to have a lot to say. there are a number of shareholders taking boeing to court saying because of the accident and fatal crashes they were not kept abreast of safety deficiencies in the plane. also chief executive and chairman and president is going to have several people challenging whether he should be all those three things andi he should be all those three things and i think perhaps they should split up the role of chairman and chief executive. there will be some fundamental questions asked. the mood could be quite, i think it will be very sombre. having looked at the speech is going to make, saying things like, we do not make safety features are optional and that is a key phrase because one of the things that has been controversial over the past couple of months it's whether certain features on the plane were actually optional which could have helped the plane get out of its problems when they crashed. michelle fle

to tell you that the rate of consumer price index inflation has been released by the office for national statistics. the french president, emmanuel macron, has promised notre dame will be built "even more beautifully." following monday's devastating fire, mr macron said he wants the cathedral rebuilt in five years — in time for the 2024 summer olympics in paris. the sculptor sir anthony gormley, whose works include the angel of the north, told the today programme what notre dame means to him. it's impossible not to feel... i love the gargoyles, for example, on notre dame! which were saved, i believe. yes, i think they have been saved. i think the building itself is an extraordinary... william golding wrote that wonderful book, the spire, and i think he tries to analyse what it is about gothic architecture in particular that catches that notion of collective aspiration. and we have to think that in the 13th century, the only high—rise in paris was notre dame. that extraordinary idea of a reaching to the sky... life was difficult. people lived in the mud, in darkness, and here was this building that

the figures, published by the office for national statistics, show there were more than 730 cases of f violent crime are at their lowest level ever as our home editor, mark easton, explains. it is a horribly familiar scene — another teenager stabbed to death last night in birmingham, as homicide figures for england and wales hit a ten—year high and knife offences recorded by police reach record levels. crime is now the most troubling political issue after brexit — with police detection rates at their lowest since they were first measured in 2015, there are demands for a more effective response. nobody wakes up and decides just to go and kill somebody. there's got to be some kind of underlying problem, and agencies need to work together, cos you've got little agencies that work on their own. we've seen an appalling number of young lives that have been cut short. the prime minister has recently set up a new cross—departmental serious violence team in whitehall, with a ministerial task force to co—ordinate the government's response. i wish there was one single thing that could be done to

the uk economy grew by 0.2% in february compared to the month earlier, according to the office for national statistics. time for sport, let's get a full round—up from the bbc sports centre. here is holly. we're reflecting on another dramtic evening in the champions league with liverpool taking a relatively comfortable 2—0 win over porto while tottenham claimed a narrow 1—0 victory over manchester city — but it may have come at a cost, with harry kane picking up what looked like a serious injury. adam wild has all the details. this is spurs' new home and this exactly the kind of occasion they dreamt would fill it. manchester city the familiar opposition, but there was plenty here that felt new. fitting, then, that modern technology produced the first half's talking point. here, raheem sterling's shot was blocked, the referee calling for help from a video replay. it showed the block was with an arm. penalty decision, eventually. no one has scored more goals for manchester city sergio aguero, but this was one development few predicted. chances for either side were scarce. son heung—min going close. misse

level of knife crime in england and wales has risen to a record high — according to the office for national statistics of high profile stabbings caused heightened public concern. there was also a large number of murders and killings last year. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke has this report. from patrols, to protests, stabbings to sex crime, the police say they have never been under so much pressure. today's figures show there were nearly 41,000 offences involving knives or sharp instruments in 2018, up 6%, and the highest level since 2011. there were 732 murder and manslaughter cases, an increase of 12%. his loss has been an absolute devastation to the whole family. those affected by violent crime, like paulina serunkuma, whose nephew quamari was stabbed to death in 2017, say a greater diversity could make a difference. if the police were to get more ethnic minorities in there, these are our young children, could see police that reflect society, they would be more willing to approach them when there is a problem. because if somebody has been groomed to carry a knife or a gun or anything li

the figures published by the office for national statistics showed more than 730 cases of murder andr attacks, the highest number since 2008. the four—time 0lympic highest number since 2008. the four—time olympic champion sir mo farah has become involved in a dispute with an ethiopian athletics star. highly gather selassie over and an alleged robbery in the ethiopian capital addis ababa. mo farah said he had money, watch and two phones taken from his room and that the owner of the hotel did not help him. the owner said he was considering taking legal action against sir mo farah. thousands of emperor penguin chicks in the world second largest colony have been wiped out because the sea ice where they are raised is not strong enough to support them. researchers at the british antarctic survey made the discovery after studying satellite images of the region. we have more details on the findings. and that is a summary of the main stories. back to you, victoria. how many girls are in gangs? according to figures seen exclusively by this programme from the children's comissioner for england,

months to february to 1.34 million, according to the latest official figures from the office for national statisticshs to february, in line with expectations. a focus on younger consumers has helped jd sports to buck the retail gloom and report record results. the sportswear retailer said pre—tax profits rose 15.4% to £339.9 million in the year to february. its chairman, peter cowgill, told the bbc the business stayed in tune with the millennials and generation z. more on that latest update on the jobs market this morning. the latest figures show that unemployment fell by 27,000 in the three months to february to 1.34 million. the number of people in work remained virtually unchanged at a record high of 32.7 million. ruth gregory, senior uk economist at capital, joins me now. good morning to you. what do you make of these figures? what does it tell us about the way the economy is heading? the labour market has shown little sign of flagging. 179,000 more people in work, and that is driven by employees and full—time workers. the unemployment rate remained at its lowest rate since 1975 at 3.9%. i think

the latest figures from the office for national statistics, show the incidence of overeducation was highestted for their current role five years after graduation. britain's economy will be feeling the impact of brexit on growth for the rest of this year, that's according to leading economic forecaster the ey item club. it says the drag on growth will stop the bank of england from raising interest rates when it meets on thursday. the ey item club also says economic growth has been artificially high thanks to a rise in stockpiling by firms preparing for a no—deal brexit. mark gregory is ey‘s chief economist explain what the impact on uk growth has been of the brexit uncertainty we have seen? the main change since our last forecast in january has been the brexit end date moving again and more uncertainty remains, so business investment continues to disappoint. that is what is dragging down the growth forecasts. how much of that is also the global growth slowdown we have been seen? of that is also the global growth slowdown we have been seemm of that is also the global growth slowdown we have b

the office for national statistics say gdp increased by a modest 0.3% between december and february.as linked to manufacturers and firms stockpiling ahead of the original brexit day — on march 29th. tesco has reported a rise than 28 per cent. chief executive dave lewis said the retailer was on track to meet the "vast majority" of goals set four years ago when he was appointed following an accounting scandal. tesco's pre—tax profit now stands at one point six seven billion pounds. the speed limit on the m275 southbound motorway in portsmouth is being reduced to a0 miles an hour from today. the city council says it's part of planning how to cope with congestion near the port, if the uk leaves the eu without a deal this friday. game of thrones has become one of the most talked about tv shows of the last decade, and its filming locations are proving to bejust as popular. the last ever series is set to air next week, but the legacy for northern ireland will continue for many years to come. our ireland correspondent chris page has this report. the real—life westeros — this part of the uk h

latest figures from the country's official office for national statistics showed retail sales' takingser nice weather—wise. the competition watchdog says the uk's "big four" accounting firms must ringfence auditing from their consultancy work. it reviewed the industry after accountants failed to spot business failures at the likes of carillion and bhs. regulators found pwc‘s lead auditor of bhs spent two hours on its 2014 audit and 31 hours on better paid non—audit work. lobby group, the city uk, said the plan made a good headline, but wouldn't improve things much. and pinterest, the online picture scrap—book, hasjoined the us stock market today — and it is valued at over 12 billion dollars, and it's another one of those that has never made a profit. so another tech giant makes its debut on the stock market — how has it gone? yes, we are talking about pinterest, but i think a lot of people will not know much about it. do you? not really. it is described as an online scrapbook, i wanted some inspiration for some pots i was putting on my front doorstep and i looked at people more creativ

the latest figures from the office for national statistics show that nearly 41,000 offences were recordede you can see the rapid increase in knife crime from 2016 onwards — after the levels dropped to their lowest in recent years in 2013. and this chart demonstrates how homicides rates dropped from 890 in 2004 — to a recent low in 2014 — and since then — rates have increased every year. to discuss the involvement of gangs in the rise of knife crime and what can be done we are nowjoined by cherie johnson, a former gang member who is now running a charity helping girls out of gangs and is advising the police on gang subculture and the various roles young women can play in organised crime. just looking at those figures, what do you read out of those?” just looking at those figures, what do you read out of those? i see a mixture of responses. the more we have awareness of knife crime and we draw people vs attention and encourage them to report, eat we will have an increase in statistics going up. people who are knife crime victims tend to end up in hospital, they don't just victims tend to en

and manslaughter figures, is there anything else you pull out of these figures from the office for national statisticsrecorded offences for people using firearms. we have seen a reduction they are. malicious communication offences have risen staggeringly by 74%. police forces will say that's because they are getting better at recording those offences, things like stalking and harassment. people have more ability to use mobile phones and social media if they want to distress somebody. an 11% increase in robbery, that's the highest in a decade. simple and people feel very passionately about. and, a 3% decrease, the same time, in burglaries. we have seen a police was this week say that there are offences, sometimes, that theyjust cannot investigate. if there are no forensics available, no cctv, they may not necessarily pursue it. so the recording of offences is a factor in these results, but also how police are investigating crimes is also an impact. the policing minister, nick hurd, said overall, crime was low. perspective, what the statistics show is that your chance of being a victim of crime in moder

for the first time in the report we've just launched today, thanks to new data from the office for national statistics so much for coming to talk to us. itjust goes to show outside of london there is strong amount of in the financial services sector which is key to the uk economy. let's take a look at the at the markets. the us market has been pretty flat. trade talks between the us and china are what markets are focusing on, were waiting from news from the white house. the chinese vice premier is going to be meeting with the president. we will see whether there has been progress and that might move the markets any different way. marion, thank you very much. you will note that the house of commons chamber has been cleared because of a water leak if you've been watching. according to the press office who have put out a clarification, this was not a sewage leak. it has been urgently dealt with and has now been isolated. the maintenance team is assessing the damage. this is next to, this is where they are sitting and could be sitting for an awfully long time as they consider that bill to seek a further e