we suspect a significant number in the uk. part of that venture, but there�*s no doubt that someone else will take over what they did and do something similar, because it�*s such a fruitful business model. one migrant trying to reach the uk was 24—year—old safa. his whereabouts are still unknown. politicians have been determined to stop the boats and now, the mantra is "smash the gangs". and while there have been some wins, it�*s clear to me there�*s a long way to go to stop the smugglers. hello there. much of the country today had a fine and largely dry one, and it was milder than it was yesterday, despite the lack of sunshine. now this mild theme is here to stay, certainly for the first half of this upcoming week, but it will be dominated by low pressure, so it will be wet and windy at times, and then all areas will be turning colder from thursday onwards, with an increasing chance of wintry showers on hills in the north. at the moment though, we�*re in this wedge of milder air, rather cloudy skies because of a lot of moistu

we suspect a significant number in the uk.nt part of that venture, but there�*s no doubt that someone else will take over what they did and do something similar, because it�*s such a fruitful business model. 0ne migrant trying to reach the uk was 24—year—old safa. his whereabouts are still unknown. politicians have been determined to stop the boats and now, the mantra is "smash the gangs". and while there have been some wins, it�*s clear to me there�*s a long way to go to stop the smugglers. hello there. well, finally, some blue sky and some sunshine for many parts of england and wales through the day on saturday. and it was a beautiful end to the day — lots of red skies around, including here in gosport in hampshire with our approaching weather front. but it�*s that weather front that�*s introducing a lot more cloud as we head through sunday, so it�*s not such a nice day of weather. there�*ll be a brisk westerly wind, many places will stay dry and the air is going to turn a lot milder — and that�*s because it�*s a warm front

we suspect a significant number in the uk.ple because they would change identity. we're hoping that we've dismantled, disrupted, a significant part of that venture, but there's no doubt that someone else will take over what they did and do something similar, because it's such a fruitful business model. waves crash. 0ne migrant trying to reach the uk was 24—year—old safa. his whereabouts are still unknown, nine months politicians have been determined to stop the boats. and now the mantra is "smash the gangs". and while there have been some wins, it's clear to me there's a long way to go to stop the smugglers. hello. after a week of gloomy weather, it does make a difference to see the sunshine. we start off the weekend with sunshine for many today. but tomorrow, the cloud makes a return, quite breezy but you will notice it turning milder with winds from the southwest. a sunnier slice of weather across england and wales for the rest of today, cloudier skies in scotland and northern ireland with patchy drizzle, but it is a warm fr

the uk needs euroe. ., europe. 50 the eu and uk will be europe.he eu and uk will be two of _ europe. so the eu and uk will be two of each _ europe. so the eu and uk will be two of each other's - europe. so the eu and uk will be two of each other's most i be two of each other's most important trading partners. the message from the meeting will be one of improving ties for the remote mutual benefit of those economic areas.- the remote mutual benefit of those economic areas. what will those economic areas. what will those ties look _ those economic areas. what will those ties look like _ those economic areas. what will those ties look like in _ those ties look like in practice?— those ties look like in practice? those ties look like in -ractice? , those ties look like in ractice? , , ., practice? there might be some concessions — practice? there might be some concessions in _ practice? there might be some concessions in regard - practice? there might be some concessions in regard to - practice? there might be some concessions in regard to food i conc

i that change for the eu and the uk? ,, . ., , ., uk? i think when it comes to defence. _ uk?k when it comes to defence, it is _ uk? i think when it comes to defence, it is quite _ uk? i think when it comes to defence, it is quite likely - defence, it is quite likely that the uk and eu will want to cooperate even further because the uk is very important in that sense we have power and strength there and i think that could help cement the relationship a little bit more. when it comes to trade, it feels that the us has its own agenda, i don't think they necessarily differentiate between different countries. what we had so far apart from potentially china, and a few other countries when it comes to europe, there is no separation between the way the us may cs, but everything can change. us may cs, but everything can chante. ., ., us may cs, but everything can chante. ., ,, i. us may cs, but everything can chante. ., ~' ,, , us may cs, but everything can chante. ., ., , . ., change. thank you very much for comint onto the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc n

in the uk and then had set up business in the uk, including a business which was involved in aiding ukng. as part of that, he came into contact with prince andrew, built close relationships with the prince, the prince himself has had business relationships with him, he has been a business envoy to china and it was through an organisation called pitch at palace, his attempt to help start—up companies, that is where he became close to him. they developed a close relationship but it was the nature of that relationship and the closeness of it that caused concern, i think, the closeness of it that caused concern, ithink, amongst the closeness of it that caused concern, i think, amongst uk security authorities. now, when they stopped him, they searched his mobile phone and what emerged in the court case was that there were documents on that there were documents on that phone, messages, text documents, that suggested a very close relationship. damian grammaticas — very close relationship. damian grammaticas there _ very close relationship. damian grammaticas there with - very close relationsh

many have found sanctuary here and the uk over the years. a film—maker who said, there is now hope for syrians to get their country back. uk stands by syrians like that, by assad's victims across the world, in the face of the uncertainty and new changes, we will secure the uk against terrorism and illegal migration whilst helping syrians to achieve a betterfuture. i commend this statement to the house. . house. priti patel. i am grateful _ house. priti patel. i am grateful to _ house. priti patel. i am grateful to the - house. priti patel. i am grateful to the foreign | grateful to the foreign secretary for his statement. few will shed any tears for the removal of this vile tyrant from office. he bears responsibility for countless deaths, torture of his opponents, the use of chemical weapons and repression on an horrendous scale. half a million people have died as a result of his apparent actions in this conflict. we'll remember the shocking images of the impact of this conflict and the impact of this conflict and the debates in this house,

the uk is an outlier among them. so i think the uk as well— among them.term. thank— government and this next term. thank you — government and this next term. thank you very much for that and i appreciate you notjust in this answer but in the last hour and thank you for coming onto the programme. that is about all we have time for, thank you very much for your company and thank you for watching. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm gavin ramjaun. we'll start with news of the fa cup — and the draw for the competition's third round has been made — where lower league sides get the chance to face premier league opposition. perhaps the headliner though — holders manchester united have been drawn away to record ia—time winners arsenal. manchester city, without a win in seven matches — welcome �*class of 92'—owned salford city, in the fourth tier. some lower opposition for liverpool, chelsea and newcastle too. there's all premier league tie between aston villa and west ham. the third—round ties will be played over the weekend of saturda

yes, there was no _ unchanged today in the uk? yes, there was no real _ unchanged today in the uk?al expectation there was no real expectation the bank of england will follow the bank of england will follow the federal reserve and the other central banks because you mention some of the inflation data we have this week, obviously headline inflation quicker on what we saw in october, and similarly also wages data which is probably the key data point for those members of the bank of england committee are worried about core services let inflation, thatis core services let inflation, that is running north of 5% so they will still i expect when they will still i expect when they reveal their discussions talk in terms of gradual reductions going into next year. reductions going into next ear. ., ., , ., reductions going into next ear. ., ., ., year. for our viewers at home, make sense — year. for our viewers at home, make sense of _ year. for our viewers at home, make sense of the _ year. for our viewers at home, make sense of the markets - make sense of the markets because yesterday we s

someone has suggested this is the uk _ down? someone has suggested this is the uk saying _ down? uk saying we - down? someone has suggested this is the uk saying we want i this is the uk saying we want all of the good bits and none of the bad bits. how has it been received?— of the bad bits. how has it been received? the first thing is lots of warm _ been received? the first thing is lots of warm words - been received? the first thing is lots of warm words about . been received? the first thing is lots of warm words about a | is lots of warm words about a close at relationship. the baseline for this is the fact that the newish labour government in the uk news that the deal inherited from the conservative government was too hard a brexit, to clean a break, and the uk economy, which has suffered from slowish growth over the past few years, could do with the boost of not having to deal with many of the trade barriers, nontariff barriers as they are called, extra red tape, that leaving the single market and customs union inevitably entails. they are not going to reverse those headlin

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what would be wedded to uk?re asking will compensate for the brexit bosses that the uk has had? to make it is very different to the impact that brexit had. initial assessments were that it is .08% of uk gdp. but that doesn't really take into consideration the impact of actually being part of this rapidly growing dynamic environment and also the fact that a lot of other economies are now looking to join cptpp as a direct result of uk exceeding. i think moving forward this is going to be a hugely important trading community for the united kingdom scope particularly because of the very specific access of the agreement divided for the uk — excellent, world leading services. 80% of the uk is services and the cptpp agreement has innovative approaches to digital trade, e—commerce, and goods and services. in the medium to longer term, we will be much, much greater than was perceived to the assessment at the moment. but in comparison to the eu, obviously it is nowhere near that. you have described various factors there.

the charity age uk states it's already too late.on credit claims to be processed, and has been inundated with requests for help. we know that many of those claims will be successful, but, unfortunately, some won't be. and for some older people, they still haven't heard about pension credit or the form is too overwhelming. and there is help available, but, of course, the system is overwhelmed at the moment. there were 91,000 unprocessed claims for pension credit in mid—november. the government brought in around 500 extra staff to process applications to help deal with demand. around 9,000 claims are being processed each week and that's double the amount being processed in august. the prime minister said most pensioners will soon be in a better financial position. a pensioner, as it were, a year ago, facing the winter, even with the winter fuel allowance, will not be as well off as a pensioner after the £460, £470 next april. but that is only because we can maintain the triple lock. will this policy be a hit or miss? politicians talk

she currently has no permission to work in the uk.ids take place nationally, we find many businesses are on high alert. posts on vietnamese facebook groups warn businesses about the raids. others offer services to keep a lookout for officers, and there are still hundreds of posts from people here illegally looking for nail barjobs. posing as a vietnamese skilled nail technician in the uk without a visa, a team member called a dozen nail bars to see if they'd give her a job. i got thejob. this shop, she asked me when they can come. so she wasn't deterred that you didn't have papers. within an hour, she'd been offered work at two nail bars. clearly, the risk of huge fines isn't a deterrent to some employers in need of cheap, skilled workers. for those working underground, life in the uk is very different from what the smugglers promised them. this man's been sofa surfing around the country for the last few months with just a few belongings. i am in a difficult situation. jobless, no place to stay. he now plans on returning home to vietn

and £40 billion, the uk underpinning it. and £40 billion. huge _ the uk underpinning it.nvestment, - the uk underpinning it. and £40 billion, huge investment, lots i billion, huge investment, lots of concerns about human rights in qatar. but first, the former ambassador to qatar, thank you so much. the beginning of that ceremonial state visit will start in a few hours and we will bring you special coverage throughout the day on bbc news. studio: thank you, we look forward to much more of your coverage from buckingham palace. in the last hour, israel's military says it's attacked a terrorist cell in lebanon's bekaa province. in a statement, the military said more details would follow. it comes as fears that a fragile ceasefire in lebanon could collapse after israel and hezbollah launched attacks against each other on monday. both sides say they were retaliating to violations of the truce agreement. the deal ended two months of a full—scale war. the lebanese health ministry reported that at least nine people were killed in two villages. israel says it targeted hezbollah roc

around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. syrians are celebrating the fall of the assad regime. we have seen celebrations in manchester in the uk, yesterday a number of people there gathered and we heard many voices coming back through the border across from lebanon, jordan come turkey scenes celebrating hugely relieved that the regime of assad who's been in powerfor over 50 years is not how gone. lots of questions for many. this year's golden globe nominations have been announced — with the musical thriller, emilia perez leading with ten nominations. the spanish—language film starring zoe saldana and selena gomez is about a mexican drug lord who transitions to life as a woman. others in the running include, "the brutalist" with seven nominations and the papal thriller "conclave" with six. the broadway musical adaption "wicked" earned four nominations. in television, the drama comedy "the bear" about a chicago chef won five nominations. let's speak to tv and film critic caroline frost about what we can expect this awards seas

it is the uk intelligence auen it do? it is the uk intelligence agency and — it do?o? it is the uk intelligence i agency and cybersecurity, one of three set along in my five and m16. james bond-style music plays. the it's one of the most secret buildings in the world. alongside m15 and m16. and so we intercept communication signals, analyse those and keep the uk safe from threats, whether they emanate from terrorists, individuals, or hostile states. there are more than 6,000 people here. analysts, linguists, technicians, intercepting and interpreting communications. at the heart of the building is the emc, the event management centre. so, when we watch spooks and slow horses and they always have that room with screens and people at laptops and frantic conversations — you're in charge of that room? yes. this is that room, yes. sarah — not her real name — is a senior operations officer. we can't show her face and her words are spoken by our producer. i lead a team of amazing, but ultimately ordinary people doing some fairly extraordinary things. so, say there's a terro

now, here in the uk.an altercation at manchester airport say they have instructed the lawyer who represented the family of murdered teenager stephen lawrence, to represent them. mohammed amaaz, who is 20, and muhammed amaad, who's 25, have been charged with actual bodily harm over the altercation with police. mobile phone footage had shown one of the officers kicking and stamping on the head of one man while he was lying on the floor, as the incident came to an end. the cps says it took the combination of evidence and expert opinion into account, before deciding that no charges will be brought against any of the police officers involved. turning to france. gisele pelicot�*s lawyer says her client would have no fear of a new trial should any of the men convicted of raping her decide to appeal. it follows the conviction of her ex—husband and 50 other defendants yesterday. president macron hs praised gisele pelicot — in a social media post — saying she had "moved and inspired france and the world." dominique

i wonder where it leaves the uk in terms of. it leaves the uk in terms of competitiveness. of trade wars between europe and china and the us and we are preparing for another trim presidency. so where does the pay day to leave the uk in terms of how competitive it is for businesses to operate here? i think it is worth bringing in some of the other things you talked about at the top. we have this employment rights bill coming in and general strong support for the bill and a level playing field but it does raise costs for businesses, especially those smaller firms with flexible workers so the risk is when you combine the rights bill with the big increase in minimum wage we know is coming through and with the increase in national insurance contributions and actually you are imposing quite a big increase in cost on employers and in areas like leisure and hospitality that will make it very difficult for them to compete. very difficult for them to compete-— very difficult for them to compete. very difficult for them to comete. ., . ~ ., ., compete. good to talk to and i'm lad comp

18 years and— uk for 18 years and i know hundreds _ uk for 18 years and i know hundreds of— uk for 18 thousands - uk for 18 years and i know hundreds of thousands of | hundreds of thousands of british citizens work and live in saudi arabia and they enjoyed saudi arabia. i have a daughter, a wife, a mother, there salary is much better than me and they are getting a lot of opportunities than me in the past, today and tomorrow, so what you are saying is not true, but let's see what saudi arabia can bring to the world. we are building sustainability, we are bringing sustainability solutions and equality of opportunities to other countries. we are bringing money to the uk economy, we have the british prime minister was visiting in just a few days, saying he was hoping and looking forward to strengthening the relationship between the two countries, which has been full centuries... so we will continue to bring all the solution and sustainability. that is why our... because of the impact on the economy, the impact we're going to have the environment and also the impact on the communities. sau

the european single market is by far the uk's biggest trading partner.s of goods and services went to the eu last year. since brexit, though, exports have fallen sharply — they are now 11% below their level in 2019 before the uk formally left the eu. our economics editor faisal islam is in brussels for us. tell us more about this reset that we are expecting.- that we are expecting. good afternoon — that we are expecting. good afternoon from _ that we are expecting. good afternoon from brussels, i afternoon from brussels, michelle. the finance minister rachel reeves as you said is here in brussels for what she calls a milestone. she says she wants a more normal trading arrangement with the eu, from that which the still newish labour government inherited from their predecessors in the conservative party. to that end, she is right now addressing that meeting of european finance ministers and it is very warm words, we are hearing, we have continually heard warm words and what they call a reset of the economic relationship between the uk and the eu after brex

you to be aroom to with widespread impacts for the uk.— impacts for the uk.bout this _ impacts for the uk. you have written about this on - impacts for the uk. you have written about this on the - impacts for the uk. you have j written about this on the bbc website haven't you.- written about this on the bbc website haven't you. yes, that has been _ website haven't you. yes, that has been updated _ website haven't you. yes, that has been updated now. - website haven't you. yes, that has been updated now. take l website haven't you. yes, that has been updated now. take a j has been updated now. take a look at chris's _ has been updated now. take a look at chris's piece _ has been updated now. take a look at chris's piece online - has been updated now. take a look at chris's piece online as| look at chris's piece online as well if you want more on all of that. let's get more now on the major disruption along the uk's rail network, which is causing delays across at least nine train lines this morning. let's speak to travel journalist simon calder, who is at padd

the uk led the way — guidelines around al? the uk led the way in _ guidelines around al?way in terms of - led the way in terms of responsible ai. back in 2016 and 2017, there is investment —— investment into organisations like the turin institute and other good organisations, the centre for democracy and ai at cambridge, and the uk has led the way in thinking through responsible use, and the eu with the eu would ai act has also put a flag in the ground in thinking through responsible use as what is known as conformance assessment, pretty much are these products working to ensure that people, lives are actually improved by them? and why we have not globally settled on a universal set of standards and forms and practices, i am standards and forms and practices, iam heartened by the attention that is being paid all around the world, and yes, in the uk and eu. rumman chowdhury. _ yes, in the uk and eu. rumman chowdhury, thank— yes, in the uk and eu. rumman chowdhury, thank you _ yes, in the uk and eu. rumman chowdhury, thank you for - yes, in the uk and eu. rumman chowdhury,

the uk is further down the chain.hat you will see is a fairly sympathetic response, actually, because both countries, all countries here are looking for partnerships and like—minded administrations, so while italy has been trying to find ways of tackling it, some of them very controversial, it has to be said, the approach is taken to stop boats leaving libya and tunisia, talking about getting migrants processed, paperwork processed in places like albania. the uk is looking at new approaches also. there is a kind of meeting mind there and ultimately, really, the countries alljoin in that this is a big priority. a growing number of councils in england are stepping in to replace the winter fuel payment for financially vulnerable pensioners who no longer qualify for government support. research by radio 4's money box programme has found that around one in five councils are using their own hardship funds as well as the government's household support fund to offer a direct replacement. 0ur reporter dan whitworth has more. d

. outright recession in the uk economy-— outright recession in the uk econom . . . ,, . economy.s, chief european economist _ economy. katharine neiss, chief european economist at - economy. katharine neiss, chief european economist at pgi - economy. katharine neiss, chief european economist at pgi m i european economist at pgi m fixed—income, thank you. this weekend britain joins the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans—pacific partnership — or cptpp for short. i don't know which is easier to say! from now, it will be able to trade, tariff—free, with japan, singapore, chile, new zealand, vietnam, peru, malaysia and brunei. australia is due to join the bloc later this month. let's now turn our attention to india. the world's second largest steel producer has said it is considering imposing a temporary tax on imported steel, as the country sees a surge in cheap chinese imports. 0ur india business correspondent, nikhil inamdar, has the latest. speaking at the sidelines of an event on thursday, india's steel minister has said the country is weighing a decision to impose

he wrote that this uk government is special. with an absolute moron." he ends the post with saying, "said! " he's a republican strategist who co—ran as donald trump's successful campaign for the presidency this year, so a less than helpful post from him, as i say, describing lord mandelson as an absolute moron who should stay at home. an interesting first response from across the pond. tonight marks the beginning of the busiest travel weekend of the year in the uk. the rac projects that 1a million drivers will hit the road, with millions of people also travelling by rail, air, and ferry. let's speak to our reporter frances read — who's perfectly positioned to monitor the getaway for us. give us the latest. it's moving on them 25 at _ give us the latest. it's moving on them 25 at the _ give us the latest. it's moving on them 25 at the moment, but - them 25 at the moment, but unsurprisingly today is supposed to be one of the busiest days of the christmas holidays —— m 25. people broke up from school and work today, so they are vis

that's almost half of all uk's exports.mports from the eu account for over half of the uk total, worth {a66 billion last year. since brexit, exports have fallen. they are now 11% below their level in 2019 before the uk formally left the eu. now with the threat of us tariffs under donald trump and the increasing competition from china, there is a feeling on both sides that a closer relationship is beneficial. i'm joined by a former negotiator for the european commission, ignacio garcia bercero, is at the bruegel institute in brussels. good to have you on the programme. rachel reeves is saying she wants a reset as is the uk prime minister. what is brussels saying? i the uk prime minister. what is brussels saying?— brussels saying? i think brussels _ brussels saying? i think brussels from _ brussels saying? i think brussels from my - brussels saying? i think brussels from my point| brussels saying? i think l brussels from my point of brussels saying? i think - brussels from my point of view is quite open inaudible a good oppor

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it is awkward that the uk and others _ is awkward that the uk and others have proscribed hts as a terroristthem from any dealings with this group and i think— dealings with this group and i think they should look again at that very— think they should look again at that very quickly and provided there — that very quickly and provided there is— that very quickly and provided there is enough evidence that abu mohammed al—jolani is looking _ abu mohammed al—jolani is looking to move towards a more inclusive — looking to move towards a more inclusive syria, that those restrictions are taken away so that— restrictions are taken away so that the — restrictions are taken away so that the groups get the support they need in the early stages. we will— they need in the early stages. we will look at some of those issues in a moment but for the moment to both of you, thanks forjoining us. international reaction to the fast moving events in syria has been coming in — as the rest of the world reacts to the dramatic events of the last few days. the united nations security council is holding an emergency se

she currently has no permission to work in the uk.ionally, we find many businesses are on high alert. posts on vietnamese facebook groups warn businesses about the raids. others offer services to keep a lookout for officers, and there are still hundreds of posts from people here illegally looking for nail barjobs. posing as a vietnamese skilled nail technician in the uk without a visa, a team member called a dozen nail bars to see if they'd give her a job. i got thejob. this shop, she asked me when they can come. so she wasn't deterred that you didn't have papers. within an hour, she'd been offered work at two nail bars. clearly, the risk of huge fines isn't a deterrent to some employers in need of cheap, skilled workers. for those working underground, life in the uk is very different from what the smugglers promised them. this man's been sofa surfing around the country for the last few months with just a few belongings. i am in a difficult situation. jobless, no place to stay. he now plans on returning home to vietnam, while many oth

in terms of the uk, the way it _ efficiency. in terms of the uk, the way it currently _ efficiency.the uk, the way it currently works is l the way it currently works is money can be given by political parties from uk registered companies, so that would be the avenue or mechanism elon musk would have to use to donate to reform uk. �* his own money $270 million of his own money that that was the amount disclosed that we know about and then inserting himself into the presidential campaign, not just being a passive donor like many of 1535 00:1

uk ambassador to the us.new uk ambassador to the united states, the bbc understands.an official announcement is expected soon. peter mandelson is of course a former cabinet minister in tony blair's government. he is seen by many as the architect of new labour. we will bring you more on that as we get it. downing street says the prime minister has confidence in the treasury minister, tulip siddiq, after she was named in a corruption investigation in bangladesh. the investigation is based on accusations that tulip siddiq's family embezzled almost £4 billion from infrastructure projects there. tulip siddiq's responsibilities as a minister include tackling corruption in the uk's financial markets. our investigations correspondentjoe pike has sent this update from westminster. this relates to tulip siddiq's aunt, who ruled bangladesh for two decades until fleeing the country earlier this year, widely considered to be an autocrat who clamps down on dissent. although, we should point out this investigation has been

it's one that the uk needs to continue to have a good relationship with.m state dinners to business talks, he helped forge closer ties. this one, a business event nine years ago for china's president xi jinping. ajudgment from the special immigration appeals commission, a semisecret court, has revealed that a chinese man known only as h6 has been banned from the uk because he is a threat to national security. the duke's adviser dominic hampshire told h6 that he could act for the dukein told h6 that he could act for the duke in talks with potential chinese investors. when the security services search h6�*s phone in 2021, they saw evidence that he might be deceiving the prince to gain influence for the chinese communist party. the court found that h6 had beenin party. the court found that h6 had been in a position to generate relationships with prominent uk figures which could be leveraged for political interference purposes. there was a letter from dominic hampshire on the phone. he told h6 that... 0utside hampshire on the phone. he told h6 that... outside

and if you're somewhere else in the uk, age uk say that they have lists of things going on.. if you don't want to look at the website, just call them and they'll tell you where you can go to be around others this christmas. that leaves one thing for us to do here, from me and everyone at the alexandra in wimbledon. we wish you a very... all: merry christmas! christmas is a time of traditions for many people — and there are few things more traditional than a panto. our reporter nick servini has been talking to the audience at a production in cardiff, to find out why they still have such appeal. welcome, one and all, to the royal ball! a cheesy gag, a dame and a fairy tale. yes, it's that time of the year when panto pulls in the crowds. and cinderella at the new theatre in cardiff is no exception. what's remarkable about panto is its enduring appeal. now, the season may be a bit shorter than it once was, but it is still an absolute banker to get bums on seats. do you come every year? every year. since the kids were small, but now they're all grown up and they didn't want to co

entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's power list for 2025 — entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's iwillor 2025 — entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's iwill be ist for 2025 — entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's iwill be a :for 2025 — entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's iwill be a 25ir 2025 — entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's iwill be a 25 basiss — entrepreneur dean forbes tops the uk's iwill be a 25 basis point think it is will be a 25 basis point cut. we are expecting more cuts in 2025, and i think the street is pricing into cuts but we are pricing in three and we think it is a trade—off between inflation and labour and i trade—off between inflation and labourand i do trade—off between inflation and labour and i do not think the fed wants to see labour market any lower than what we see today. about 4.2% unemployment rate. it will be a challenge for them to see what is the right balance. i'm confident they will do a cut today and they will delay an up to one injanuary, and wait to see how the data comes, but it is a trade—off between labour and inflation and i think the infl

mr yang is appealing his ban from the uk.n anonymity to be lifted, insisting he's an entrepreneur trying to build bridges between east and west. in a statement, he said: "i have done nothing wrong or unlawful. the description of me as a spy is entirely untrue." adding: "i love this country as my second home. i would never do anything to harm the interests of the uk." what the case of yang tengbo and prince andrew has now done is add charge to a political debate here. the government wants to reach out and engage with china. conservatives say that comes with risks. when it comes to a member of the royalfamily, i simply say this, how was it i that somebody who was known to the security forces, was allowed to get so close to a member of the royal family without proper scrutiny, exposing them ? given what we've learned and what we know, these very close relations that the prime minister is apparently attempting may not be wise. and the rather sycophantic tone the prime minister took with president xi at the 620 a few weeks ago may

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the government sa s it uk in decades. the government says it wants — uk in decades.ecades. the government says it wants to find a _ uk in decades. the government says it wants to find a fairer- says it wants to find a fairer system and what i understand from people who are privy to this consultation, they're saying that the onus put on the creators to go to the companies would be to save your using our content here and we need compensation or please take it off your site. is that not reassuring to you? it off your site. is that not reassuring to you?- off your site. is that not reassuring to you? it is not reassuring _ reassuring to you? it is not reassuring at _ reassuring to you? it is not reassuring at all. _ reassuring to you? it is not reassuring at all. we - reassuring to you? it is not. reassuring at all. we currently have a fair system and it is illegal to train commercials down to the ai model without permission and the government is suggesting changing that and bringing in these copyright exceptions and what they're proposing is an opt out scheme that means

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the uk. _ north of the uk. perhaps in north of north ireland. - north of north ireland. blustery with a few showers and may be some brightness. the vast majority of england and wales weave rc dry with light winds and a lot of grey weather ran with limited brightness. the odd spot of drizzle across. temperatures remaining in double figures for most, on the mild side again. rather chilly for scotland. as you move through boxing day night, it stays dry for majority of the country again. a lot of cloud around and a little bit of rain across northern ireland. chilly across northern ireland. chilly across the far north of scotland but temperatures at about five to 9 degrees as you go further south. area of high pressure still dominating so mostly dry with light winds. this weather front across scotland could give outbreaks of rain mainly to argyll and to the highlands, a little bit of rain across northern parts of northern ireland. the vast majority, friday looks dry with limited brightness and rat

mr yang is appealing his ban from the uk.ked today for his own anonymity to be lifted, insisting he's an entrepreneur trying to build bridges between east and west. in a statement, he said: "i have done nothing wrong or unlawful. the description of me as a spy is entirely untrue." adding: "i love this country as my second home. i would never do anything to harm the interests of the uk." what the case of yang tengbo and prince andrew has now done is add charge to a political debate here. the government wants to reach out and engage with china. conservatives say that comes with risks. when it comes to a member of the royalfamily, i simply say this, how was it that somebody who was known to the security forces, was allowed to get so close to a member of the royal family without proper scrutiny, exposing them 7 given what we've learned and what we know, these very close relations that the prime minister is apparently attempting may not be wise. and the rather sycophantic tone the prime minister took with president xi at the 620 a

that's according to the world weather attribution service at imperial college london in the uk.ttest year on record, the risk of extreme weather events such as heatwave, typhoons and hurricanes is increased. an ordinary hurricane... i'm not going in a direction of saying hurricanes are easily possible, i'm just saying hurricane helene, for example, went from a category three to a category five very quickly. and you saw what it did in north carolina by the amount of rainfall that fell and the devastation that was caused, and that was climate—induced. so all of these things... and we can look right across the globe. don't look at your own country, don't look at the uk and just say, "oh, we haven't seen much of this," although storm bert did quite some damage in the welsh valleys. you've got to look globally at these things and i call it something like join the dots. and once you join those dots, you get a real, real picture of what's going on with accelerated temperatures, with fossil fuel emissions at their peak. despite what's going on in terms of renewables, etc, we're still be

we information and intelligence gathering in the uk.the chinese authorities _ gathering in the uk. we see the chinese authorities playing - gathering in the uk. we see the chinese authorities playing the l gathering in the uk. we see the - chinese authorities playing the long game and cultivating contacts to manipulate opinion in china's favour. seeking to influence prominent people across the political landscape, but early in people's careers and life, garnering a debt. ~ , people's careers and life, garnering adebt. , a debt. with the chinese embassy has cold the allegations _ a debt. with the chinese embassy has cold the allegations a _ a debt. with the chinese embassy has cold the allegations a baseless - cold the allegations a baseless smear. as for prince andrew, he withdrew from public life after his newsnight interview over his relationship with the now dead sex offenderjeffrey epstein. that relationship raised questions of judgment and now another relationship has led to more. the prince made his first comments on all of this i

let's reflect on reform uk _ did this happen. let's reflect on reform uk and _ did this happen.d this happen. let's reflect - on reform uk and how they burst onto the scene. the aim they say is to replace the conservatives, they said they took inspiration from what happened to the conservatives in canada and one of the key issues they campaigned at the general election on was immigration so that's a backdrop to the row taking place. nigel farage posting this tweet on boxing day saying they had overtaken the conservatives in terms of membership.— conservatives in terms of membership. conservatives in terms of membershi. ., , ., . ., , ., membership. lots of claims and counter claims _ membership. lots of claims and counter claims about _ membership. lots of claims and counter claims about the - counter claims about the technicalities of who has got more members?— technicalities of who has got more members? . ., more members? nigel farage said the had more members? nigel farage said they had hit _ more members? nigel farage said they had hit almost _ more members? nigel farage sai

now you're based in the uk, and you've just seen a uk general election in which immigration has beenopic. and for nigel farage and his reform party, it's been the topic upon which they've based a really very successful election campaign, winning14% of the vote from a standing start. there is clearly a deep concern about negative impacts of immigration in the country you now call home. do you understand why? yes, and i empathise with many people who do feel worried about the number of migrants. i think, firstly, there's been a great conflation of migration and refugees. when it comes to economic migrants or students, i think every country has the right to choose how many people it has, and it's absolutely right that people have a grown—up conversation about that. when it comes to refugees, that's people in legitimate fear of their lives or persecution, i think there's international law and moral judgment that should come into it, as well. but on economic migrants, we need to have a conversation in the uk about migration. but it is the case that in certain places, people are feeling th

let's remind you of the breaking news here in the uk, 'ail breaking news here in the uk, jail men— breakingbeen arrested after— jail men have been arrested after a _ jail men have been arrested after a christmas fairground ride — after a christmas fairground ride crashed to the ground at birmingham city centre. —— two men _ birmingham city centre. -- two men. ~ , ~ . , birmingham city centre. -- two men. west midlands fire service said the city _ men. west midlands fire service said the city flyer_ men. west midlands fire service said the city flyer rider - said the city flyer rider dropped to ground level while in operation. lee say the men, aged 55 and 21, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and obstructing officers. they remain in custody. a coroner has found that former british soldier daniel burke was unlawfully killed in ukraine in august 2023. he was assisting ukrainian forces but was murdered outside the theatre of war by someone he knew and regarded as a comrade. the manchester area coroner, zak golombeck, has said that "daniel burke died wit