vanessa clarke, bbc news, bolton. the british author dame as byatt has died at the age of 87.mily. over a career spanning five decades she won a number of awards, including the booker prize in 1990 for her novel, possession. with me is our culture reporter noor nanji. a really significant writer. tell us more about her. described her as one of the most significant writers and critics of our time quaker school. shadow of the sun was published in1961t, and the sun was published in 1964, and she went on to win many prizes for her many more books. she won the booker prize for her romance novel, possession. that was adapted into a movie starring gwyneth paltrow. she was also well known for writing the children's book. her most recent publication was a series of short stories. herwork publication was a series of short stories. her work was translated into 38 languages, and that gives you a sense of how loved she was right around the world. in 2018 she won the hans christian andersen literature award. she was appointed cbe and later made a dame for services to literature. she lived i

vanessa clarke, bbc news, bolton.canic eruption. the vehicle is being used to build defences to stop alaba destroying key buildings will stop if the volcano does erupt near to the town of grindavik, thousands of people have been moved from their homes. it's after hundreds of small earthquakes in recent days. our correspondent jessica parker has flown over the volcano in a helicopter and sent us this report. there are some places you can only fly to. this land of steaming volcanoes is one of them. dormant for 800 years, eruptions began in this area in 2021. this looked like this two years ago. the difference now is the earth—shattering effects on a community. we are now flying over the evacuated town of grindavik and, looking down, the streets are completely empty. ripped apart by earthquakes, there are fears volcanic lava could cause even more destruction. the coastguard do a quick supply drop to their colleagues out at sea. this is all part of the icelandic authorities constantly monitoring the area around where they

vanessa clarke, bbc news, bristol. data. figures from the office for national statistics were worse than had been expected, with people impacted by rising living costs and poor weather. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me. so, explain more about what is driving this, marc. you so, explain more about what is driving this, marc.— so, explain more about what is driving this, marc. you have to cast our mind driving this, marc. you have to cast your mind back _ driving this, marc. you have to cast your mind back to _ driving this, marc. you have to cast your mind back to february - driving this, marc. you have to cast your mind back to february 2021, l your mind back to february 2021, since retail sales volumes were quite this low. back then we were in the middle of a third national covid lockdown, so this 0.3% drop off the back of a 1.1% drop the previous month has really got retailers spooked. even halloween couldn't seem to save the day. stormy weather didn't help, nor did an uptick in the price of petrol and

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