An endorsement of rishi sunak� s announcement . I an endorsement of rishi sunaks announcement . An endorsement of rishi sunaks announcement . ~. , announcement . I think that interview will be met with announcement . I think that interview will be met with a announcement . I think that interview will be met with a sigh announcement . I think that interview will be met with a sigh of announcement . I think that interview will be met with a sigh of relief announcement . I think that interview will be met with a sigh of relief in will be met with a sigh of relief in number ten. There were concerns in government, we heard them over the course of the day, that andy street might be so angry about what was about to happen that he might walk. But the fact he decided to stay and called it a compromise and said he is going to remain mayor and stand again for the Conservative Party will undoubtedly be welcomed in number ten. There are some people who are really unhappy at this decision, some Labour Politicians in particular, for example tracy brabin, one of the yorkshire mayor is, she is extremely unhappy about this and says it is a betrayal of the north. But it does seem at First Reading that rishi sunak has won over some of those in his party who were slightly worried about how all of this was going to pan out with that other investment, that 36 billion that he says is going to be spent on other infrastructure projects. Again there is a caveat, there is always a caveat and the caveat here is that some in the Rail Industry are saying the promise might sound good but we need to see it actually happen, given what has happened with barry to manchester and hs2. They are still waiting to see some proof. Some of the trust has gone on the government when it comes to infrastructure, but the West Midlands mayor, andy street, the fact he is staying in hisjob and stay a conservative and want to stand again, will be welcome in number ten. Stand again, will be welcome in numberten. In stand again, will be welcome in number ten stand again, will be welcome in number ten. In terms of how that will no number ten. In terms of how that will go down number ten. In terms of how that will go down with number ten. In terms of how that will go down with the number ten. In terms of how that will go down with the Wider Will Go down with the wider demographic, with businesses in the area, with people in the area, some of the other leaders in the north of england not feeling quite as appeased as andy street, are we to see the full ramifications of rishi sunaks announcement . I see the full ramifications of rishi sunaks announcement . Sunaks announcement . I think robabl sunaks announcement . I think probably yes sunaks announcement . I think probably yes i sunaks announcement . I think probably yes. I dont sunaks announcement . I think probably yes. I dont think sunaks announcement . I think i probably yes. I dont think anyone will be surprised that the manchester to birmingham leg was scrapped, we have been reporting for days it was likely to happen. It has been westminster� s worst kept secret for the past fortnight or so. But i suppose some people will be working out how this will all happen in practice, just exactly how concrete the promises the Prime Minister has made, and when it starts to go into the ground that he has committed all that money too. There will be a lot of people pouring over the details in the next few days. But there is also a broader question about how rishi sunak can use this conference In Manchester. Does he feel like he has done the job he In Manchester. Does he feel like he has done thejob he needed In Manchester. Does he feel like he has done the job he needed to do . In manchester. Does he feel like he has done thejob he needed to do . It was to take a party that was trailing in the polls in a pretty bad place and give It Rocket Boosters to try and help them catch up boosters to try and help them catch up with labour. He is going to pitch what he has just announced, the up with labour. He is going to pitch what he hasjust announced, the hs2 announcement, the smoking announcement, the smoking announcement, the smoking announcement, the reform of qualifications in english high school, that will be something that he pitches as the big picture, the man who can grasp the big issues, take long term decisions and come up with a long term answer is to big questions. He wants to persuade the public that he gets it, he gets frustration with politics, he gets that people are angry with gimmicks and short termism, so he is going to take those important, strategic decisions. The question the labour party will ask in response is how on earth can you be the change candidate if your party has been in power for 13 years and you yourself have been a ministerfor several of those years . We get labours conference in liverpool from the end of this week, it starts on saturday in liverpool. There will be a very different prospectus sketched out by labour, and all of it with more than half an eye on the general election next year. Half an eye on the general election next ear. ~ ,. , half an eye on the general election next ear. ~ ,. , a half an eye on the general election next ear. ,. , next year. Absolutely, nick, thank ou. Our next year. Absolutely, nick, thank you. Our political next year. Absolutely, nick, thank you. Our Political Correspondent i you. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley In Manchester for us. Lets return to the contents of rishi sunaks speech, namely the educational side of things. I want to reduce what he said. He said the advance British Standard would mean all students will study some form of english and maths to 18, age 18, with extra help for those who struggle most. Lets get some reaction from the education sector. Sophie maclean is a mathematician and mass communication, one of the Subject Areas that rishi sunak is eager to reform. What is your reaction to what was in the speech . I think it is very exciting. I think it would be great from My Point Of View if everybody could study much longer, we should be encouraging it. There are questions about whether we should force people to study it and how it should be assessed and getting teachers because already almost half the schools have nonspecialist teachers teaching maths. It really needs to be addressed where this extra teaching is going to come from. In principle if we can increase National Numeracy that will help in the age of information that we find ourselves in. ,. , , in. How easily will it be implemented . In. How easily will it be implemented . As in. How easily will it be implemented . As you | in. How easily will it be i implemented . As you say in. How easily will it be implemented . As you say it is a question of how it is going to be done. Do you think it is something thatis done. Do you think it is something that is feasible to be done in the time that he would want it . It that is feasible to be done in the time that he would want it . It might be difficult, time that he would want it . It might be difficult. He time that he would want it . It might be difficult, he has time that he would want it . It might be difficult, he has pledged time that he would want it . It might be difficult, he has pledged £60 be difficult, he has pledged £60 million to help do this. Now there is the question of how much of that money will get spent in the timeframe and where it will come from. But hopefully it will increase maths skills. But we will see because obviously there is the issue of schools and the process and a lot of schools and the process and a lot of changes will have to happen anyway to adjust to the system, so it remains to be seen. Um . Anyway to adjust to the system, so it remains to be seen. It remains to be seen. Why is it important it remains to be seen. Why is it important to it remains to be seen. Why is it important to do it remains to be seen. Why is it important to do maths it remains to be seen. Why is it important to do maths all it remains to be seen. Why is it important to do maths all the l it remains to be seen. Why is it i important to do maths all the way it remains to be seen. Why is it important to do maths all the way up to 18. I did it until 17 for my sins and i dont know how much it applies to everyday life. Just playing devils advocate here. Why does that matter . There will be some students who absolutely hate it, struggle with and cant wait to drop at 16. Of course, but i think maths is important to fold really. Everyone will have to use some element of mass in their lives, whether they like it or not from personal finances to be able to read statistics in the news and understand what they are being told. But also mass isntjust about understand what they are being told. But also mass isnt just about the numbers, it is about logistics and solving problems. One of the biggest things i have learned from mars is resilience. You gain so much more from maths and jUst Mathematical abilities. From maths and Ust Mathematical abilities. ~ ,. ,. , from maths and Ust Mathematical abilities. ~. ,. Abilities. Well, you have convinced me, ou abilities. Well, you have convinced me. You are abilities. Well, you have convinced me. You are a abilities. Well, you have convinced me, you are a passionate abilities. Well, you have convincedj me, you are a passionate advocate for it, thank you so much. Mathematician sophie maclean. Rishi sunaks speech today also pledged to clamp down on smoking and to do more to stop young people from taking it up, such as raising the legal age for Buying Tobacco each year. He also mentioned plans to crack on vaping. Also mentioned plans to crack on vain. ,. , also mentioned plans to crack on vain. ,. , vaping. One of the most worrying trends right vaping. One of the most worrying trends right now vaping. One of the most worrying trends right now is vaping. One of the most worrying trends right now is the vaping. One of the most worrying trends right now is the rise vaping. One of the most worrying trends right now is the rise in trends right now is the rise in vaping amongst children. One in five children have used the apes. We must act before it becomes endemic, so we will also bring forward measures to restrict the availability of vaping for our children, looking at flavours and packaging displays. Lets go to our Health Correspondence sophie hutchinson. How popular are these plans, these pledges likely to be . Pledges likely to be . Well, certainly in pledges likely to be . Well, certainly in Terms Pledges likely to be . Well, certainly in terms of pledges likely to be . Well, certainly in terms of the i pledges likely to be . Well, certainly in terms of the Smoking Pledge which today the Prime Minister said he wanted the legal age for being able to purchase cigarettes in a shop to rise by a year every year. That would mean that any child aged 1a or under would never legally be allowed to buy cigarettes in their lifetime. Mr sue nack has said he is not banning cigarettes for people who currently smoke. This is about protecting our Younger Generation and he said in his speech today that most smokers he believed actually didnt want their children and grandchildren to smoke. He said it would be a free vote in parliament. Since this announcement there have been huge plaudits from scientists and researchers and doctors, one person said this could be a defining moment of the government. Mr sunak said in his speech that this one decision would save more lives than any other decision that could be taken. The reason he was saying that is that although Smoking Levels have come down really quite dramatically since the 1970s, there are still many smokers and it is still the biggest single cause of illness and disability and death at the moment and costs the nhs billions of pounds every year. Do and costs the nhs billions of pounds eve ear. , and costs the nhs billions of pounds eve ear. Y. , ~ and costs the nhs billions of pounds eve ear. I, ~. ,. Every year. Do you think the balance is about right every year. Do you think the balance is about right that every year. Do you think the balance is about right that he every year. Do you think the balance is about right that he got every year. Do you think the balance is about right that he got between i is about right that he got between clamping down on smoking and tackling the issue of vaping. Vaping is one of those issues that we hear a lot about and it has raised a lot of concern recently, so where does the balance right between those two . I think if people were looking for him to outright ban single use of apes, or go a lot further on rates, they will be disappointed today. What he has announced as a consultation and he said he would look in particular at restricting flavours, promotions, it will look at where these products are displayed. It will look at whether children are being targeted by them and about restricting the sale. Other countries have made steps towards either banning single use of apes or restricting their purpose in some way purchase in some way. This is a consultation and we have no way of knowing what will come out of it as a result. Of it as a result. Thank you for our of it as a result. Thank you for your analysis of it as a result. Thank you for your analysis of of it as a result. Thank you for your analysis of that. Of it as a result. Thank you for your analysis of that. Our of it as a result. Thank you for. Your analysis of that. Our Health Correspondence sophie hutchinson. We will leave you with a reminder of the Breaking News at this hour. Laurence fox has been dismissed from gb news following on air comments he made about the journalist ava evans on dan woottons programme. Gb News PresenterCalvin Robinson has been sacked after Sharing Support for dan wootton online. As you know, laurence fox is an actor turned politician and he made a series of personal remarks about the Political Correspondent ivor evans on the dan wootton tonight programme. This was back on the 26th of september. Laurence fox and the presenter dan wootton have both since apologised. They were suspended by gb news after the broadcast alongside Calvin Robinson. Calvin robinson hosts a religious Current Affairs programme on the channel but in the past hour gb news has confirmed they have both been dismissed from gb news. More Breaking News for you now. Police in cheshire say they are carrying out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where the child Serial Killer lucy letby work. The investigation will focus on the countess of Chester Hospital after lucy letby, a nurse, was convicted of murdering babies in her care at the hospitals neonatal unit. I will just bring you a little bit more news before we go. A Safeguarding Review are set to begin after the death of ten year old sara sharif. Her body was discovered under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home in woking in surrey on the 10th of august. Herfatherand woking in surrey on the 10th of august. Herfather and her august. Her father and her stepmother and august. Herfather and her stepmother and her uncle are charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. Safeguarding Children Partnership in surrey is due to look at the work of all agencies involved in the youngster� s family, including police, health, social care and education. Stay with us here on bbc news. If you missed any of the news and coverage on our top story, which was the announcement by the Prime Minister rishi sunak today, his speech at the conservative Party ConferenceIn Manchester, including where he confirmed that the scrapping of the northern leg of hs2 and a whole raft of other measures, if you miss any of other measures, if you miss any of that, you can find out more by going to the bbc news website. There is a live page on there and plenty more on the website. To stay with us here on bbc news. Juergen klopp was the Premier League game against tottenham to be replayed after a goal was disallowed by the bdo assistant referee. They fell to over rule when diaz was flagged offside on saturdays game was goalless. The referees for� body have released the audio of the discussions between the match officials as i made that decision. England says the cheque was perfect before swearing and then they realise they made a mistake. Trent Alexander Arnold thinks they will just have to swallow the appeal. Decisions are decisions and sometimes they go for you and sometimes they go for you and sometimes against you. What happened on the weekend for us as players and as a team is very disappointing and frustrating. But there is nothing we can do as players now. The game has gone. Can do as players now. The game has lone. ,. , can do as players now. The game has one. ,. ,. , gone. Champions League Football will return to saint gone. Champions League Football will return to saint james gone. Champions League Football will return to saint james pro gone. Champions League Football will return to saint james pro park gone. Champions League Football will return to saint james pro park for return to saintjames pro park for the first time in 20 years as etihad howe. Newcastle take on paris saint germain. Newcastle drew their first game against ac milan and will now face the french champions who won their first match against borussia dortmund