to help the poorest households or face a winter of hardship. a huge fundraising appeal for the victims of the pakistan floods is being launched today. in no rush to retire. serena williams will have at least one more encore, in the singles at the us open, after reaching round three by knocking out the second seed. remembering the kindertransport children. we ll speak to one woman who made the journey from europe to essex as a five year old, more than 80 years ago. a more than 80 years ago. cold start the day in norti areas, a cold start the day in northern areas, also mist and fog patches here. for many it will be dry with some sunshine and a few showers but from tomorrow it turns much more unsettled. i will have all of the details later in the programme. it s thursday 1st september. our main story. the prime minister is expected to announce up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk today.
another encore for serena williams. she showed she s got no intention of ending her singles career without a fight as she advanced to the third round of the us open, this time beating one of the top seeds. and we look at glasgow s chances of becoming the host city for the eurovision 2023. good morning. it s not of country this morning started off on a cool note with some dense fog patches but for many of us today, it is going to be largely dry. there will be some sunshine but there will also be some showers and some of those could be heavy and potentially thundery. i will have all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday 1st september. the prime minister is expected to announce up to £700 million of investment for a new nuclear reactor in suffolk today. it s part of the government s long term strategy to bring down energy costs but it could take 15 years to build and a final go ahead will have to wait