And smartwatch payments, the once essential item could become a thing of the past. Good morning. Its goals galore for chelsea and signs of lift off this season, as they beat barrow 5 0. All the Premier League sides in action avoiding an upset in Last Nights League Cup. A dry start to the day for many. A few showers around. When wilful on areas already saturated. All of the details shortly. When will all. Its wednesday, 25th september. Labours first Party Conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the Prime Minister promising delegates that change is on the horizon. Today the focus will be on the scrapping of the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners, and the debate from unions to reverse it. Our political correspondent Helen Catt sent this report. Applause. It was the first time in 15 years that a sitting Prime Minister had addressed labours Party Conference. In his speech, Sir Keir promised the country that change was coming. I know that
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in three weeks time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at the ambrosetti forum a sort of italy style davos gathering is enrico letta, a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw mathematics of this election look so bad for you? and i say that because the right has coordinated, it has organised
took very ambiguous positions in these months. very ambiguous positions. and i m sure that if the right wins in italy, the one who will be the happiest the night of 25th september, who will be the happiest the night of the 25th of september would be vladimir putin. the second one will be trump and the third will be orban, but the first one will be putin. you ve claimed that russia is meddling in this election. is meddling in this election, just as you claimed that russia meddled and tried to facilitate the downfall of mario draghi. where is your evidence? because i have seen you produce no specific evidence. but the most important evidence is the fact that the energy cost crisis is happening now. and italy is the country, with germany. but. yes, yes, it is now. and. but that s not evidence that russia is actively
as before, during the pandemic, the scottish approach is different and more cautious than elsewhere. james shaw, bbc news, glasgow. the office for national statistics says covid infection rates in secondary age school children in england has reached the highest level recorded, with more than 4.5% testing positive. but across the uk the rates remain broadly stable, with one in 80 people equivalent to 1.2% of the population in their survey testing positive for coronavirus in the week ending 25th september. motorists could continue to face long queues at petrol stations for another week or so, according to the government. the policing minister kit malthouse said there s still strong demand for fuel in some parts of the country, and the prime minister will review the situation if it deteriorates further. our transport correspondent caroline davies is here. very confusing, sometimes you are reading on various websites that things are getting better and then it isn t? tt