Amazon, disney and the bbc. More choice, but at what cost . Good morning from Swindon Village near aaron dole. We are getting into the holiday mood. The weather, cloudy with rain at times but for the rest of us, dry with a cold start and some sunny spells. Arundel. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday 31st october. Our top story. Campaigning has begun for the next general election which will be held in six weeks on december 12. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will launch his partys Election Campaign this morning, promising a transformation of britain. The conservatives will blame labour for the failure to leave the eu today as planned. But some mps who are standing down have warned about a growing bitterness in politics. Nick eardley has more. They are used to scenes like this. Jeremy corbyn at a Campaign Rally last night. The first day of six weeks of campaigning to try and persuade you he is ready for power. Today, he will promise to tackle what he calls a corrupt system, pledging to g
an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. and still to come, we ll be looking at england and northern ireland s chances ahead of both their euro fixtures tonight. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. colleagues chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. ro
hands. if he wished to serve, would you have borisjohnson in your cabinet, you have borisjohnson in your cabinet, if you have borisjohnson in your cabinet, if you were prime minister? not a cabinet, if you were prime minister? not a single cabinet, if you were prime minister? not a single person. a cargo plane carrying weapons has crashed in northern greece, killing all eight people on board. hello, good evening. before we look at the attempt is the country has experienced today, the conservative leadership debate has just finished over on itv. at the temperature is the country has experienced. we will be hearing from a conservative mp in support of each of the conservative leadership contenders throughout the next half hour. an amber warning for extreme heat is in force for most of england and parts of wales, ahead of record temperatures expected tomorrow. significant travel disruption is predicted, as roads and railways overheat, with the train companies avanti we
Does try to wade in, he seems to do it in a way that is somewhat cack handed and it tends to backfire. Despair. That is, counsel of despair. That is, isnt really . Isnt it really . Yes. Yes. Yes. Whose side are you on . Whose side are you on . Okay, lets go live. He is the Prime Minister and families of those who lost their lives. Of those who lost their lives. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition my duties this addition to my duties in this house. I addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings today. Meetings later today. Josh howie matalon. Thank you , and can i join the prime and can i join the Prime Minister in expressing my sympathies those affected minister in expressing my syrthethies those affected minister in expressing my syrthe recent those affected minister in expressing my syrthe recent storms . Ie affected minister in expressing my syrthe recent storms . But,ected minister in expressing my sy
By an israeli airstrike. The Israeli Military has denied responsibility, saying the blast was caused by a failed rocket launched by the gaza based Militant Group Palestinian Islamic jihad. Us President Joe Biden is currently travelling to israel, but a planned Summit Injordan with arab leaders has now been cancelled. Biden s visit is designed to further demonstrate americas support for israel. The white house is saying the us is optimistic about getting humanitarian aid into gaza. On our website we have a live page that is constantly updating with the latest developments but now lets focus on the top Business Stories. Here in europe in a few hours we will be getting a clearer picture on where inflation is headed. For the uk and eurozone the latest data is out today and its hoped the cost of living crisis will continue to ease. In the uk the rate of inflation slowed to 6. 7 in the year to august. For the eurozone the latest estimate has inflation hovering around 4. 3 . For Central Banks