Fa ct, breezy too, but with some rain. In fact, there are some thundery showers around as well this morning. More detail in around 15 minutes. Its sunday 22 september. Our top story, after the first day of its Party Conference was dominated by infighting, labour will try to move the agenda back to policy today. If the party wins the next general election, it promises to abolish nhs prescription charges in england and replace ofsted with a new School Inspection system. Deputy leader tom watson is calling for unity after he survived a plot by some members to remove him. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Jeremy corbyn is given a rousing reception last night at the opening rally of the labour conference. This is the kind of support he wanted to see, close to a snap election. But elsewhere, unity was fragile and beginning to shatter. First of all, Jeremy Corbyn had to stop an attempt by some of his usual allies to oust his deputy, tom watson, who thought that he hadnt been loya
Mostly dry and fine, but there are some showers to come here. They could be thundery, this band of rain follows a nd could be thundery, this band of rain follows and stretches across another and to the south east and following brighter skies, potentially, but more showers. There is concern that we could see up to 30 millimetres of line and localised flooding. Still warm, but not as warm as it has been. That way now across the stewards of scotland. It dries up free time i did, but it will stay relatively mild. Just a bit misty and murky first thing in the morning, and that we have the next round of rain in the south west of england, wales and northern ireland. Wednesday morning mist clears away and the rain, it should be a fairly decent day. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Labour promises free prescriptions for all as it tries to put policy back in the spotlight at a Party Conference overshadowed by internal rows. Thomas cook will hold emergency talks this morning as it attempts
Projections by public broadcasters in germany predict that the centre right party of chancellor Angela Merkel will again be the Largest Party in the federal parliament, but it looks like both major parties have won their lowest ever levels of popular support. The far right anti immigrant party alternative for germany looks set to be the third Biggest Party with about 13 percent of the vote. Its the first time the afd have entered parliament. And tonight, there are protests outside their headquarters. Lets join my colleague ros atkins in berlin. This election was supposed to be the one which went to plan, which would be business as usual, and Angela Merkel and her cdu party emphasised repeatedly that stability would be the priority it would be what she would deliver, but the voters have not endorsed that message. Here are the latest exit polls. This would not be what Angela Merkel would want to see. Angela merkels cdu csu got 32. 9 per cent, a loss of 8. 6 per cent. In the last election
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