with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. she was shot in her home in liverpool in august. king charles and the queen consort camilla visited dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and coming up we meet mr doodle the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello, if you havejustjoined us welcome to bbc news. just to remind you we will have live coverage of the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s speech to the conservative party conference later. he has been forced into a dramatic u turn to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. the decision to ditch the policy a decision which mr kwarteng confirmed this morning came less than 2a hours after the prime minister liz truss had publicly defended it. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the 45p tax plan had become a huge distraction and that the government had listened to people s concerns. yesterday on the bbc,
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should not be taken emotionally. and a royal welcome in scotland, as the king and the queen consort attend their firstjoint engagement since the end of formal mourning. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are dame ros altmann, who s a former pensions minister, and the features writer for the independent, james rampton. welcome to you both. a stark message from the daily mail, which says senior tories are attacking the government s u turn on plans to remove the top rate of income tax. the chancellor s admission to conservative party conference of a tough day after that u turn leads the metro. the mirror calls it a calamity conference , and claims despite the change of plans, the damage to the economy is already done. the i says conservative mps could now threaten liz truss s plans on benefits and public spending cuts. the telegraph also reporting what it calls a new battle with tory mps over reducing benefits in re
republic in brighton. we ve had another managerial casualty this morning. championship side middlesbrough have sacked chris wilder after less than a year in the role. boro have won only two of their 11 championship matches this season, and sit third from bottom after saturday s 1 0 defeat at coventry. bath are to take four players on loan from troubled worcester warriors ollie lawrence, ted hill, fergus lee warner, and valery morozov. england centre lawrence said on social media that it was not how he saw the season going and that he hopes it won t be the last time in a worcesterjersey. they are the first players to leave since worcester s season was suspended and the club went into administration. bath are the only side below worcester in the premiership table, having not won in four games. staying with worcester warriors and finances in rugby union sale s tom curry has addressed the issue as he and the england squad met up for a mini training camp, and says it s a difficult t
sacked chris wilder after less than a year in the role. boro have won only two of their 11 championship matches this season and sit third from bottom after saturday s 1 0 defeat at coventry. and england s t20 cricket players will shortly be on their way to australia for a final three match series before the world cup. yesterday they clinched a 4 3 series win in pakistan. dawid malan led the way with an unbeaten half century as they posted an impressive 209 3 from their 20 overs thanks to some huge hitting. pakistan never got close, chris woakes taking three wickets including the key one of babar azam as england won by 67 runs. that s all the sport for now. thank you and we will speak to you again later. back to our top story this hour. the chancellor announced his u turn this morning by saying, we get it and we have listened.