The citys chief minister says the air has become unbearable. Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth position on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And click checks out what made in taiwan means now in the 21st century. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be a candidate at next months general election. Mr farage, who has tried to become an mp seven times, says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his pa rtys candidates. The announcement comes after he offered an Electoral Alliance with the conservative party, an offer which was quickly rejected by the Prime Minister borisjohnson. Heres our political correspondentjessica parker. Walking into this election, nigel farage says that borisjohnsons deal is a gigantic con and that the brexit party is ready to field hundreds of candidates but he wont be one of them. Do you think is a
Has caused the brexit party and nigel farage to the about what they wa nt nigel farage to the about what they want more, do they want brexit . They have wa nted want more, do they want brexit . They have wanted that all this time or do they want to stay in the public spotlight and keep talking and build his own brand and be on the airwaves co nsta ntly 7 his own brand and be on the airwaves constantly . And he is choosing the latter. He has been hosting radio talk shows with donald trump and not standing as a candidate because that is too much work and he has almost been too much successful. And the conservatives conservatives are concerned that the support for the brexit party could undermine tory support and we could end up with a note tory majority and therefore no brea ks note tory majority and therefore no breaks at all. How ironic would that be . The brexit party actually blocks brexit. I know many tories are getting very under the carter call her about nigel farage. With him, it
Of low pressure working its way gcioss of low pressure working its way across the uk today. Thats going to bring some very strong winds, with just potentially up to 80 mph for parts of southern england. Some heavy rain and the forecast as well. Ill have all the details in the next half an hour. It is saturday 2 november. Our top story the wait is almost over. In just a few hours time, england will take on south africa in a historic Rugby World Cup final injapan. Thousands of england fans have made the journey to the stadium in yokohama, with millions more expected to watch and listen to the game here. It is the first time england have reached the final since 2007. Adam wild reports. It is the games guest prize. Both england and south africa knowjust what victory feels like. Both desperate to go there again. The teams of 2019 now carry that weight of hope and of expectation. England, on the other side of the world, with a chance to showjust how far they have come. Weve had four years to
Fair in both terms of the brexit party and nigel farage . In a general election you will look back at what happened at the last annual election but you will also look at other elections and of course willjust had a uk elections and of course willjust hada uk elections and of course willjust had a uk wide election in very peculiar circumstances, as you say, a brand new party, is about is the kind of thing where it is a new context kind of thing where it is a new co ntext a nd kind of thing where it is a new context and you have to take into account. How can you be fair of supporters of lets say the brexit Party Without being unfair to ukip because they might well say hang on, quite a lot of the calculation you will make about coverage for the brexit party is actually based on the performance of ukip from local elections, previous parliamentary elections, previous parliamentary elections, is it fair that effectively, because it is the same person profile has gone to this new party, they
There will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, all right, im going do it. It was new connections and opportunities for every part of our great nation. Like a little noise and ill blame well have the latest from the campaign trail, and well be analysing those commitments on the economy. You three if i get confronted about also tonight. It stop you looks on the horn, to shut us up. Is brexit the horn that is not beeped in this whole brexit discussion . It kind of has. Its the first week, but make it kind of has. Yet, it has, in the first few days ofjeremy yet, it has, in the first few days of Jeremy Corbyn yet, it has, in the first few days ofJeremy Corbyn giving the biggest speech which as brexit cast news comes as the source speech which as brexit cast news comes as the source of agony for the party and any time Boris Johnson gets near a microphone, he is ready with the slogan, so theres definitely a backdrop to all of it andi definitely a backdrop to all of it and i