china s president xijinping has been defending his controversial zero covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the irainian authorities claim a fire at a prison in the capital tehran is now under control as protests continue. more than a thousand paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, will hold talks with the prime minister liz truss later, as the government fights to salvage its economic credibility. speaking to the bbc, mr hunt warned some taxes will increase and all government departments will be expected to find additional savings. posting online today, the prime minister has said she s going to do things differently in her quest for economic growth, promising she will always act in the national interest . let s talk more about this to our political correspondent peter saull. welcome to t
it has become the conventional wisdom overnight that labour will win the next election. the polling suggests there s been a greater swing in recent days and weeks than there was during the last worst financial crisis to hit a conservative government black wednesday back in 1992. and that ll mean there will pretty soon be much greater scrutiny of what labour will do. faced with the same economic fundamentals high taxes, high borrowing, high inflation and low growth. if labour does indeed win an election, lisa nandy will be the cabinet minister with the job of delivering for what s become known as the red wall. northern industrial towns like wigan in lancashire, which she represents and which she says has changed her politics. a politics learnt at the knee of her grandfather, who was a liberal mp and a father who was, who is a famous marxist academic. political thinking is a conversation with, not an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. and today we r
the marmalade to must have been by royal appointment. goodbye. hello there. a quiet settled sunny sunday shaping up for most of us but we have had some showers around this morning. this was scotland a few hours ago. you can start to see the shower is opening up. they will weaken and become few and far between as we go into the afternoon. for many, blue sky and sunshine. you could already see what day lay ahead across north yorkshire, a great opportunity for getting out and enjoying some of the beautiful autumn colour we have at this time of year. so for the remainder of the day, for many, it s all about the blue sky and the sunshine, as you can see, quite clearly. a few scattered showers across the northern islands and north west of the great glen, lighter winds in comparison to yesterday as well. by
the showers opening up. they will weaken and become few and far between. as we go into the afternoon, for many we have blue sky and sunshine. you could already see what day lay ahead across north yorkshire. a great opportunity for getting out and enjoying some of the beautiful autumn colour we have at this time of year. so for the remainder of the day, for many it s all about the blue sky and the sunshine. as you can see quite clearly, a few scattered showers across the northern isles and to the northwest of the great glen. lighter winds in comparison to yesterday as well. now, by the end of the afternoon, the winds will strengthen. we ll start to see some rain pushing in along that dorset coast down towards devon and cornwall. but it s going to take its time in doing so. so enjoy the sunshine and the warmth as well. not too bad in terms of the feel of the weather, particularly across england and wales, 16 to 18