is at its lowest level for almost 50 years, according to figures released this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the treasury select committee to bring you his economic plans. we will have updates about shortly. a hearing is under way at the supreme court on whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government. there is at the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface and it s exactly a0 years since henry viii s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent after 437 years under the sea. we can now go straight to the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg to his reaction on those russian strikes in ukraine yesterday and today. we strikes in ukraine yesterday and toda . ~ . today. we will further increase the -rotection today. we will further increase the protection of today. we will further increase the protection of our today. we will further increase the protection of our critical p
was one of britain s most versatile and successful performers. music: theme from murder she wrote. time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. sunsets and the moon are dominating our photographs here this evening, but you may have notice things changing out there. more persistent rain running across northern ireland and that is heading into western scotland over the next few hours. also, that will introduce rain to north west england and parts of wales. for the midlands, eastern and southern england, some clear spells, allowing temperatures to drop close to freezing in the colder areas, but not as cold as this morning, but elsewhere with all of the cloud and the chance for rain, as tomorrow begins, it will be a milder start, a damp start in scotland and northern ireland, with heavy bursts of rain in scotland especially. that will clear to sunny spells, well into the afternoon before it pulls away from south east scotland, and more of the rain moves into northern engla
the boss of the bank of england has told investors that its bond buying to stabilise pension funds will end on friday, despite pleas to extend it. the pound dropped sharply against the dollar to below $1.10 after andrew bailey s statement. and buckingham palace has announced that king charles will be crowned at westminster abbey on saturday the 6th of may. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord darroch, kim darroch, former uk ambassador to washington and ali miraj, columnist with the article tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the ft leads with the bank of england s latest intervention to buy government bonds but the bank s governor insists the emergency scheme will end by this friday. the i says the prime minister will try and quieten rebels in her own party with a cap on energy profits. the guardian reports that these companies will face a windfall tax. the telegraph leads on the fall in the value of the
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s