here s nick miller. an amazing show of the aurora borealis has been captured in northumberland. different there is more cloud around so limit your expectations. cloud and rain from the north west and more wind and rain as the week goes on. northern ireland has seen the rain so far, this afternoon that will ease. it is into western scotland and will push across central parts of scotland. most of england and wales will stay dry, maybe a few showers in the south west later. but it is a mild afternoon with hazy sunshine at times. tonight, we are going to bring another spell of rain across northern ireland. look at the bright colours it will be heavy, particularly into western scotland late at night and into glasgow tomorrow with up to 50 millimetres of rain that could bring disruption. a milder night. we start wet tomorrow, particularly in scotland. the rain will move south across northern england, wales into south west england and then ahead of that east anglia and the south e
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,
after appearing in court charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. thomas cashman who s 3a is due to stand trial in march. king charles and the queen consort have greeted crowds in dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and meet the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has achieved a childhood dream, by covering his whole house in drawings. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has defended his u turn on abolishing the 45p income tax rate, following widespread criticism, at the conservative party conference. this morning he backtracked on the plans, which were announced just 10 days ago in the mini budget, follwoing several senior conservative mps voicing their opposition. in a speech in the last hour, he admitted it s been a difficult day, but told the conservative party conference that the uk needs a new approach and that economic growth is the only way to spread opportunity and
england s lionesses, the european football champions, have now qualified for next year s women s world cup. the manager said england s qualification for next year s world cup has made herfeel proud, especially on the back of not having had much rest following their success at the euros. they beat austria 2 0 to book their place at the tournament with a game to spare. natalie pirks reports from veener noyshtad. at the euros, quarterfinalists austria may have won new fans but england won the trophy, albeit fans of the lionesses were a rare breed in wiener neustadt. after the summer we have completely fallen in love with women s football. we are lucky, we live here so there might a few of us here, but i don t think there will be many. i would have preferred it to be in the big stadium in vienna because i think the lionesses deserve a bigger crowd. yes, this tiny stadium was a far cry from wembley, and that wasn t the only difference. unlike her super sub role in the euros, ale
at an emotianal concert to pay tribute to foo fighters drummer taylor hawkins, who died in march. the lionesses are going to the world cup. victory in austria sends england through to next summer s tournament in australia and new zealand. hello, good morning. we ve still got some heavy rain about at the moment. it will clear away northward, we will be left with a few showers, but also some warm shum shine. sunshine. i ll have more details later on. it s sunday the 4th of september. our main story: the foreign secretary liz truss who looks likely to become the next prime minister on tuesday has given her clearest indication yet of how she plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. writing in the sunday telegraph, she says she would set out immediate action on energy bills. her opponent, the former chancellor rishi sunak, says nothing is off the table to ease the pressure on households. ben wright reports. as borisjohnson as boris johnson packs as borisjohnson packs