Good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and nina warhurst. Our headlines today labour promises free prescriptions for all as it tries to put policy back in the spotlight at a Party Conference overshadowed by internal rows. Thomas cook will hold emergency talks this morning as it attempts to agree a rescue deal to prevent it from going bust. Three of the home nations begin their Rugby World Cup campaigns this morning. With just minutes to go until ireland take on scotland before england face tonga. Good morning. Still warm for many of us today and breezy too, but with some rain. In fact, there are some thundery showers around as well this morning. I will have more detail for you in around 15 minutes. Its sunday, 22nd september. Our top story, after internal divisions dominated the headlines on the first day of labours Party Conference, its aiming to shift attention back to policy today. Itll announce plans to abolish nhs prescription charges in england and replace ofsted wit
Where they want shoppers to boycott com pa nies they say are pro beijing. Cities around the world will close their streets to traffic for world car free day organisers want to promote greener travel alternatives. Three of the home nations begin their Rugby World Cup campaigns today ireland v scotland is has just got ireland v scotland has just got under way, and england play tonga later this morning. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35am this mornings reviewers are anne ashworth, the associate editor of the times and the business commentator josie cox. Good morning. After the first day of its Party Conference was dominated by infighting, labour will try to move the agenda back to policy today promising to abolish nhs prescription charges in england if it wins the next general election. Its also planning to scrap ofsted and replace it with a new School Inspection system. Yesterdays business was overshadowed by a failed bid to oust deputy leader tom watson and last n
Florida, orlando, a lot of people in spain, infact florida, orlando, a lot of people in spain, in fact the majority of people in spain. Police in hong kong clash with pro democracy demonstrators, on the 16th weekend of protests. There is a bit of a showdown between these riot police with their less lethal guns and up above there are protesters throwing projectiles down. Theyre picking up targets. And coming up at half past 12, click investigates whether Technology Companies bear responsibility for the opiod crisis in the us. Jeremy corbyn has said he will serve a full term as Prime Minister if his party wins the next general election. Amid rumours that he is considering standing down, mr corbyn told the bbc he would lead labour into the next poll. The labour leader also sought to play down divisions within his top team after one of his closest aides said he would quit and criticised the partys leadership. It comes after a failed bid to oust the deputy leader tom watson, as the labour c
Good afternoon. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has sought to play down divisions in his top team after one of his key aides announced hes resigning. It comes after a turbulent start to the Labour Party Conference, where theres been a failed attempt to oust mr corbyns deputy, tom watson, and further splits over brexit. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Not everything here is going according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wa nts to according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wants to persuade you he is ready for power, but one of his key aides has raised concerns. Andrew fisher, still by mr corbyns site this morning, is quitting, privately accusing the leaders team of a blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. I have obviously seen the words that andrew wrote, and i discussed them with him at some length. Why do you think he said that . I think he said that because he was extremely distressed at that point abou
A bluff but the consequences are already quite real Boris Johnson wants the e. U. To take a no deal breaks seriously forcing the bloc back to the negotiating table but with every lurch toward his october 31st deadline the pound has reacted it slid steadily against the dollar leading up to johnsons election as conservative party leader it fell after his meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel failed to produce a breakthrough and then today a slide of more than one percent before recovering some losses. There have been fleeting gains here and there but at about a 1. 22 the pound is muddling around lows last seen more than 2 years ago and it could get worse analysts polled by bloomberg predict a node that could dump the currency to a 34 year low of a 1. 10. Driving those forecasts is the sheer lack of uncertainty over what a no deal would bring coming out do you have any sort of agreement its a leap into the unknown its going to stall to happen before so they would want some sort of