ago, his former leeds rhinos team mate kevin sinfield has taken an increasingly arduous challenges. used to be a 32 waist! i hope that s comfortable enough. the latest, and by far the hardest, seven ultra marathons in seven days a total of 300 miles. it started at murrayfield in edinburgh, the home of scottish rugby. former international doddy weir was there to see them off, just two weeks before he died. i can t wait to get going. i think the support, as you can see this morning, has been incredible. we didn t expect this at all, to have doddy here and cathy. it s been a big build up, but we are on the way now. we are going to send kevin- on his way with a massive cheer in three, two, one. off you go, kevin! there he goes, ladies and gentlemen! wearing the number seven, in honour of his great friend rob burrow. - ahead of the team, a 40 mile run through the scottish borders. the expertise of the support group was vital from the early stages. thanks for coming, everybody. p
and that would inform some of the decisions and that would inform some of the decisions of the bank would have to make decisions of the bank would have to make they decisions of the bank would have to make. they will have to without seeing that autumn statement from rishi sunak and jeremy hunter now. i think it s rishi sunak and jeremy hunter now. i think it s suddenly massive amount of mind think it s suddenly massive amount of mind think it s suddenly massive amount of mind jeremy hunt. again, next year. of mind jeremy hunt. again, next year. and of mind jeremy hunt. again, next year. and all of mind jeremy hunt. again, next year, and all of this is a mounting problem year, and all of this is a mounting problem for year, and all of this is a mounting problem for rishi sunak because even if by the problem for rishi sunak because even if by the end of next year he can say the if by the end of next year he can say the technicals of the econo
hallowe en on record, that was nearly 2a degrees but 18 is still round five degrees above where we should be. it is warmer there this evening but there will be be many a hallowe en costume needing waterproof. heavy shower, pushing northwards, that could give minor flooding, that will continue to work northwards but on the southern edge we could sigh strong winds, tighter s bars through the english channel. it will be a wild night there. but another mild night, nine to round 13 celsius as we start tomorrow morning. so into tuesday we go. start with cloud, rain, scotland, northern, eastern england, thenit scotland, northern, eastern england, then it will be a case of ever changing skies through wales, the midlands and southern england, a blustery day with a mixture of sunshine and shower, northern ireland a better day, a lot for in the way of drier weather. some of the way of drier weather. some of the driest conditions through the afternoon, temperatures down on today, but sti
as she was driving home. the exam board pearson has apologised after some btec students did not receive their results as expected last thursday, throwing university places into doubt. and if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. we begin at this hour with the strike at felixstowe port. dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight day action, after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. here s our business correspondent mark ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1,900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day
we start tomorrow with heavy rain, windy conditions in northern ireland that will push away as it starts to brighten up. we will see some further pulses of rain pushing north through scotland, persistently wet through parts of eastern scotland. as for wales, the western side of england, some showery rain occasionally too, just starting to push a little bit further in towards parts of the midlands and across northern england, whereas the eastern side of england, much of east anglia, for example, stays dry with warm, sunny spells. just looking into sunday evening, the rainjust peps up again towards south wales and south west england, and once again with a stronger breeze. low pressure close by throughout the week ahead, further rain or showers around. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: nasa calls off their second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis 1 to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. moscow blames maintenance problems for