7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c
About how they fit everything in and in the sport this morning. Were leeds. Make it to the championship play off final. They thrashed norwich four nil and theyll take on the winners of southampton versus West Bromwich albion who play tonight. Tyson fury wouldnt look at Oleksandr Usyk in the eye yesterday ahead of their world title fights. This is how world title fights. This is how intimidating you can be and who is the richest person in sport. Well find out later. Good morning. Its going to be a warmer day for most of us today, but there is a risk of thunderstorms for some. Find out all the details with me a little later on. Good morning to you. Im Ellie Costello and im tom harwood this morning, although im tom harwood every morning. Every morning. But im here this morning. This is breakfast on gb news. On gb news. Well, welcome tom harwood this morning. Its a delight to be here. A slightly earlier alarm than usual, but you know what. 7 its all worth it. What time did you wake up. 7 3
The weather today. Find out all the details coming up later in the details coming up later in the programme. So you say the weather was good on saturday . Yeah, ive had a lovely weekend of weather. I drove into low cloud and rain and it didnt. In the north west and it and it just didnt go away. It was there saturday and sunday as well. A bit like paul sunday as well. A bit like paul coyte. He never goes away. Hes here with the latest. Hey, always sunny. Ill have, hey, always sunny. Ill have, you know, always sunny, always sunny. And it was lovely in rome as well. And it was feisty. But europe have won back the euro , europe have won back the euro, won back the ryder cup. A won back the ryder cup. A fantastic week for europe and also liverpool are still very unhappy about saturdays disallowed goal. Disallowed goal. Okay yeah and well we may be talking to a referee about that to get an opinion on that. And speaking of opinions, wed hear yours get wed like to hear yours get involved in an
Gbviews gbnews. Uk. Com but first gbviews gbnews. Uk. Com but first of all, here is the very latest news with ray addison. News with ray addison. Thank you both. Good morning. Its 931. Im ray addison in the newsroom. Now, the chancellor newsroom. Now, the chancellor has told gb news that no substantial tax cuts are possible this year. Speaker from the conservative Party Conference in manchester, jeremy hunt ruled out any reductions in income or inheritance tax. He blamed an increase in the governments debt Interest Payments and said his priority is to bring inflation right down. Well, im saying that no tax cuts are possible in a substantial way at the moment. So its not just inheritance tax, its income tax. Its all the different taxes that people look at. If we start having big tax cuts, it would be inflationary. And when weve got inflationary. And when weve got inflationary. And when weve got inflation at 6. 7, its come down a lot. But it needs to come down a lot. But it needs to come