than the infamous titanic. on the eve of the 20th anniversary, thejola, africa s titanic investigates why this tragedy occurred and tells the harrowing stories of survivors and families, who continue to call for the wreckage to be raised. you hejoined you he joined the you hejoined the birmingham city side hours before flying home for the funeral of his relatives. it will be a windy and cold start to next week. today, a north easterly breeze, feeding in these showers across eastern parts of england. showers towards the west will move away. some showers breaking out into the midlands. scotland, northern ireland, generally dry, more in the way of sunshine. temperatures similar to yesterday. showers that do develop will decay during this evening and overnight. clear skies and light winds. it will be cold, colder than last night. not quite as colder than last night. not quite as cold in the north west of scotland. the police will pick up there. clouds wi
who are using the power of boxing to help improve the lives of people with parkinson s. good afternoon. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government says will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most from a cut. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market, in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help, yes, to a degree, but it depends what bracket you are in in t
and that does suggest a real intelligence failure by the russian side. britain, meanwhile, isjust starting to get over the extraordinary last few days when the world s leaders came to london to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii. i think the leaders enjoyed the fact that they were going to the most extraordinary diplomatic reception in buckingham palace. and how are iran s women responding to the increasingly brutal crackdown on the way they dress? what s fascinating about these protests is seeing these young, brave women who are not scared. president putin has given his clearest warning yet that he could use nuclear weapons if ukraine attacks russian territory. and he s going to turn four regions of russian occupied ukraine into russian territory. the areas, that is, which the ukrainian forces are starting to recapture. and president putin is getting legislation passed to make it possible to introduce partial mobilisation in russia and martial law if necessary. the
around £2500. not everyone lives in a typical household and the cap is on unit rates, not your bills which means how much you pay will depend on how much you pay will depend on how much energy you actually use. and they will likely be tax rises. energy companies are expected to be hit by an expanded windfall tax. the treasury are expected to say there needs to be cuts to spending plans but those will be pushed back until after the general election. after liz truss and kwasi kwarteng s mini budget and the turmoil in the markets, the treasury feels under pressure to show it can win credibility back, while trying to reassure the country as the economy struggles. caroline davies, bbc news. there is a lot of nerves about this autumn statement and what it means for homes and businesses. i will be talking to a market analyst and the
as saying that pensioners are always at the forefront in the past, it was considered a really bad thing to lick a budget ahead of time and chancellors really tried to keep things under wraps. == chancellors really tried to keep things under wraps. chancellors really tried to keep things under wraps. to leak a budaet. things under wraps. to leak a budget- one things under wraps. to leak a budget. one of things under wraps. to leak a budget. one of the things under wraps. to leak a budget. one of the criticisms, i things under wraps. to leak a l budget. one of the criticisms, one of the many criticisms of liz truss and kwasi kwarteng s mini budget was that they failed to roll the pitch, they had pre war does, it would have been a bit more palatable. i am not sure that is the case but it has gone down as received wisdom that you do need to have a few leaks, see how things land, there has definitely been almost a conversation in the few weeks about the triple lock. i thin