Good morning. It will be another dry and sunny day for the vast majority of the uk. A little warmer for many of the uk. A little warmer for many of us than yesterday but windier as well. But there are changes afoot, as the day progresses, particularly in the west. I will have more detail for you in around a quarter of an hour. Good morning. Its saturday the 21st of september. Our top story thomas cook has asked the government for financial help as it races against time to avoid collapse. Britains oldest package holiday firm could fall into administration this weekend, unless it finds £200 million to secure a rescue deal. Katie prescott has more. It is low season for thomas cook in more ways than one. The weak pound makes it more expensive it to buy the flights and hotels that it pays for in euros dollars. It is in a competitive market where profits are small and it has hundreds of shops and 22,000 staff. Now heading into the winter period. If we book a holiday with thomas cook, we wil
Theyre going to come for you, you know. I know. I dont care any more. I need to get back now, do what i can. Good luck. So, yes, a man on a mission. A man on the mission, he goes to the moon which has been colonised by this time. It is set somewhere in the near future and it has been colonised. It looks like the wild west in a shopping centre, a bit like westfields, stratford. Then he goes to mars and neptune, he goes to jupiter. It is a long search then . It is quite long. I have to say in the hands of this american directorjames gray i think hes a rather pretentious film maker this is a bit of a space drag. There are people who are saying it is very philosophical and an existential search for meaning, and there are parallels of father and son and maybe god the creator, i do didnt read that in there. I had plenty of time to think this is rather silly, to be honest. And i love brad pitt, i quite like space movies when they are philosophical, 2001, solaris, for example. This one had som
Sharpens up his act to release rambo last blood. And a family gathers in china to say goodbye to grammar in the stairwell. Lets start with brad pitt in space. He is so hot right now in this post tarantino globe. He is so hot right now in this post tara ntino globe. This he is so hot right now in this post tarantino globe. This is a different performance from him a much more buttoned down performance. In this film it is proven that brad pitt is the coolest man in the world. He has a psych evaluation from nasa who decides his heartbeat does not go over 80 beats per minute, a record. He is officially and scientifically proven to be as cool as anyone so and scientifically proven to be as cool as anyone so it means he does not get very excited invest. He praised the narration the story of a man sent on a mission to find his dad who disappeared 15 years ago. He is played by tommy leejones. Brad pitt has to send him a message to say, dad and coming to thank you. And coming to find you. This i
Fa ct, breezy too, but with some rain. In fact, there are some thundery showers around as well this morning. More detail in around 15 minutes. Its sunday 22 september. Our top story, after the first day of its Party Conference was dominated by infighting, labour will try to move the agenda back to policy today. If the party wins the next general election, it promises to abolish nhs prescription charges in england and replace ofsted with a new School Inspection system. Deputy leader tom watson is calling for unity after he survived a plot by some members to remove him. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Jeremy corbyn is given a rousing reception last night at the opening rally of the labour conference. This is the kind of support he wanted to see, close to a snap election. But elsewhere, unity was fragile and beginning to shatter. First of all, Jeremy Corbyn had to stop an attempt by some of his usual allies to oust his deputy, tom watson, who thought that he hadnt been loya
And the fact is that immigration is a net benefit to this country, our businesses, our universities, our public services, would be worse off without the contribution of migrants and our nhs in particular would be worse off without the contribution of migrants and the childrens migrants. And removal of freedom of Movement Rights already granted would be against the law. So labour thanks all the migrants who have come here, helped to build and run oui come here, helped to build and run our nhs, they have helped. They have helped to sustain. Work in industry and enrich our society. And i will let the tories into a secret, the British Public increasingly agrees with the labour party and our positive view of migration. Back in 2011, most people when polled said that immigration generally have a negative impact. But earlier this year, pollsters found that increasing numbers of people were saying the opposite and that immigration has generally had an increasingly positive impact. The tories a