and overnight if anything the weather fronts wave northwards. heavy and persistent rain being taken northwards and you can see the trailing fronts associated with that area of low pressure. winter picking up area of low pressure. winter picking up across england and wales especially and a mild night once again. tomorrow we start with persistent rain in the north, this low pressure pulls away into the north sea, we have to fronts, the second one week, we take the rain south eastwards and see blustery showers behind. some will be happy and thundery, sunshine in between but the wind will feature. even in land we are looking at gusty winds with gales around the coasts, feeling fresher in the north, 11 to 13, but hanging on to about 18 degrees in the south. a man has been arrested in five american bulldogs destroyed after a woman died following a dog attack in liverpool. the 63 year old woman died yesterday at the scene of the attack at her home in the kirkdale area. merseyside po
country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
be published until late november. a new date is expected to be confirmed today. it follows yesterday s dramatic u turn on the top rate of income tax, as our political correspondent helen catt reports. it s fantastic to be here with you this evening. the prime minister was out at events on the conference fringe last night, rallying supporters. so too was the chancellor. but the night before, they had had a meeting that ended in a major u turn when they backtracked on a headline pledged to scrap the 45p top rate of tax for the highest earners. in her first interview since, liz truss told the bbc that the government was listening. we are also a listening government, nick. that do listen to people. that do reflect on where we could have done things better, and i have said that about laying the groundwork, i have said that about the specific feedback we have had on the 45p tax rate. now there has been a new reversal.
of tax for the highest earners. in her first interview since, liz truss told the bbc that the government was listening. we are also a listening government, nick, that do listen to people. that do reflect on where we could have done things better, and i have said that about laying the groundwork, i have said that about the specific feedback we have had on the 45p tax rate. now there has been a new reversal. just yesterday on this programme, the chancellor committed to when he would set out his debt plan. we are going to have a medium term plan that is going to come out, as i ve said, at the end of november. and all those plans will be set out in fuller detail there. sources have told the bbc he will now do it sooner than the end of november. he had been under pressure to speed the statement up to help calm the markets. but there could be fresh trouble brewing about benefits. under borisjohnson, there was a pledge to raise them in line with inflation. liz truss won t commit to that.