attacks of a knife and gun attack at a nursery school in thailand. the russian president has ordered a full investigation into the explosion that destroyed part of his country s only road link to the occupied crimean peninsula. vladimir putin has also ordered the russian secret service to ramp up russian secret service to ramp up security on the bridge. ukrainian officials have welcomed the explosion without officially admitting responsibility. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the road had collapsed into the sea. later, investigators announced that three people had been killed. they have opened a criminal case. the 12 mile long road and rail bridge is not only strategically important to the kr
hold onto breezy conditions wednesday into thursday, a cluster of weather fronts from the south bringing showers or longer spells of rain, spreading north through the day on thursday. where we have son, sunny spells, temperatures could be six or seven celsius above the norm, up to 21 celsius across southern and eastern areas, mid to high teens for the north. we hang onto that through friday and into the weekend. wet and windy weather moving north, a little brightness interspersed. more rain pushing north on sunday. some rain could be heavy, may be thundery. a little sketchy this far out, so stay tuned to the forecast. the outlook, stay mild throughout friday, saturday and sunday, heavy rain at times. stay tuned to the forecast. back to you. the reshuffle is under way in the new prime minister is busy working on ministerial appointments. we hear that wendy morton is out as chief whip and heading to the backbenches, jacob rees mogg and brandon lewis we reported earlier on ha
hurricane fiona slams into canada s eastern coast with heavy rains and huge waves, washing away homes and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. a man has died after a fire in a block of flats in bristol. eight others are currently being treated in hospital while authorities try to find alternative accomadation for residents. a uk ticket holder has come forward to claim friday s £171 million euromillions jackpot the third biggest win in the game s history. hello and welcome to the programme. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the tories have announced they re cutting, but keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also proposed by the conservatives. as the labour party conference got under way, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here
it is 7pm, good evening. i am nicky schiller. we are going to start of course with the general election campaign. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle , saying it contained not a single plan for the future . we ll have more about the prime minister shortly, but first here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you ve ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. applause this, the village hall in lancing in west sussex, as sir keir spoke of his own background. if you re working class, you r
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