And smartwatch payments, the once essential item could become a thing of the past. Good morning. Its goals galore for chelsea and signs of lift off this season, as they beat barrow 5 0. All the Premier League sides in action avoiding an upset in Last Nights League Cup. A dry start to the day for many. A few showers around. When wilful on areas already saturated. All of the details shortly. When will all. Its wednesday, 25th september. Labours first Party Conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the Prime Minister promising delegates that change is on the horizon. Today the focus will be on the scrapping of the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners, and the debate from unions to reverse it. Our political correspondent Helen Catt sent this report. Applause. It was the first time in 15 years that a sitting Prime Minister had addressed labours Party Conference. In his speech, Sir Keir promised the country that change was coming. I know that
we won t play her games, we won t play roles in a tense game, when there is real work to be done, real work on the cost of living crisis, real work to invest in public services. the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending, as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport, we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go o
tella s more about the detail of what was happening in the cabinet and the disagreements there. he talks and the disagreements there. he: talks about how and the disagreements there. he talks about how boris johnson wasn t talks about how borisjohnson wasn t really in charge, key decisions were being taken by dominic cummings. you may say it s not a massive surprise, he was the chancellor in the early 2020 and resigned in february 2020 after a very public row with dominic cummings. it may not come as a prize he was critical of borisjohnson s chief adviser. it paints a picture, you and i have spoken about it, this picture of ks and dysfunctionality in number ten. we will get more of this. he talked about how the cabinet was less experienced than previous governments. we will be hearing about his time as chancellor in the run up, the early part of the pandemic, but he was a health secretary following matt hancock in the spring of 2021. matt hancock resigned following a scandal
nicola sturgeon to set a second independence referendum in motion. she wants it to take place october the 19th next year, with the question the same as in the 2014 vote should scotland be an independent country? let s speak now to msp neil gray who s the snp s ministerfor culture, europe and international development. hello to you, mr gray. how is this the right time? riff hello to you, mr gray. how is this the right time? the right time? of course it s the ri . ht the right time? of course it s the right time- the right time? of course it s the right time. last the right time? of course it s the right time. last year, the right time? of course it s the right time. last year, the - the right time? of course it s the right time. last year, the people | the right time? of course it s the i right time. last year, the people of scotland voted overwhelmingly in the scottish parliamentary elections to give this scottish government a mandate to have discussions on a decision to be ha