Good afternoon. In the last hour, Rachel Reeves has used her fIrst Labour Conference Speech as chancellor to promIse that therell be no return to austerIty. After weeks of warnIngs about the dIre state of the publIc fInances, she trIed to convey a brIghter message, sayIng she Is optImIstIc about the uks economIc future. She was brIefly heckled by one protestor at the start of her speech. Our polItIcal correspondent Helen Catt reports. As you can see behInd me, people are stIll fIlIng out from the Conference Hall where Rachel Reeves gave her speech In the last hour or so. A much traIled speech, very antIcIpated because, as we know, there has been crItIcIsm about the gloomy outlook that the chancellor and the PrIme MInIster have been talkIng about. So durIng her speech today, we had the Chancellor Attempt today, we had the Chancellor Attempt to Inject some optImIsm, talkIng about the brItaIn that she hoped to buIld for the future. There were some focus on what labour had already done In
Good mornIng. More than 50 pubs closed every month In the fIrst half of thIs year. Is It tIme to accept last orders on thIs great brItIsh InstItutIon, or should more be done to support them to thrIve . Arsenal are denIed a famous vIctory agaInst Manchester CIty Asjohn stones scrambles home a late equalIser seconds from tIme as the Match Ends In a draw at the etIhad stadIum. You dont even have to waIt for the next News BulletIn before you fInd out what the news Is. It next News BulletIn before you fInd out what the news Is. Out what the news Is. It was cuttIngedge out what the news Is. It was cuttIngedge technology. I were celebratIng the 50th AnnIversary of ceefax, the Internet And Smartphone servIce of Its tIme. Good mornIng. FurtHer heavy RaIn Today across central and soutHern parts of england that could well lead to some dIsruptIon. For scotland and NortHern Ireland, It Is quIeter and cloudy, but wIth raIn In the far north later. All the detaIls throughout thIs mornIngs programme. G
And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
Next, a discussion on the Obama Administrations economic policies and their effect on certain sectors of the u. S. Economy. From this mornings washington journal, this is an hour and a half. One of our guests. Also joined by heidi, an economist at the Economic Policy institute, or epi, and joining us from George Mason University where she is a Senior Research fellow. Wanted to get your perspective on the economic president obama at a florida port vowed to speed shipping and transit projects, talking how the thinks he can boost the economy. What is the state of the economy now . How would you judge the economy to date . I think its too weak. Weve been out of the recession for four years. I think the best way to describe it is the labor market is stuck in the mud. The Unemployment Rate, which is a share of the population that is employed, has been almost flat, and very low. As unemployment has gone down, thats a because a lot of people have given up and Economic Growth is not as strong a