to discuss meaningful reform. we want to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to be self funding from within the industry, because we can t afford to keep taking more taxpayers money. as conservatives gather in birmingham for their annual conference, for the first time, prime minister liz truss admits there has been disruption in the uk economy following last friday s mini budget. a man held in iran for nearly five years on spying charges before being released alongside nazanin zaghari ratcliffe says he s dedicating his london marathon run to the people of iran and its prisoners. hello, and a warm welcome if you have justjoined hello, and a warm welcome if you havejustjoined us. more than 50,000 rail workers are taking industrial action today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will only recover slowly on sunday morning. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. se
we think they re the right plans because those plans make our economy competitive. and european countries scramble to protect key infrastructure, following the suspected sabotage of two critical gas pipelines. we start in florida where hurricane ian, a powerful category four storm, is right now making landfall, bringing with it winds of almost 250 kilometres per hour. heavy rain is lashing the west coast. millions of people are braced for catastrophic damage and life threatening storm surges which could be nearly two metres high this is the scene right now in punta gorda. brutal conditions. it s under a state of emergency. the storm had been stregnthening as it hit florida. these are the latest pictures from marco island in florida. and here s the state governor speaking in the last hour. ian will produce hurricane stren-th ian will produce hurricane strength winds and massive floodin-, not ust winds and massive flooding, notjust where it makes the initial landfall but throu
He had been serving an eight year sentence for historical sex offences. Students could save thousands of pounds on tuition fees with a proposal for shorter two year degree courses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Heavy snow has hit much of the uk, causing disruption to roads, railways and airports. 20 flights have been cancelled at Stansted Airport while flights were suspended at luton. A number of motorways have been covered in snow with police asking people to travel only if absolutely necessary. The heaviest snow has fallen in north wales amber snow warnings have been issued there. In the midlands and in northern and eastern england. Lets get this report on all the latest disruption from our correspondent lee milner. This was the scene on the m25 in buckinghamshire today. Heavy snow brought motorists to a standstill. In llangollen in wales there was no chance of people getting anywhere today. This is by far the worst ive ever seen. Its probably the worst snow ive ever seen,
News that i was mentioning in fact that has literally just news that i was mentioning in fact that has literallyjust come into us. That has literallyjust come into us. It says that Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes husband, richard, has confirmed that the court case which was scheduled to ta ke court case which was scheduled to take place this afternoon has been postponed. Of course, he says, one tomorrow doesnt make it christmas, this is Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffes husband, richard. She is not yet on the plane, but it is good to have some hope. He is saying there is no further court appearance, which might have been an opportunity for judges to extend her present time as a result of the remarks that mr johnson made in the house of Commons Committee a few weeks ago in which he said that she had been the teaching journalists, which she denies. Lets stick with politics, with the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Is it finally stage i, peace in our time, after the
In hospital at the age of 7a. He had been serving an eight year sentence for historical sex offences. And at 4 30pm, the latest in our series on bbc news, 100 women. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Heavy snow has hit much of the uk, causing disruption to roads, railways and airports. At heathrow airport, over 100 flights have been cancelled so far today. There have also been cancellations and severe delays at stansted, birmingham international, east midlands and Belfast International airports. A number of motorways have been covered in snow, with police asking people to travel only if absolutely necessary. The heaviest snow has fallen in north wales. Amber snow warnings have been issued there, in the midlands and in northern and eastern england. Lets get this report on all the latest disruption. From our correspondent lee milner. This was the scene on the m25 in buckinghamshire today. Heavy snow brought motorists to a standstill. In llangollen in wales there was no chance of pe