have improved touch. but making ends meet still the biggest for families and firms. i can t give them the things you would like to give them, like the new books. i can t afford to do it any more. with a new promise from labour to help keep a lid on bills, we have one big question this morning is rishi sunak keeping his promise to run a professional government for us all? to answer that, james cleverly, the foreign secretary. the woman who d be your chancellor if labour win the next election rachel reeves is here. and the latest of our leaders interviews for 2023 we ll hearfrom nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister. with me at the desk to help make sense of what that lot of have to say, the chair of tesco and imperial college, john allan, the lbc presenter and journalist, racheljohnson, and iain duncan smith tory mp who used to lead his party. good morning, thanks for being with us. it s not been a great week for the government, with a feeling that rishi sunak ca
widely into the mid 30s, locally as much as 37 celsius, especially across parts of southern england. that weather warning could have impact on health and infrastructure. sharp criticism for the way police forces investigate burglaries, robberies and theft most victims aren t getting justice, a major review says it s unacceptable tears in toronto, as serena williams says goodbye to fans in canada. playing for the first time since announcing her intention to leave the sport, she was beaten in straight sets at the canada open. a hero s welcome for rugby star ed slater, as he completes his 350 mile bike ride, just weeks after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. good morning. it s thursday, august 11th. our main story. talks between energy bosses and the government will take place this morning, amid fears over the soaring cost of gas and electricity. average annual bills are expected to rise to more than £3,500 in october. but ministers say no extra support will be anno
gradually arriving. overnight temperatures around 9 degrees under clear skies, 16 where we keep the showers. the showers keep going, hit and miss across central and southern england, bit of height out, the best sunshine further north and east, some of the rain heavy across western fringes of scotland and northern ireland. here eyes of 18 but we could see 26 or 27, it will be hot and humid yet again. but take a look at the weekend, low pressure sitting out to the west spiralling around that low, a series of weather fronts, bringing some heavy rain at times, pretty relentless across northern ireland and western scotland. not exclusively, there will be showers in wales and south west england and a few sharp showers elsewhere. if you keep some sunshine will still have some warmth into the weekend, 25 degrees, still 77 fahrenheit. and there are more showers and strong winds to come as well as we head into the weekend, so a little bit more of an autumnal flavour to our weather and
do you guys have a second for the city of toronto? we re changing the cn tower to drake tower. he s proud to be from toronto and put the city on the map. a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? i m listening right now. i listened to that album twice this morning. we love drake. thank you so much. what doesn t? of course i m joking about changing the name of the building that identifies toronto s skyline but drake is more globally recognized and the biggest cheerleader for what may be north america s most overlooked city. we re going to make a change. we re going to make a change in these streets. i m carlton mccoy raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master smellier. i m a nomad driven to move in and out of different cultures, different worlds to celebrate diversity by talking about what makes us different and the same. and taking it on to the next destination. that s what live is all a
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