someone who has been out there, unafraid, despite the threats. a man has been arrested. we ll have the latest. also on the programme. drought is officially declared across large parts of england after the driestjuly in 50 years. there s no cheer in the latest economic figures which show the economy has shrunk slightly. people don t seem to be coming out eating as much, or coming out drinking as much, because they can t afford it. train drivers strike this weekend over pay and the cost of living disrupting people s ability to get to sporting and social events across the country. and the shortlist of uk cities that could host next year s eurovision song contest has been revealed, with seven left in the running. coming up on the bbc news channel, gold in herfinal major race for britain s n triathlete non stanford who sprinted to the line to win the european championships in munich. good evening and welcome to bbc news at ten. the author sir salman rushdie has been stabbed on s
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to give a lecture reads the guardian. the telegraph also leads with the stabbing of salman rushdie reporting that he was airlifted to hospital. and the daily express describes the attack as frenzied . some other stories featuring this evening the ft leads with the news that the new prime minister will face a public finance crunch, with debt payment and the nation s welfare bill set to soar. a picture of a very dry field is on the front of the i warning that drought will shrink food crops in the uk. but the star has a positive slant on the drought story reporting that rivers that are home to beavers are less likely to dry up. so, let s begin. with salman rushdie. it s like a holding statement of the moment from the newspapers. the police in new york say really what we ve been taught now for about five hours is that salman rushdie is in surgery and that is all we know. the front of the telegraph is perhaps the biggest selection of images and although the images appear