it puts her in line to be the country s first female prime minister. iii country s first female prime minister. ., country s first female prime minister- country s first female prime minister. . ., ., minister. if we are called to govern this nation. minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do it minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for - minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for all - this nation, we will do it for all italians with a clear objective of uniting the people, of underline what unites it, rather than what divides it. and, nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how to stop a space rock from hitting earth. coming up later this hour how king charles helped save british farmhouse cheese. the value of
hi, dodd. not seen you for a while. how have you been, you big giraffe? sally laughs. good morning. with one game to go before the world cup begins, how gareth southgate s future s the spotlight, a year after leading england to the euros final. good morning. we ve currently got some rain in the south east which will clear away and for all of us we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers and a noticeable wind too, and feeling chilly in that wind. i will have all the details about this mornings programme. good morning, everybody. it s monday 26th september. our main story. the pound has fallen to its lowest level against the us dollarfor 50 years. the record slump came after the government unveiled tax cuts funded by huge increases in borrowing. let s talk more to nina about this. how did this all start? a drop to around $1 how did this all start? a drop to around s1that s how did this all start? a drop to around $1 that s the how did this all start? a drop to around $
to invest in green energy and technology projects. shadow chancellor rachel reeves will tell the party s annual conference that the £8 billion scheme would create jobs and grow the economy more effectively. our political correspondent iain watson reports from liverpool. but inside, aesthetically, it doesn t make a great deal of difference either. itjust makes the room slightly shorter. keir starmer and shadow chancellor rachel reeves are visiting a home insulation scheme in bootle on merseyside. from insulation, from the plasterboard on top and that s set on batons so it s brought the wall out about that much. they want to see more projects like these because they believe they ll keep heating bills down in future and that going green is the way to tackle the energy crisis. and you could do all the external stuff with the family in there? yes. and then you just get in for the internal bit? yeah. today they ll announce a scheme to put government money into private sector projects to exp
observing this pair of asteroids for the next week and month to try to determine what effect it s had. this one is actually determine what effect it s had. this one is actually quite small, isn t it? in one is actually quite small, isn t it? , ., . , one is actually quite small, isn t it? ., ., it? in terms of ob ects that might dama . e it? in terms of ob ects that might damage it? in terms of ob ects that might damage it it? in terms of objects that might damage us, it could it? in terms of objects that might damage us, it could cause - it? in terms of objects that might i damage us, it could cause something like that very rare we don t have to worry about it but it could cause significant damage but, yeah, you are right, there is much larger bodies out there. the largest of them in some cases getting on for them in some cases getting on for the size of small planets. this is a tiny body but tiny ones are more common so in some sense, they possess cumulatively a bigger threat