i m across the city at the kayll road, one of sunderland s warm spaces as at survey conducted on the half of the bbc say many people are delaying putting the heating on this winter to try to save cash. the other main headlines this morning: a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent hospitals trust is to be published families have been warned it s likely to be harrowing. good morning. a terrific turnaround from crystal palace they come from behind to beat wolves in the premier league, with wilfried zaha s winner sending them up to tenth in the table. we are in for another unseasonably mild day across much of the uk and we also have some rain pushing up the western side of the country. the sunnier skies will be in the outer hebrides and parts of the southeast. i will have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 19th october. welcome to the national glass centre here in sunderland. we are here to talk about the rising cost of living and how it s af
whole picture. it is windy out there today and feeling different and for some we have outbreaks of rain as well. looking at the satellite picture low pressure the south west of the uk, bands of rain popping up across the country but at the moment we have some heavy rain heading into northern ireland. i suspect it could be heavy enough to bring localised flooding. otherwise some patches rain across the west, some patches in eastern scotland. some bright spells coming through across eastern areas of england but a gusty wind of up areas of england but a gusty wind of up to 30 miles an hour inland. very mild but late afternoon to evening we could see some heavy rain for a time across south west england and overnight affecting western areas of the uk. not so heavy a eastern areas and another mild night with temperatures around ten, 14 degrees. quite a chaotic weather picture, and we are looking at this next band of rain just starting to develop heading into portugal. some uncertai
good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a huge distraction that had drowned out other measures announced in the government s so called mini budgetjust 10 days ago. his change of heart followed mounting opposition among tory mps to the tax cut. our political editor, chris mason, reports. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the country. i saw the reaction. we considered what to do w
but the most fervent support. i m samantha simmonds. in other news this morning: a warning the health and social care system in england is gridlocked putting vulnerable people at risk. the chancellor vows to do anything that may be necessary to protect the economy with government borrowing up and people shopping less. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has his sexual assault president zelensky of ukraine says russian forces have planted mines in a dam upstream from the city of kherson. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has his sexual assault allegations dismissed by a jury in new york. good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. liz truss moved into downing street when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. and now she is gone. welcome to our viewers overseas and also here in the uk, of course. in a weak s time we are expecting now to have another prime minister. liz truss will move out of number 10 downing street, making her the shortest serving prim
the pollution of our planet and the changes that we are forcing on nature. this is, as james said, one of the papers talking about nature fighting back here. trying to protect the planet from us. james, take us to the protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front of protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front of your - protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front of your paper, | take us to the front of your paper, the independent, online these days, ministers told to rewrite climate emergency plan. this is an interesting story. i m quite surprised no one else has run with this. i believe it s friends of the earth mounting a court case against the government, and the justice today has declared that the governments have failed to outline sufficient details of their net zero policy, and i think that as they were saying about prince charles, this is incredibly timely. and jermaine. two