after appearing in court charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. thomas cashman who s 3a is due to stand trial in march. king charles and the queen consort have greeted crowds in dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and meet the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has achieved a childhood dream, by covering his whole house in drawings. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has defended his u turn on abolishing the 45p income tax rate, following widespread criticism, at the conservative party conference. this morning he backtracked on the plans, which were announced just 10 days ago in the mini budget, follwoing several senior conservative mps voicing their opposition. in a speech in the last hour, he admitted it s been a difficult day, but told the conservative party conference that the uk needs a new approach and that economic growth is the only way to spread opportunity and
punishments for knife crime after his cousin is stabbed to death in manchester. and it s going to be gold for great britain and northern ireland. more golds for great britain as the european championships draw to a close. good evening. dock workers at felixstowe, britain s largest container port, have gone on strike, bringing operations to a halt. there are warnings it may cause serious disruption to supply chains providing everything from fresh food to household goods, clothing and parts for the car industry. almost 2000 workers are taking part in eight days of action. their union, unite, has rejected a pay offer of 7% plus a one off payment of £500, saying it is significantly below inflation . the port authority insists it s a fair deal. almost half of britain s container goods pass through the port in suffolk. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. what do we want? 10%! the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making su
across the uk on wednesday, it is across the uk on wednesday, it is across the midlands, southern england and south east parts of wales, the temperatures will likely to reach 32 which is 95 fahrenheit. you can see how long the heat will last in cardiff and london, right through the weekend. temperatures over 30 degree, it won t be as hot for scotland and northern ireland, as over the weekend temperatures here may start to drop away a little. a lot of people are asking when it is going to rain. main it will rain early next week, pressure is going to be drop, temperatures will be falling and we have the chance of some rain. thanks darren. and that s bbc news at six on monday 8th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, goodnight. welcome to sportsday with mejane dougall, on the
cloud. rishi sunak battles to head off a parliamentary revolt by his own mps, ahead of a crunch vote on his rwanda asylum policy. a new draft resolution is expected to be announced shortly after the un climate summit, after the backlash against plans which made no pension of facing out fossil fuels. the bombardment of gaza continues as a un aid chief says ahead of a crunch vote on his rwanda asylum policy. ukraine s president zelensky is in washington as efforts to secure a new package of us aid stall in congress. now to time to take a look at is we start in the us where in the last hour we ve had the latest indication of how quickly prices are rising. the us consumer price index rose by 3.1% in the year to november, that s down slightly on the 3.2% recorded in october. this latest data comes a day before the us federal reserve sets interest rates for the final time this year. erin delmore is in new york. give us a sense of what the figures talent us about how effective the f