an nhs health check at the age of 45 so they can discuss the menopause with their doctor. heartbreakfor the home nations as both scotland and wales fail to qualify for the women s world cup. a cold start the day in the southeast with patchy thrust, the rest of us do not have a skull to start as yesterday. with apache frost, the rest of us do not have as cold start as yesterday. it s wednesday 12th october. our main story. the value of the pound has fallen sharply after the bank of england confirmed it won t extend an emergency financial support package beyond this friday. the measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. our economics editor, faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial markets are not solved. the bank of england has repeatedly stepped in to help the pensions industry since chancellor kwasi kwarteng s controversial mini budget. but the message from governor andrew bailey to the bbc is tha
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s
the office of the prince of wales has insisted that all rules were followed when the prince s charitable fund took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the chair of the public inquiry investigating a major post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. more than 600 subpostmasters were given criminal convictions when a faulty it system made it look like money was missing from their branches. 81 people have now had their convictions quashed. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. delight at the court of appeal as the record is set straight. after all this time, now the weight has been lifted. but this court victory isn t the end of the road. the post office took hundreds of thousands of pounds from sub postmasters like richard to cover what looked like shortfalls at branches, leaving people financially ruined. imprisoned while pregnant,
absolutely brilliant. cannot believe it. 2-1, absolutely brilliant. cannot believe it. 2-1, england, i absolutely brilliant. cannotl believe it. 2-1, england, get believe it. 2 1, england, get in! in other news us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia amid strong warnings from beijing not to visit taiwan. the office of the prince of wales has insisted that all rules were followed when the prince s charitable fund took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. thanks forjoining us. if you haven t heard by now, england have won the european women s football championship beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses, as they are known, had never won a major trophy before and this is the first senior football honourfor england since the men s world c
2 1, england, get in! in other news us house speaker nancy pelosi prepares for a tour of asia amid strong warnings from beijing not to visit taiwan. hailing frequencies open, sir. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died, age 89. england have won the european women s football championship beating germany 2 1 at wembley. the lionesses as they are known had never won a major trophy before and this is the first senior football honour for england since the men s world cup victory in 1966. a crowd of almost 90,000 people were at the stadium, with millions more following the game on television and radio. mark lobel reports. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the lionesses, bringing football in front of a record crowd of over 87,000 at wembley and many more watching on around the country and world. let s hear it for england! cheering. i said t