diane abbott, is free to stand for election in her north london constituency. it follows days of wrangling over her future, following suspension from the party, over comments she made about how jewish, irish and traveller people, experience racism. she was re admitted to labour on wednesday. ms abbott has yet to say, if she ll stand. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. the story that s been rumbling on for most of this week has now come to a sort of conclusion after sir keir starmer said that diane abbott, a very long serving labour mp, she was the first black woman elected to parliament, is free to stand as a labour mp at this election. she had claimed she was being blocked by the party. so what we re waiting to hear from in the next few days is to hear from diane abbott herself. she hasn t commented publicly since sir keir starmer said this yesterday, so we re waiting to hear from her to confirm if she will indeed do so. the crucial thing, though, is that it is
campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. he says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasn t been able to escape is dianne abbott. there s been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re admittance of the veteran labour mp into the party. keir starmer has been tackling that issue as well this morning, denying that his party is blocking left wing candidates. 0n diane abbott you said last week you weren t going to get involved in her case. you said the days when the leader rolls up his sleeves and gets involved are well and truly over, that s what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. Our headlines today the Royal Australian navy is evacuating around 1,000 people from a ring of fire on the victorian coast, with more extreme fire conditions forecast for the weekend. Us forces kill the head of the Iranian Revolutionary guards elite quds force with an airstrike in iraq. Who was to blame for the blackout . Millions of homes were left without power, and chaos was caused on the trains in the summer. The Energy Regulator will deliver its verdict on what went wrong and whether it should have been stopped. First illness, now injury hits the england cricket camp. Rory burns is out of the test series in south africa, after he was injured playing football in training. After the tv star, ricki lake posted a picture of herself with a shaved head talking about the quiet hell of hair loss. Well look at the impact it can have on womens confidence. And it is a wet but mild start for many in england and wales this
were introduced, there have been several more incidents some fatal involving the animals. 0ur reporterjayne mccubbin has been looking at the issue. in the space ofjust over a week, a five year old boy was treated for head injuries after being attacked in hull. firearms officers are called to a street in caerphilly after a 15 year old is attacked, and a woman in her 50s is killed in london. scared, you know, the fact that this has happened in our neighbourhood to a lady that obviously was very kind and loving. the fact that that s happened with her own dogs is scary, it s very scary. dog barks behind those injuries and this death is a dog just like this, an xl bully. ian langley, ian price, 17 month old bella rae birch, ten year old jack lis and grandmother esther martin, they all died in the jaws of an xl bully. and their deaths led to a ban right across great britain. that means it is illegal to sell
do not work. when dogs attack, they say, the problem is responsible owners, not dangerous breeds. elouise still has to cross the street when she sees a dog, but this week celebrated an important milestone in her recovery. little miss glamour uk 2024 and this is you, you ve just won this, haven t you? what did the judges say about you? they say you are very confident and beautiful. yeah. you ve been through a lot, haven t you? you have, haven t you? but you re getting there. congratulations on your award, elouise. say thank you. thank you. congratulations. researchers say a simple saliva test is proving more