sunshine pops out, september sunshine still feels pretty warm. the weekend, better prospects on saturday, should be dry as high pressure building, but on sunday we have outbreaks of rain returning to western areas and becoming quite heavy. one thing i have noticed over recent nights, just how quickly it has been going dark. if we look at how much time we are losing off the length of the day, for london we are losing about three minutes 50 seconds every day and in thy wit, it gets worse, about 5.5 minutes less daylights each day. with longer nights, more time to enjoy those storms. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday, september 7th. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with kirsty, who s live in sheffield, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. hello and welcome
my some mps have called for a u turn. my advice to the prime minister would be to do it, do it now, something that will be firm, bold and convincing. liz truss has faced growing calls from within her own conservative party to rethink her economic plans. labour, the principal party of opposition in the uk, says a u turn would mean liz truss has to resign. liz truss who got us into all this trouble, rowing backwards desperately, not knowing where she s going, what would what good would that do for britain? good afternoon. if you have just joined, if you havejustjoined, welcome if you have justjoined, welcome to bbc news. the bbc has been told kwasi karteng is no longer chancellor. it s not yet clear if he s been sacked or if he s resigned. this morning he rushed back to london to see the prime minister, after cutting short a trip to washington. it follows turmoil on the finanancial markets after his mini budget last month. the prime minister is about to hold a news conferenc
care workers out of theirjobs. it s the late, late show at old trafford, as an injury time winner earns manchester united victory in the europa league, which keeps alive their chances of winning their group. we are live at king s cross station in london. say happy birthday to the world s most famous train, the flying scotsman, celebrating 100 years on our ways. and as we steam towards the weekend, expect a mishmash of cloud, sunshine and rain at times. sunday looking driver many. coming up. good morning. it s friday, the 14th october. our main story. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has cut short his visit to the us to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini budget. liz truss is facing intense pressure to reverse her tax cutting plans, in a bid to reassure both the financial markets and her own party. frances read reports. behind closed doors in downing street, everything is back on the table. billions of pounds of borrowing
new cabinet later today. one of the most pressing issues she will face is how to deal with soaring energy bills. details are beginning to emerge of a plan that could see energy bills frozen at their current levels for 18 months. we ll hear from voters about what they want from the new prime minister. i feel like there needs to be somebody who is a little bit more honest, a bit more transparent and has a goal that is going to make the world a better place for this generation because, as a mother, i m really worried with the cost of living, with everything. good afternoon once again from downing street on the day a new prime minister is installed at number 10, succeeding borisjonhnson, who left office this morning. liz truss the new conservative leader elected yesterday saw her majesty the queen at balmoral castle in aberdeenshire earlier today and accepted the invitation to form a government. she s expected to give her first address as prime minister here in downing street
claiming that rishi sunak is set to become prime minister after tonight s events, but the paper s camilla tominey warns that the psychodrama of the last few weeks is not over. the daily mail are also running with the line that rishi sunak is set to become pm. the daily mirror says borisjohnson has become humiliated and rishi sunak will be the next unelected prime minister. the metro has claimed that boris has bottled it and so nak is on the brink of power unless boro supporters shift to penny mordaunt. the express describes rishi sunak as a new pm in waiting. and the sun simply says bojo it s a no , and that rishi sunak could be pm by tea time tomorrow. so let s begin. sunak are set to become prime minister, asjohnson pulls out. it has been an extraordinary week, and to think, camilla, it is only thursday afternoon that liz truss actually resigned, it feels like we have compressed many years of politics into the last 72 hours. yes, that s right, they say a day is a long ti