historic reign. queen elizabeth ii was born into the royal family. she was never destined to be queen. so when the duke and duchess of york announced the birth of their first child on april 21st, 1926, no one could have guessed their little daughter, elizabeth alexandria barry would one day rule great britain. all of that was to change however when elizabeth s uncle prince edward add indicated his right to rule to marry american divorce say. took the throne becoming king george sixth in 1936. 10-year-old elizabeth became his i heir. the home school princess began to perform royal duties as well as doing her bit when her country was embroiled in world war ii. 1945 trained as a driver and mechanic in the women s auxiliary service. she and her sister joined other britains to celebrate ve day in the streets of britain. she also had a sweetheart her third cousin superintendence philip of greece. the couple were engaged to be married shortly after the princess 21st birthday. the
in premier league history. good morning. there is a lot of dry weather to come today although some light and patti went across the north west first thing in the morning. forthose north west first thing in the morning. for those that are desperate to see some heavy rain, i think i can see someone at the distant horizon. i will tell you more about that a little bit later on. good morning. it s sunday, 28th august. our main story: the prime minister has said whoever succeeds him will announce another huge package of financial support to help people cope with soaring energy bills this winter. writing in the mail on sunday, boris johnson acknowledged that the next few months would be difficult, as households face sky high costs, but he added that the uk will emerge stronger on the other side . the price cap set by the regulator 0fgem will rise by 80% in october. that means the typical annual energy bill, paid by direct debt, will increase from 1,971 pounds to more than 3,500 poun
temperature heat has caused travel disruption here. also on the programme tonight: higher than expected pay rises for many public sector workers across the uk, but they won t keep up with inflation. and from four to three, as kemi baydenoch is knocked out of the race to become our next prime minister. and coming up on the bbc news channel: ben stokes is out cheaply in his final odi as england are beaten by south africa in durham. good evening. it has been a day of record breaking tempertaures breaking tempertu res across the united kingdom more than a0 degrees celsisus for the first time. the uk s top temperature today was in coningsby in lincolnshire, where it hit 40.3 degrees according to the provisionalfigures. but more than 30 weather stations across england beat the previous record of 38.7 degrees set injuly 2019. and scotland had its hottest day ever. 34.8c was recorded in charterhall in the borders. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in cambridge where the uk s pr
into those numbers. remember stephen colbert had someone arrested for trespassing on capitol hill last month? we got all the details in just minutes. press, police are labeling a 22-year-old man a hero because he used his legally own a gun to take out a mass tutor and in india and nepal. some of the left is a pressing him will not save lives. gun control bill. we ll debate that with our law enforcement panel. we begin with president biden back in washington tonight, facing tough economic realities and sinking poll numbers along with criticism of his trip to the middle east. white house correspondent. good evening. good evening, good to be with you is always. a return trip to washington, d.c., with not much in the way of deliverables. critics of the president s recent trip to the middle east even worse, when they return home, he did so to a steady drumbeat of negative news. will inflation go down from here, mr. president? hoping inflation will go down. not exactly channe
president biden yesterday claimed a win when he signed that massive tax and spend bill into law. and given the obvious name about reducing inflation, the administration has been selling it as the solution to inflation. fox news s own neil cavuto pressed white house economic advisor on when and how this law could ever lower inflation. it won t help in any other area including some of the sharp rise in food prices that have now just not gone down. they have not subsided. the inflation reduction act is not the only initiative we re engaged in. why do you call it the inflation reduction act? i think a year from now inflation will be rising at a slower rate than it is now. harris: he thinks a year from now it will still be rising. okay. studies by the congressional budget office and the university of pennsylvania s wharton school of business have found this information. the spending spree that they are on will have technically zero impact on inflation and could make thin