running, but has fewer supporters. ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million households are without power after a new wave of russian attacks. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. waron war on the race to become the new conservative leader, which gathers pace. we will be discussing this in more detail with our paper reviews in a moment but some mps are making the support of possible candidates now to try to build the backing. the international trade secretary and a contestant in the last leadership contest, kemi badenoch, has announced support for rishi sunak in announced support for rishi sunak in an article in tomorrow s s sunday times. she says that rishi sunak is a serious, honestly do we need. the former home secretary priti patel has tweeted her support for boris johnson, saying that he can bring together a united t
wimbledon champion. she became the first player representing kazakhstan to win a grand slam title, beating tunisian third seed onsjabeur in a gripping final yesterday. but britons alfie hewett and gordon reid s run of ten consecutive grand slam wheelchair doubles titles came to an end. joe wilson was there. in this famous corner of london, it was kazakhstan versus tunisia, a brand new combination for a wimbledon final and a clash seemingly of styles. ons jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? well, only her. elena rybakina has power and stature but her touch initially was unreliable. jabeur took the first set 6 3. but even in a three set match, there s time to get better, to speed up. into the deciding set, rybakina retains her power but now she had the movement, the finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? well, she needed an answer early, she could not find one. third set, the victory seemed almost routine. of course, it was years in the making. ryb
showers for england, and wales for the most part, it s a dry day with some warm spells of sunshine throughout the day, really. now, on the satellite picture, we can see a lot of cloud coming into north western areas. and it s this cloud that s bringing those widespread showers at the moment to northern ireland, scotland and a few into the north west of england as well. now, through the day, into the afternoon, those showers become a little bit less widespread, so there ll be a bit more sunshine poking through the clouds here. it stays quite windy, though, with gusts into the 30s mph. further south, the winds lighter, there ll be more sunshine and it will feel warm with just a bit of fairweather cloud. temperatures reaching about 23 in the warmest areas, overnight, a few showers in scotland, but then later in the night, we ll see this area of rain develop in the western isles and the highlands. away from the northwest, though, it s a dry night with some clear spells and tempe
rachel reeves, labour s money woman. let me try and communicate. and after the last seven days, real political life might be more far fetched than anything writers could come up with, but the thick of it star and bafta winner joanna scanlan is here, with her brand new tv series just hours away from kicking off. morning. i ll introduce my guests at the desk in a second, but it s unusual that we have two opposite numbers with big, powerful jobs together at the same time, so while you re both still in the chair, let s say hello and ask you the same question we asked both your bosses a few weeks ago. what is something you admire about each other? politics doesn t have to be nasty. jeremy hunt, what do you admire about rachel reeves? she is a survivor, she has been in and out of the shadow cabinet, front bench, still here, and it is a quality and politics. still here, and it is a quality and olitics. ~ ., ., , ., still here, and it is a quality and olitics. ~ ., ., ., politics. wh
The financial crisis hit. Wages fell sharply and inflation rose as things like the cost of petrol went up. That led to this long period of pay squeeze and that didnt come to an end until september 20 14. And until today wages have stayed above the cost of living but the gap has been closing and today those lines crossed. Individual incomes on average are going down again. Donna spicer is a Teaching Assistant from south east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four years. South east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four yearsli struggle pay freeze for four years. struggle to eat sometimes. I have no social life. There is no money to go out. And it is a choice of heating and eating. So, one winter we were sitting with blankets, hot water bottles, jackets, jumpers. Low unemployment used to mean higher wages as firms chased good workers. I inflation meant workers demanded increased pay rises but people are still concerned about asking for a pay rise while the Public Sector pay fre