the chancellor promises a back to work budget. labour says the government s following its lead. and the oscars almost here. i would say i was and the oscars almost here. i would say i was live and the oscars almost here. i would say i was live from the red carpet, but for say i was live from the red carpet, but for the say i was live from the red carpet, but for the first time in history, he doesn t but for the first time in history, he doesn t read. officially, it is champagne. to me it looks beige. good morning. england have suffered - their heaviest home defeat in history. france producing a ruthless display to score seven - tries at twickenham in the six nations, i winning 53 points to 10. and in whether it will be milder for most and in whether it will be milder for most of and in whether it will be milder for most of you and in whether it will be milder for most of you over the next few days but with most of you over the next few days but with rain at t
a huge rescue effort is taking place in the us state of florida in the wake of hurricane ian. fears are growing that there may have been many deaths. at least ten have been recorded since the storm struck. president biden said ian could prove to be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. it is expected to crash into south carolina on friday. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter in place. with the biggest risk coming from the storm surge, well over six feet in places, that left homes and businesses quickly flooded. you re looking at a storm that s changed the character of a significant part of our state. i me
territories in ukraine, but the us says it will never recognise russia s claims. meanwhile ukraine says 23 people were killed when a russian missile hit a convoy of vehicles carrying civilians. search and rescue efforts continue in florida, after hurricane ian caused widespread destruction. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england more than 40,000 have left in the last year. steve wright will host his final radio 2 weekday show this afternoon, but stressed he is not retiring and will continue at the station. the prime minister liz truss and chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the head of the office for budget responsibility, the uk s independent financial forecaster this morning. they ll discuss the fallout frpm last week s mini budget. while the watchdog offered to prepare a draft forecast in time for last friday s mini budget, that offer wasn t taken up. forecasts from the 0br give an indication of the state of the nation s finances and there have been cal
the atlantic, a really big area of low pressure slowly but surely starting to take control of the weather. notjust yet, most other state with sunshine through the rest of the afternoon, cloud feeding into eastern scotland and north east england on quite a chilly northerly breeze, temperatures just 12 degrees for aberdeen, 18 for plymouth, by the end of the day, things will change. we will see clouds and showers, some thunderstorms breaking out across the south west of england, drifting into wales through the evening. could be torrential downpours and places, frequent lightning and turning windy. some showers getting into northern ireland by the end of the night, most other areas dry but with extensive cloud and the odd spot of drizzle across northern and eastern scotland, north east england, 6 degrees for glasgow, very mild towards the south. this big area of low pressure starts to make a move, you can see various frontal systems rotating, showers and longer spells of rain th