But friday night of it, shall we . But first, it is the headlines with the wonderful Karen Armstrong. Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Im Karen Armstrong in the gb news room. Emergency services in birmingham are dealing with an ongoing incident following reports of an explosion. Reports of an explosion. Residents in the hall green area reported hearing one or more loud bangs this afternoon on sarehole road. West Midlands Fire Service says the blaze is now under control. No more details, but well bring you more on this as soon as we get it. A man who murdered his baby it. A man who murdered his baby stepson has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. Craig crouch has been convicted of killing ten month old jacob, who was found dead in his cot in december 2020. Hed suffered 39 rib fractures from numerous assaults in the months leading up to his death. Jacobs mother, up to his death. Jacobs mother, gemma barton, was sentenced to ten years for causing or allowing his death.
There today than august as storm anthony brings widespread heavy rain, a risk of gales and disruption. Ill have the full details coming up soon. Yeah, well be telling you everything you need to know about that. Good morning. Im anne diamond. And im Martin Daubney and this breakfast on gb news. This is breakfast on gb news. Its going to be a very stormy , very nasty weather wise. Stormy, very nasty weather wise. This weekend, isnt it . Where did Global Warming go . Where is august gone. Yeah, well, its like were writing it off already. Its gone down the pan and. And, of course, it coincides with the school holidays. My family are in scotland. Hello. If youre watching, youre probably going probably not. Theyre going to miss think first its miss it. I think at first its going batter into the going to batter into the south west up way. South west coast up that way. But what a british but yeah, what would a british summer be without terrible weather . I know. I mean, ive just recently been
We stop it. So its a heck of a busy hour to come put something cold and fizzy in the fridge or fire up that kettle and lets make a friday night of it, shall we. 7 but friday night of it, shall we . But first, it is the headlines with the wonderful Karen Armstrong. Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Im Karen Armstrong in the gb news room. Emergency services in birmingham are dealing with an ongoing incident following reports of an explosion. Reports of an explosion. Residents in the hall green area reported hearing one or more loud bangs this afternoon on sarehole road. West Midlands Fire Service says the blaze is now under control. No more details, but well bring you more on this as soon as we get it. A man who murdered his baby it. A man who murdered his baby stepson has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. Craig crouch has been convicted of killing ten month old jacob, who was found dead in his cot in december 2020. Hed suffered 39 rib fractures from numerous assaults
he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four years before then he did more junior roles, having been deputy to borisjohnson, not as prime minister, but when he was mayor of london. kit malthouse is seen as a fixer. he becomes the fifth education secretary in a little over a year, a sign ofjust how unstable politics has been. kit malthouse, welcome to political thinking. thank you. i m flattered to be here. well, it s been a roller coaster ride this week, hasn t it? it has been a challenging week, as they say. i think that s the euphemism that politicians use. but hopefully things will settle, although i have to say it comes. i mean, i got elected in 2015 and it s been a pretty much a roller coaster ride since 2016. so leadership elections, general elections, referendums, pandemics, wars, it s been a, you know, a bit of a roller coaster. so i sort of feel a bit seasoned towards it. and to be honest with you, nick, ifind myself a bit surprised that people are surprised be
memorials have been held across indonesia for the deceased. the british prime minister has admitted her government s mini budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets could have been handled better. liz truss has remained defiant as senior conservatives criticised the fiscal event. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. we ve seen the pound go down. interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by the bank of england in order to try and defend the pension system. my guest on political thinking this week is a new member of liz truss s new cabinet. he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four years befo