around western coasts, down into sunday. just a brief respite. still flood warnings in force and yet more heavy downpours still to come throughout the rest of this evening and overnight, particularly in the south where we will see gusty went around this area of low pressure, 50-60 around this area of low pressure, 50 60 mph and some thunderstorms around. we should pick these should become confined to the south and east by the end of the night and and east by the end of the night and a high pressure ridge building elsewhere and a colder night with frost in the glens of scotland and perhaps northern england, a touch of grass rust further south and probably a few pockets of fog with light winds around, perhaps in the central belt and further south. the rain should clear quite quickly from the south and east, some spray and standing water on the motorways but it looks as though tomorrow will be the driest and brightest day of the week. the fog will in places take time to clear
her predecessor, borisjohnson, left downing street for the last time. in his farewell speech, he urged the conservative party to unite behind his successor. let me say i am now like one of those booster rockets that has fullfilled its function, and i will be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obsecure corner of the pacific. we will have the latest on the change in prime minister and the challenges that liz truss faces. especially the cost of fuel and the cost of living crisis, with a new plan expected this week costing tens of billions of pounds to help households and businesses. for some, to help cannot come soon enough and we will hearfrom to help cannot come soon enough and we will hear from those already feeling the pressure over the rising cost of living. feeling the pressure over the rising cost of living- cost of living. because of the gas, i don t cook cost of living. because of the gas, i don t cook so cost of living
a million and a half households are without power following a new wave of russian attacks. and england s lionesses will face china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of boris johnson rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mr johnson has flown home from holiday in a caribbean overnight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected
you know committee really is important to spell out the consequences of that. the country is facing economic crises, energy crises, a crisis in the nhs, and then there is the everyday business of government that is not getting done. yesterday, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse reported and it has received almost no attention because of the political stability that is occurring, and so we need a try minister that is capable of leading a functioning government and i don t think it is at all clear that is what we are going to end up with. emma norris from the institute of government. the mayors of greater manchester and the liverpool city region are calling on the government to give an immediate funding injection for train operators in the north of england. andy burnham and steve rotheram say that