in the past, she was still at the height of her powers and had still many great stories within her. thank ou. dame hilary mantel, who has died aged 70. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon. for most of us, we have quite a lot of sunshine around this afternoon. with that, quite a cool this afternoon. with that, quite a cool, fresh feel, and one or two showers. as we can see from the earlier satellite and radar pictures, showers have been pushing in from the north west, most plentiful across scotland and northern ireland. the exception to the sunshine and showers rule is across the south east corner, where we have a stripe of cloud and outbreaks of rain, very slow moving. the ray will be a feature in the south east of england perhaps for the next 2a hours. temperatures between 13 and 20 celsius. the rain keeps falling across south east england this evening and overnight. elsewhere, clear spells, one or two showers, especially some drifting across part
we ll bring you analysis throughout the day on bbc news and if you want to send in your questions or thoughts on the mini budget get in touch i m @bbcjoannag on twitter or use the hashtag bbc your questions. and i m lukwesa burak the other stories on bbc news. the victims commissioner for england and wales dame vera baird resigns, describing the criminaljustice system as being in chaos. a 15 year old boy has become the second person to be arrested in connection with the murder of a 15 year old boy who was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield. and author dame hilary mantel, best known for her wolf hall trilogy, has died aged 70. hello, i mjoanna gosling in westminster, in a massive shake up of the uk s finances, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending commitments that will cost £45 billion by 2027. the government says its policies will help boost economic growth. but critics say funding the tax cuts will lead to unsustai
the biggest tax cuts in half a century in a bid to kickstart growth. more than seventy people die after a migrant boat sinks off the coast of syria. a new type of cancer therapy shows promising results in early human trials. we hear from the study leader. and the first woman to win the booker prize twice the celebrated author dame hilary mantel dies at the age of seventy. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referendums on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referendums saying they are just a sham, and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cov
another countdown, five days until the senate s scheduled august recess, about a week for democrats to stick to leader chuck schumer s stated goal of passing a monumental health care and climate bill, including key components of president biden s legislative agenda. just a week. now schumer could always slide his schedule to give democrats more time, time to figure out if he actually has the votes that he needs because we still don t know where kyrsten sinema stands. she s been silent on the issue so far. our best insight to her thinking comes from joe manchin, far from a guarantee. manchin says there is lots for sinema to like. she has a lot in this bill. she s the one who negotiated basically and no one changed the medicare negotiations. and they thought that wasn t. and she got involved and that was great. i support that. she s been very adamant and clear on no tax increases. i take that very seriously. i feel the same way. so i m hoping that when she reviews and sees it
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