sometimes there is an economic crisis because of all the events that cannot be predicted. this is self inflicted in downing street with backbenchers last week. humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks patients put at risk due to a toxic culture at one of the uk s biggest mental health hospitals, bbc panorama reveals. health officials are urging those eligible to get their flu jabs and covid boosters. experts have warned of a big, and early wave of the flu this autumn. millions of people in florida preparing for life threatening storms and there will be high winds and flooding at hurricane ian approaching. the bank of england has stepped in to prop up the government bond market, after uk interest rates soared, and gilts tumbled, following the government s mini budget. the bank warned the market s reaction to the government s measures now represented a material risk to uk financial stability . it says the market for gilts, in which the british government borrows, has beco
it s been a busy afternoon in downing street dominic raab is back as justice secretary and deputy prime minister james cleverely stays as foreign secretary ben wallace remains defence secretary and michael gove looks set to return to government. grant shapps a big supporter of rishi sunak. grant shapps a big supporter of rishi sunak. stay with us in downing street for all the appointments so far. welcome to downing street where the new prime minister, rishi sunak has started to assemble his new cabinet with a number of appointments into the top jobs in government. let s into the top jobs in government. run you through v so let s run you through what we know so far. let s run you through what we know so far. jeremy hunt who took as chancellor after kwasi kwarteng was sacked following the fallout of the mini budget remains in post at the treasury. dominic raab is back in government a key supporter of rishi sunak. he is back asjustice secretary and reappointed depu
legalise same sex marriage. the new family code which is the culmination of efforts by a coalition of lgbtq activists, would help gay couples adopt children and also allow surrogate pregnancies. now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost economic
now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start off with you. this is being called a gamble for growth . is it a gamble that s going to pay off, do you think? well, it s certainly a gamble. i hav
and australian scientists say they ve created the first sentient lab grown brain. other experts described the work as exciting but said calling the cells sentient was going too far. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn stevens, political editor at the daily mirror and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard. tonight s front pages make sobering reading for the new pm. the times says her advisers have told her to rip up her mini budget as it has caused such financial and political turmoil. and the ft is reporting a similar call but this time made by liz truss own backbenchers at a stormy meeting with her in parliament. the mirror can t resist reworking an old margaret thatcher declaration to advise ms truss to change course. but the daily express takes a different approach, saying conservative politicians are blaming remarks by the governor of the bank of england for the fall in the val