And the sports biggest prize. And after the wet and windy day for some of us yesterday, some improvements in the weather for today. For many of us they will be some sunny spells, it also a few showers which could be heavy at times. I will have the full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. Its sunday the 6th of august. Our main story people who were wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be charged living costs for the time they spent in prison. The Ministry Forjustice is scrapping the rule with immediate effect, following an outcry over the case of a man who spent 17 years injailfora crime he didnt commit. Joe inwood has the details. There are many shocking things about the case of Andy Malkinson. Ajury misled. Dna evidence suppressed. 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But for many, it was the revelation that Andy Malkinson would have to pay back some of his compensation to cover board and lodgings that was most shocking. The very idea of paying, once yo
Live to westminster, and our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . Just as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . More are you hearing . Just hours awa and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow more are you hearing . Just hours| away and lunchtime tomorrow and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow and they will be on their feet in parliament laying out the budget and it is a pretty important moment an important moment in any normal year in the political Financial Calendar but this one particularly because it is the last budget before we have to have an election, everyone is passing every word and looking at this and pretty much saying there that the indication is that we know the Prime Minister and the chancellor have said they want to cut personal taxes and the court taxes and individuals pay and within
Count. There were seven swing states in the 2020 president ial election. Arizona, georgia, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and North Carolinasix of them won byjoe biden six of them won byjoe biden all of them crucial this time around, in the race to 270 Electoral College votes. In the popular Votejoe Biden won the 2020 election by Seven Million votes. But look how narrow it was in some of these swing states in arizona, joe biden won by 10,167 votes. In georgia, which biden also won, the difference was 11,779 votes. And in nevada, biden won the state by 33,596 votes. Three states which could decide this election, the two candidates separated byjust 55,832. But for democrats the polls spell trouble. In all these states right now. Trump is winning. Across all seven states, 48 of voters said they would back trump, 43 would back biden. We saw just the we sawjust the other week we saw just the other week that the issue of israel becomes very important. If that were beat to be repea
Of war in syria the u. N. Tries again to bring both sides to the table. New evidence of abuse by men miles military as a former u. S. Diplomat quits an Advisory Panel on the hangs a crisis. A morning commute and its lead to unstick tale soft train derailed leaving two people dead and dozens injured. And im far as small with the sport tennis world number one small know how it is through to her First Australian open final shell face second seed Caroline Wozniak if he survived a labor fight back in her semi final in melbourne. The new military front opened by turkey in the syrian war could further complicate un backed peace talks in vienna the past six days turkeys been attacking y e p g Kurdish Forces in the northern syrian region of the brain they want to push the fighters who say theyre terrorists from the area and create a buffer zone along turkeys border the Un Special Envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks comes at a very critical time in the conflict to speak not to hold up
Negotiations are going. Good morning. Iwill negotiations are going. Good morning. I will be falling are we falling out of love with the humble cup of tea . Studies show that we are buying fewer teabags and more speciality and organic teas. I am in yorkshire to find out why. And in sport, world cup qualifying wins last night for england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Michael oneills side beat the Czech Republic 2 0 in belfast, which should guarantee them a play off spot. And sarah has the weather. It isa it is a very mild start to the day, with temperatures as the sunrises in the high teens. Lots of cloud and drizzle about, but we should see some sunshine later. I will have the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In the last few hours, south koreas navy has held major live fire drills, in the latest show of force to north korea. A south korean commander said pyonyangs forces would be buried at sea in the event of a further provocation. Meanwhile, Internati