Good afternoon. In the last hour, Rachel Reeves has used her fIrst Labour Conference Speech as chancellor to promIse that therell be no return to austerIty. After weeks of warnIngs about the dIre state of the publIc fInances, she trIed to convey a brIghter message, sayIng she Is optImIstIc about the uks economIc future. She was brIefly heckled by one protestor at the start of her speech. Our polItIcal correspondent Helen Catt reports. As you can see behInd me, people are stIll fIlIng out from the Conference Hall where Rachel Reeves gave her speech In the last hour or so. A much traIled speech, very antIcIpated because, as we know, there has been crItIcIsm about the gloomy outlook that the chancellor and the PrIme MInIster have been talkIng about. So durIng her speech today, we had the Chancellor Attempt today, we had the Chancellor Attempt to Inject some optImIsm, talkIng about the brItaIn that she hoped to buIld for the future. There were some focus on what labour had already done In
no hollywood ending for wrexham in the fa cup, as the blades prove to sharp in another for the all action affair sheffield united through after to two late goals. we ll be live with rylan clark, emma willis and 0ti mabuse, as they set off on the challenge of a lifetime for red nose day. good morning. this morning there is some mist and fog to watch out for imperative england at wells. quite dense in places. it will slowly lift and we will see some sunshine. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud heavy rain and squally winds. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 8th of february. nearly 8,000 people are now known to have died, following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. that death toll is likely to rise significantly, as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble, and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939, and they trigge
the angel of the north turns 25 how gateshead is celebrating its most famous cultural landmark. and we ll find out how britain s museums might soon be able to hoard a lot more treasure. good morning. for most of us it is a mild good morning. for most of us it is a mild start good morning. for most of us it is a mild start of good morning. for most of us it is a mild start of the day. there will be a lot of mild start of the day. there will be a lot of cloud around with just a few bright a lot of cloud around with just a few bright sunny spells across into reasons, few bright sunny spells across into reasons, but is it different story for northern scotland, where in the hills with for northern scotland, where in the hills with starting with early snowfall. i will have the full later on. it s saturday february 18. our top story. rishi sunak will meet the president of the european commission later as expectations rise that a deal will soon be reached on post brexit t
18 weeks. for six months now and it s can be 18 weeks. a jury has been told that lucy letby, the nurse accused of murdering babies, wrote i killed them on purpose because i m not good enough on a post it note. the metropolitan police is investigating more than 600 domestic and sexual abuse claims against its own staff. britain s most prestigious architectural award good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. liz truss is coming under more pressure from some of her own mps to rethink her tax cutting plans following last month s mini budget. it comes after the goverment last week abandoned its plan to abolish the a5p tax rate for top earners. but senior conservatives have continued to voice grave concerns at liz truss s tax cutting measures without explaining how she will balance the books. this afternoon, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng said he s totally focused on delivering the growth plan, in response to speculation about a u turn on the measures. let s listen to what he had