Heavy rain, very strong winds, but equally along the south coast of the country. But today part two of the weekend is looking much better. We will see later winds, some sunshine, but light winds and the forecast. I will have all the details later on. Good morning. Its sunday, november 3. Our top story as the general Election Campaign gets into full swing, labour and the conservatives are making big spending pledges. Borisjohnson has promised to end the benefits freeze in place since 2016, whileJeremy Corbyn is proposing to insulate almost every home in the uk, which labour say will create hundreds of thousands ofjobs. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Over the next few weeks we are going to hear a lot from our politicians about what they would do with power and big spending pledges are starting already. Today the government is saying it will end the benefits freeze in april next year. Its been in place since 2016 and has meant things like universal credit and allowance h
Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. Order order and bercow bows out. A retrospective look at the house of commons speakers time in the chair. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. In the past hour, the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont stand in next months general election. He says instead he will be campaigning across the country against the prime ministers proposed brexit deal. It comes as the Election Campaign gets into full swing, with labour and the conservatives making big spending pledges. Borisjohnson has confirmed the benefits freeze in place since 2016 will end in april, whilejeremy corbyn is proposing to insulate almost every home in the uk, which labour says will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker is here. First of all, lets talk about nigel farage. He is saying that his party will field candidate
The ha rd core protesters, the hardcore protesters, who have been upping the anti throwing petrol bombs at police, that is clear. A quick game of cricket for the duke and duchess of cambridge as they visit an orphanage in pakistan as their royal tour to the country comes to an end. It was billed as Super Saturday as mps sat at the weekend for the first time in more than 30 years we look back on yesterday in parliament at half past ten. Borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks withdrawal date. But hes refused to sign the document and hes also sent a second letter warning against any further delay. The Prime Minister was legally obliged to ask for an extension, after mps voted yesterday to withhold approval of his brexit deal, until all the necessary legislation was in place. Meanwhile, eu27 ambassadors met for around 15 minutes in brussels this morning to continue the Legal Process of ratifying the eus side of the brexit deal. Heres our Political Corr
As a devastating typhoon sweeps across japan. It brought over one metre of rain and wind speeds in excess of 110 mph, but now typhoon hagibis is pulling away north and eastwards. Well look at the forecast in the next half an hour. Scotlands crucial world cup match against japan is on at the yokohama stadium. Well be live there with the latest in the next few minutes. Commentator 1 40. Commentator 1 40. The official. That says wife elliott kipchoge storms into the history books in vienna. And he made history becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. Well speak to Eliud Kipchoge after 8am. Its sunday the 13th of october. Good morning. Our top story the wife of a us diplomat who was involved in a car crash that killed the british teenager harry dunn says shes been left devastated by the accident. Last night, the Foreign Office revealed that Anne Sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity because shes now back in the United States. Harrys parents, whove been campaigning
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and babita sharma. Our headlines today conservatives open their Party Conference with a promise to get brexit done, amid suggestions the opposition could try to bring the government down within days. There is also an announcement on hospital spending, with the Prime Minister pledging the biggest Building Programme in a generation. Parents are urged to have conversations with their children about Organ Donation, in the face of concern about the lack of transplants for young people. Good morning. In sport the sixth fastest man of all time, usas Christian Coleman, storms to 100 metres gold at the world athletics championships in doha. And crunch time for wales, as they take on australia at the rugby world cup. Hello, good morning. Not a particularly cheery picture behind me, and thats the way of it across england and wales this morning. Its pretty wet and windy fare for many. Something a little bit better for scotland and Northern Irel