pandora papers which reveal how a prominent donor to the conservative party was involved in one of europe s biggest corruption scandals. a serving metropolitan police officer appears in court charged with rape. he denies the allegation. overseas travel becomes easier as the rules are simplified with the traffic light system scrapped in favour of a single red list. and coming up on the bbc news channel, premier league winning manager claudio ranieri looks set to become the new watford manager, after xisco munoz was sacked following their loss to leeds this weekend. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chancellor rishi sunak has told the conservative party conference in manchester that he wants to make the uk the most exciting place on the planet. he says he wants to do whatever it takes to help britain recover from the pandemic. he defended tax rises and said he would like to cut taxes when public finances are on a sustainable footing. he insisted brexit was
russian corruption scandal. a review will be carried out into the metropolitan police s standard and culture following the murder of sarah everard. cressida dick says she won t resign. scientists make a breakthrough, successfully treating up breakthrough, successfully treating up patient with severe depression with a pacemaker. good afternoon to you. the chancellor has told the conservative party conference that he wants to do whatever it takes to help britain recover from the pandemic. whatever it takes to help britain recoverfrom the pandemic. he said he believed in fiscal responsibility. mr sunak defended tax rises and said he d like to cut taxes. and he insisted brexit was in the long term interest of the uk economy, despite disruption to fuel supplies. the government is committing £500 million to renew support programmes. here s our political correspondent. the message from the prime minister and the chancellor is clear. the slogan is build back better . translated, th
officers in the wake of the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard. at least eight people have been killed in an explosion outside a mosque in cobble. it s the first major blast since the withdrawal of international troops dash mac kabul. ethiopia s sisay lemma wins men s london marathon. kenya s joyciline jepkosgei took the women s title. in all, 40,000 are aiming to complete the course. on the first day of the conservative party conference in manchester, borisjohnson has declined to rule out further tax rises. he said the country had been hit by a pandemic, the like of which had not been seen in our lifetimes, and that the government wouldn t be irresponsible with the public finances. asked about the shortage of lorry drivers threatening supplies of food and fuel, he said the country couldn t simply reach for the lever of uncontrolled immigration and suggested firms pay more to attract more staff. here s our deputy political editor, vicki young a lot has happened since