yes. so, in summary, what is it? so, what happened was, last month, the scottish parliament, by a pretty big majority, passed this legislation and the legislation, this gender bill, seeks to remove administrative and medical barriers to changing the sex on your birth certificate. that s basically what it does. it s passed the scottish parliament and it was waiting to be given the rubber stamp by the king, royal assent. but, crucially, while the issue of trans rights is devolved to the scottish parliament, the issue of equalities is something that s decided at westminster on behalf of england, scotland and wales and the uk government says, hang on a minute, we think those two clash. and there s a line in the rule book that set up devolution a quarter of a century ago that allows us, they say, to pull this trigger and stop that proposed law becoming law and getting royal assent. that s what they ve done and it s caused one heck of a row. right, well, let s chat a bit more a
to hear. the rest of the week looks very wet indeed. there could be flooding issues, a lot more rain to come on the ground is saturated. the rest of today is windy with rain slowly clearing but more pushing into the west later. that is the morning rain, confined to the north of the uk. it has cleared large parts of england and wales but here is the next band, pushing in later. barely any sunshine out there and a blustery feel two things. the only plus site is it is not feeling cold with temperatures in double figures, milder than we expect this time of year buckle across the north of scotland. a wet end to the day for the northern part of the country, rain rattling through quickly and clear spells and showers for overnight. chaos and severe gales affecting the northern isles and the north highlands through tonight so a wild night to come, blustery for most of us, when trainers on the hills, the best chance of dryness is towards the east. lots of isobars on the charts as we he
sir. is it him? the fourth - chancellor in four months. his sir. is it him? the fourth chancellor in four months. his first act was to ditch liz truss plans. we will not be able to cut taxes as quickly as we want to and some will have to go up. we quickly as we want to and some will have to go unm quickly as we want to and some will have to go up. we now at the mercy ofthe have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? he - have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? he wouldn t of the mighty markets? he wouldn t be the only one to wonder what on earth is going on. so we have one big question this morning. who is really in charge? this morning, we ll hear from the man tasked with saving the economy and liz truss premiership her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. and, as labour keep hold of their huge lead in the polls, i ll be speaking to ma
the result of sabotage. the uk must prepare for a big wave of flu this winter, say health experts, as people are urged to get flu and covid vaccines. and the spotlight is on glasgow and liverpool, as they vie to host next year s eurovision song contest. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women will play their first ever stand alone fixture at twickenham next year. theirfinal six nations match against france will take place at rugby hq. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has made a surprise intervention to try to calm the financial markets, by launching a temporary uk government bond buying programme. it s an attempt to get long term borrowing costs down. they had been. since last week s mini budget. the emergency move is to stave off what the bank said was a material risk to the country s financial stability , given the turmoil that s followed friday s mini budget. the bank said its intervention was to restore orderly market