attend theirfirstjoint engagement since the end of formal mourning. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. britain s finance minister kwasi kwarteng, has told the conservative party conference in birmingham that he s still determined to deliver his economic plan hours after performing a major u turn on a flagship policy. he s abandoned a proposal to lower taxes for high earners, following widespread criticism, turmoil in the financial markets and a dramatic drop in the value of the pound. the chancellor acknowledged his plans caused, what he called, a little turbulence in the economy. he s now also expected to bring forward his next financial statement from the 23rd of november to this month. here s our political editor, chris mason. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the
Ahead of a general election expected next year. Heres some of his speech i am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. Applause. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham in blue is already under construction and will be completed. But the length in red, stretching further north from birmingham to manchester, has now been officially scrapped. A separate eastern leg to leeds marked here in purple had already
sides in the champions league quarterfinals. chelsea join liverpool and manchester city in the last eight, after a convincing win over the spanish league leaders atletico madrid. keeping beauty spots beautiful when the covid restrictions lift why landowners want more people to pay attention to the countryside code. good morning. today once again is going to be fairly cloudy for most with some patchy rain coming down the east of the country. the best of the east of the country. the best of the sunshine in the south west and also central and eastern parts of scotland. i will have all the details later in the programme. it s thursday the 18th of march. our top story. people under the age of 50 are unlikely to get their first dose of a covid vaccine before the end of april because of what nhs england is calling a significant reduction in supply. it s understood to have been caused by a delay in the manufacture of millions of doses of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine in india.
Accepted the community and to be able to be a cce pted by the community and to be able to be accepted by our parents. The reason i would not come at my was because i would like to be disowned. The reason i would not come out to my pa rents reason i would not come out to my parents is because i would be disowned. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch if one of your relatives has received poor care or if you work in a care home and are worried about workload and standards. We also want to hear about excellent care and your ideas for how things can change. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The chairman of the iraq inquiry, Sirjohn Chilcot, has told the bbc that the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation, or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq wa
Theres blame on both sides. And i have no doubt about it and you dont have no doubt about it and you dont have any doubt about it either. Rising pressure on care homes the number of places in england for people with substantial needs will need to rise by a third in ten years, a study warns. Also the royal navys new flagship arrives home. The 65,000 tonne hms Queen Elizabeth the navys biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. Britain truly has the best sailors, marines and officers in the world andi marines and officers in the world and i believe you deserve the very best equipment. That is what we have with hms Queen Elizabeth. And the name is great, daniel craig. The actor confirms he will return as james bond for a fifth and final time. Good morning. Its wednesday 16th august. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The government has said it does not want border posts between Northern Ireland and the republic after brexit. A document, published later today