i think that is the reasonable thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. join it beat inflation. us at gatwick airport where the travel join us at gatwick airport where the travel plans of thousands of people are affected. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than four thousand new cases, and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much as one million, with five thousand deaths a day. and going green we meet the teenage entrepreneur who rents real christmas trees each year to save them from being thrown out after the festive period. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts acro
The Prime Minister refusing to take back any. Does this take back any. Does this embarrassing u turn show sunak is sunk and the queen, like the Queen Elizabeth . Is she shanning fur . Shes pledged to buy no new fur products for her wardrobe, according to the Animal Rights group peta. Well have the latest and well ask, should the bearskin caps of the royal guards also now be replaced . I dont know whether you saw those shocking pictures yesterday of the slovakian Prime Minister being shot three times. Absolutely its going to be a press conference which is going to be within our show. So let us know how he is doing. So well bnng know how he is doing. So well bring you the latest on that. Absolutely right. Let us know your thoughts this morning gbnews. Com forward slash yourself first though the very latest news with sophia wenzler. Very good morning. Its 931 Aaron Armstrong here in the gb newsroom cutting nhs waiting lists and improving economic stability will be among the top election p
But not for want of trying. And theres an injury scare for Manchester United in the last of todays premier league matches. Lu ka ku is stretchered off at old trafford. Good evening, well have a close look at the football in just a moment and also todays rugby union results but well start with a a chnage in fortune for englands cricketers. Victory may have been beyond them but they have avoided an ashes whitewash. They had hope heading into the final day but another century from the australia captain steve smith saw the 4th test peter out into a draw. Patrick gearey reports from melbourne. England fans were the noisiest and most visible element today. They we re most visible element today. They were hoping to see a first dramatic victory of this ashes series. In the end steve smith got in the way, batting australia through for a draw and scored another century. It was and scored another century. It was an anti climactic end for england. Morning has broken, but with the australians . Wit
And rain and talking about the wind, with storm dylan approaching, the met office have issued an amber weather warning for strong wind targeting Northern Ireland and scotland. Gusts could reach up to 80 mph and they will be their first thing in the morning in Northern Ireland. If these winds get to a westerly direction through the central belt, that is where we could see some of the strongest winds and they would be very damaging winds if that were to happen. Power cuts would be possible, and some disruption to transport will be likely bringing down trees. Through the rest of the day, the strongest winds will edge added to the north sea leaving us with a blustery day, heavy and thundery showers, temperatures between six and i2 degrees but those words could cause real problems for Northern Ireland and scotland through the morning. That is your weather. This is bbc news, our latest headlines. Beatles drummer ringo starr and bee gees singer barry gibb receive knighthoods, while strictly j