of communications has quit. the prime minister s chief of staff has quit. the prime minister s principal private secretary. i always worry about getting that out correctly. civil servant. ..has also quit. so, four of the most senior people in downing street are on their way out. we were expecting a bit of a clear out. one of them, we were not expecting. and it all makes everything feel like my wobblyjenga tower i talk about every week. yeah. ..suddenly got a lot more woogly. or shoogly, as we d say in glasgow. shoogly! exactly. pretty shoogly. so, the news has changed a bit, but the analysis of what s going on with thejenga tower is basically still the same as we recorded a little while ago. so here s an episode of newscast we made earlier. i ve always wanted to say that! newscast. newscast, from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and laura in the same studio. and chris in stormont, in belfast, where the downpour of news has been even bigger than the downpour of rain. y
hello and welcome to another look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us in the next few hours. with me arejohn stapleton, broadcaster, and kate proctor, who is the editor of politicshome and the house magazine. welcome back. got a few more titles in. a close up of borisjohnson on the front of the daily mail, which says the loss of four top aides, the chancellor not ruling out a leadership bid, and the rising cost of living has created a meltdown in downing street . the guardian leading with those resignations, too, with the pm s policy chief, chief of staff, principal private secretary and director of communications all quitting number ten. i m getting lost in all these letters. and the i saying they ve quit over boris johnson s false claim that sir keir starmer failed to prosecutejimmy saville, and the fallout from lockdown parties. beneath that story, the times leads on the increasing cost of living. the paper reports a bleak assessment of soaring energy bills, in
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territories in ukraine, but the us says it will never recognise russia s claims. meanwhile ukraine says 23 people were killed when a russian missile hit a convoy of vehicles carrying civilians. search and rescue efforts continue in florida, after hurricane ian caused widespread destruction. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england more than 40,000 have left in the last year. steve wright will host his final radio 2 weekday show this afternoon, but stressed he is not retiring and will continue at the station. the prime minister liz truss and chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the head of the office for budget responsibility, the uk s independent financial forecaster this morning. they ll discuss the fallout frpm last week s mini budget. while the watchdog offered to prepare a draft forecast in time for last friday s mini budget, that offer wasn t taken up. forecasts from the 0br give an indication of the state of the nation s finances and there have been cal