or paying for our utility hills which which have doubled. how scotland bounced back after the disappointment of missing out on a world cup play off spot with eyes on euro qualification. and will it be glasgow or liverpool receiving douze points as they become the final two cities in the running to host eurovision 2023? good morning. another day of sunshine and showers but the less frequent and widespread than yesterday. the other thing is the wind will not be as strong so it won t feel as cool as it did yesterday. all the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 28th september. our main story. the international monetary fund which is responsible for stabilising the global economy has criticised the government s plans for tax cuts, warning the measures will increase inequality . it follows the chancellor s mini budget last week, which saw the value of the pound slump to an all time low. now, some of the country s biggest lenders have suspended mortgage deals a
spinning toward the west coast of florida this morning. bringing with it life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding. we ll have a live report from tampa in just a moment. and also ahead, a former d.c. metro police officer does not hold back at a sentencing for a capitol rioter. plus, we ll dig into new data that suggests significant covid waves could be coming this fall and winter. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we re going to begin in florida where millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as the powerful storm barrels towards the state intensifying every hour. the storm is expected to make landfall on the southwest coast of florida, as early as this afternoon. just moments ago, it reached the status of category 4 hurricane. the center of the storm is then forecast to move over the central part of the state, with winds likely re
Which Hit Nhs Trusts across the country. 11 trusts in england are still experiencing problems. Patients have been urged to turn up for appointments unless they hear otherwise. The head of microsoft has said the attack should be treated as a wake up call and, here, questions are growing about whether the government had adequately prepared the nhs for such an attack. For our first report, lets go to our correspondent danny savage, whos at York Hospital for us now. First impressions here at york today was that everything is fairly normal. The car park is busy. Many people coming and going to their outpatient appointments, but then when you look around a little closer, you can see that lots of computers are still switched off with Warning Signs on them not to be touched. Things are far from normal in there. Its got a lot better since friday, but there are still problems across the system at the moment. York is typical of many hospitals across england today. A large number of computers are
The bmas general Practitioners Committee after a unanimous approval. It would see surgeries closing their doors in emergencies such as flu epidemic, staff shortages, or a cyber attack. That is pretty scary. Very quickly, the sunday express. Do you know when wimbledon starts . Monday . Very good andy murray says he is fighting fit. He isnt playing very well, he had a bad end at queens club. So fingers crossed he can make a decent fist at defending the title. We will be there. Murray hill, orwhatever defending the title. We will be there. Murray hill, or whatever it is called these days. Thank you very much. An absolute pleasure. Thats it from us. Meet the author is next. The irish writer paula mcgraths novel, a history of running away, is about three women separated by time and place, who are all trying to escape the circumstances of their lives. Theyre all connected although we dont know how at the start of the book and their stories are about a society that seems to thwart them at eve
The gloucestershire old spots, one of britains most famous pig breeds, from extinction. And coming up in the sport on bbc news chris latham wins a bronze for britain in the mens scratch race at the world track cycling championships, bringing gbs medal tally to two in two days. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The syrian president , bashar al assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he claimed america had worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american air strikes. And he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. A warning that our report from James Robbins contains distressing images. Nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. Children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. Other pictures, to horror flick to broadcast, Should Fire Crews H