is the public on board with rishi sunak s tough migrant policy? and vegan products have been filling the supermarket shelves in recent years but new data shows the cost of living crisis is turning people back to more affordable meat products. welcome to the programme. we start with the crucial summit on the security of the amazon rainforest. the leaders of eight south american countries that share the amazon, are gathering the first time in m years there s been a meeting like this. scientists are concerned that, deforestation in the amazon may be approaching an irreversible tipping point. brazil s president lula da silva is hoping for a co ordinated regional approach, to tackle illegal mining and logging as well as other environmental crimes. scientists say the amazon rainforest is a crucial buffer against climate change and 60% of it is located in brazil. it acts as a major carbon sink absorbing carbon dioxide emissions. president lula has already promised to
three times the average february rainfall. the general situation as we head into the start of march is it will stay unsettled, so wet and windy again at times but what you will notice is how much colder it will notice is how much colder it will feel for the rest of the week. frosty nights and some of that rain will turn to snow, particularly above 200 metres and tomorrow that will include the higher ground of northern ireland, the mountains of wales, some of that could move to the southern uplands by the end of the southern uplands by the end of the day. overnight tonight the rain clears away from east anglia, this deep area of low pressure will push northwards and eastwards, some of the rain likely to turn to snow over the rain likely to turn to snow over the hills and some heavy downpours of rain across wales and south west england. blustery through the channel and it s cold. towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too
and fay weldon, the writer best known for her 1983 novel, the life and loves of a she devil has died at the age of 91. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has set out his programme for the year ahead, outlining five promises he says he wants the public tojudge his premiership on. they are halving inflation to ease the cost of living whilst also growing the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunities across the country. he wants to ensure the national debt is falling to secure the future of public services whilst also cutting nhs waiting lists so that people get the care they need more quickly and passing new laws to stop small boats crossing the channel. he asked voters to judge his premiership on whether the goals were achieved. on the current wave of strikes in britain, he said he hugely valued public service employees and wants a reasonable discussion on what is fair for the country . let s have a listen to some of the prime minister s speech. i want to make five
who had served two terms in the role. the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, was re elected for a historic third term. overall, the conservatives lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections in england. this morning, the transport secretary mark harper said while the results were disappointing. the general election was still all to play for . let s speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan, who is in birmingham. that is where the west midlands mayoral result was announced yesterday. she has been there getting reaction. it was already a difficult few days after thursday s local elections for the conservative party but i think many pin hopes on the west midlands mayoral contest that declared in birmingham late last night, about nine o clock. that is because it was a close race, but the conservatives hoped their incumbent mayor andy street would hold on for another term but in the end, it was the labour candidate who is now the mayor, richard parker, who won by a s
to the labour party. mark logan who until parliament was disolved last night represented the key marginal seat of bolton north east said things would only get better under labour. but for the labour party itself today things have only got messier when it comes to the confusion over one of their longest serving mps diane abbott. can she stand for the party injuly? we ll try to work out the very latest. we re also on verdict watch we ll have an update from the courtroom in new york as the jury in the trump trial continues deliberating after asking to hear key evidence again. in any general election campaign, there s the agenda the politicians want to stick to. but then there s the unexpected the events which throw the carefully planned programme off track. the events which throw the carefully todays there s been more of that. the events which throw the carefully while rishi sunak was out and about pushing his party s economic plans, one of his candidates who until last