highs reaching around 18 or 19 degrees across parts of the south of the uk. very mild for the time of year. and that s bbc news at ten on monday the 17th of october. stay with us here on the bbc news channel [i continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. you re watching bbc news i m james reynolds. more now on the news that prime minister says she is sorry and accepts responsibility for the mistakes that have been made in her tax cutting plans as her new chancellor announced he was tearing almost all of them up. in an interview tonight with our political editor chris mason liz truss acknowledged that her plans had gone too far and too fast but insisted she wasn t going anywhere and said she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. the prime minister has been speaking to our political editor chris mason. prime minister, who is to blame for this mess? first of all i do want to accept responsibility
cheering thank you for putting your faith in me to thank you for putting your faith in me to lead thank you for putting your faith in me to lead our great conservative party liz truss will become prime minister tomorrow what s her answer to some major questions facing the uk? i will act immediately on bills and on energy supply. he ll have to leave number 10 first have we heard the last of him? he will be a great loss to politics, but hopefully it ll only be a temporary loss. and will prime minister truss be able to unite her party after all of this? £40 billion more borrowing. i that is the country s credit card, i it s on children and grandchildren. it has been a busy summer and a busy first day back. i m joined by gerard lyons, wes streeting, sebastien payne and isabel hardman. we ll bring you all the developments as they happen. first let s show you how the results looked. just over 57% to liz truss, just over, actuallyjust under 43% to rishi sunak. and let s l