Barclays backtracks customers will still be able to access its cash from post office branches, reversing its decision. But the post Office Network is still extremely fragile, according to a report by mps out today. Wales name their team ahead of the Rugby World Cup semifinal. Jonathan davies is fit for sundays match against south africa, but Liam Williams is out with an ankle injury. And its a bit of chili out of there this morning. Scotland and Northern Ireland with widespread frost to start, heavy rain in england and wales. Details later. Its friday, the 25th of october. Our top story borisjohnson will spend the next three days trying to persuade mps to back his plans for a general election on december the 12th. Eu ambassadors will meet this morning, to discuss how much longer they should give the uk to achieve brexit, but theyre expected to delay making a final decision until they know the Prime Minister has set out. Let me talk through ambassadors will need for they will discuss ho
Interesting issues though, doesnt it, about the relationship in the family. You could end up in poverty as an elderly person. If you fall out with your kids and youve given them all your cash, were going to be debating that at the top of the show. Weve got sam fowles and Charlotte Griffiths here. First, though, the very latest News Headlines with sam francis. Francis. Very good morning to you from the newsroom. Its just after the newsroom. Its just after 9 30 and a recap of the headunes 9 30 and a recap of the headlines this hour. Rishi sunak has claimed todays fall in the rate of inflation down to 2. 3, is a major moment for the uk economy. Its down from the march figure of 3. 2, driven by lower gas and electricity bills. The slowdown, though, is not quite as big as experts had predicted, prompting uncertainty about when the bank of england will cut Interest Rates. The Prime Minister, though, says everything is heading in the right direction and inflation is back to normal. Now that i
Which will become more widespread as we go through the day. For many of us, a beautiful day, cloud and drizzle in the north west of scotland. Most likely to develop across central england, southern england, eastern counties, the fog could be dense enough to cause delays on the road and possibly even some of the airports in the south. Theyre that in mind if you are travelling tomorrow. Look at the extent this morning. Some freezing fog around as temperatures dipped to zero. A lot milder in the north west due to south westerly winds. Southern parts of the uk, the airports, in some places the fog will last through the afternoon, in many areas it will lift and disperse. Where it lingers, it could be around 0 degrees. Most of us wont get that. A lot of low, grey cloud. The odd spot, 14 degrees in aberdeen. This is an unusual meteorological phenomenon. We had a weather front living in tomorrow night, fog forming in some parts of the country. Wednesday is gloomy, less foggy, the wind will pic
In the third test in perth. Massive win. Good morning. Its monday 18th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A review into building regulations following the Grenfell Tower fire says there should be a culture change to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. Dame Judith Hackitt, who is carrying the review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. In her first report out this morning, she also says regulations are confusing and open to interpretation. The interim report tells us that what we have in place today is a system which has evolved over a number of years. It is overly complex and that complexity does not lead to it being as effective as it needs to be. What sort of things specifically are we talking about . Were talking about a system where there is too much prescription, where there is a very heavily layered system of guidance currently, which is not helpful in terms of leading pe