As the death toll rises to 20. The weather gets in the way of the first day of the fourth ashes test. But not even a stray beach ball could stop steve smith, as he helps australia into a strong start at old trafford. The wind will not be quite as strong today there. But also it will be a dry day by and large with few showers around. The full forecast here on brea kfast. Its thursday september 5. Our top story another night of drama here in westminster. The bill designed to stop a no deal brexit could become law on monday after the government announced it will complete its passage through the lords by the end of tomorrow. Labour rejected borisjohnsons plea for an earlier election saying they will only agree to go to the country once the legislation has been passed. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Chris mason. What do we know now . The house of lords were discussing until 20 minutes past one. Some even turned up minutes past one. Some even turned up with blankets expe
Gb news. But first its the news with addison. With ray addison. Thanks, emily. Good afternoon. 1 01. Our top stories this hour. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, education secretary Gillian Keegan said the government had no choice but to order the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools and colleges as labour is planning to force a vote to compel the pm to publish a list of all of the schools at risk. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson saying the government should have acted sooner to appreciate that lots of parents across the country will be concerned because sadly, many children are not going to be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because of the risk that this kind of crumbling concrete is going to pose. It all feels very last minute and what were calling on
Time for a look at the Business News now with tadhg enright. Luxmy gopal, thank you very much. We are going to talk about tax. A new report, funded by the european union, has found that the worlds super rich are still able to pay low rates of tax, despite decades of efforts to reduce evasion. The study says there are still too many loopholes and billionaires are able to pay less than 0. 5 of their wealth. The eu tax observatory, which is behind the report, is calling for a new global minimum tax on billionaires saying that if the richest 3,000 people in the world paid 2 , then it would raise 250 billion a year. Earlier, i spoke to Richard Murphy a Tax Reform Campaigner and professor of accounting practice, Sheffield University Management School and asked how feasible that would be. The good news in this report today is that a lot of measures that are being put in place which i campaigned for over the last 15 years are working. For example, tax havens are now causing one third of the ha
And European Council president , charles michel, for the 27th eu us summit at the white house later today. At the summit the eu is expected to try to lessen the impact of the us Inflation Reduction Act and its subsidies for electric vehicles. Theres also expected to be focus on ways to tackle global overcapacity of steel and aluminium and to promote Sustainable Production in a move against chinese steelmakers. Also on the agenda will be the Global Clean Energy economy, secure and resilient supply chains, digital infrastructure, ai and economic resilience. There is a lot for them to discuss. Joining me now from brussels is ian lesser, Vice President and executive director, at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. A warm welcome to the programme. Quite a significant agenda for those three leaders. First off, could you take us through the Inflation Reduction Act . ~. ,. , act . Well, the Inflation Reduction Act . Well, the Inflation Reduction Act act . Well, the Inflation Reducti
Thank you very much for allowing me to walk you through, excuse me, the nomination. Most of the purpose of this is to show you some photos, as youll hear the Planning Department didnt receive the photos. And probably all of you could have written three quarters of the nomination from what you know about the building. Im not going to bother reading off all the bullet points here about the building. And really just try to concentrate on the photos. This is the entry portal which unfortunately in the 60s was modified and removed. It is a still characterdefining feature. Heres the building when viewed looking west on golden gate avenue. These are two of the most important character defining interior spaces above this. A mens gym and below in the basement is the Swimming Pool. The carpeted area in blue carpet. It covers the Swimming Pool, which is still there because tndc didnt need a Swimming Pool and couldnt operate one. This is the main lobby on the second floor looking down the grand st