our main story. a man who died after a car hit a group of people in sheffield was a good samaritan who was trying to help another person. police say christian marriott was out for a walk on wednesday afternoon with his wife and two young sons when he stopped to help an unconscious woman after a row between two groups. two men have been arrested on murder charges. simonjones reports. the police say what happened in this street on wednesday afternoon was utterly heartbreaking. christine marriott, described as a good samaritan, was out walking with his wife and two young sons when he saw a woman lying unconscious in the street. it s thought she had been involved in a row between a group of people. as mr marriott was giving her first aid, he was hit by a car and killed. the car also struck the woman. she is in a critical condition in hospital. six other people were injured, including an off duty midwife. when i came out, the car was there. i didn t know there were some people und
an nhs health check at the age of 45 so they can discuss the menopause with their doctor. heartbreakfor the home nations as both scotland and wales fail to qualify for the women s world cup. a cold start the day in the southeast with patchy thrust, the rest of us do not have a skull to start as yesterday. with apache frost, the rest of us do not have as cold start as yesterday. it s wednesday 12th october. our main story. the value of the pound has fallen sharply after the bank of england confirmed it won t extend an emergency financial support package beyond this friday. the measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. our economics editor, faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial markets are not solved. the bank of england has repeatedly stepped in to help the pensions industry since chancellor kwasi kwarteng s controversial mini budget. but the message from governor andrew bailey to the bbc is tha
to around 12 degrees, much milder than the nightjust gone. so through thursday we will start off on a mostly dry note, there will be some sunshine through the morning. but the cloud amounts will increase to the afternoon. still some uncertainty as to how far north of that rain will track from the south west. you ll find more updates on our website including this a sneak peek inside the all new battersea power station before it opens. that s it for now, i m back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. lots of economic news this morning. we heard over night ahead of the bank of england says after this friday he s going to stop that multi billion pound scheme to try to stabilise the uk economy. and that comes at the same time as can be getting warnings the uk economy might take longer than expected to
businesses have act 3a members of parliament for the uk s ruling conservative party has been involved in a russian corruption scandal. that is according to an investigation by the bbc s panorama programme. the league documents show that the former oil executive secretly benefited from an alleged $4 billion fraud. his lawyers told the bbc there is no evidence whatsoever that he behaved improperly. the revelations came from the pandora papers. a league of 12 million offshore documents. richard bilton has the full story. these are the beaches that a russian businessman has big plans. france is 100 miles across the channel. later this month uk government will decide whether or not to approve ambitious plans linked to with an underwater energy and communication cable. the billion pound scheme will be