after standing by the policy. but with a growing number of senior conservatives criticising the plan, the chancellor admitted this morning that it had to go as it had become a distraction from other parts of the government s economic plan. and so the chancellor used a key speech at the conservative party conference in birmingham to try and move beyond that distraction , take a listen. what a day. it has been tough but we need to focus on thejob in hand. i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence i get it. i get it. we re listening and have listened. i refused to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny i refuse to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny to fall back into middle league status or that the tax burden reaching a 70 year high is somehow inevitable. it isn t and it shouldn t be. we needed a new. applause. conference, we needed a new approach focused on raising economic growth. just over a week after hitting an all time lo
coming into western england and wales. tomorrow, we have high grass pollen levels across parts of england and wales, but those levels are dropping across northern england and north wales, perhaps because there could be more cloud around tomorrow. the bulk of the showers tomorrow. the bulk of the showers tomorrow will be across northern ireland, which i was on longer spells of rain in scotland, where it will be particularly windy, with gales in the far north. tomorrow it could be cooler in scotland and northern ireland, but in eastern parts of england, where it may stay dry, temperatures reached 22 celsius in the sunshine. it should be dry at trent bridge on saturday, and probably dry through the rest of the five day test match. a westerly breeze, and temperatures won t change an awful lot. the wind won t be as strong on sunday. the wind is easing down a bit because the low pressure bringing the windy weather and the showers is moving away. for sunday, we have lighter winds, a
And settled intention to end their life. Two doctors must approve, and the individual must be over 18, and have lived on the isle for at least five years. Our medical editor fergus walsh has been to meet people on both sides of the debate. The isle of man has a Population Ofjust 85,000, the same as grimsby. But for over a thousand years it has set its own laws and is about to vote on one of the most contentious issues facing society. These two campaigners want to see Assisted Dying introduced on the island. Simon was kept alive way too long, in way too much pain. He had no dignity whatsoever, no quality of life. Sue biggerstaff is haunted by the memory of her husbands agonising death from motor neurone disease. The doctor, everybody was wonderful. But the fact is, simon had intravenous morphine in both legs and both arms, and patches. And still he was in pain. She says simons final months were torture paralysed from the neck down, his muscles wasting with open wounds that would not hea
The Israeli Defence force say they have struck over 100 military targets overnight and killed a senior commander. Militants have continued to fire rockets into israel, towards tel aviv and other areas in the south. The World Health Organization has condemned israels Evacuation Order. It says forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be a death sentence. President biden has spoken with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and urged him to provide safety for civilians amid the bombardment. Diplomatic efforts to prevent the violence from spreading have been stepped up, with mr biden s secretary of state, antony blinken, visiting cairo. Hes expected to press egyptian officials to restart talks on getting aid into gaza through the Border Crossing. The us is sending a second Aircraft Carrier to the eastern mediterranean, near israel. The Uss Eisenhower will lead a group of ships aimed at deterring further attacks against israel, in particularfrom iran or the Lebanese Militant Gr