Catching cancer on time, diagnosing it earlier and treating it faster so more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. Following Labours Decision to scrap Winter Fuel payments with little notice to millions of pensioners, when the prime Minister Today Rule out scrapping Concessionary Travel Affairs and counsel to discounts which also help millions of pensioners across the uk . Yes or no . figs millions of pensioners across the uk . Yes or no . Millions of pensioners across the uk . Yes or no . As he knows very well. The uk . Yes or no . As he knows very well. I the uk . Yes or no . As he knows very well. I am the uk . Yes or no . As he knows very well, i am not the uk . Yes or no . As he knows very well, i am not going the uk . Yes or no . As he knows very well, i am not going to very well, i am not going to pre empt the budget, it will all be set out in due course. Can i pass on the heartfelt thanks on behalf of the Bolton Council who greatly appreciated the Dedication And Lea
Are in listening mode, they say. Has the balance shifted on the use of long range weapons . Very good evening. Senior republicans are bemoaning Donald Trumps performance Last Night in the first and potentially the only televised debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Several times throughout the more than 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia, the Vice President Baited Trump on many of the issues she knew would get under her opponents skin. They sparred over the size of his rallies, his electoral defeat in 2020 and the World Leaders who she said were laughing at him. From the opening exchange, it seemed to work. The former president did land some blows, Drawing Attention to biden s record on the economy and immigration and, by association, Kamala Harris role in that. But Snap Polls suggested it was Ms Harris who came out on top. The more important poll, though, the one on election day, remains very much in the balance. From philadelphia, heres our north america editor, sarah smith. At a
in martin scorsese s 1990 mafia movie, goodfellas. ray liotta was working on a film in the dominican republic when he died. he ll also be remembered for field of dreams and copland. the head of p&0 ferries has told the bbc it was a difficult decision to sack hundreds of staff earlier this year. peter hebblethwaite said that the dismissal of 800 workers and replacing them with foreign agency workers paid less than the minimum wage was intended to secure our transport correspondent katy austin reports. 10 weeks on, most of p&0 s ferries are running again, but questions remain, including about the way the company suddenly dismissed its staff. how would you feel if somebody did that to you? well. er. it s not, it is not pleasant, being made redundant and we have tri. it was more than being made redundant, wasn t it? it was being told on the day, this is your last day at work. no warning. yeah, as i ve said, i recognise that we had to make a very difficult decision. we have issued
plus, coming to a car park near you: cheap solar charging for your electric vehicle. but does northern europe have the weather for it? we start with the cost of living here in the uk because, as we were anticipating this time yesterday, the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a financial support package to help people with soaring bills. the 15 billion pound plan will be funded, in part, by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy. in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the opposition labour party have been calling for, but the government has resisted, until now. all households, regardless of income, will receive a grant of £400 towards their energy bills, which won t have to be paid back. on top of that, those on the lowest incomes, around eight million households, will receive a one off payment of £650. and pensioners receiving the winter fuel allowance will also get an extra one off payment of £300. those receiving disability b
care of, for a change. i the chancellor is rasing some of the cash from a one off tax on oil and gas companies. we ll have their reaction, too. also tonight. the texas primary school mass shooting questions about how long it took for police to challenge the gunman. up to an hour, some say. the actor kevin spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk. abba as you ve never seen them before. a0 years after they last toured, digital technology takes them on the road again. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rhys mcclenaghan is told he won t be allowed to defend his gold medal at the commonwealth games in a move that s been described as reprehensible. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. timely, targeted and temporary the three words chancellor rishi sunak used this afternoon to sum up a £15 billion package to help millions of households across the country through the cost of l