good morning. whether this will really make a difference for passengers bus. a new british record and a silver medal for dina asher smith you may not bejumping at the world athletics you may not be jumping forjoy when championship in doha. a brilliant performance but not many you hear the weather today because we have more heavy rain coming in people there in the stadium to watch it. from the south west which will good morning. after such a wet and exacerbate the situation we had at the weekend but before that, a lot windy weekend for part of the uk, of dry weather, some sunshine and some fog patches in the west. i will today, we are off to a dry and have more later on. bright start before many more heavy rain sweeps in from the it s monday the 30th september. our top story: south west later. i will have more the conservatives are aiming inis south west later. i will have more to get their party conference back in 15 minutes. on track following allegations about it s mo
hours into this half-day of training, and we are down 1%. you see it for the ftse, 0.5% lower. all these stocks are short in trading today. the dollar roughly weaker today, given the fact we did see those lines coming through from mnuchin, something perhaps more panic for the markets. they were calling the bank ceos, asking about liquidity. some said this wasn t an issue in the first place, and might have added nervousness to the overall sentiment, butthey were, asking about again we did see mnuchin try to quash those rumors that the president is considering firing jay powell. more of a be a bit relief year, but not seeing a clear picture when it comes to equities, also bonds, as well as fx today. we mention treasuries and those continues rallies that we have seen. it has been a pretty busy week when it comes to bond options for the treasury market. we see this momentum continue. if this means, for chinese bonds, it has been a stellar year when it comes to chinese sovereign b
lead at the top of the table. i m british it s good to have you with us. french prime minister edward finney pres appealed for continued dialogue a day after by land and to government protests in the capital paris one hundred thirty five people were injured in saturday s protests as the so-called yellow vests took to the street for the fourth weekend in a row when he was detained almost two thousand demonstrators the movement was sparked by anger over a planned increase in fuel taxes those have since been scrapped the protesters are calling for further reforms was on the streets of paris rebellion was in the air was the yellow vests in full voice was was but they weren t in song for long pockets of anger soon fled across the city street battles with thousands of extra police outs and paris practically on lockdown it wasn t quite the chaos of last weekend still officials are dismayed at what played out the saturday. eight in the escalation of violence has been stopped it has b
it s been a big news week on both sides of the atlantic with the budget dominating the domestic agenda, and in the united states, the president s state of the union address and super tuesday. the latter, a series of primary votes in 15 states and one territory, crucial in selecting the candidates for this autumn s presidential election, pretty much confirmed what we already knew that we re heading for a rerun contest of biden versus trump. the bbc s coverage elicited this response from graham, in chingford. last week, we broadcast a plea from viewer alan watts for a ban on the word expected and on speculation in general in regard to coverage leading up to the budget. as we speculated might be the case, his appeal fell on deaf ears. so, do we have any sense of which taxes might be cut? the government wants a positive headline, so we understand they are carrying on with trying to cut personal taxes. we ve got the chancellor in two days time. if he was listening tonight,
charge them at night, but charge them in the day instead when people are more alert and able to react more quickly if something goes wrong. these shocking pictures from illingworth in west yorkshire show what can happen in extreme cases. here, an electric motorbike was left on charge inside overnight. four people were taken to hospital, but fortunately nobody received life threatening injuries. i m mark from the fire service. in cambridge, residents are being offered help on safety issues. e bikes can be an environmentally friendly way to get around, but the fire service says make sure you use the battery recommended by the manufacturer and the correct charging cables. simonjones, bbc news, cambridge. for the last five years, former soldier steve davies has been on a mission. he s set about restore old military graves that have fallen into disrepair and to bring them back to their original state. along the way, he s discovered some remarkable stories of those who gave their l