, since 19m ,since19?6 but it since 19m but it ie since 19m but it m since 19m but it [him since 19m but it mm since 19m but it is this when i think it's . uite is this when i think it's quite interesting, we set the bar is this when i think it's quite interesting, we set the her high at the beginning of interesting, we set the bar high at the beginning of the year, record record—breaking high temperature for new year's day, then each month this year has been warmer than average, and those records go back to 1884, so it's going to be quite a year, i suspect, before those final few months coming to fruition. let's look at what to expect. we have however at the moment got some showers around, can you believe it? from this little system some of them heavy and fund moving up from the channel coast as we speak so we continue to see a rash of showers over the next few hours and potentially through the night as well. quite a rash over the channel isles at the moment and they will push across the channel coast. elsewhere clearer skies and that will allow patchy mist and fog to form, white and autumnal flavour here. into the far north—west we are going to see cloud and rain

gradually arriving. overnight temperatures around 9 degrees under clear skies, 16 where we keep the showers. the showers keep going, hit and miss across central and southern england, bit of height out, the best sunshine further north and east, some of the rain heavy across western fringes of scotland and northern ireland. here eyes of 18 but we could see 26 or 27, it will be hot and humid yet again. but take a look at the weekend, low pressure sitting out to the west spiralling around that low, a series of weather fronts, bringing some heavy rain at times, pretty relentless across northern ireland and western scotland. not exclusively, there will be showers in wales and south—west england and a few sharp showers elsewhere. if you keep some sunshine will still have some warmth into the weekend, 25 degrees, still 77 fahrenheit. and there are more showers and strong winds to come as well as we head into the weekend, so a little bit more of an autumnal flavour to our weather and that

continues into next week. many thanks again, louise, louise lear with the weather. that's the news at ten on thursday the 1st of september. more analysis on newsnight coming up on bbc two. that is with kirsty standing by there. and on then also continues, but that's our colleagues across the nations and regions who are standing by with the news where you are. from all of us on the news at ten team, thank you for watching and good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister in david cameron's conservative government, and the broadcaster penny smith. lovely to see you both as ever.

the guardian says two out of three police forces in england and wales it is variance writing —— rising gun crime. the independent warns that wanted ten jobs remain unfilled. the telegraph tells how most gps saw their gps rise —— wages rise. the ice is a leaked letter draught to the met chancellor —— next chancellor to protect businesses going bus. the times says nazim is a the financial times leads with russia's plans to cap prices. backed by the us and other g kevin

countries. —— g7. we're going to kick off first of all, ros. great to see you both. ros, let's start with the i, and energy. it's one of the biggest concerns for so many people. yes. concerns for so many people. yes, and what this _ concerns for so many people. yes, and what this is _ concerns for so many people. yes, and what this is saying _ concerns for so many people. yes, and what this is saying is - concerns for so many people. 1313 and what this is saying is that the energy firms have put forward some plans, a three—point plan for government—backed loans to cover energy debts, scrap the 20% vat on energy debts, scrap the 20% vat on energy bills and covid style rates relief. what they're trying to say is small firms need help, households need help, government must do more. now, that is true. the headline says this will cost tens of billions of

pounds. but it also potentially true. but what is staggering in this article is that it goes on to say that although this will cost maybe 50- £100 billion that although this will cost maybe 50— £100 billion over the next three years, over the next two years, gas and electricity generators could make £170 billion and excess profits. it seems to me there's something wrong with the market, and what i think we really need is more radical thinking. and a temporary halt to the scale of the rises to allow the government, the new government to find a way to directly reform the energy market. and if you stop energy bills going up so much,

that will cost money. but giving households money in order to pay the bills costs money and adds to inflation, so i would like to see a new approach. a sort of dunkirk moment, where the government says this isn't working, we can'tjust carry on as we have been. yes, energy firms are proposing all sorts of things, but we need to look around them. or redistribute the profits by capping the energy cost, so we might avoid a spiralling out of control catastrophe.— of control catastrophe. penny, ou've of control catastrophe. penny, you've been — of control catastrophe. penny, you've been nodding. - of control catastrophe. penny, you've been nodding. it's - of control catastrophe. penny, you've been nodding. it'sjustl of control catastrophe. penny, - you've been nodding. it'sjust that you've been nodding. it's “ust that ros said something _ you've been nodding. it's “ust that ros said something that h you've been nodding. it'sjust that ros said something that i - ros said something that i immediately... that was the first thing. _ immediately... that was the first thing. it's— immediately... that was the first thing, it's such a glaringly obvious thing _ thing, it's such a glaringly obvious thing if_ thing, it's such a glaringly obvious thing if it's— thing, it's such a glaringly obvious thing. if it's going to cost £50— 100 billion, and you have gas and

electricity— 100 billion, and you have gas and electricity generators forecast to make _ electricity generators forecast to make such a whopping great profit in two years. _ make such a whopping great profit in two years. it — make such a whopping great profit in two years, itjust seems... somebody's making all this money by flogging _ somebody's making all this money by flogging this gas and electricity at inflated _ flogging this gas and electricity at inflated prices, otherwise they would — inflated prices, otherwise they would be making these enormous profits _ would be making these enormous profits. so, why aren't they selling it cheaper — profits. so, why aren't they selling it cheaper if— profits. so, why aren't they selling it cheaper if that's how much profit they're _ it cheaper if that's how much profit they're making? it does slightly make _ they're making? it does slightly make my— they're making? it does slightly make my head go a bit fizzy. i was also reading that we are facing this biggest _ also reading that we are facing this biggest squeeze in living standards for a century. this is according to the resolution foundation think tank _ the resolution foundation think tank 50 — the resolution foundation think tank. so we've had any wage growth that youhe — tank. so we've had any wage growth that you've had or that we've had since _ that you've had or that we've had since 2002, _ that you've had or that we've had since 2002, wiped out. fall in disposable income of around £3000 for a typical household, and the number— fora typical household, and the number of— for a typical household, and the number of people living in what they call absolute poverty. going up to

14 million — call absolute poverty. going up to 14 million by 2024. and i'm reading all those _ 14 million by 2024. and i'm reading all those figures and i'm just going. — all those figures and i'm just going, and yet we are one of the richest countries in the world. we are iri— richest countries in the world. we are in the — richest countries in the world. we are in the top of really rich countries _ are in the top of really rich countries. and here we are facing these _ countries. and here we are facing these incredible things, and surely these incredible things, and surely the chancellor's got to do something. they look remarkably like the ones _ something. they look remarkably like the ones that were mentioned in the i. he the ones that were mentioned in the l he says _ the ones that were mentioned in the i. he says we have learned lessons tom ami _ i. he says we have learned lessons tom and he — i. he says we have learned lessons to... and he urged people not to panic _ to... and he urged people not to anic. , ,, ., ,, to... and he urged people not to anic. ,,, ., panic. this is perhaps someone... whoever wins. — the guardian is talking about the

treasury possibly having options to go with the decision and a couple of weeks. i just want to bring in related to all of this, events and in ukraine. a very striking photo on the guardian with vladimir putin paying his respects at the side of the coffin of mr gorbachev, but there will not be a state funeral, according to the kremlin. it's a very striking image, and the politics of what's going on are also very striking. politics of what's going on are also very striking-— very striking. absolutely. it is astonishing — very striking. absolutely. it is astonishing that _ very striking. absolutely. it is astonishing that mikhail - very striking. absolutely. it is - astonishing that mikhail gorbachev is not being celebrated as a leader

at all. putin says his schedule is too busy to attend the funeral, although obviously, he has visited mikhail gorbachev and we see the coffin. but if we remember what achievement it was when russia suddenly became much more of a free country, it is so sad to think what's happened now. and the threat to europe that have come back which we thought had been defeated and which i think mikhail gorbachev felt would be his legacy have been so sadly and brutally undone, and we are all at risk by fear. so, let's hope that somehow, we get a better outcome than it looks at the moment. i remember going to russia on a

school trip just i remember going to russia on a school tripjust in the i remember going to russia on a school trip just in the aftermath, that real sense of optimism. penny, it's a big question but very briefly, do you think these incredibly difficult challenges are going to make people think are we right to be supporting the government's action in ukraine? 0h, oh, my goodness, that is such a difficult — oh, my goodness, that is such a difficult one. borisjohnson, actually, _ difficult one. borisjohnson, actually, many people said he sounded — actually, many people said he sounded very prime ministerial when he said _ sounded very prime ministerial when he said we _ sounded very prime ministerial when he said we were paying for it. and the ukrainians are paying for in blood — the ukrainians are paying for in blood. you're talking about this... gorbachev, — blood. you're talking about this... gorbachev, and the point is that putin— gorbachev, and the point is that putin despised... well, there are suggestions that he despised gorbachev because he actually

thought — gorbachev because he actually thought that was the moment in which the huge _ thought that was the moment in which the huge ussr became the smaller country— the huge ussr became the smaller country and there was no love lost between _ country and there was no love lost between them because gorbachev was increasingly critical of what putin was doing. in fact, talking about peace _ was doing. in fact, talking about peace negotiations in ukraine, so nothing _ peace negotiations in ukraine, so nothing more precious in the world and human— nothing more precious in the world and human lives. i think it's very difficult — and human lives. i think it's very difficult because there will be so many— difficult because there will be so many people standing on the side of ukraine _ many people standing on the side of ukraine. just imagining how it would feel if— ukraine. just imagining how it would feel if parts of britain were being taken _ feel if parts of britain were being taken away from us bit by bit by bit. ,, ,, r bit. crosstalk we must - bit. crosstalk we must stand| bit. crosstalk - we must stand firm with bit. crosstalk _ we must stand firm with ukraine. we really must. we saw what appeasement did. we must not make that mistake. 0k, it ok, it was a big question and i'm sorry we'd haven't got time.

we are facing extraordinary times. another huge challenge on the front page of the independents. penny, nhs vacancies reaching a staggering record hi. , ., :: :: :: record hi. yes, one in ten. 47,000 nursin: record hi. yes, one in ten. 47,000 nursing posts. _ record hi. yes, one in ten. 47,000 nursing posts, ten _ record hi. yes, one in ten. 47,000 nursing posts, ten and _ record hi. yes, one in ten. 47,000 nursing posts, ten and a _ record hi. yes, one in ten. 47,000 nursing posts, ten and a half - nursing posts, ten and a half thousand _ nursing posts, ten and a half thousand doctor roles. it is staggering that we are in such a state _ staggering that we are in such a state i— staggering that we are in such a state. i know we have to say the problem — state. i know we have to say the problem was covid. it caused such huge _ problem was covid. it caused such huge backlogs, but when we look at last year— huge backlogs, but when we look at last year in— huge backlogs, but when we look at last year in england, 20,000 fewer beds waiting for treatment. this is despite _ beds waiting for treatment. this is despite spending going up and up. i think last _ despite spending going up and up. i think last time i was on bbc papers, but they were saying the time has come _ but they were saying the time has come to— but they were saying the time has come to perhaps look at the nhs and say maybe _ come to perhaps look at the nhs and

say maybe we need to change the model _ say maybe we need to change the model. maybe the one we have is not working and _ model. maybe the one we have is not working and we should look to places like france _ working and we should look to places like france and germany. perhaps more _ like france and germany. perhaps more so _ like france and germany. perhaps more so than the nordic countries which _ more so than the nordic countries which have — more so than the nordic countries which have much higher tax bills. we don't _ which have much higher tax bills. we don't like _ which have much higher tax bills. we don't like paying tax very much here _ don't like paying tax very much here we — don't like paying tax very much here. we probably would kick against it. here. we probably would kick against it but _ here. we probably would kick against it. but maybe the time has come to look at _ it. but maybe the time has come to look at a _ it. but maybe the time has come to look at a different way of funding it or a _ look at a different way of funding it or a different way of it operating in the first place. it 'ust operating in the first place. it just seems... it doesn't help that we're _ just seems... it doesn't help that we're in _ just seems... it doesn't help that we're in ever— just seems... it doesn't help that we're in everageing just seems... it doesn't help that we're in ever ageing population and getting _ we're in ever ageing population and getting more unhealthy as well. all of those _ getting more unhealthy as well. all of those things taken with covid as well _ of those things taken with covid as well it— of those things taken with covid as well. it does seem to be leading to this perfect storm. find well. it does seem to be leading to this perfect storm.— this perfect storm. and the royal colleae of this perfect storm. and the royal college of nursing _ this perfect storm. and the royal college of nursing quoted - this perfect storm. and the royal college of nursing quoted saying | college of nursing quoted saying nurses are listening to the speech by steve barclay that the government is asleep at the wheel. whether the

incoming prime minister can deal with this challenge going into winter, it looks very difficult. absolutely, and lots of us have been screaming about the problem in social care and the lack of staff and staff leaving in droves. for so long now. finally, we may have a change to the immigration rules which will allow us to bring in workers who are on the pay scales that social care workers have. but without reform in social care, we actually don't need to be in hospital if they were to get good social care. that would be enough, but they end up in hospital because they haven't had the right support and care either at home or at care homes. so, ithink and care either at home or at care homes. so, i think there is a resolution potentially that needs a

different approach.