can be no impunity for those there can be no impunity for those perpetrating atrocities. and that he must withdraw from ukraine and restore regional and global stability. if he chose to, he could stop this war, a war that has done untold damage to the ukrainian and the russian peoples. his war is an assault on ukraine, an assault on the un charter and an assault on the international norms that protect us all. so we stand with our ukrainian friends for as long as it takes. because ukraine's fight for freedom is the world's fight for freedom, it is the world's fight for freedom, it is ourfight forfreedom, is the world's fight for freedom, it is our fight for freedom, and is the world's fight for freedom, it is ourfight forfreedom, and if ukraine's sovereignty and territory are not respected then no country is

truly secure. these are the reasons why ukraine can and must win. thank you. why ukraine can and must win. thank ou. , ., , you. right, you were listening there to the foreign _ you. right, you were listening there to the foreign secretary _ you. right, you were listening there to the foreign secretary james - to the foreign secretary james cleverly give an address to the united nations generally assembly in which you heard him being highly critical of russia and its actions in ukraine. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... the bank of england raises interest rates to a iii—year high of 2.25% to tackle soaring prices as they predict the uk may already been in recession. it will be a good thing for me, but i'm mindfulfor the it will be a good thing for me, but i'm mindful for the younger members of my family, they have all got big mortgages. of my family, they have all got big mortmaes. . , of my family, they have all got big mortgagee— of my family, they have all got big mortnaes. . ,., ., ,., mortgages. prices are going up and the interest — mortgages. prices are going up and the interest rates _ mortgages. prices are going up and the interest rates are _ mortgages. prices are going up and the interest rates are just _ mortgages. prices are going up and the interest rates are just one - mortgages. prices are going up and the interest rates are just one partl the interest rates are just one part of it _ the interest rates are just one part of it the — the interest rates are just one part of it. the cost of living is going up of it. the cost of living is going up and — of it. the cost of living is going up and that is something that is a bit up and that is something that is a hit of— up and that is something that is a hit of a _ up and that is something that is a

bit of a concern. the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england, which includes improving patient access to gps — but there are concerns from some medical professionals that it doesn't go far enough. this really is only scratching the surface of the fundamental issues that need to be addressed. we need a big conversation — without blame for anybody or any party or anything — on how we're going to fix the nhs for the future. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production — but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. police arrest a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder, following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in huddersfield. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

interest rates have been raised to 2.25% — the highest level since 2008. it's the seventh consecutive time that they've been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of england hopes it will help bring down inflation — which is the pace at which prices rise. inflation is currently at its highest level for nearly a0 years. the bank also forecast that the economy is already in recession. here's our economics correspondent, andrew verity. in st albans in hertfordshire, house prices have long been out of reach for most young people growing up here, even when lenders were offering the cheapest mortgage rates ever seen. now, after the bank of england raised interest rates by half a percentage point to their highest in ia years, mortgage borrowers no longer have access to cheaper loans, and repayments can only be expected to rise. i thought when i renewed i'd be able to drop it by 100

quid or drop the years, but now it looks like i will be paying more for the exact same years. i luckily booked a fixed term mortgage, so it doesn't affect me too much, but a couple of months ago i was more worried. at this local mortgage broker, the best fixed rate deals used to be as low as 1.2% — now you would be lucky to get 3.6%. so anxious are existing borrowers to fix their interest rates before they go up again that lenders offering the cheapest rates cannot cope with demand. 0ne lender's service levels went up to 40 working days to get an offer out. now, to get a mortgage offer out is normally 10—15 working days. rates are changing on a daily basis, lenders are pulling products on a daily basis. if you give a rate today, you don't know if it will be gone tomorrow. now, with the bank of england saying we have been in recession for the last five months, businesses are trying to protect themselves from further interest rate rises. this farm in chester invested

£5 million seven years ago to turn itself into a visitor attraction for kids, making and selling its own ice cream. because it fixed its interest rate on the money it borrowed, it's safe from further rises — at least for now. if i'm honest, it was more luck than judgment that we got a broker who advised us to move when we did last november, and we're fixed, we have a couple of years' grace. if we were not, the increases that people are experiencing now, well, the business just wouldn't work, to be blunt. after seven rises in official interest rates in a row, we now have the highest rates we have had since november 2008, and interest rates on savings accounts are higher than they have been for most of the past decade and a half. but because inflation is so high, it still means that the real value of those savings is falling. after today's rise in interest rates, in the city of london, the bank of england is now expected to continue to raise them to nearly 5% by next august, more

than double their current level. and andy verity is with me now. during the course of the afternoon, we have heard that a rise in national insurance that came in earlier this year is to be reversed. you may remember back in the spring we were talking about how households were getting clobbered three times, by rising energy bills, interest rates and rising targets, so the chancellor and government promise to pay for health and social care with a levy, and increase our national insurance on employers and employees of one point 25%. it was part of liz truss's leadership that she would reverse it, and now they have announced that that is going to happen. that is an announcement worth £13 billion made in a slightly unusual way. the £13 billion, kwasi kwarteng has promised he will still

find that money through general taxation, but you are not going to pick it out from the back of your sofa. the economy is flat so you can't expect tax revenues to go up anytime soon. are real questions as to where that money for health and social care is going to come from. the bank of england have also said they are forecasting that the economy is already in recession. they are forecasting it is already in recession. it sounds a bit odd. the way the bank of england works is they have to forecast what is going now because they don't have the official figures yet. partly because official figures yet. partly because of the bank holidays we've had, it means less activity has gone on so you have a slight shrinkage in activity. it is nothing compared to the recession that they were forecasting. since the government announced its emergency package of support, it is said that that recession is likely to be milder. but the real cause of people spending less is energy, and

inflation is still expected to rise to 11% in october, according to the bank, and stay in double digits for the next few months. that squeeze on household is still there and still very real, even though it won't be as tight as we were forecasting a few weeks ago. it as tight as we were forecasting a few weeks age-— as tight as we were forecasting a few weeks ago. it will be surprising to many peeple _ few weeks ago. it will be surprising to many people that _ few weeks ago. it will be surprising to many people that a _ few weeks ago. it will be surprising to many people that a bank- few weeks ago. it will be surprising to many people that a bank holidayi to many people that a bank holiday can make such a difference to the economic figures? but can make such a difference to the economic figures?— can make such a difference to the economic figures? but if you've got 20, 24 working _ economic figures? but if you've got 20, 24 working days _ economic figures? but if you've got 20, 24 working days in _ economic figures? but if you've got 20, 24 working days in a _ economic figures? but if you've got 20, 24 working days in a month - economic figures? but if you've got| 20, 24 working days in a month and 20,24 working days in a month and you take away one of them, of course it reduces the overall activity by two — 3%. that is the way these economics work. it's notjust the bank of england raising interest rates, it is also what the city is predicting, because they are saying it is not going to end here. we are going to see interest rates rise too close to 5%, more than double what they are at the moment, and a lot of mortgage holders are going to have trouble with that.

all this comes ahead of the chancellor's mini—budget — or "fiscal event" — tomorrow. let's speak to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. this has been widely trailed. run us through what we are expecting tomorrow. through what we are expecting tomorrow-— through what we are expecting tomorrow. ., �* ., ., tomorrow. you're right, we now have that confirmation _ tomorrow. you're right, we now have that confirmation as _ tomorrow. you're right, we now have that confirmation as andrew - tomorrow. you're right, we now have that confirmation as andrew was - that confirmation as andrew was pointing out has been already announced today, i think the government would say it had already been announced during the leadership campaign exactly what liz truss and her chancellor wanted to do with national insurance, to scrap that rise. so we have that detail nailed down today, that that is going to be reversed. as andrew was saying, the money will still be given to the health service and social care sector, it willjust come out of general taxation. sector, it willjust come out of generaltaxation. so sector, it willjust come out of general taxation. so that side of things announced. the other thing we do know that has been heavily trailed, which seems that we will get tomorrow, is this decision not

to go ahead with the increase in corporation tax rates, pushing those up. that was due to come in next year. that is not going to happen, we have been told. many times by the chancellor. and they say that these two things are part of the same approach, if you like. this idea that the liz truss government wants to lower taxes as a way of promoting growth, believing that that will bring investment, that will bring greater productivity, and ultimately that higher growth will benefit living and but �*eué- 95�* the ctr-"mess ’ 7 saying �*e“é�* 9�*1“"2% ctr-"mess ’ 7 7 saying that is critical, saying that this is going to huge unfunded burden onto to load a huge unfunded burden onto borrowing, that is a real to load a huge unfunded burden onto bor economyiat is a real benefits fall to the benefits will fall largely to the benefits will fall largely to the best of individuals. the

government's figures today confirming that, but they have already put out about national insurance that the cuts there will approximately see people on a basic rate of taxable gain around £170 a yearin rate of taxable gain around £170 a year in a year or two's time, on the very highest level the game would be £3800. this is going to be argued over tomorrow. there may be other bits and that announcement, too, other things that haven't been trailed. ~ ., ., ., ., other things that haven't been trailed. ., ., ., ., ., trailed. we have had a lot of announcements _ trailed. we have had a lot of announcements this - trailed. we have had a lot of announcements this week, | trailed. we have had a lot of - announcements this week, political activity of course paused during the period of the royal mourning. we have party conferences starting up at the weekend so a lot being jammed into these days, and one of those announcements has been the lifting of the moratorium on fracking. yes. of the moratorium on fracking. yes, what we have _ of the moratorium on fracking. yes, what we have seen _ of the moratorium on fracking. yes, what we have seen today _ of the moratorium on tracking. is: what we have seen today is that there was a debate about this in the house of commons, and very interestingly the business secretary

discussing this, saying that the government believed that it had to take this step because of the circumstances that we now find ourselves in, the war in ukraine, the weaponisation of energy supplies by president putin and the need to develop domestic energy sources, and therefore the need to allow exploratory fracking to go ahead. if there was local consent, but this drew a lot of criticism in the comments, both from opposition mps and from conservative mps, many of them very worried about how that local consent is going to be tested. the answer to that from the business secretary was that it will be up to the companies to secure a local consent, and he suggested they could do that by offering financial compensation or financial rewards to people who were happy to see

fracking in their local areas. many people asking what the mechanism would be. also a lot of criticism from others are saying, well, how does this square with climate change targets, why is finding new gas supplies the right approach when what should be happening is developing renewable energy? the business secretary pretty robust in betting that one away, saying his belief is that you need gas supplies as a transition to a renewable energy future, but is is clearly causing a lot of disquiet on all sides, including among conservative mps, which will be something to watch. ~ ., ., , ., mps, which will be something to watch. ., ., ., ,, ., ., watch. we are hoping to talk to one of those conservative _ watch. we are hoping to talk to one of those conservative mps - watch. we are hoping to talk to one of those conservative mps are - watch. we are hoping to talk to one of those conservative mps are just l watch. we are hoping to talk to one| of those conservative mps are just a few minutes' time. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. the health secretary, therese coffey, has set out plans to improve access to the nhs and social care in england. the measures include recruiting more doctors and dentists,

reducing ambulance handover delays and freeing up more hospital beds. there will also be a focus on educating people to live healthier lives. let's hear more of what the health secretary had to say when she unveiled her plan in the house of commons this afternoon. this unveiled her plan in the house of commons this afternoon.- unveiled her plan in the house of commons this afternoon. as the prime minister said — commons this afternoon. as the prime minister said on _ commons this afternoon. as the prime minister said on the _ commons this afternoon. as the prime minister said on the door _ commons this afternoon. as the prime minister said on the door steps - commons this afternoon. as the prime minister said on the door steps of - minister said on the door steps of downing — minister said on the door steps of downing street, she has three clear priorities _ downing street, she has three clear priorities. growing the economy, tackling — priorities. growing the economy, tackling energy security and support for households and businesses, and the nhs _ for households and businesses, and the nhs. with patients being able to -et a the nhs. with patients being able to get a gp_ the nhs. with patients being able to get a gp appointment. patients are my top— get a gp appointment. patients are my top priority, and i will be their champion — my top priority, and i will be their champion. focusing on the issues that most— champion. focusing on the issues that most affect them or their loved ones _ that most affect them or their loved ones most — that most affect them or their loved ones. most of the time, patients have _ ones. most of the time, patients have a _ ones. most of the time, patients have a great experience, but we must not paper— have a great experience, but we must not paper over the problem is that we face _ not paper over the problem is that we face. we expect backlogs to rise before _ we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall as more patients come _ before they fall as more patients come forward for diagnosis and treatment after the pandemic, and the data _ treatment after the pandemic, and the data shows sadly that there is

too much — the data shows sadly that there is too much variation in the access of care people — too much variation in the access of care people receive across the countrx — care people receive across the country. the scale of the challenge necessary — country. the scale of the challenge necessary states a national endeavour as we work together to tackle _ endeavour as we work together to tackle these immense challenges, i will he _ tackle these immense challenges, i will be proactive, not prescriptive in our— will be proactive, not prescriptive in our approach as we apply a relentless _ in our approach as we apply a relentless focus on measures that affect _ relentless focus on measures that affect most people's experience of the nhs _ affect most people's experience of the nhs and social care. today, we are taking — the nhs and social care. today, we are taking the first step in this important journey are taking the first step in this importantjourney by are taking the first step in this important journey by publishing our plan for— important journey by publishing our plan for patients, which i will lay in the _ plan for patients, which i will lay in the libraries of both houses. it sets out— in the libraries of both houses. it sets out a — in the libraries of both houses. it sets out a range of measures to help the nhs _ sets out a range of measures to help the nhs and social care perform at their best — the nhs and social care perform at their best for patients, the plan will empower and inform patients to live healthier lives, place an intensive _ live healthier lives, place an intensive focus on primary care, the gateway _ intensive focus on primary care, the gateway to — intensive focus on primary care, the gateway to the nhs for most people, use prevention to strength and resilience _ use prevention to strength and resilience and the health of the nation — resilience and the health of the nation, and improve performance and productivity — nation, and improve performance and productivity. that nation, and improve performance and productivity-—

productivity. that was the health secreta , productivity. that was the health secretary, therese _ productivity. that was the health secretary, therese coffey. - productivity. that was the health secretary, therese coffey. i'm i secretary, therese coffey. i'm joined by sally warren. director of policy at the king's fund — they're a think—tank specialising in health care policy. really strong ambitions about health and care, _ really strong ambitions about health and care, i_ really strong ambitions about health and care, i think all of patients would — and care, i think all of patients would welcome that. we want to see better— would welcome that. we want to see better ambulance response times, but when you _ better ambulance response times, but when you get to the detail of what she has— when you get to the detail of what she has announced it really doesn't stand up— she has announced it really doesn't stand up to — she has announced it really doesn't stand up to the scale of the challenge we are facing across health — challenge we are facing across health and social care. some important small contributions around international recruitment, supporting primary care, but really not standing up to the huge challenge that is facing all of our workforce — challenge that is facing all of our workforce across health and care this winten _ workforce across health and care this winter-— workforce across health and care this winter._ we i this winter. and why is that? we have had a _ this winter. and why is that? we have had a long-standing - this winter. and why is that? we i have had a long-standing problem have had a long—standing problem with our— have had a long—standing problem with our health and social care system — with our health and social care system that really we have not had enough _ system that really we have not had enough people working in health and care, the _ enough people working in health and care, the performance has been deteriorating significantly before covid, _ deteriorating significantly before covid, and covid has caused an

increase — covid, and covid has caused an increase in— covid, and covid has caused an increase in the backlog of care. now we have _ increase in the backlog of care. now we have a _ increase in the backlog of care. now we have a lot of people waiting for care and _ we have a lot of people waiting for care and tens of thousands of vacancies— care and tens of thousands of vacancies across the nhs and social care, _ vacancies across the nhs and social care, and _ vacancies across the nhs and social care, and that really limits how quickly — care, and that really limits how quickly people can access services, how quickly— quickly people can access services, how quickly they can be treated in hospital. — how quickly they can be treated in hospital, and until the government grapples— hospital, and until the government grapples with that workforce crisis and comes up with a credible workforce plan, we are still going to have _ workforce plan, we are still going to have that issue. we did the important _ to have that issue. we did the important small steps. changes to pension— important small steps. changes to pension rules, changes to temporary registers _ pension rules, changes to temporary registers that means people who have retired _ registers that means people who have retired can— registers that means people who have retired can return to the nhs, so really— retired can return to the nhs, so really helpful small steps but really — really helpful small steps but really quite small in comparison to the challenge. it really quite small in comparison to the challenge-— the challenge. it takes a long time to train medical _ the challenge. it takes a long time to train medical staff, _ the challenge. it takes a long time to train medical staff, doesn't - the challenge. it takes a long time to train medical staff, doesn't it? | to train medical staff, doesn't it? what else can be done? do you want to see more people being brought in from abroad? that to see more people being brought in from abroad?— from abroad? that absolutely needs to be art from abroad? that absolutely needs to be part of — from abroad? that absolutely needs to be part of the _ from abroad? that absolutely needs to be part of the solution, _ from abroad? that absolutely needs to be part of the solution, at - from abroad? that absolutely needs to be part of the solution, at least l to be part of the solution, at least in the _ to be part of the solution, at least in the short— to be part of the solution, at least in the short term. how do you train and recruit— in the short term. how do you train and recruit staff? how do you retain staff in _ and recruit staff? how do you retain staff in health and social care? we are actually seeing lots of people

leaving _ are actually seeing lots of people leaving the sector and that is because _ leaving the sector and that is because it is rarely stressful and difficult — because it is rarely stressful and difficult. these are hugely importantjobs that can difficult. these are hugely important jobs that can have a difficult. these are hugely importantjobs that can have a huge impact _ importantjobs that can have a huge impact on _ importantjobs that can have a huge impact on people but are really hard. _ impact on people but are really hard. so — impact on people but are really hard, so we are seeing people are tturning _ hard, so we are seeing people are burning out, leaving or saying that they will— burning out, leaving or saying that they will leave in the next year. really _ they will leave in the next year. really thinking about how do you attract _ really thinking about how do you attract people into this work, but how do— attract people into this work, but how do you keep them is important. the other— how do you keep them is important. the other things we need to help in a long—term solution is a social care _ a long—term solution is a social care. today, 500 million was announced for social care, particularly to help quicker discharge from hospital. that is obviously— discharge from hospital. that is obviously very welcome, but social care is _ obviously very welcome, but social care is about much more than discharged from hospitals. we need longer— discharged from hospitals. we need longer term funding of a much higher level that _ longer term funding of a much higher level that will allow social care to employ _ level that will allow social care to employ more people, pay them better so they— employ more people, pay them better so they stay working in the sector and can— so they stay working in the sector and can support people who really rely on _ and can support people who really rely on social care every day. do ou rely on social care every day. you detect a rely on social care every day. up you detect a theme and what the health secretary had to say today? you call it tinkering to a certain

extent, but it is also about trying to improve the experience of people as they engage in or have to ask for help from the nhs? trying to speed up help from the nhs? trying to speed up appointments with gps, trying to discharge people more quickly back to care homes. i discharge people more quickly back to care homes-— to care homes. i think the really clear theme _ to care homes. i think the really clear theme was _ to care homes. i think the really clear theme was that _ to care homes. i think the really clear theme was that she - to care homes. i think the really clear theme was that she is - to care homes. i think the really l clear theme was that she is saying she is_ clear theme was that she is saying she is on— clear theme was that she is saying she is on the site of patients, she wants— she is on the site of patients, she wants to — she is on the site of patients, she wants to see all of these improvements because that is what patients— improvements because that is what patients rightly want and expect. we all want _ patients rightly want and expect. we all want to— patients rightly want and expect. we all want to see the nhs and social care system be better. another team is tackling _ care system be better. another team is tackling variation, where a lot of what — is tackling variation, where a lot of what she has talked about has been _ of what she has talked about has been announced before by her predecessors. this is really about trying _ predecessors. this is really about trying to— predecessors. this is really about trying to be a bit more ruthless on implementation. a lot of teams there about— implementation. a lot of teams there about patients, about how do you have _ about patients, about how do you have more — about patients, about how do you have more consistent performance i’i l ht have more consistent performance right across the nhs so whichever gp practice _ right across the nhs so whichever gp practice you — right across the nhs so whichever gp practice you call you know you are going _ practice you call you know you are going to _ practice you call you know you are going to he — practice you call you know you are going to be able to get an appointment within the two weeks, etc. . ~' , ., , appointment within the two weeks,

etc. ., ,, i. , . the ban on fracking — to mine oil and gas from shale rock — is to be lifted in england, the government has confirmed. the business secretary jacob rees—mogg said the move would help to strengthen the country's energy security following russia's invasion of ukraine. fracking was suspended in 2019, amid concerns it could trigger earthquakes. it is more environmentally friendly to use our own sources of fuel rather than to extract them from other countries and transport them here at great cost, both financially and in terms of carbon. it is something, therefore, that we need to revisit and we need to revisit the seismic limits to ensure that shale gas extraction can be done in an effective and efficient way. mr speaker, this is obviously a case of the dog ate my homework, and it's hardly surprising. let's start by taking his excuse for lifting the fracking ban, mr speaker, that it will make a difference to the energy

bills crisis — it won't — because gas is sold on the international market. the current chancellor said so in february of this year and i quote, "no amount of shale gas would be enough to lower the european price of gas." even, mr speaker, the founder of cuadrilla, said the secretary of state is wrong in an article published yesterday. so first, why doesn't he admit the truth that anyone who knows anything about this subject says his claim that fracking will cut bills is nonsense? next, let's come to safety. the 2019 manifesto on which he and every member of the party opposite stood said this, mr speaker — "we will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely. " they are lifting the ban, but they can't supply the evidence. and the british geological survey published today certainly doesn't do it. so in the absence of the evidence, his approach is to change the safety limits. he says in his written statement

laid before this house, "tolerating a higher degree of risk and disturbance appears to us to be in the national interest." i look forward to him and his colleagues explaining his charter for earthquakes to the people of lancashire, yorkshire, the midlands, sussex, dorset and indeed somerset, who will be part of his dangerous experiment. let me tell the party opposite, we will hang this broken promise around their necks in every part of the country between now and the next general election. the conservative manifesto also said, "having listened to local communities, we have ruled out changes to the planning system." does he stand by that promise and how will he abide by the prime minister's commitment to local consent? the truth is he doesn't get this — that you can't escape a fossil fuels crisis by doubling down on fossil fuels. renewables are today nine times cheaper than gas. the only way to cut energy bills and have energy security

is with zero—carbon, home—grown power, including on—shore wind and solar, which his wing of the conservative party hate and he continues to block. for communities in every part of our country, today shows they can never trust a word this government says again. and he has shown he is willing to break his promises to support dangerous, fringe ideas that put the interests of fossil fuel companies above that of the british people. labour's ed miliband replying to the government's jacob rees—mogg. i'm joined now by mark menzies mp, conservative mp for fylde. you are in the chamber, and he suggested that it was a luddite, it was hugely old—fashioned to oppose fracking, and you responded to him quite sharply? you fracking, and you responded to him quite sharply?— quite sharply? you cannot dismiss --eole, quite sharply? you cannot dismiss peeple. many _ quite sharply? you cannot dismiss peeple. many of _ quite sharply? you cannot dismiss people, many of them _

quite sharply? you cannot dismiss people, many of them are - quite sharply? you cannot dismiss people, many of them are my - people, many of them are my constituents, who have got genuine legitimate concerns, as being a luddite. if he is so confident that this is a process that will garner local consent, local support, it shouldn't be frightened to put the facts out there, have a debate and test that local public opinion. i would urge the secretary of state, listen to what the prime minister said, she was crystal clear, fracking would only take place where there was local consent, and at the moment the government cannot even define local. the government have got a lot of work to do on this. what is your opposition to the government's position at the moment? is it purely about local consent? fracking has been going on in fylde for 12 years, and both the national moratorium is, the one in 2012 and 2019, was the result of significant seismic events that took place in my constituency. to pretend this is a process that has not been tried and

tested isjust process that has not been tried and tested is just plain false. let's process that has not been tried and tested isjust plain false. let's be clear, the industry signed up to the traffic light system saying that a red event was 0.5. what took place in august 2019 was a 2.9 on the richter scale. that is 251 times more powerful than a red event. and the government is believed to be looking to change a red event to a forum, which is 3100 times more powerful than the current 0.5 red event. these are dramatic and huge changes that the government is potentially seeking to do. i think the people back to what the prime minister said, a woman of integrity, she said this would only take place with local consent, and that is what we have to base this on. part of the government's _ we have to base this on. part of the government's case _ we have to base this on. part of the government's case is _ we have to base this on. part of the government's case is that - we have to base this on. part of the government's case is that the - government's case is that the situation has changed given the war in ukraine and that energy security has to be a top priority. the creolo has to be a top priority. the geology of _ has to be a top priority. the geology of the _

has to be a top priority. tue: geology of the fylde has to be a top priority. tte: geology of the fylde coast has to be a top priority. t"t2 geology of the fylde coast certainly hasn't changed. it hasn't changed since 2019, so i think if you do the same process again, don't be surprised if you get the same outcome. these were outcomes that resulted into national moratorium is. what is certainly not changed is the prime minister's commitment, which were given two weeks ago. i refer to the hustings in manchester, i was the audience, it was hosted by one of your rival news companies, the interviewer pushed the prime minister on this and she was crystal clear, "under no circumstances would fracking take place without local consent." the prime minister is a woman of her words, so let's make sure the prime minister ensures that her government comes good on that. you are speaking very bluntly, you are a conservative mp yourself, how many of your fellow backbenchers feel the same way that you do? t feel the same way that you do? i think if you saw the chamber feel the same way that you do? t think if you saw the chamber today, there was a lot of conservative backbenchers going up one after the other saying the same thing. the

three lancashire mps who took part, all of them conservative, said exactly the same thing as i did, and thatis exactly the same thing as i did, and that is the prime minister has to come good on her crystal clear commitment that fracking can only take place where there is local consent. this is not me saying something thatjust consent. this is not me saying something that just affects consent. this is not me saying something thatjust affects my constituency, the concerns are wide, real, deep. she also said that this is a process that will follow the science. well, the science again on this is clear. science. well, the science again on this is clear-— this is clear. thank you very much for speaking _ this is clear. thank you very much for speaking to — this is clear. thank you very much for speaking to us. _ this is clear. thank you very much for speaking to us. that _ this is clear. thank you very much for speaking to us. that is - this is clear. thank you very much for speaking to us. that is mark i for speaking to us. that is mark menzies, mp for fylde. the prince and princess of wales have met volunteers and operational staff to thank them for their work on the queen's committal service at windsor castle. william and kate arrived at windsor guildhall for their first royal engagement since the late monarch's funeral. the pair passed on their appreciation to volunteers and staff who worked on the service at st george's chapel on monday afternoon.

now it's time for a look at the weather. today we have seen temperatures reaching 21 degrees, that was in hampshire. but it is going to be cooler over the next few days as we had in tomorrow, this is what is heading our way, at least for many parts of the country, a mix of sunshine and a scattering of showers. today has been about a band of rain and thick cloud has been working its way slowly south eastwards, moving away from scotland and northern ireland now, heading into more of england and wales. initially heavy, but as it heads to the south—east the rain will become lighter and more patchy. following that, away from the far north—west of scotland, clearer skies. carriages could be as low as four or 5 degrees tonight in some rural areas. this rain will hang around through much of the day in east anglia and the south—east, not that heavy but there will be a lot of cloud. elsewhere, sunshine, a

scattering of showers. a north—westerly breeze means for many parts of the country it will be cooler than today, but we could still make 20 degrees across southern parts of wales. hello this is bbc news with me, reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... the bank of england raises interest rates to a 14 year high of 2.25% to tackle soaring prices as they predict the uk may already been in recession it will be a good thing for me, but i'm mindful of the younger members of my family, they've got big mortgages. prices are going up, and the interest rates are just one part of it, you know, the cost of living is going up, and that is something that is a bit of a concern. the health secretary sets out her plan for the nhs in england which includes improving patient access to gps — but there are concerns from some medical professionals that it doesn't go far enough. this really is only scratching

the surface of the fundamental issues that need to be addressed. we need a big conversation — without blame for anybody or any party or anything — on how we're going to fix the nhs for the future. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production — but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. police arrest a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in huddersfield. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. good evening. england have set pakistan exactly 200 to win the second t20 match in karachi. the tourists — who are one up in the seven match series — chose to bat first after winning the toss. and after a good start two wickets in two balls. derailing england's and start. he bowled for a golden time he was on a

hat trick at the time, but didn't really slow england down too much. 43, part of a 50 partnership for the third week it. then when he went, standing captain took over. he hit two sixes off the final two balls to take them to half—century and his team to 199—5. theyjust started the reply. they are 21 without loss in the third over. meanwhile surrey have wrapped up their second county championship title in five years after beating yorkshire by ten wickets at the oval. surrey needed just 55 for victory and former england opener rory burns scored the winning the runs. second placed hampshire had already lost to kent and surrey�*s win took them 27 points clear at the top of division one an unassailable lead with just one game left. they said it was a moment to savour. it is a special feeling, that's really special. walking around,

taking photos, it's not something that i've done before. trying to enjoy that a little bit more because those things are important to you. surrey�*s title comes in a year when they played 14 county championship matches, but the ecb want that reduced to ten. although sir andrew strauss' plans to change the schedule of the domestic game haven't been universally welcomed by the counties that'll decide whether they'll happen or not. the ecb's "high performance review" is aimed at improving the england men's team and also recommends dedicated windows for the one day cup, the hundred and the t20 blast. those changes would have to be agreed to by two thirds of the 18 first class counties. but essex and sussex have voiced their opposition, while the professional cricketers association have welcomed the proposals. arrests and reported incidents of disorder at football matches in england and wales last season were at their highest level for eight years. according to home office figures they were up 60% from the season

before the covid pandemic. some of the near 2,200 arrests followed high profile incidents of pitch invasions, including a manchester city fan who taunted aston villa keeper robin olsen on the final day of the season at etihad stadium. they received a four year football banning order, while a supporter was jailed after headbutting sheffield united 0ne one of the worrying things i think we are seeing is more young people involved in disorder and crime, so the highest proportion is younger males. the concern with that is that if people are behaving in that way now, unless there's some action taken, we have a problem with them for the next 20 years. some of the moments that have defined roger federer�*s career involved rafa nadal on the other side of the net, but his final match will be alongside his great rival and friend. they'll team up in the doubles at the laver cup in federer�*s last outing before retiring.

federer�*s been granted his wish after saying it would "wonderful" to partner the spaniard and he'll do so for team europe against team world's jack sock and frances tiafoe at london's o2 arena on friday. nadal says it'll be emotional to share another iconic occasion together. tomorrow is going to be a special thing. a difficult one. it's going to be difficult to handle everything, especially for roger. 0ne everything, especially for roger. one of the most important players in may, if not most important player it in my tennis career will stop he's leaving, and we have been a friendly rival. not easy sometimes because we are playing for such important things for our tennis career, but at the same time, we are able to understand personal relationships or some more important than professional things. the cricket continues over _ professional things. the cricket continues over on _ professional things. the cricket continues over on radio - professional things. the cricket continues over on radio five - professional things. the cricket | continues over on radio five live professional things. the cricket i continues over on radio five live if you want to follow on the bbc sport

website or indeed the app. laura will have the latest at 6:30 p:m.. at that is all for now. a mother of five with an acute dairy allergy died after eating a vegan wrap that was contaminated with traces of milk, an inquest has found. celia marsh suffered anaphylaxis shortly after eating the wrap bought from pret a manger store in bath in 2017. 0ur correspondentjenny kumah has been following the story and joins us now. jenny. well, the marsh family have been waiting _ jenny. well, the marsh family have been waiting for— jenny. well, the marsh family have been waiting for many _ jenny. well, the marsh family have been waiting for many years - jenny. well, the marsh family have been waiting for many years when l been waiting for many years when they came here to the corners courts behind me for answers, and they came here today, they had each other, wiped away tears when the coroner delivered her verdict. they described her as the heartbeat of the family and said her death was entirely avoidable. tt’s the family and said her death was entirely avoidable.— the family and said her death was entirely avoidable. it's been nearly five ears entirely avoidable. it's been nearly five years since _ entirely avoidable. it's been nearly five years since this _ entirely avoidable. it's been nearly five years since this family - entirely avoidable. it's been nearly five years since this family was - five years since this family was left in morning, after post—christmas shopping trip ended

in tragedy. after eating what she thought was a dairy free rap, she nearly died that she died. today, husband, andy, her daughters welcomed the corners finding. mums death like so — welcomed the corners finding. mums death like so many _ welcomed the corners finding. mums death like so many other _ welcomed the corners finding. mums death like so many other allergy - death like so many other allergy debts was entirely avoidable. we need better testing, better labelling and better health care. to prevent other families having to carry the grief that we will always hold. enough is enough. thank you. this is the kind of sandwich containing yoghurt that celia ate in december of 2017. she bought it from this store in bath. the inquest heard that after eating the sandwich, celia struggled to breathe. she collapsed, her husband called for an ambulance, passersby with medical training stopped to help. when the family arrived at the hospital behind the ambulance, they got the shocking news that celia had

died. the court heard that the yoghurt in the rap contained an ingredient called hd one, and this was contaminated with milk protein during its manufacture. the coroner said the company who supplied the yoghurt had documents about the risk of dairy contamination but this risk was not passed on to customers. they yoghurt maker said they bought the ingredients from another company and say they were given assurances that it was made in a dairy free production environment. in a statement, they said that... celia marsh died a year after natasha, who died eating a baguette eating sesame seeds. the teenager's that sparked new laws on food

labelling. today the marsh family welcomed the corners call for more changes, including compulsory testing of products claiming to be dairy or allergen free. the family of natasha has been supporting the marsh family during this inquest and released a statement this afternoon saying that lessons must be learned and they must be action. they back the marsh family calls for better testing, better labelling and better health care for people with allergies. now, they say that the issue around labelling is, you may have seen phrases such as may contain or made in a factory where allergens are present. they say this labelling system is flawed and misleading and that needs to be reformed. they also want to see anaphylaxis, a severe reaction to an allergy, become a noted viable disease and say this will mean that there will be instant product recall

when there was a serious incident. and that it would enable a true picture to be built up by the authorities that the number of people that are dying because they are eating food that they didn't realised contained allergens. jenny, thank you. five british men who were captured by russian backed forces in the ukraine have arrived back in the uk. aiden aslin, shaun pinner, john harding and andrew hill had been fighting with ukranian armed forces when they were detained. another man, dylan healy had been providing humanitarian assistance. they were released last night as part of a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine. emma vardy has this report. we just wanted everyone to know that we are now out of the danger zone, we're on our way home to ourfamilies. their ordeal finally coming to an end. thanks to everyone that's been supporting us, it's really appreciated. aiden aslin and shaun pinner had been held by russian backed forces since they were captured in april.

they'd both moved to ukraine four years ago and joined the ukrainian armed forces. they'd been helping to defend the country during the russian invasion, but after being captured, they were accused of being mercenaries and told they faced the death penalty. aiden and shaun had been held alongside three other british men — john harding, andrew hill and dylan healy. last night, the saudi government confirmed it had been involved in negotiations to secure their freedom and release pictures of them arriving in riyadh. this morning, the men were flown back to the uk and reunited with family and friends. aiden aslin's local mp condemned the russian—backed separatists for their treatment of the men and said he was delighted to see aiden freed. he has been through months and months of terrible treatment. you can only imagine what that's meant for his family back home in newark. it really has been a terrible ordeal for them, not knowing

whether they were going to get aiden home or whether, god forbid, the worst could happen to him. during their months of captivity, the men had been shown on russian tv as part of propaganda efforts by the kremlin and had been told that the death penalty would be carried out. their sudden freedom has come as a huge relief to family and friends, but it's not yet clear exactly how their release was achieved and what treatment they endured while being held prisoner. emma vardy, bbc news. i'm joined now by maria drutska, foreign policy & security expert. good afternoon to you. that question, i don't know if you are able to listen to our peace our correspondent, but she says at the end we don't know how this prisoner exchange happened, what steps were

taken to bring it about, nor of course how the prisoners were actually treated. can you bring any light to any of that?— light to any of that? good afternoon. _ light to any of that? good afternoon. actually, - light to any of that? good afternoon. actually, we i light to any of that? good i afternoon. actually, we are light to any of that? good - afternoon. actually, we are still waiting for a president office to release official statements and explanation how actually it had happened. but we are very grateful for diplomatic efforts of saudi arabia for securing the release of pows. arabia for securing the release of pows. and i'm sure many, many people were involved as well. of course, including... as well as it was mentioned before, the british pows, actually, it was really surprising for us... news about them recently, actually regarding british pows. they were horrible rumours that the death sentence had been carried out or is about to be carried out, so it

is amazing news. i'm actually familiar personally with one of the cases, aidan, who was enlisted in the ukrainian army who was in ukraine as a ukrainian marine, so the idea, actually, that he was accused of being a mercenary is ridiculous, but what it shows, it shows another example of russia pushing their lies and trying to more war crimes. hate pushing their lies and trying to more war crimes.— pushing their lies and trying to more war crimes. ~ ., ., more war crimes. we need to find out more war crimes. we need to find out more about — more war crimes. we need to find out more about what _ more war crimes. we need to find out more about what happened. - more war crimes. we need to find out more about what happened. at - more war crimes. we need to find out more about what happened. at the i more about what happened. at the same time as this prisoner exchange has happened, president putin has a partial mobilisation within russia, a recruitment drive, military recruitment drive if you like. what do you make of that? why is that happening now?— happening now? well, these are rotests happening now? well, these are protests now _ happening now? well, these are protests now because _ happening now? well, these are protests now because russians i happening now? well, these are i protests now because russians are finally realising that the war has a real cost for them. we can see many

videos of people just being picked up videos of people just being picked up by police and taken into vans. the honestly, that shows that the russians are starting to feel that the war is no longer some distant far—off thing, but actually very real for them. far—off thing, but actually very realfor them. and there far—off thing, but actually very real for them. and there are far—off thing, but actually very realfor them. and there are many, many reports that flies from moscow, and it's completely full, so obviously it means that mobilisation is very unpopular in russia. {lilla obviously it means that mobilisation is very unpopular in russia.- is very unpopular in russia. 0k, get to talk to. thank _ is very unpopular in russia. 0k, get to talk to. thank you very _ is very unpopular in russia. 0k, get to talk to. thank you very much. - to talk to. thank you very much. russia's conduct has been condemned at a special meeting of the un security council. security council. the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, called plans to hold referendums in the territories russia occupies a dangerous escalation. but the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, complained that council members were trying to impose a false narrative on moscow's operations in ukraine.

translation: precisely this term, | impunity, reflects what has been. going on in that country since 2014. a national and radicalforce as open russophobes and neo—nazis came to power then as a result of an armed coup with direct support of western countries. and right after that, they took the path of lawlessness and totally ignoring the main rights and freedoms, the right to life, the right of expression, the right of access to information, the right of conscience, the right to use their native language, and to date the crimes in february 2014 remain unpunished. those who perpetrated the horrific tragedy in 0desa on the 2nd of may 2014 have not been found or punished. at the house of labour unions, dozens were burned alive and died.

in the same category as the political murderers public figures and journalists. in spite of that, there is an attempt to date to impose on us a completely different narrative about russian aggression as the origin of all the tragedy. this ignores the fact that for over eight years, the ukrainian army and fighters from the nationalist formation killed and continue to kill the inhabitants of donbas with impunity, simply because they refuse to recognise the result of the coup d'etat in kyiv. they decided to uphold their rights which are guaranteed by the ukrainian constitution, including the right to freely use russian as their mother tongue. in the last few minutes come ukraine has been addressing the un, but before that, the foreign secretary james cleverly condemned russia's actions. i sat here in february listening to the russian representative assuring this council that russia had no intention of invading its neighbour. we now know that was a lie.

and today, i have listened to further instalments of russia's catalogues of distortions, dishonesty and disinformation. he has left the chamber. i'm not surprised. i don't think mr lavrov wants to hear the collective condemnation of this council. but we saw through him then and we saw through him again today. we have information which means that we know that russia is about to hold sham referenda on sovereign ukrainian territory with no basis in law, under the threat of violence, after massive displacements of people in areas that voted overwhelmingly

for ukrainian independence. we know what vladimir putin is doing. he is planning to fabricate the outcome of those referenda, he is planning to use that to annex sovereign ukrainian territory and he is planning to use it as a further pretext to escalate his aggression. that is what he plans to do. and we call on all countries to reject this charade and to refuse to recognise any results. 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usherjoins us from new york. barbara, strong condemnation from the british foreign secretary of russia's actions, bullish, aggressive defence from russia's

foreign minister. what was this session at the un designed to achieve chris mack it succeeded? the session achieve chris mack it succeeded? tt2 session was designed to drive attention to russia's actions and to call for accountability. so one of the opening speaker use was the prosecutor for the international criminal court because the un has actually voted to put ukraine on the agenda there and there are investigations being done in terms of atrocities and so on. so that is the theme of this section, and many speakers are saying it's notjust a question of individual crimes, of ukrainians being killed, but it's a threat to the un system to the global order, and a fresh eye is not held accountable, other nations could follow suit. that was essentially the essence of it. i think what you see here in this debate is a dynamic that we've been seeing here the general assembly this week which is that you have

western nations like britain and their allies who are saying that everybody must continue to support ukraine, must hold the line on sanctions, must hold russia accountable, and then you have other people at the un, other countries who are against the work committee voted to condemn it, against the atrocities committed as to ancient, voted to have an investigation, but they are not convinced that internationally isolating russia economically and diplomatically as the answer. many of them are not necessarily observing sanctions. many of them have not spoken out so strongly individually. they are the ones that are suffering in the fallout of the war. this food crisis and so on. he heard from india and china for example in this session, concerned about nuclear weapons, atrocities, but said the priority should be peace talks, cease—fires, so i think many of these un members want the war to end as quickly as possible, whereas britain and its allies would say no, you cannot do that right now because ukraine is

still in the weaker position, and if you are forcing them to diplomacy, russia will benefit. it will be rewarded. those were the words of antony blinking, the secretary of state. so you have the west and its allies trying to convince other members of the un to go further, to speak out to russia and say it's actions are not acceptable and to start to observe sanctions more strongly. start to observe sanctions more stronal . ., ~ start to observe sanctions more stronal . ., ,, i. , start to observe sanctions more stronal . 2, ~ ,, , . the rmt rail union has announced that railway workers across the country will walk out on the eighth of october, as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and working conditions. let's speak to our transport correspondent katy austin the latest in a series of walk—outs. absolutely. the series of walk—outs we have _ absolutely. the series of walk—outs we have seen a play to hit the railways — we have seen a play to hit the railways is _ we have seen a play to hit the railways is now going to extend into its fifth _ railways is now going to extend into its fifth month. some strakes which were scheduled to happen in

september were called off following the news of the queens death, but strike _ the news of the queens death, but strike action is resuming next month, — strike action is resuming next month, as _ strike action is resuming next month, as i say, and there will now be three _ month, as i say, and there will now be three days of strike action in early october. the first of those were _ early october. the first of those were already announced, the 1st of october, both members of the rmt union _ october, both members of the rmt union, 40,000 workers in various roles— union, 40,000 workers in various roles on— union, 40,000 workers in various roles on the — union, 40,000 workers in various roles on the railway and train driver— roles on the railway and train driver is _ roles on the railway and train driver is all striking on the same day on _ driver is all striking on the same day on the — driver is all striking on the same day on the 1st of october. that will be incredibly disruptive. and of the strike _ be incredibly disruptive. and of the strike by— be incredibly disruptive. and of the strike by the train drivers on the 5th of— strike by the train drivers on the 5th of october and this latest addition _ 5th of october and this latest addition to those on the 8th of october. — addition to those on the 8th of october, this time by the rmt union and their— october, this time by the rmt union and their rail workers. this is the kind _ and their rail workers. this is the kind of— and their rail workers. this is the kind of strictly seen several times already— kind of strictly seen several times already this summer we actually because — already this summer we actually because of the involvement of network — because of the involvement of network rail has mexican lawyers, a small— network rail has mexican lawyers, a small fraction of our usual daily services — small fraction of our usual daily services are able to run across the whole _ services are able to run across the whole country. another one of those on the _ whole country. another one of those on the way — whole country. another one of those on the way-— on the way. that is the industrial action. meanwhile, _ on the way. that is the industrial action. meanwhile, there - on the way. that is the industrial action. meanwhile, there has - on the way. that is the industrial action. meanwhile, there has an| action. meanwhile, there has an announcement about the west coast.

what is going on there? qt announcement about the west coast. what is going on there?— what is going on there? of auntie west coast _ what is going on there? of auntie west coast which _ what is going on there? of auntie west coast which runs _ what is going on there? of auntie west coast which runs trains - what is going on there? of auntie west coast which runs trains at i what is going on there? of auntie | west coast which runs trains at the west— west coast which runs trains at the west coast— west coast which runs trains at the west coast main line slashed its timetable last month and made a staffing _ timetable last month and made a staffing crunch, essentially train drivers _ staffing crunch, essentially train drivers were the main reason for that _ drivers were the main reason for that they— drivers were the main reason for that. they said they had a sudden drop off— that. they said they had a sudden drop off in — that. they said they had a sudden drop off in those volunteering for overtime, — drop off in those volunteering for overtime, a lot of disruption that took— overtime, a lot of disruption that took the — overtime, a lot of disruption that took the decision to severely cut back— took the decision to severely cut back its— took the decision to severely cut back its timetable. it's faced a lot of criticism — back its timetable. it's faced a lot of criticism for that, but now it is said _ of criticism for that, but now it is said today— of criticism for that, but now it is said today that it has got a recovery— said today that it has got a recovery plan in place for increasing services again, and it will do — increasing services again, and it will do that gradually by december, adding _ will do that gradually by december, adding more trains onto that busiest route _ adding more trains onto that busiest route between london and manchester. thank _ route between london and manchester. thank you _ route between london and manchester. thank you very much. which uk city will host the eurovision song contest next year? seven cities are in the running to host it on behalf of ukraine, including birmingham, which last held it in 1998. it is basking in the success of this summer's commonwealth games, and our arts correspondent david sillito has

been to see what else the city has to offer. bonsoir, mesdames et messieurs, bienvenue to the national indoor arena of birmingham. birmingham, 1998, and the uk entry, imaani... singing. ..who came a very creditable second to israel's dana international. what were your feelings at the time? absolute terror, if i'm honest. absolute terror. the event, the crowd? it was massive. you know, an amazing band and the crowd was incredible. such a huge building. you know, it was amazing. a phenomenal experience. i'm backing birmingham. eurovision was more than just another event. it was a chance to show off a changing city. and there has been a lot of change in birmingham.

25 years on, and the library looks a little different, doesn't it? indeed, when you walk around here, you realise quite how much has changed. the city has acquired a completely new skyline. we saw during the commonwealth games, people here in birmingham rediscovering their pride and confidence in their city and realising that birmingham can do these major international events as well as any other city anywhere in the world. and for two stalwart eurovision fans, there are high hopes of a repeat of the 1998 eurovision atmosphere. the cityjust came to life. it came to life for the whole month, because we had the g8 just afterwards and the lions international, which had 35,000 people, so it was just a wonderful month. should it come back here next year? of course. not should, will it? it will. # where are you. # where are you now?#.

david sillito, bbc news, birmingham. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. thank you very much indeed. that evening. today was quite warm across southeastern parts of the day. the temperatures 20—20 lengths in excess he is. quite a bit cooler across the northwest of the uk. that's despite the sunshine. the first signs of some colder air heading our way over the next few days, particularly chilly at night, saturday night for example, temperatures may not be far away from freezing. today we have had this belt of competition steadily southeast runs across the uk, it is following that in the northwest that we have got that colder air. northwest that we have got that colderair. here northwest that we have got that colder air. here is our band of rain, the radar picture of the past three hours, some quite heavy bursts of rain for a while, but what will happen actually this evening and overnight is that rain tends to drift its way towards the southeast. the rain will tend to become more light and patchy. away from the

northwest of scotland where we have a few showers, we are going to have some largely clear skies. a reversal of fortune, really, compared with last night, because tonight it is milder in the south, but colder in the north. looks quite cloudy for much of the day across east anglia, the southeast of england, some rain from time to time, perhaps, but elsewhere, i think we will see some sunshine. a scattering of showers. these look most likely across northern ireland and scotland, pushed in on the northwesterly breeze. temperatures across much of the country will be a little bit slower than today, could still make 20 celsius across south wales in some sunshine. heading into the weekend, there is still some may not far away from the far southeast of england, and this time we will cease a few showers coming in in a northerly breeze into england and east wales, drier weather for scotland and northern ireland, here it will feel a rather chilly 14—15 celsius. a cool day on saturday. quite a cold night to come on

saturday night with clear skies and lighter winds. things are going to start to change later on in the weekend and into the beginning of next week, we have got this weather frontier, doesn't know whether it's coming or going, but should be moving its way south rights, that will introduce a stronger, colder northerly wind for the beginning of next week. yeah, getting colder coming down from the north, and it really will feel quite chilly, i think i'm a early next week in particular. it will be kind, yes. sunday, for many, places will be driving sunshine. we will see some winds really picking up and scotland, perhaps northern ireland on sunday. rain in the northwest later, that may move south whites, it will be followed by quite a few showers for the early part of next week. some sunshine for the best of which probably across western areas. does temperatures are going to be lower and it will feel colder because of that northerly wind.

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