publication of wolf hall. it won the booker prize, was acclaimed by critics and embraced by the public, and her genius, what she did with that book and its sequels was that she didn't want to take advantage of years, centuries of historical analysis, she wanted just a place you in the middle of these complex situations so that even if you didn't sympathise with them, you understood the motivations, the emotions of these characters, then she wove that into a compelling narrative that worked beautifully, not just on the narrative that worked beautifully, notjust on the page but on the stage, with theatre adaptations, and on the screen, with film adaptations. jk rowling said, we have lost a genius. a fellow booker prizewinner said, we were so lucky to have such a massive talent in our midst. a publishing director talked about a new book that she was excited about working on just a few weeks ago. that is such a sad element of this story — she wasn't someone who wrote great books long

in the past, she was still at the height of her powers and had still many great stories within her. thank ou. dame hilary mantel, who has died aged 70. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good afternoon. for most of us, we have quite a lot of sunshine around this afternoon. with that, quite a cool this afternoon. with that, quite a cool, fresh feel, and one or two showers. as we can see from the earlier satellite and radar pictures, showers have been pushing in from the north—west, most plentiful across scotland and northern ireland. the exception to the sunshine and showers rule is across the south—east corner, where we have a stripe of cloud and outbreaks of rain, very slow moving. the ray will be a feature in the south—east of england perhaps for the next 2a hours. temperatures between 13 and 20 celsius. the rain

keeps falling across south—east england this evening and overnight. elsewhere, clear spells, one or two showers, especially some drifting across parts of south—east scotland and into north—east england. parts of scotland will get very close to freezing, quite a cold night. not so in the south—east corner, where it stays mild. here, we will keep cloud and outbreaks of rain. some parts of south—east england, we could see enough rain to cause a little bit of travel disruption and maybe even some localised flooding will stop that rain really slow to clear tomorrow. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers. the show was most plentiful across england and wales, not as many for northern ireland or scotland. —— the showers most plentiful. the breeze will make it feel rather cool, temperatures of 14-18 c. the feel rather cool, temperatures of 14—18 c. the rain should finally clear from the south—east on sunday, may be some residual showers, but the best of the sunshine will be in the best of the sunshine will be in the south. more cloud further north than some rain, heavy rain in

north—west scotland, highs of 14-18 c. on the north—west scotland, highs of 14—18 c. 0n the other side of the atlantic, we have a major hurricane. atlantic, we have a major hurricane. a category three storm that has passed very close to bermuda and has drifted north towards eastern canada, where it is said bill set to bring hurricane force winds. it will be the strongest form of —— storm of this type that canada has seen for quite a few decades. it is not heading directly on our way, but it will have an influence on our weather because as it shifts its way north, it will help to build this area of high pressure. the winds around high pressure flow clockwise, and that will feed something much colder our way. and that will feed something much colder ourway. much and that will feed something much colder our way. much lower temperatures, particularly in northern scotland, just single digits. some places in the north could see wintry showers. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s

news teams where you are. good afternoon. the latest sport and we start with emma raducanu who is through to the semifinals of the openin through to the semifinals of the open in korea after winning three matches in a row for the first time since last years run to the us open title. the 19—year—old beat the third seed, 6—2, 6—2. raducanu yet to drop a set at the tournament and will face the former french open champion, 0stapenko in the semifinals. it is the day the tennis fans never wanted to come, the end of an era as roger federer plays his final competitive tennis match. he is retiring at the age of a1. fittingly ending his career alongside his friend and greatest rival across the years, rafael nadal

and they are playing together in the doubles in london as part of a european team that also includes novak djokovic and andy murray. jack sock and frances tiafoe will face vedder and rafael nadal. —— fedor. 0ne vedder and rafael nadal. —— fedor. one of the most important players in my era, if not the most important player in my tennis career is leaving. at the end, we believe this moment will be difficult, but i am super excited and grateful to play with him. , , ., ., with him. this is how roger federer has been warming _ with him. this is how roger federer has been warming up, _ with him. this is how roger federer has been warming up, dressed - with him. this is how roger federer has been warming up, dressed in i with him. this is how roger federer has been warming up, dressed in a | has been warming up, dressed in a tuxedo, of course. at that dinner event last night and if you are wondering because he plays tennis he must be great at table tennis, you would be absolutely right. still has got that incredible deftness of

touch, and in particular the one—handed backhand which schwartzman could not deal with. gareth southgate is hoping that england can rediscover theirform as they look to avoid relegation from they look to avoid relegation from the nation's league. they are without a win in the group and they play italy in milan before germany come to when we on monday in the final two matches before the world cup where the football association say players will wear a rainbow armband to support lgbt kiwi fans as part of the plan to highlight human rights issues on the fa has backed calls for compensation for any injury or death related to a world cup construction project. gareth southgate says england want to do what they can. the southgate says england want to do what they can-— what they can. the people i've soken what they can. the people i've spoken to _ what they can. the people i've spoken to have _ what they can. the people i've spoken to have explained - what they can. the people i've spoken to have explained to l what they can. the people i've i spoken to have explained to me, human rights lawyers in particular that not a lot more that the players in particular can do other than talk about those issues and put them on the table, because, in the end, we

are asking for change in a country that we are respectful of, that has made a lot of progress, but also we don't have any control over. meanwhile arsenal bukayo saka is in the's player of the year as voted for by fans. he won the vote ahead of declan rice and harry kane who came second and third respectively. he has scored three times in nine appearances during the international season. flying england's women in economy class to the world cup in new zealand has been china —— described as a challenging decision by the rfu. they are favourites to win the title and begin their journey which will take almost 30 hours today. the england men travelled via business class in the 2019 kop, and the england women's side is loss—making they have to make challenging decisions about what they can invest in. britain's joint second fastest man has retired

from competitive athletics. the 35—year—old from croydon went to both london and rio but gold in the 201a european championships was his only major championship. he clocked nine point nine seconds in birmingham which is second only to linford christie and equal to hughes in the british all—time list. and thatis in the british all—time list. and that is all of your sport for now. more on the bbc sport website leading up to roger federer�*s final competitive match today alongside rafael nadal at the labour kop in london. i will have more for you later, but for now, back to you, jane. —— at the rod labour kop. let's get more now on the chancellor kwasi kwarteng's plans for a series of tax cuts and new economic measures. he set out his proposals in parliament this morning. and we will also be remembering the great dame hilary mantel who has

died. we are taking three steps to support families and business with the cost of energy. firstly to help our souls, the energy price guarantee will limit the unit price that consumers pay for electricity and gas. that means for the next two years, the typical annual household bill will be £2500. for a typical household, that is a saving of at least £1000 per year based on current prices. we are continuing our existing plans to give all households £a00 of bills this winter. so taken together, mr speaker we are cutting everybody�*s bills by an expected £1a00 this year and millions of the most vulnerable households will receive additional payments taking their total savings

this year to £2200. secondly, as well as helping people, we need to support the businesses who employ them. the energy bill relief scheme will reduce wholesale gas and electricity prices for all uk businesses, charities and the public sector, such as schools and hospitals. this will provide a price guarantee equivalent to the one provided to one household, to all businesses across the country. thirdly, energy prices are extremely volatile. rising and falling erratically. this creates a real risk to energy firms who are otherwise viable businesses. those firms help supply the essential energy provided by households and businesses. so to support the market, we are announcing the energy financing scheme delivered by the bank of england which will provide a 100% guarantee for commercial banks to offer emergency liquidity to

energy traders. mr speaker, the consensus among independent forecasters is that the government energy plan will reduce peak inflation by around five percentage points. it will reduce the cost of servicing index linked government debt and lower, wider cost of living pressures and will help millions of people and businesses, right cross country with the cost of energy. unemployment is at the lowest level for nearly 50 years. of. but with more vacancies than unemployed people to fill them, we need to encourage people to join the labour market and we will make work pay by reducing peoples benefits if they do not fulfil theirjob reducing peoples benefits if they do not fulfil their job search commitments. we will provide extra support for the unemployed, over 50s and will ask around 120,000 more people on universal credit to take active steps to seek more and better paid work orface

active steps to seek more and better paid work or face having their benefits reduced. mr speaker, at such a critical time for our economy it is simply unacceptable that strike action is disrupting so many lives. 0ther strike action is disrupting so many lives. other european countries have minimum service levels. to stop militant trade unions closing down transport networks during strikes, so we will do the same, and we will go further. we will legislate to require unions to put pay offers to a member vote to ensure that strikes can only be called whilst negotiations have a genuinely broken down. the negotiations have a genuinely broken down. ,, ., ., ., . ., down. the shadow chancellor said the covernment down. the shadow chancellor said the government was _ down. the shadow chancellor said the government was working _ down. the shadow chancellor said the government was working actively - government was working actively against the working people and criticised for not financing his energy plans, saying he had decided

to borrow excessively. saidh energy plans, saying he had decided to borrow excessively.— to borrow excessively. salah has confirmed _ to borrow excessively. salah has confirmed that _ to borrow excessively. salah has confirmed that the _ to borrow excessively. salah has confirmed that the cost - to borrow excessively. salah has confirmed that the cost of - to borrow excessively. salah has confirmed that the cost of the i confirmed that the cost of the energy price cap will be funded by borrowing —— the chancellor has confirmed. leading the eye watering windfall profits of the energy giants on the oil and gas producers will be toasting the chancellor in the boardrooms as we speak, while working people are left to pick up the bill. borrowing higher than it needs to be just as interest rates rise. and yet the chancellor refuses to allow independent economic forecast to be published which would show the impact of this borrowing on our public finances on growth and on inflation. it is a budget without figures, a menu without prices. speaker, what has the chancellor got to hide? this statement is an admission of 12 years of economic

failure. and now, here we are, one last throw of the dice. 0ne failure. and now, here we are, one last throw of the dice. one last claim that these ministers will be different. forall of claim that these ministers will be different. for all of the chopping and changing, all the chaos and confusion, there has been at one person there throughout. the prime minister. she has been a minister for a decade and defended every single economic decision, so when the prime minister says she wants to break free from the past, what she really means to say is that she wants to break free from her own failed record. because where have the last 12 years left us? lower growth, low investment, lower productivity and today we learn that we had the lowest consumer confidence since records began. the only things that are going up our inflation, interest rates and bankers bonuses. and borrowing. as

the tories become more and more detached from reality, millions of people, millions of our constituents are lying awake at night, worried about how they will make ends meet. labour won the argument that action on energy bills was necessary. but the question is who pays? the energy producers who have profited so much from the rises in prices should make a contribution, but when the country asked who should fit the bill for the energy rescue package, the conservatives responded, you, the british people. instead of standing up british people. instead of standing up for working people, the conservatives chose to shield the gigantic windfall profits of the energy giants, leaving tens of billions of pounds on the table and pushing all of the costs onto government borrowing. so it was paid

for by current and future taxpayers. the prime minister and chancellor have no regard for taxpayers interest or for the concerns of working people. and it's notjust the conservative party is not working for ordinary families, it is actively working against them. well, a short while after the mini—budget was announced my colleague jo coburn, the host of politics live, spoke to pauljohnson, the director of the institute for fiscal studies. he told her the government is borrowing its way out of the cost of living crisis. it was like having an entirely new government. not only did we see the corporation tax rises reversed and the national insurance rises reversed, we saw a series of other technical changes reverse, including the so—called ir35 which is designed to make sure people are genuinely working for their own company rather than as employees brought in by this

government, or perhaps we should say the last government. this was the biggest tax cutting event since 1972, so it's not very mini. it is half a century since we've seen tax cuts announced on this scale. so bigger than the bill of nigel lawson's 1988 budget. now bigger than that. if he'd only saw what we expected which was corporation tax and national insurance cuts, that would have been 30 billion and we had about a5 billion, so 50% bigger in tax cuts than perhaps we were expecting yesterday. that coupled with what you call the biggest government intervention in your lifetime, that is the package to help households and businesses pay the soaring energy costs. again, you said it was unsustainable and you thought it would be unsustainable. why? there's two separate things here.

the energy cost support, hopefully is a one—off. it is enormous, but hopefully it's a one—off and within two years it will go because energy prices are back down. i do worry that we don't have an exit strategy here, that if energy prices don't go back down this becomes a very, very expensive long—term thing. but in terms of the a5 billion, there are no energy costs in there and we assume that is gone within a couple of years but a5 billion of tax cuts and a slowing economy which means we will be borrowing more than expected when the 0br did its last forecast, adding this to our most recent forecast, we can expect to be borrowing close to £120 billion in three years' time and if we are doing that, then the debt will rise year on year. and we will have full analysis and reaction to all of those big announcements this morning over the course of the day and there is more background information on the bbc website as well.

for the next few minutes we will talk about another major story here today and the very sad news of the death of dame hilary mantel, the multi—award—winning novelist who died at the age ofjust 70. dame hilary won the booker prize twice for her novels wolf hall, about the rise of the tudor politician, thomas cromwell, and its sequel bring up the bodies. her publisher, harper collins, said she had died "suddenly yet peacefully" surrounded by close family and friends. amanda foreman is an author and historian who served as a booker prize judge when hilary mantel won for the second time 2012. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, talking to us from new york, and thank you so much. this is so shocking and sad. it’s and thank you so much. this is so shocking and sad.— shocking and sad. it's a terrible shock. i shocking and sad. it's a terrible shock- i was — shocking and sad. it's a terrible shock. i was about _ shocking and sad. it's a terrible shock. i was about to _ shocking and sad. it's a terrible shock. i was about to write - shocking and sad. it's a terrible shock. i was about to write to l shocking and sad. it's a terrible l shock. i was about to write to her today to ask her to come to new

york, to a headline gala that i'm organising. it's terrible and we've lost a literary giant. it is incalculable, the loss we have suffered. , , ., , ., suffered. the sheer beauty of her writin: , suffered. the sheer beauty of her writing. and _ suffered. the sheer beauty of her writing, and the _ suffered. the sheer beauty of her writing, and the scale _ suffered. the sheer beauty of her writing, and the scale of- suffered. the sheer beauty of her writing, and the scale of her- suffered. the sheer beauty of her| writing, and the scale of her work, the scale of what she achieved? yes. the scale of — the scale of what she achieved? yes. the scale of what _ the scale of what she achieved? yes. the scale of what she _ the scale of what she achieved? jazz the scale of what she achieved, we talk about the beauty of her writing, and she was a writer is writer. she was notjust a historian, she wasn'tjust a writer of fiction, she was a historical fiction writer and she brought millions of people to the form of historical fiction. millions of people to the form of historicalfiction. it is millions of people to the form of historical fiction. it is the holy grail, being the writer we all aspire to be. she was tojk rowling of historicalfiction in aspire to be. she was tojk rowling of historical fiction in the sense that she opened up the genre in a way no other writer could do. and the world is betterfor way no other writer could do. and the world is better for it, way no other writer could do. and the world is betterfor it, and way no other writer could do. and the world is better for it, and for

her. . . the world is better for it, and for her. ., , , ., , the world is better for it, and for her. ., , ,, her. that is so interesting, because i remember — her. that is so interesting, because i remember when _ her. that is so interesting, because i remember when i _ her. that is so interesting, because i remember when i was _ her. that is so interesting, because i remember when i was reading - her. that is so interesting, because l i remember when i was reading wolf hall, i spent the whole novel thinking, my goodness, how long did hilary mantel spend researching this period of history? because within pages, you can see the clothes, you can smell the smells in the street. i was blown away by that, and i'm assuming you will know far better than me, the amount of study and research that she did was quite staggering. yes, but more than that, and it was absolutely staggering, is that anyone can slap it down and read a bunch of books and put down fact after fact and she did more than that and as you say in waterfall, you can see that you are in the side are peoples thoughts and thatis in the side are peoples thoughts and that is one of the people —— things she said about her own writing is that like a historian she can select, simplify and shape, but

unlike a historian, she can make up people's thoughts, so partly she was a sort of shape shifter, but more than that she was a craftsman, the ultimate craftsman, so moving on to bring up the bodies, the way she created that novel was in the shape of a spider web, so as you are reading and brought into this terrifying story of what is going to happen to annabel in and if you know your history, you know she is going to be executed and have her head chopped off, but she doesn't know it at the time, and the way the novel, the sentences, the shape, it is in a spider web, and that is bra poorer writing. it's almost impossible to do and she did it. and what was the judging process like in 2012? a slightly peculiar one, and you were there and you describe so beautifully what she achieved but she had won previously for wolf

hall, so did that change the dynamic of the conversations in the jury room or was she the clear out and out winner that year? this room or was she the clear out and out winner that year?— room or was she the clear out and out winner that year? as you know, all of these — out winner that year? as you know, all of these discussions _ out winner that year? as you know, all of these discussions are - out winner that year? as you know, all of these discussions are secret. | all of these discussions are secret. i know, i'm trying to get you, i realise these are tricky conversations but it's interesting to peek behind that and see the conversations you had.- to peek behind that and see the conversations you had. well, it's a challenae conversations you had. well, it's a challenge when _ conversations you had. well, it's a challenge when you _ conversations you had. well, it's a challenge when you have - conversations you had. well, it's a challenge when you have a - conversations you had. well, it's a i challenge when you have a selection of books, all of which are stellar and have achieved something in their field and then there is a another book that comes along that is so far above anything that anybody is writing that year and it is breathtaking, and we were all aware of that. the minute we started talking about this book, bring up the bodies, the entire conversation was elevated and changed and that is

something that hilary mantel did for all writers, she mayjust be better writers, she made every writer who cares about the art of writing try harder, do more, think more, craft more, because she set the bar so high. more, because she set the bar so hiuh. �* . ., more, because she set the bar so hich.�* , ., , high. and she will, of course, alwa s high. and she will, of course, always be _ high. and she will, of course, always be remembered - high. and she will, of course, always be remembered for. high. and she will, of course, i always be remembered for that trilogy for all of the reasons you have outlined. i'm just interested in a quick thought about her earlier works. producing beautiful works but before she was well known in the public sphere. would you also recommend people to go back and read some of her earlier novels as well? absolutely. i recommend everybody reads the place of greater safety which he wrote in her 20s which is a masterpiece and what i would like to say that with hilary mantel�*s death, she joins a pantheon of writers whose names will live for ever. she joins leo tolstoy, robert graves and

now we have hilary mantel.- now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank— now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank you _ now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank you for _ now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank you for talking - now we have hilary mantel. amanda foreman, thank you for talking to i foreman, thank you for talking to us. thank you very much indeed, on a very sad day. thank you, amanda foreman, the writer, author historianjoining us from new foreman, the writer, author historian joining us from new york to remember dame hilary mantell whose death was announced this morning. she wasjust 17. whose death was announced this morning. she wasjust17. more to come here this afternoon on big cities. we will pause now and take a look at the weather prospects with ben rich. brighter colour developing in many parts with the early satellite image, but a parts with the early satellite image, buta band parts with the early satellite image, but a band of cloud dragging its heels in the south—east corner with a slow—moving weather from providing outbreaks of heavy and quite persistent rain across the south—east corner up into essex and suffolk as we go through the afternoon, but elsewhere, sunny spells, scattered showers and

temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees in most places. through the evening and overnight the rain will continue to fall across the south—east and further north and west, clear spells and scattered showers for irish sea coast and showers for irish sea coast and showers pushing across eastern scotland into north—east england and quite a cold night in parts of scotland with temperatures or some close to freezing, but milder in the south—east because here into tomorrow morning we will still have a lot of cloud and still have outbreaks of rain. perhaps enough rain in a few places to give some localised travel disruption and may be localised flooding and that rain could lingerfor quite be localised flooding and that rain could linger for quite a be localised flooding and that rain could lingerfor quite a good part of the day. but elsewhere we will see sunny spells, scattered showers, especially for england and wales, not as many for northern ireland or scotland but quite a keen northerly breeze making it feel rather cool out there. 1a to 18 degrees as the top temperatures. as we look to sunday, the rain should clear in the south—east corner with some residual

showers but the best of the sunshine will be in the south. more cloud further north and outbreaks of rain, heavy rain at that into the north—west of scotland and temperatures again between 1a and 18 degrees. let me take you to the other side of the atlantic, because this is a major hurricane, hurricane fiona which has been tracking northwards and is now moving towards the eastern side of canada where it could still bring hurricane force winds, may be the strongest storm that canada has seen for many a decade. this storm is not heading directly into our direction but it could have an indirect influence on the weather because as it shifts northwards it will help build this area of high pressure and this, as we head into next week will give us a strong northerly winds and that will make it feel quite a lot colder.

hello — i'mjoanna gosling — live in westminster — where the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has announced what's been described as the biggest tax cutting budget in half a century. the basic rate of income tax will be cut to 19p next april — and the rate of income tax for the very highest earners will be abolished. we promised to prioritise growth, mr speaker. we promised a new approach for a new era and promised to release the enormous potential of this country. 0ur growth plan has delivered all of those promises, and more. labour said the changes are a "comprehensive demolition" of the government's last 12 years in power. the oil and gas producers will be toasting the chancellor in the boardrooms as we speak while the working people are left to pick up the bill.