this is bbc news with the latest headlines. elon musk finally completes his £38 billion takeover of twitter — and has apparently sacked the chief executive and other seniorfigures. the government defends pm rishi sunak�*s decision not to attend next month's cop 27 climate summit — amid growing criticism. ministers like me, i'll be attending, recognising this as a global challenge which we will continue to work with other countries in order to make that change on global warming. new elections loom in northern ireland after politicians at stormont miss the deadline for restoring power—sharing and if we need to we will go back to the people and we will seek to refresh and renew our mandate. arsenal player pablo mari

is among several injured in a stabbing in italy — which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they're close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. and in sport, england's progress at the men's t20 world cup match looks precarious — as rain delays their match against australia in melbourne. the world's richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted "the bird is freed," in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn't buy the firm

"to make more money. "i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love". there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked and escorted out of the company's san francisco headquarters by security. elon musk has previously been critical of twitter�*s moderation policy. twitter has not yet confirmed the takeover, but an early investor in the company told the bbc that the deal had been completed. our north america technology reporter james clayton has the latest. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week, he was carrying a bathroom sink. "i am in twitter hq, let that sink in," he said. it's been a long road to get here, an unbelievably topsy—turvy deal. it's worth reflecting on it. when elon musk had an offer accepted to buy twitter in april, he could barely contain his excitement. but that initial enthusiasm soon began to wane. mr musk tried to pull out of the deal, twitter though

wasn't having any of it. the two sides were due to face a judge who would decide if elon musk had to legally buy the company. but then, another reversal, suddenly elon musk did want to buy twitter. officially he said he was buying the company to create the everything app called x, the details of which are still sketchy. but it's also likely that mr musk believed that he would have lost the court case and wished to avoid facing a potentially damaging deposition. so what does this deal mean for the future of twitter? well, it appears as though mr musk is going to sweep aside twitter�*s top executives including its chief executive parag agrawal. it means musk would be free to enact his vision of free speech. that may well mean that one donald trump, banned from twitter after the capitol hill riots, will be invited back onto the platform. the controversial us president,

though, now has his own social media platform truth social and says he will not reactivate his account, we will see. things are never dull with elon musk. expect lots of ideas, lots of changes and lots of uncertainty, at what elon musk describes as the world's virtual town hall. james clayton, bbc news. that was our north america technology reporter james clayton reporting. with me is our business correspondent theo leggett. we'll talk about the social media site in a moment but let's talk about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, so about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, so it about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, so it is about? it acquisition of twitter, so it is about? , , ., , ., about? it seems to be about influence — about? it seems to be about influence and _ about? it seems to be about influence and to _ about? it seems to be about influence and to a _ about? it seems to be about influence and to a certain . about? it seems to be about - influence and to a certain extent, power, and elon musk is a guy, the richest man in the world, he does not need to make extra cash. in fact, this is causing him a lot of money. this is a deal he did try to get out of than some commentators have suggested it's because $41; billion was a bit of a financial strain, possibly too expensive and he possibly did not think the value was there, but elon musk is prone to

making pretty grand statements on what he said here as it is important to the future of civilisation to have a common digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner. no pressure there. you say he didn't want to do the deal and it's a lot of money to pay, will he make money out of twitter mentally or not? it will he make money out of twitter mentally or not?— will he make money out of twitter mentally or not? it depends what he does with that, _ mentally or not? it depends what he does with that, he's _ mentally or not? it depends what he does with that, he's already - does with that, he's already suggested he wants to change the way it works, managing... monetising? yes, and he has already written a spiel for appetisers saying he wants to make targeting more relevant and targeted. he says the wrong type of advertising are spam, the right type of content, so from the user perspective, he is trying to suggest advertising could be more carefully targeted so users actually work rather than just flick through thinking i don't want to see that. but rumours that we are hearing the ceos escorted out of the building, what have you been hearing? i’zfe

what have you been hearing? i've been hearing _ what have you been hearing? i�*e: been hearing the same things and it seems to be the gossip in silicon valley that there has been clear and frankly, that comes as no surprise. initially when elon musk approached twitter he seemed to get on very well with management, seem to get on well with management, seem to get on well with management, seem to get on well with the chief executive, but that rapidly descended into acrimony in the two sides have been fighting a court case, with twitter�*s executive him to go ahead with the deal, him trying to pull out. lots of debate over twitter twitter�*s numbers figures, how many active users it's got and how many of those accounts were bolts, so they had fallen out, and with elon musk coming in and promising radical change, it was inevitable that senior executives would be cleared out, and frankly, from their perspective, they've done theirjob. they got a good deal for their shareholders. elon musk is paying a lot of money for this business. the environment secretary therese coffey has said "protecting the planet is absolutely a priority for the government," after downing street confirmed the prime minister would not attend the cop27 climate

change summit in egypt next month. speaking on bbc breakfast, ms coffey said the government recognised that tackling climate change was "a global challenge" and that she would attend the summit for "a couple of days." protecting the planet is absolutely a key priority for the government, we hosted the cop last year, and normally what happens with cop particularly climate, every five years is when the big political moments happen. we certainly hosted that made a lot of progress, but meanwhile, ministers like me, i will be attending the cop as well, recognising this as a global challenge which we will continue to work with other countries in order to make that change on global warming. with me is our political correspondentjonathan blake. let's explain why downing street is seeing the pm won't be attending the actor. the element they are giving as he be focusing on other domestic present commitments.—

present commitments. including preparations— present commitments. including preparations for _ present commitments. including preparations for the _ present commitments. including preparations for the autumn - present commitments. including - preparations for the autumn budget, which has been pushed back a couple of weeks and is expected on the 17th of weeks and is expected on the 17th of november. it will be a major event with further tax rises and spending cuts expected to be announced by the chancellorjeremy hunt and it is what will be occupying a large part of the prime minister's time at the moment. nevertheless, this decision is disappointing for opposition parties and climate campaigners, who had expected rishi sunak and hoped rishi sunak as prime minister to fish climate change a little further up the agenda. it is not necessarily expected, world leaders are not obliged to attend the cop summits and the point being made by therese coffey there that some are more significant than others in terms of what is decided and deal is expected to be reached, but nevertheless, with joe to be reached, but nevertheless,

withjoe biden due to be in attendance and other world leaders, some are hoping the uk would be there and would be playing a leading role. nevertheless, as i say, downing street has taken the decision cop will not be there, that does not mean the uk will not be participating in cop, but those who would like to see rishi sunak leading the charge will be disappointed and plenty of criticism coming his way from labour, saying this is an opportunity that should be grasped, not one to show on comedy lib dem saying the decision flies in the face of the uk's work on climate change and the green party saying it is a shameful way to end the uk's cop presidency, which began with the summer in glasgow last year. began with the summer in glasgow last ear. ., ~ , began with the summer in glasgow last ear. . ~ , ., last year. talk is through the timinas, last year. talk is through the timings. the _ last year. talk is through the timings, the autumn - last year. talk is through the i timings, the autumn statement last year. talk is through the - timings, the autumn statement is the 17th of november and i believe cop27 takes place in the days leading up to that date and then one day after? that's right, the cop summit is due to finish the day after the autumn statement, so the timing would have been tight if rishi sunak would have

attempted to attend the end of the summer, could have gone in the run—up to that date, a little earlier on, but that date of the 17th of november is absolutely crucial, and we are hearing more about what the government clearly believes is a bleak picture, as regards to the economy in the run—up to that. there are some heavy expectation management going on by the treasury after the statement was pushed back from monday, when it was due to be held. there was some hope that the economic picture would be a little brighter and there might be room for some more positive forecast about economic growth, given certain conditions in the press bordering for the government and the relatively low price of gas at the moment, but the treasury sources are making clear the picture is still bleak and the cost of borrowing is still high, although down somewhat and people should not underestimate the scale of this challenge or how tough the decisions will have to be, in the words of one.

fresh elections to the northern ireland assembly are set to be called today — after the deadline for the resumption of power—sharing passed at midnight. the delay means major decisions on public services remain on hold. let's remind ourselves of how this deadlock came about. back in may the nationalist party sinn fein won the most seats in the stormont assembly for the first time. it called on the dup to support the election of a speaker so that this a governing executive can be formed. but the dup — the biggest unionist party — has so far refused because it believes northern ireland's place in the uk is being undermined by the post—brexit deal — know as the protocol — signed by borisjohnson. an election is likely to be held in december — just seven months after voters last gave their verdicts. here's our ireland correspondent chris page. time has run out for stormont. the home of the northern ireland assembly is no longer a place of government.

devolved ministers have left office and the ballot box is beckoning. i am ashamed, ashamed to be part of this circus yet again. we know that elections in northern ireland do not solve problems. they deepen the crisis. the political system in northern ireland is different to almost everywhere else. it's based on the good friday peace agreement signed in 1998 after a long conflict. a majority of unionists and nationalists must agree to share powerfor a devolved government to be formed. the democratic unionist party says it won'tjoin a coalition until the brexit trade border with the rest of the uk is scrapped. in the election in may, sinn fein became the first nationalist party ever to win the most seats.

but the dup remains the largest unionist group, so it still has a veto. power sharing here has always been fragile. devolution has only been fully operating for little more than two out of the last six years. one of the biggest consequences has been a delay to health service reforms. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk. stephen's daughter abigail has spent most of her life on various waiting lists. it's a lot of stress that the family don't need, because looking after abigail is stressful enough. but you have the added pressure then of chasing consultants, chasing waiting lists, trying to fight to get her onto a waiting list. it's just been living hell. and business leaders say repeated problems at stormont are putting off potential investors. we understand there are difficult political issues there, but for businesses,

we need decision—making. we've had, as i said, six years with really no decisions being made and we've got many areas that need to be looked at. the latest deadline for a coalition to be formed has come and gone. an election before christmas is all but inevitable. chris page, bbc news, belfast. charlotte gallagher is at stormont and shejoins me now. under the rules a new election must take place within 12 weeks but we are expecting to hear today when that may be. we are, indeed. we think in about three hours' time the northern ireland secretary will make an announcement about when the selection will be held, saying he would not be having a u—turn on this, the election would definitely be happening, because time has run out here. it passed at midnight, the deadline, and power—sharing is still not back here. the big question is, what will the selection achieve, really? we may get the same results we got in the may elections, so sinn

fein, the nationalist party, merging of the largest party here, and the dup is the second party. the dup say no matter the results of the selection they will not be returning to stormont until the northern ireland protocol and the post—brexit trading arrangements are scrapped or significantly altered, so we could be in exactly the same position in a few months where the building by me, which should be full of politicians making big decisions about health care budgets, education, public transport, is still empty. civil servants are taking over from politicians at the moment, but they don't have the powers to make those big decisions, and in the meantime, people in northern ireland are left with the in limbo. people that are worried about paying their mortgage, their rent, their heating bills, and their rent, their heating bills, and the spiralling cost of living, the selection will cost around £6.5 million to put on and you have to ask, what is it going to achieve?

and people really want this in northern alan? and talking to people, the answer is firmly no. i would really hate to be a politician knocking on people's dollars the election asking them to vote for them, because people here are thoroughly fed up, and i imagine if you slam doors on the and the faces of politicians. —— a few. i'm joined now by freya mcclements, the northern editor at the irish times. what difference to people feel a new election will make? bier? what difference to people feel a new election will make?— election will make? very little, to be perfectly _ election will make? very little, to be perfectly honest. _ election will make? very little, to be perfectly honest. we _ election will make? very little, to be perfectly honest. we had - election will make? very little, to be perfectly honest. we had the l election will make? very little, to i be perfectly honest. we had the last election at the time of the poll, assuming it is on december 15, only seven months since the previous, and all indications, if you look at polling around the party's popularity, all indications that an election would return a broadly similar result, so it is more than possible that what you would get is

a lot of acrimony, all the attention that you usually get accompanying an election campaign, the cost of that, of this happening in the middle of winter when people are worried about bills and paying for their heating, all of this has gone through a broadly similar result, a few seats may change hands here or there but it is regarded as unlikely that would change the overall make—up of the parties. what happens then as you can find, we could find ourselves in the week of christmas with essentially the same scenario playing out at stormont, whereby the parties go back and there again is not that agreement to reform and assembly, because ultimately the issue the dup have is not a northern ireland —based issue, it's about the northern ireland protocol. that is something has to be sought between london and brussels, not belfast. that's why it's so difficult to see a way out right now because the problem does not lie within the northern ireland assembly, it lies without, with the uk government, and

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health service, education, infrastructure.— health service, education, infrastructure. ., ., ~ ., infrastructure. good to talk to you, thank yon — rishi sunak and jeremy hunt are said to be facing "sober" decisions on spending cuts and tax rises in their financial statement on the 17th of november. the bbc has learned they've been told that economic growth is likely to be considerably lower than the last independent forecast, and this meant they had a bigger financial hole to fill. more now on the news that the world's richest man, elon musk, has completed his takeover of twitter. in a post apparently referring to the 44 billion dollar deal, mr musk said �*the bird is freed'. twitter took legal action against him when he tried to back out of the purchase earlier this year. with me here is kate duffy, business reporter at business insider. why has this taking so long? cast their minds _ why has this taking so long? cast their minds back _ why has this taking so long? (i—zt their minds back to april, why has this taking so long? c—3t their minds back to april, when why has this taking so long? c1—3t their minds back to april, when elon musk originally offered to buy

twitter, m44 musk originally offered to buy twitter, $444 billion, and under his ownership said he would make the platform replaced for free speech —— 44 billion. a few months after the he backtracked and said the deal was on hold, and decided, requested to terminate the deal with twitter, citing concerns about the high number of fake spots on the site, higher than twitter had claimed. four days later twitter suit elon musk singh he did not honour his obligations and then twitter —— musk countersued, so it has been a whole illegal tobacco and it has taken months to get through but elon musk on october the 4th offered to buy twitter again for the original price on twitter said it intended to close a transaction. the deadline was today and it was completed earlier on this morning. —— it has been a

whole the back of —— the main concern is the potential return of former us president donald trump to the platform. he was plucked from his account over tweets during the us capitol insurrection injanuary 2021, but he said, elon musk said earlier this year he would reverse the ban on donald trump's account and all him to come back to the platform because he thought the decision was morally wrong and foolish to ban him, so we could see people like this who have been previously blocked from twitter back on the platform. another controversy is the amount of lay—offs that elon musk could impose on twitter. we've already seen some top executives leave this morning, reportedly, and there have been reports that elon musk has told prospective investors the 75% of the workforce could be cut. he has come back from this and told twitter employees that he does

not plan to cut 75%, but this officer has sparked a lot of concern and fear amongst the twitter workforce, creating uncertainty as to what will happen in the future. the arsenal footballer pablo mari is being treated for injuries after a man with a knife attacked several people at a supermarket in milan. the 29—year—old, who's currently on loan to ac monza, was with his wife and son when the attack took place — leaving a supermarket cashier dead and five people injured. frances read reports. inside what should have been a normal trip to a supermarket, now a crime scene. shopping trolleys hastily abandoned as detectives pieced together what happened. the stabbing spree by a man apparently targeting people at random left one person dead and at least four injured.

it happened yesterday evening at around 6.30pm local time in assago, a town outside milan in northern italy. among those hurt, arsenal's centre back, pablo mari. he's been on loan to serie a club ac monza since august. he suffered a stab wound to the back, but it missed his vital organs. monza said mari was saved by his height, adding he'd been pushing his son in a shopping trolley with his wife at the time. he seems to be ok, but i don't know. i will have a briefing now about the situation, what happened, and obviously we will be in touch with him and hopefully he's ok. in a statement, arsenal said that it was shocked to hear the news about the stabbings in northern italy. it said its thoughts were with pablo mari and the other victims of the incident. it also said it had been in contact with mari's agent and that mari is in hospital but not seriously injured. investigations in italy have continued overnight. police say it was a supermarket worker who died and that a suspect had been detained.

they said the attacker was mentally ill and ruled out terrorism as a motive. frances read, bbc news. a british kayaker has been rescued after spending two days clinging to a buoy in the english channel, according to reports in a dutch newspaper. the 28—year—old — who was rescued by dutch fishermen — is said to have survived by eating mussels, seaweed and crabs. he was airlifted to france for treatment for hypothermia — and is said to be recovering. a team of swedish engineers is in the final stages of developing the first ever crash test dummy to represent the average woman. women are more likely than men to be injured in the same types of crash, and some scientists say this is partly down to a lack of representative dummies to test vital safety features. shiona mccallum's been to sweden to see the technology in action. crash test dummies are used to test how well car safety features protect

people against injury, but not everyone is equally protected. women are three times more likely to suffer whiplash than men if they are any car hit from behind, and although whiplash isn't usually fatal, it can cause serious and permanent disabilities. sado's car was hit from behind last month. the element it was a really big shock at the time, and my daughter was absolutely crying her eyes out. her neck was absolutely crying her eyes out. he: neck was hurting, and absolutely crying her eyes out. ii2 neck was hurting, and she set her back as well. a stiff neck and shoulders. the anxiety of are you going to be able to do yourjob because of your aches and pains? some scientist see more representative crash dummies as an important step in improving her safety. engineers here in sweden have been busy working on the first crash test dummy that represents the average woman. in crash test dummy that represents the average woman-— average woman. in order to ensure that ou average woman. in order to ensure that you identify —

average woman. in order to ensure that you identify the _ average woman. in order to ensure that you identify the seats - average woman. in order to ensure that you identify the seats that - that you identify the seats that have the best protection for both parts of the population, you definitely need to have the part of the population that has the highest risk represented.— the population that has the highest risk represented. currently industry uses cart meal— risk represented. currently industry uses cart meal -- _ risk represented. currently industry uses cart meal -- mail— risk represented. currently industry uses cart meal -- mail dummies. l risk represented. currently industry i uses cart meal -- mail dummies. the uses cart meal —— mail dummies. the average female is not represented. you can assess how it interacts with the seat during the crash and also how it protects the occupant. these dummies are _ how it protects the occupant. these dummies are designed _ how it protects the occupant. these dummies are designed specifically to test how well car protect protectable from injuries in low—impact rear collisions. protectable from injuries in low-impact rear collisions. females are somewhat _ low-impact rear collisions. females are somewhat shorter _ low-impact rear collisions. females are somewhat shorter and - low-impact rear collisions. females are somewhat shorter and lighter i are somewhat shorter and lighter than males, on average, and then we also have differences in muscle strength, which plays a role in terms of how you respond to a crash.

the engineers are performing tests on the dummy to see what happens to her in a simulated rear crash. you see this is — her in a simulated rear crash. you see this is very — her in a simulated rear crash. you see this is very low _ her in a simulated rear crash. i'm. see this is very low severity, seven kilometres per hour, they probably would not be a scratch on your car, but you see the amount of motion that goes on in our body. it but you see the amount of motion that goes on in our body.- that goes on in our body. it has taken decades _ that goes on in our body. it has taken decades to _ that goes on in our body. it has taken decades to get _ that goes on in our body. it has taken decades to get here - that goes on in our body. it has taken decades to get here but i that goes on in our body. it has - taken decades to get here but they work, which will be published next month, brings with it hopes women will one day be safer behind the wheel. now it's time for a look at the weather. how is it looking for the weekend spice temperature is still well above average for this time of year. the weather looking mild today and through the course of the weekend, but still fairly unsettled, mild but we have wind and rain around. the rain clearing out of northern ireland and it was fully clear from scotland, england and wales looking

largely tries we had to into the afternoon, in a few more showers moving into northern ireland, gossip went out to about 40 miles an hour, even stronger than that it should tent easily. top temperatures today 19 or 20 towards the south—east, typically in the mid to high teens. rain lingering for a longer step towards the northern aisles spot that clears away overnight and its dry, cloud and rain living in the early hours of the morning. there will be an area of cloud and rain moving northwards across many parts of the uk, scotland keeping sunshine for a good part of the day and a return to dry conditions towards the south—east where it will be warm, house up to 22 degrees. —— highs up to 22 degrees.

hello, this is bbc news. elon musk finally completes his £38 billion takeover of twitter and has apparently sacked the chief executive and other senior figures. the government defends prime minister rishi sunak�*s decision not to attend next month's cop27 climate summit, amid growing criticism. new elections loom in northern ireland after politicians at stormont miss the deadline for restoring power—sharing. arsenal player pablo mari is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they're close to completing the first crash—test dummy based

on an average woman. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning. england's cricketers should be half an hour into their highly anticipated must—win match against old rivals australia at the t20 world cup right now, but the weather has spoiled everyone's plans. persistent rain in melbourne means the start has been delayed and could be abandoned. ireland's match against afghanistan never got going, both sides being given a point each, a result which leaves ireland second in the group. naturally, i think if we had gone out and there was a bit of a break out and there was a bit of a break out there, a bit of sunshine, but the fact that it was so great underweight, it was always doubtful

that we would get out there. so i'm not sure, i think we are second now, there is so much going on in that group with rained off fixtures and stuff, but i supposed to still be in the hunt with two games left is pretty good. manchester united manager erik ten hag was full of praise for cristiano ronaldo, as the forward returned to help his side qualify for the knockout stages of the europa league. in his first match since being dropped for discplinary reasons, ronaldo scored united's third in a 3—0 win against moldovan side sheriff tiraspol. the win extends united's unbeaten run to seven matches, and their boss was happy with ronaldo's return. arsenal manager mikel arteta says his side need to reset, after they lost for the first time in europe this season. they were beaten 2—0 by psv eindhoven. arsenal must now beat zurich in theirfinal group game to guarantee a place in the last 16.

in the europa conference league, west ham are into the last 16, after beating silkeborg1—0 at the london stadium. five wins from five for west ham in europe. elsewhere, hearts beat rfs 2—1. there'll be a moment of history at the women's rugby world cup this weekend. sarah hunter will become england's most capped international player and the most capped women's player of all time. she'll captain the side in sunday's quarterfinal against australia. hunter made her england debut in 2007 and became captain after she won the world cup with the red roses in 2014. never in a million years would i think i will be playing for england, but, like, being a day for the world cup, like you say, becoming the most

capped england player, it is all a bit surreal, yeah. it would never have crossed my mind, running around my primary school field having the best time, that i would be sat here talking to you! worcester warriors' former director of rugby steve diamond says he wants to get the club back into rugby's premiership in the next three to four years. diamond announced he was heading up one of the main consortiums looking to buy the club. warriors were put into administration a month ago, with the men's teams currently suspended from competitive rugby. wasps are also in administration, and on the day that that was announced, one of their players, jack willis, was named in the england squad for the autumn internationals. in his first interview since that day, he admits it was a roller—coaster of emotions for all involved. it's hard to describe it, how it felt immediately after the news was received. they then started talking about how to claim redundancy pay, and everyone was just sat there completely stunned. and then we started asking

a couple of questions, and you think in your head, you know what the word "redundancy" means. we're like, "did he mean that? is he actually saying that?" "have i actuallyjust lost myjob?" and you realise that everyone in that room, as of that minute, no longer had a job at wasps. and who knows what the future holds for everyone individually, but also the club? it was pretty scary, to be honest with you, and pretty upsetting. the covers have come off in melbourne at the t20, fingers crossed they match between england and australia will get under way, but we will keep you posted. that is alljust sport for but we will keep you posted. that is all just sport for now. returning now to northern ireland, where the date for new elections is expected to be announced later today, after the deadline for the resumption of power—sharing passed at midnight. the suspension of the power—sharing agreement means vital decisions affecting people's everyday lives are being delayed.

let's talk to lynsey blea kley and david lynas, two small business owners in northern ireland, about how the continuing political tension is affecting their livelihoods. thank you both forjoining us. i wanted to start with you, lynsey, you run a luxury cake making business, so talk me through what it has been like, not having an assembly, how has it affected your life? ., ~ assembly, how has it affected your life? . ~ i. , assembly, how has it affected your life? . ~ , . ., ., life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. _ life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i _ life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i run _ life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i run a - life? thank you very much for having me on this morning. i run a luxury i me on this morning. i run a luxury bakery, and i were hand made brownies and personalised biscuits are delivered across the uk and ireland, so we are in an unusual position, being based here in northern ireland, that we can send our goods freely to both the mainland and to the south of ireland and to europe as well. but conversely, we have an enormous amount of difficulty in getting supplies, equipment and someone into our bakery here. for example, yesterday i was trying to source a

substantial piece of baking equipment, and we cannot get it in northern ireland, only at an elevated price, and we couldn't get anybody in england to send it across to us. so while the rules apply to us that we can send freely, people can't send freely to us, which is having a big effect on our business. the rules of the eu seem to be applying to us in some ways, but the rules from the mainland are also applying to us, so we are in a bit ofa applying to us, so we are in a bit of a sticky wicket from both angles. david, you own a coffee shop and cafe comedy branches on the north coast, what has life been like for you? coast, what has life been like for ou? , ., ., ., coast, what has life been like for ou? , ., . ., , you? yes, good morning, great to be with ou. you? yes, good morning, great to be with you very _ you? yes, good morning, great to be with you. very similar— you? yes, good morning, great to be with you. very similar to _ you? yes, good morning, great to be with you. very similar to what - with you. very similar to what lynsey — with you. very similar to what lynsey are _ with you. very similar to what lynsey are saying, incredibly challenging relationship in terms of bringing _ challenging relationship in terms of bringing things in from gb, so really— bringing things in from gb, so really we _ bringing things in from gb, so really we would have brought a lot of coffee, —

really we would have brought a lot of coffee, that is our business, our mastery— of coffee, that is our business, our roasterv is — of coffee, that is our business, our roastery is based in london, and because — roastery is based in london, and because of— roastery is based in london, and because of the prohibitive cost of transporting that across to northern ireiand, _ transporting that across to northern ireiand, we — transporting that across to northern ireland, we have had to source different— ireland, we have had to source different suppliers across europe, and we _ different suppliers across europe, and we are — different suppliers across europe, and we are also bringing more different— and we are also bringing more different goods in from the republic as welt _ different goods in from the republic as well. just as lynsey said, i think— as well. just as lynsey said, i think the _ as well. just as lynsey said, i think the challenge is that so many companies — think the challenge is that so many companies now in gb, the cast also prohibitive — companies now in gb, the cast also prohibitive to send things to northern ireland that they are essentially giving up and that is extremely challenging. and it obviously puts premium costs on everything, so difficult times. one of the _ everything, so difficult times. one of the other things, maryam, i would highlight— of the other things, maryam, i would highlight is— of the other things, maryam, i would highlight is that energy costs are rising _ highlight is that energy costs are rising for— highlight is that energy costs are rising for everyone right now, and hospitality— rising for everyone right now, and hospitality is no different. we have hu-e hospitality is no different. we have huge electricity costs now, and it is really — huge electricity costs now, and it is really encouraging to see westminster bringing the energy price cap — westminster bringing the energy price cap and the rebate for businesses, but unless we have a

sitting _ businesses, but unless we have a sitting stormont, it is going to be very difficult to enact here, because _ very difficult to enact here, because we need that now, we don't need _ because we need that now, we don't need it— because we need that now, we don't need it later. myself and lynsey, our businesses need this to happen now _ our businesses need this to happen now. so _ our businesses need this to happen now. ' . , our businesses need this to happen now. , . , , our businesses need this to happen now. ' . , , now. so difficult times. i see you noddin: , now. so difficult times. i see you nodding. so _ now. so difficult times. i see you nodding, so not— now. so difficult times. i see you nodding, so not having _ now. so difficult times. i see you nodding, so not having a - now. so difficult times. i see you - nodding, so not having a government in stormont, that has had a negative impact on your business in what way? what is changing for you? weill. impact on your business in what way? what is changing for you?— what is changing for you? well, the chance, what is changing for you? well, the change. just — what is changing for you? well, the change. just as _ what is changing for you? well, the change, just as was _ what is changing for you? well, the change, just as was said _ what is changing for you? well, the change, just as was said there, - what is changing for you? well, the change, just as was said there, the | change, just as was said there, the cost of supplies, of ingredients, of energy, are absolutely catastrophically high, and yet there isn't a government in place to help put a cap on that, so the citizens of northern ireland have not received any payments, and i do not know when it is going to happen, so we are impacted as a business by the increase in prices and our customers are affected too, and i have less money to spend on luxury trades such

as ours, so it is kind of a twofold effect. d0 as ours, so it is kind of a twofold effect. , ., as ours, so it is kind of a twofold effect. ,, . as ours, so it is kind of a twofold effect. i. ., ., ., effect. do you want another election? — effect. do you want another election? does _ effect. do you want another election? does it _ effect. do you want another election? does it make - effect. do you want another election? does it make any| election? does it make any difference to either of you? honestly, ijust want difference to either of you? honestly, i just want stormont to honestly, ijust want stormont to sit around — honestly, ijust want stormont to sit around a table, to get things sorted, — sit around a table, to get things sorted, and the thing i would say on this, what— sorted, and the thing i would say on this, what we need is clarity, and clarity— this, what we need is clarity, and clarity leads to stability and confidence, and i think most people in northern— confidence, and i think most people in northern ireland, we just desperately want a sitting government so we can go about... t here's— government so we can go about... t here's lots _ government so we can go about... there's lots of different local government that needs to happen and proceed _ government that needs to happen and proceed with that, and what we want

does the lack of now. lynsey, how does the lack of stability and _ now. lynsey, how does the lack of stability and security _ now. lynsey, how does the lack of stability and security impact - now. lynsey, how does the lack of stability and security impact your i stability and security impact your business and the consumers who use your business within northern ireland? we your business within northern ireland? ~ ., your business within northern ireland? ~ . . ., , ., ireland? we all need clarity moving forward, ireland? we all need clarity moving forward. we — ireland? we all need clarity moving forward, we need _ ireland? we all need clarity moving forward, we need to _ ireland? we all need clarity moving forward, we need to know - ireland? we all need clarity moving forward, we need to know what - ireland? we all need clarity moving forward, we need to know what the j forward, we need to know what the guidelines are, there are conflicting roles for businesses in northern ireland versus the rest of the uk, and we need some stability so our businesses can survive these really difficult time. you so our businesses can survive these really difficult time.— really difficult time. you talked about a specific _ really difficult time. you talked about a specific example, - really difficult time. you talked | about a specific example, about really difficult time. you talked - about a specific example, about eu laws, and in particularan about a specific example, about eu laws, and in particular an additive that has been banned by the eu, this is interesting. 50 that has been banned by the eu, this is interesting-— is interesting. so a lot of our products _ is interesting. so a lot of our products use _ is interesting. so a lot of our products use fondant - is interesting. so a lot of our products use fondant icing, i is interesting. so a lot of our - products use fondant icing, which is white, and it contains an additive

called e171, and recently the eu have discontinued use of the product across the eu, but the british government and british food standards have decided that they are happy to continue with the use of the product in the uk. however, because we are in northern ireland to the eu rules apply, so we are no longer able to use this additive, so as a business point of view, most of my products go to london and the south of england, so we are not allowed to provide this product, so the eu rules apply, even that we do not apply to the eu, and we are proud of the united kingdom, but the gb rules do not apply to us, so it has cost us a huge amount of money, and we have had to source new products. we have been able to do that and we are happy with the upgraded version we have, but it has been a very lengthy, stressful and expensive process for us at a time when we don't really want to be spending excess money on things that

we shouldn't have to.— we shouldn't have to. david, looking at our we shouldn't have to. david, looking at your business, _ we shouldn't have to. david, looking at your business, i _ we shouldn't have to. david, looking at your business, i know _ we shouldn't have to. david, looking at your business, i know speaking i we shouldn't have to. david, looking at your business, i know speaking to so many business owners that it has been a challenging time for hospitality anyway, what with the covid pandemic, and is clearly isn't helping. covid pandemic, and is clearly isn't helinu. ., , ., ., ., helping. no, it is not, and we have fidden helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based _ helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on _ helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite _ helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite well- helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite well in - helping. no, it is not, and we have ridden based on quite well in that. ridden based on quite well in that way, _ ridden based on quite well in that way, in _ ridden based on quite well in that way, in that we came out of it ok we were _ way, in that we came out of it ok we were quite _ way, in that we came out of it ok we were quite fortunate just to get, i think. _ were quite fortunate just to get, i think, consumer confidence coming back guite — think, consumer confidence coming back quite well. but, yes, as lynsey said there. — back quite well. but, yes, as lynsey said there. i— back quite well. but, yes, as lynsey said there, i feel we have the worst of both— said there, i feel we have the worst of both worlds here, whereas i think we need _ of both worlds here, whereas i think we need to— of both worlds here, whereas i think we need to reimagine how northern ireland _ we need to reimagine how northern ireland can — we need to reimagine how northern ireland can take the positives of where _ ireland can take the positives of where it— ireland can take the positives of where it is, ratherthan ireland can take the positives of where it is, rather than the negatives and, yeah, become a place with huge _ negatives and, yeah, become a place with huge consumer confidence. as i say, i— with huge consumer confidence. as i say, lam _ with huge consumer confidence. as i say, i am optimistic, with huge consumer confidence. as i say, lam optimistic, it with huge consumer confidence. as i say, i am optimistic, it is going to be a _ say, i am optimistic, it is going to be a difficult winter, no doubt, and ithink— be a difficult winter, no doubt, and i think those costs are one of our

biggest _ i think those costs are one of our biggest struggles right now, but if we can— biggest struggles right now, but if we can get back to a sitting government and started to make some legislation, _ government and started to make some legislation, i knowl government and started to make some legislation, i know i keep talking about— legislation, i know i keep talking about confidence, but that is what we need _ about confidence, but that is what we need back in the market, people are still— we need back in the market, people are still coming out to our cafes and restaurants, but i think there is a fair— and restaurants, but i think there is a fair out — and restaurants, but i think there is a fair out there, and i think we need— is a fair out there, and i think we need to— is a fair out there, and i think we need to instil some confidence, get back out— need to instil some confidence, get back out there and enjoy hospitality! back out there and en'oy hospitaumi back out there and en'oy hospitality! back out there and en'oy hositali ! , , , , hospitality! listen, david, lynsey, it has been _ hospitality! listen, david, lynsey, it has been really _ hospitality! listen, david, lynsey, it has been really interesting - hospitality! listen, david, lynsey, it has been really interesting to i it has been really interesting to talked about a view, thank you for sharing your stories and for making it a bit clearer to viewers at home why this is so important.- it a bit clearer to viewers at home why this is so important. thanks for havin: us. petrol and diesel prices are not as high as they were in the summer, but the cost of filling the tank is creeping up again. the increase is hitting people living in rural areas the hardest, where there's less public transport and a higher dependence on cars. our transport correspondent katy austin has more. wherever you live, you'll have noticed filling up the tank empties your wallet more

than it used to. especially if you're somewhere more rural, where driving often means longer distances and there's less public transport. this community hub in the village of cam offers support with the cost of living. it also has a foodbank and food pantry. demand has surged. regulars dave, joan and patience live in a mobile home park a few miles away. i've been down there 33, 34 years. and you're still driving? yeah, i know, and i'm 90 next year. they all rely on their cars. have you noticed the price of petrol and diesel going up? oh, my god, yeah, yeah. i used to put £25 in, and that would last throughout. now we put £35 in, so it's £10 more. you have to cut back on your spending, don't you? oh, yeah, you've got to cut back. and you think twice about driving, don't you? i do like what you call a slap and a dash.

if you know what i mean. you just put a little bit in, what you need to put in. instead of going out for a ride, you know, you just go - to get the essentials, - you know, and do it that way. like, i used to pop into gloucester, which is 50 miles away, you know, i but now it's too expensive. so are there buses? no, we haven't got a bus. so for you at the moment, you're still prepared to pay to have the car for the fuel because you haven't got an option? i haven't had a holiday for years, you know, just, it pays for the car instead. - for people who don't have a car or can't afford to get here, there's an option for the food bank to come to them. volunteers will go and deliver the food to them, but we don't actually pay our volunteer costs. and so the volunteers are very kindly doing it out of their own pocket. and we haven't yet had anyone say to us that they can't afford to deliver food banks. i would anticipate that

will start to happen. for many people who have to drive to get to theirjob or to keep their business going, the cost of fuel is also having a real impact. gardener richard depends on driving around the countryside to make a living. he's spending £240 more per month on diesel for his car and power tools than last year, and won't take on jobs now if they're too far away. i've actually turned down workjust because the fuel price would be too high to get to the job. it's impacted the scale as well. i was looking to scale up the business, you know, employ a new member of staff and look at getting another vehicle for the business. but at the moment, it's just too uncertain times, to be honest, to be able to do that. and the risk isjust too high. for the under—pressure home care sector, costs are also a big challenge. this firm has upped the mileage rates carers get so they're not out of pocket, but it's also

made their rounds smaller and more efficient. and that's not all. we're trying to look at alternative transportation for the carers. so one of the things that we thought of is having a moped that is much more fuel efficient. back at the community hub, they're focused on supporting people as much as they can. for many households and businesses in places like this, the cost of getting out and about has becomejust one more thing to worry about. katy austin, bbc news, in gloucestershire. the un's special rapporteur on iran has repeated calls for an international investigation into the death in custody of mehsa amini, and the violent suppression of anti—government protests. he's called for an independent panel to be set up to collect evidence. iranian security forces have reportedly fired live ammunition on protesters again, this time in the kurdish city of mahabad in the northwest of the country. crowds were there protesting

the shooting of a local person on wednesday night. the situation across iran remains extremely tense 42 days after the death of mahsa amini in custody after she was arrested for not covering her hair. if you know someone who's living away at university, you may be aware of how hard it can be to secure accommodation. in durham, students are so desperate to get digs for next year that, earlier this week, some of them spent the night queueing outside estate agents. mark denten reports. students queuing for hours for a roof over their heads these durham university students, some first years who only arrived in the city in the last few weeks, were queuing for accommodation starting next year. there were hundreds of students there, and there were also hundreds of students outside different estate agents. people were queuing for estate agents that have released the previous week even, just because they knew that there were more properties coming out. so there were queues all the way down the streets.

many of them blame the university for expanding at a very fast rate. they've been expanding for a few years. they blame covid in particular for kind of grade inflation. and we can certainly see that the student numbers between 2020 and 2021 went up by about 1,000. so there certainly was a spike. but student numbers have been growing since 2017, 2018, and they have been increasing college numbers. many estate agents in the city put all their accommodation on the market in one go in what's known as the drop. engineering students tom and peter queued for six hours for a house. they've still not got a confirmed room for next year, and they say many students were signing up for accommodation they hadn't even seen. so we decided to get up about half three, get there for four o'clock, and then queuejust straight the way through. and i think we were probably there for about six hours before we actually even got in the door.

when you're seeing these big drops, where they're dropping everything at once, you know that if you don't get there immediately and try to sign it, then you're probably going to end up with nothing and have to move on to the next estate agent. and as it's got through this period of about two weeks of where they're each dropping on different days, people have got more and more desperate. we had people last week coming to our house saying, "we've already signed your house, we queued since 5am." and they had no choice but to sign a house in a panic, basically, without even looking at the house. in a statement, durham university told us that they anticipated pressure on the private lettings market and increases in rents and had earlier engaged in a dialogue with private lettings agents. but they say the exceptionally early rush for accommodation was unexpected. and they say the university has been working rapidly to communicate and provide additional support for students. that was mark denten reporting. the head ofjohn lewis and waitrose, dame sharon white, has been named the most influential black person in the uk. she has topped the annual powerlist, which recognises guiding figures from african and caribbean backgrounds. beforejoining john lewis partnership, dame sharon was the first woman and first black person to lead the media regulator

ofcom. she said it was an incredible honour to receive the award, saying that she hopes people see "their background as a source of pride, not a disadvantage." other prominent black britons on this year's list include sir lenny henry, the actor, and writer michaela coel and the rapper stormzy. nasa space probes have recorded a powerful collision on the surface of mars. the impact of a 200 tonne meteoroid smashing into the planet resulted in debris being hurled for more than 30 kilometres. researchers say it was the biggest such event ever documented as it took place. emer mccarthy reports. another mystery of the red planet has been revealed. the insight lander space probe witnessed a big impact crater being formed on mars. the impact was so violent it dug up huge chunks of buried ice.

most exciting of all, we saw clearly in the high resolution images that a whole lot of water ice had been exposed by this impact. you can see in this flyover video boulder sized chunks of ice in the craters, as well as splotches of ice thrown across the landscape outside the crater. this was surprising, because this is the warmest spot on mars, the closest to the equator. the closest to the equator we've ever seen water ice. nasa's says this is a crucial discovery as humans prepare to visit the red planet. this is really an exciting result. we know, of course, that there's water ice near the poles on mars. but in planning forfuture human exploration of mars, we'd want to land the astronauts as near to the equator as possible. and having access to ice at these lower latitudes, that water ice could be converted into water, oxygen or hydrogen. that could be really useful. researchers calculate the falling space rock was about the size of a van. it dug out a 150 metre wide bowl,

hurling debris in all directions for more than 30 kilometers. the insight lander has been perched on the surface of mars since 2018, but its mission is coming to an end. it's due to run out of power and stop operations in the coming months. emer mccarthy, bbc news. we'll be getting new 50p coins soon, featuring the image of king charles iii. they're being produced a the royal mint in south wales. hywel griffith went along to have a look at some of the first of the new coins. freshly minted, and coming to a till near you. the new 50p is the first of the carolean coins. for now, they're under tight security — you need special permission just to touch one. but from december, they'll circulate alongside the queen's coins, which won't be withdrawn.

keeping the currency current is a significant moment. martin was the man charged with creating the image and getting everything in proportion, knowing eventually his work would end up in millions of pockets and piggy banks. you don't want to make it, for example, too cheerful because this is a serious... this is a very serious symbol. and yet it needs to be light enough to put across his humanity. it's getting in the subtlest of possible ways those emotions, rather than, as it were, ears or nose or eyes. these days, cash isn't really king. only 15% of payments are used using coins and notes. but having a new monarch on the money still represents the biggest change here since decimalisation. archive: the buildings her majesty opened i house the processes involved

in the converting of blank discs into coins, decimal naturally... the queen, and then prince charles, saw for themselves how much it took to strike new sovereigns, all part of a process that goes back over a millennium. we've actually been around as long as the royal family has. so we've struck for every monarch, including from alfred the great up to today. so something we've done a long... a lot of times before, but something we haven't done for a very long time. eventually, every denomination will carry the king's image. they'll be introduced on demand to ensure the cash flow keeps coming. hywel griffith, bbc news, at the royal mint. cut it might be just the last few days of october, but temperature is more typical of what we might see in june. temperatures by day around

5-7 june. temperatures by day around 5—7 above average for another couple of days. this is the picture in sheffield at the moment, after the rain has cleared through and the squally winds have eased, the reappearance of some sunshine. into the weekend, yes, very mild, windy at times, some rain around, the bulk has been across the uk so far today, clearing away towards the north and east, lingering longer across parts of scotland. south or south—westerly winds are importing really mild air. still quite a bit of rain to come across scotland and northern england over the next few hours, lingering longest towards orkney and shetland. but for the rest of the uk, sunshine, the brisk winds easing. we have seen 50 mph gust towards exposure in the west, and they will try to die away later in the day, but feeling blustery, mid to high teens for most, 20 degrees down

towards the south—east corner. dry for most to start the evening, but later the cloud increasing through the south, and that will push rain across southern england and wales during the early hours of saturday morning. clearerskies further north, temperatures dipping into single figures for parts of north—east scotland and eastern england as well. frost free wherever you are. i mild start to saturday. an area of cloud and patchy rain creeping north across england and wales, pushing into northern ireland under southern scotland by the afternoon. to the north of that, clearer skies with sunshine, sunshine appearing in the south—east, lifting temperatures as high as 22 degrees. overnight saturday into sunday, another band of rain, a front moving and will bring a scattering of fairly heavy showers on sunday, blustery winds once again, the driest weather for eastern england through the course of the day, and again temperatures doing well for the time of year, not

quite as warm as today, around 13-17 quite as warm as today, around 13—17 on sunday. looking ahead into next week, then, a bit of a change on the cards, plenty of showers here on the cards, plenty of showers here on the cards, plenty of showers here on the outlook, and temperatures will start to just push down a little bit to something more typical for this stage in october.

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