investment but has warned of "difficult decisions." it is all about the numbers and the chancellor has got some rather heavy lifting to do to achieve her goals while not breaking labour per site manifesto promises. we have come to her own constituency of patsy to see how it will affect people and businesses. a big night of campaigning with six days to go to the us election but comments from presidentjoe biden cause a political row. how many dogs is it safe to exercise at once? there are calls to limit numbers but many professional walkers aren't happy. there are some towns with no limits. there are some towns with a lot more limits than us. you know, where is this coming from? wins for scotland and northern ireland keep them on course to reach the women's euros next summer. and victory for wales too — who are on the brink of qualifying for their first major tournament.

good morning. the needle as well and truly stuck in the weather record. more of what we have had for the last few days. very cloudy with dampness in the air and mild. all of the details shortly. it's wednesday, the 30th of october. our main story. a teenager accused of murdering three girls at a dance class in southport will appear in court today, charged with two more offences. axel rudakubana is accused of producing a biological toxin and possessing a banned document about al qaeda training methods. our special correspondentjudith moritz has the details. bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice aguiar were just dancing, having fun in the school holidays when they were stabbed. news of their deaths reverberated from southport to the rest of the uk and beyond. a teenager, axel rudakubana,

is accused of their murders and the attempted murders of ten others. he now faces two more charges — of producing ricin and possessing a study of the al-qaeda training manual, which is an offence under the terrorism act. but the southport attack has not been declared a terrorist incident. i recognise that these new charges may lead to speculation. the matter, for which axel rudakubana has been charged under the terrorism act, does not require motive to be established. for a matter to be declared as a terrorist incident, motivation would need to be established. i would strongly advise anyone against speculating as to the motivation in this case. the 18—year—old's home in lancashire was searched in the days after the attack. the police found an unknown suspicious substance there.

experts from the ministry of defence were called in. this included scientific advisors, myself included. it also included unrestricted access to our analysis laboratories at porton down, where a team of scientists undertook detailed examination of the items from this incident to identify the presence of the toxin, ricin. when the poison was discovered, extensive work was carried out to check the risk level. no ricin was found to be present at the dance school in southport, where the stabbings happened. this information confirmed that there was no evidence that any victims, responders or members of the public were exposed to ricin, either as part of the incident or afterwards. our detailed initial risk assessmentjudged that the risk to the community and to the wider public was low. axel rudakubana will appear at westminster magistrates court

later this morning and his trial is expected to start injanuary. the police have urged restraint, pleading with people not to speculate or share rumour to enable a fair trial and not lose sight of those who are still grieving and affected by what happened in southport. judith moritz, bbc news. judith mentioning today's court appearance. . our reporter vincent mcaviney joins us now from outside westminster magistrates court. vincent, what's happening there today? as we heard that yesterday merseyside police, three months on from that attack in southport brought additional serious charges for 18—year—old axel rudakubana. for 18—year—old axel rudaku ba na. today for 18—year—old axel rudakubana. today he won't be appearing here at westminster magistrates' court in person, he will be appearing on video link from prison. he will be

charged with having produce the toxin racing in contravention to the biological weapons act of 1974 and biological weapons act of 1974 and he will also be in charge of he will also be in charge of possessing the pdf file for an possessing the pdf file for an al-qaeda training manual in al-qaeda training manual in contradiction to terrorist act. contradiction to terrorist act. ricin was found in a search of the ricin was found in a search of the suspect press make property in suspect press make property in lincolnshire. really important to lincolnshire. really important to clarify ricin was not present at the clarify ricin was not present at the scene in southport. it is very scene in southport. it is very deadly for adult if it is injected, deadly for adult if it is injected, ingested or inhaled. they will need ingested or inhaled. they will need medical treatment because it will medical treatment because it will likely kill them. as we had, there likely kill them. as we had, there was so much speculation and rumour was so much speculation and rumour online in the summer. it did trigger online in the summer. it did trigger riots across the country. yvette riots across the country. yvette cooper has warned people about cooper has warned people about further speculation, particularly on further speculation, particularly on social media. some have questioned social media. some have questioned

why this information is only and why this information is only coming to light at the end ofjuly.

one other big story to talk about this morning. obviously. budget day has finally arrived. the chancellor will deliver what could be one of the biggest tax—raising budgets in a generation this afternoon, with a pledge to put "more pounds in people's pockets" and grow the economy. ms reeves is expected to say her priority is to "invest, invest, invest" but will warn that there are "no short cuts" to restoring economic stability. our business reporter ben king has the story. business owners are nervous here in leighton buzzard and around the country. new governments often put up taxes — this one will be no exception. and they feel they're in the firing line. i feel that small businesses are going to take the brunt of this budget, because the government has promised that they're not going to hit working people. so where else can they raise their taxes from?

um...and we're seen as an easy target, to be honest. employers' national insurance contributions, which they pay on top of wages, are expected to go up, which could raise an extra £20 billion. the national living wage will go up by more than 6%, and even more for 18 to 20—year—olds. business rates might go up too, and a new package of workers' rights will be expensive for bosses. here at the treasury, the chancellor has been working on ways to raise those billions of pounds she needs to invest to improve the nhs, prisons and other public services without breaking that key pledge not to raise taxes on working people. because labour has ruled out more borrowing to cover day—to—day spending, tax rises are inevitable. rachel reeves might choose to put up fuel duty or the taxes on gains made by selling assets like shares. she might try to boost revenues from inheritance tax and freeze the levels where we start paying different rates of income tax for another year.

outside the cafe, they were sceptical the working people pledge would be met. i don't believe it. i do not believe a word of it. they'll find a sneaky way. they'll call it something else, but they will. what is a working person? somebody whojust works in a little shop here. might have my own business, but you're still going to pay national insurance. the guy running an office or running a business that's got _ a little bit of money, it seems to me the burden is falling on him in a massive, you know, - in a massive, massive way at the moment. l labour promises a budget for economic growth. and with growth, more taxes come in and the chancellor's difficult trade—offs become much easier. but increasing costs put growth at risk at places like this small engineering company. we'll have to make a decision between growth — potential expansion by employing more people or playing safe and being able to reward the people we have accordingly. because, at the end of the day, we have so much in the budget, it only goes so far. you can'tjust magic

it out of thin air. the chancellor has warned of difficult decisions, and the choices she announces today will set the course for the economy and the new government. ben king, bbc news. our chief political correspondent henry zeffmanjoins us now from downing street. morning, henry. the day has finally arrived. seems we have learned so much about this budget already. is there space for any surprises? i don't know. later speculation this morning as a boost to defence spending. that would mostly be used to fund a pay rise for the military backdated to april but also to replenish military stockpiles of arms donated to ukraine. no sign of arms donated to ukraine. no sign of a timeline to hitting 2.5% of national income being spent on defence was something keir starmer

has said will come at some point. taking a step back, all the things we discussed in recent days we know are in this budget, the biggest increase in the employers rate of national insurance, which could be “p national insurance, which could be up to £20 billion. it was confirmed yesterday the rise in the minimum wage. we think there will be an increase in capital gains tax, closing loopholes on inheritance tax, vat on private school fees. genuinely i could go on and on and on and on. what we do not know for sure is how this new government will sell what will clearly be a high tax, high spend budget. we do have a clue. invest, invest, invest. that language has been attached to rachel reeves, the chancellor, overnight. she will say taxes are going up and spending is going up. not any old spending, it is to invest in public services and improve them. not long to find out if that is a bargain

british people are in favour of. thank you. cumbria police say a "significant fire" has broken out at the bae systems dockyard, where the uk's nuclear submarines are built. officers say there's no nuclear risk at the site but two people have been taken to hospital, suffering from suspected smoke inhalation. local residents are being advised to remain indoors with their doors and windows closed. several bodies have been recovered in valencia after heavy rains hit much of eastern and southern spain. torrential downpours triggered flash floods, which washed away cars and disrupted rail and air travel. officials said at least seven people were missing. almost half of the earth's land surface had at least one month of extreme drought last year. according to new data from the lancet countdown, the amount of land affected by drought has tripled since the 1980s, while extreme rain has also increased. with less than a week until the us presidential election, both sides have held major rallies

overnight but kamala harris' was overshadowed by footage of president biden describing donald trump's supporters as "garbage". the white house has claimed he was misunderstood. our correspondent samira hussain sent this report from washington. cheering. campaigning in battleground pennsylvania, former president donald trump on stage with republican senator marco rubio. i wasn't going to say anything but i have breaking news for you, mr president. you may not have heard this. just moments ago, joe biden stated that our supporters are garbage. booing. for days, the trump campaign has been in damage control after a comedian took the stage at a rally in new york city over the weekend, calling puerto rico a floating island of garbage. on a zoom call with latino activists, president biden referred to that event. the only garbage i see floating out

there is his supporters — his demonisation is unconscionable. instead it was the president in damage control, quickly taking to social media, clarifying his comments were in reference to the comments made by the trump supporter. an epic political gaffe by kamala harris's boss, the timing of this one could not be worse, as the vice president delivered her final pitch to the american people less than a mile from the white house. on day one, if elected, donald trump would walk into that office with an enemies list. when elected, i will walk in with a to—do list. cheering. ms harris has been struggling to distance herself from mr biden. these comments will likely have the opposite effect. samira hussainjoins us now.

morning to you. history tells us criticising your opponent supporters could be costly. could this be a moment? it could be costly. could this be a moment?— moment? it could possibly be. democrats _ moment? it could possibly be. democrats have _ moment? it could possibly be. democrats have been - moment? it could possibly be. democrats have been here - moment? it could possibly be. - democrats have been here before, many people remembering when hillary clinton made a similar comment about trump supporters, calling them deplorable. the question now, whether or not this will be damaging for the harris campaign. it is certainly not very good and doesn't eclipse her big speech. she looked very presidential and offered her vision for america. on the flip side for the donald trump campaign, this is basically a political gift. for so many days they have been trying to push back against that backlash from what happened at that event over the weekend with those comments. you saw there were puerto ricans coming out and campaigning with mr trump. now, with this gaffe by mr biden, they basically had done

thejob for them. now by mr biden, they basically had done the job for them. now the attention has really turned to mr biden and the harris campaign. we has really turned to mr biden and the harris campaign.— the harris campaign. we will see what happens — the harris campaign. we will see what happens next. _ the harris campaign. we will see what happens next. thank- the harris campaign. we will see what happens next. thank you. | it's halloween tomorrow, and if you're wondering what to do with those unwanted pumpkins after the big day, here's an idea. feed them to the lions. obviously. these lions at london zoo seemed to enjoy them — although possibly more as a plaything than a tasty snack. they would like your suit! these lemurs at oregon zoo enjoyed foraging for treats inside the pumpkins.

they are really sweet. gosh! was it madagascar? here's carol with a look at the weather. how spooky is it looking? spooky full some of— how spooky is it looking? spooky full some of us. _ how spooky is it looking? spooky full some of us. there _ how spooky is it looking? spooky full some of us. there will- how spooky is it looking? spooky full some of us. there will be - how spooky is it looking? spooky | full some of us. there will be mist and fog around. the weather is stuck in a rut at the moment. what you have had is what you will get again with a few nuances. for the rest of the week it will be fairly cloudy. there will be sunshine at times. mostly dry and it will remain mild as well. at the moment, temperatures are three degrees in aboyne and 13 in london. some patchy light rain and drizzle in northern ireland. we have some missed and also some fog, especially hill fog. a lot of that

will left. we will see some breaks developing today. especially in the east of scotland, parts of north—east england, parts of the south, the south—east and the south—west. temperatures 11 to 16. you can also see this when a front draping across the north of scotland. here we will see some rain. this evening and overnight rain. this evening and overnight rain will turn heavier. the wind will pick up. once again we're back into that scenario of variable amounts are cloud with some mist and fog patches forming. temperatures six to ten. tomorrow we start off with the rain across the north. again there will be gales here tomorrow. again a lot of dry weather around. some sunny breaks developing in the east and the south once again. temperatures 13 to 16. if you are going out trick—or—treating on thursday evening celebrating diwali, of course, this is what you can

expect. a lot of dry weather but still rather wet and windy. suitably soo . i still rather wet and windy. suitably spooky- i love _ still rather wet and windy. suitably spooky. i love the _ still rather wet and windy. suitably spooky. i love the graphics! - still rather wet and windy. suitably spooky. i love the graphics! i- still rather wet and windy. suitably spooky. i love the graphics! i had i spooky. i love the graphics! i had nothing to do with it! the lions will be after it. thank you. if you spend any time in your local park today, you may w park today, ell see multiple dogs being exercised by a professional dog—walker — but exactly how many depends on where you live. the maximum number of dogs allowed per walker varies across the uk — and there have been calls for stricter and more standardised rules after a dog walker was fatally mauled in surrey last year. tim muffett has the story. dog barks. barney, luna and mabel used to share their walks with three other dogs in a group of six, but not any more,

following a rule change in reigate in surrey. what impact could this have on your business? massive impact. will i be here next year? i don't know, and that's the upsetting thing for me because i've worked so hard and i do everything right, and i pay my taxes and i look after my dogs beautifully. they've just smashed that. reigate and banstead borough council has followed many other places in limiting the number of dogs that can be walked at any one time to four. i know it's a camera. a professional dog walker, karen says she's now having to say no to owners whose dogs need walking whilst they're at work. karen says a third of her business has gone. it's just ridiculous. you know, there are some towns with no limits. there are some towns with a lot more limits than us. you know? where is this coming from? where's their evidence? and what i fear the most is that our lovely dog world is being misrepresented wrongly. last year, professional dog walker

natasha johnston died following a vicious dog attack whilst walking eight dogs. it happened near caterham, about ten miles away from reigate. the coroner in natasha's case has expressed concern about the lack of national regulation to control dogs, and has said he'll be providing a prevention of future deaths report to the home secretary. there is no one specific licence that is legally required in order to be a professional dog walker in the uk. parks and councils often have their own rules and regulations, which typically vary from place to place. it's quite a confusing picture, isn't it? yeah, absolutely. i think it is. and i think that's one of the big reasons that the rspca has been calling for national regulation of dog walking. and what would be the maximum number of dogs? the rspca and many other organisations would recommend four dogs to be walked together as the maximum. we think itjust becomes more tricky and challenging the more dogs you've got. you need to be able to keep them under control at all times, and also

to make sure that they have a fun and an enriching experience. earlier this year, a ban on xl bullies came into force in england, scotland and wales, following a series of fatal attacks on humans and other animals. northern ireland will ban them next year, but animal experts believe that with walks, the breed of dog isn't typically the main issue. it is about the individual dogs. it's going to be their personality and their temperament. some dogs who have had the really good upbringing and opportunities to be socialised as a puppy and are really friendly with other dogs and people, are likely to be a bit easier to walk in a group. but some dogs who maybe have missed that for various reasons might struggle a bit more. morning. good morning. i'm hannah. i'm the reigate and banstead dog warden. oh, i know! this council says its rule change received overwhelming support during a five—week public consultation last year. having a large number of dogs and six can be considered quite a large number of dogs for one person to control. we have seen issues where there's

been dog—on—dog incidents involving a large number of dogs. an increase in dog fouling in our open spaces where, of course, if one person's got six, they're not quite able to maybe watch what all of the dogs are doing at once if they're off—lead. so bringing in the reduction down to four, we feel, you know, allows the spaces to be a safer environment for all of our users. good girl. super proud. many professional dog walkers remain unconvinced. we don'tjust walk our dogs. we implement training, basic training. that dog's life is enriched by having a dog walker. what impact is this going to have on your business? by this time next year, i willjust be struggling or it will be game over for me. it's unnecessary. it's not unsafe to walk six dogs if you've got the right experience and the right training, which obviously the the professional dog walkers here have.

wait, wait, wait. go on. i'm just so angry to think that people think that we're not good at what we do, because here we are. karen says she'd welcome new laws to regulate her industry because right now, she thinks the rules are inconsistent and unfair. tim muffett, bbc news. later in the programme, we'll be talking to dog trainer and behaviourist lisa sinnott. we'd like to hear your experiences of single walkers with multiple dogs, what you think about new restrictions and maybe you think they are final it should be nationalised so everyone knows it should be nationalised so ev