there's £1 billion in stansted airport.e deals , as is being pointed these deals, as is being pointed out on twitter and x and elsewhere, have been talked about before , but in many ways about before, but in many ways they're being almost rubberstamped by the government today. so there have been around for a bit, but particularly the stansted investment was, i think, announced in november last year. but the government's confirming it today, as is so often the case with these projects, they get announced about 16 times by the government at various different points in their in their cycle. >> but chris, this is obviously a significant moment for this government. and is it this sort of refresh relaunch that keir starmer has been looking for after his pretty choppy first 100 days? >> yeah, tom, i think the relaunch is in two parts today. and then the budget on october 30th, i sat down with rachel reeves, the chancellor, moments ago, and we're playing out that interview at 5:00. we do discuss elements of the budget in that inter

. >> meanwhile, the summit brought confirmation that stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformationthat's part of a £1.1 billion investment in the airport. with a five year construction programme, will expand the main terminal building by a third. now it will also see the existing building refurbished to bring it up to standard. the development also includes the creation of 5000 new jobs as part of the construction and redevelopment process. it will also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site. it will help power the airport's infrastructure . nasa has infrastructure. nasa has successfully launched a probe to for search life on one of jupher for search life on one of jupiter's moons. the europa cuppen jupiter's moons. the europa clipper, launched from florida's kennedy space centre after it was delayed for several days because of hurricane milton. no damage was caused to the facility. the rocket safely took off earlier today. now it's bound on a five and a half year journey to jupiter. and then, of course, that moon europa. it'll then begin scanning deep below then begin scanning d

greater anglia say there will be no direct train services between london liverpool street and stanstedsunday due to engineering work. customers are advised to consider using alternative transport. underground workers including drivers are set to strike next month in a dispute over pay. the union aslef says train drivers and management staff will walk out on the 7th and 12th of november. rmt members including station and signalling staff will also walk out on dates between the 1st and 8th of november. the country s first children's home, the foundling hospital in bloomsbury, is launching a new digital archive featuring over 100,000 pages of records from its archive. the foundling hospital was the first home for children who had been abandoned by their parents. the records, from the early 18th century to the late 19th century, reveals details about the lives of the 27,000 children who grew up at there. all good news on the tubes as all lines are running well. now onto the weather with kawser. hello there, good morning. well, after the overnight rain today, it's a much more settled day. f

electric charging points and solar farms and a new reservoir, £1 billion extension, expansion of stanstedy will try and tackle what they think has been the regulatory stranglehold in some of these areas, and try to free regulation so this investment will pour in. what have the people _ investment will pour in. what have the people invited - investment will pour in. what have the people invited to - investment will pour in. what| have the people invited to the summit said about it? t have the people invited to the summit said about it?- summit said about it? i was struck by — summit said about it? i was struck by a _ summit said about it? i was struck by a comment - summit said about it? i was struck by a comment of- summit said about it? i was struck by a comment of the | struck by a comment of the former ceo of google, eric schmidt, and he said growth, well, i did not think a labour government would talk about growth, and let's remember, five years ago, would a labour leader say growth, growth, growth, it's the first priority? he also said that the government needs to look at bringing in

we have heard that stansted airport, which isjust outside london, will be expanded.billion worth of investment. we have heard there will be £1 billion investment from dp world, that is the port owner. and also we have heard from eli lilly, the drug company, that they are going to invest £279 million and that is to do with a weight loss drug trial with a national health service here. i think the government feels it is going well. what is the government promising in return? i think it is about stability. let's not underestimate the incredible political instability there has beenin political instability there has been in this country over the last eight years. for prime ministers, six chancellors of the x. we now have a labour government with a very big majority that is likely to be in office for the next five years. that is what the international investors are looking for. that is why they are talking about now be the time to invest because of what they hope will be a significant stretch of stability here. zoe. stretch of stability here. zoe, i am stretch of stability

the main headlines from the gb news centre , stansted airport, is to centre, stansted airport, is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished . the building refurbished. the development will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international investment summit in for london us tech firms also used the summit to announce plans to invest £6.3 billion in data centre infrastructure in the uk . the perfume bottle the uk. the perfume bottle carrying the russian nerve agent that killed a salisbury woman contained enough poison to kill thousands of people. the official novichok inquiry heard how 44 year old dawn sturgess died at salisbury district hosphal died at salisbury district hospital, hours after coming into contact with the nerve agent she'd collapsed at her boyfriend's home on the 30th of j

the main headlines from the gb news centre, stansted airport , is to centre, stansted airport, is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £i.i undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the development will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international investment summit in london for us tech firms also used the summit to announce plans to invest £63 billion in data centre infrastructure in the uk. the chancellor, rachel reeves, told the summit labour was determined to ensure the uk becomes a highly attractive country to invest in, and this investment will support the growth of businesses , big and growth of businesses, big and small, helping them create new jobs, invest in new technology and play their crucial role in this government's number one mission to grow the economy by

it was strange, i was a flight from stansted, and there were people talking about the fact that they area that was flooding, when you got off the plane and it was like landing as you normally would, there was no reason, you come up through passport control, there were taxes, but as soon as you, audits of the airport you realise it is chaos, road jams and security —— emergency services trying to get to those areas affected. we know that about 100,000 people are without power, and i noticed as i came into land that there weren't as many lights as you would expect at that time commenting, so there are definitely areas that don't have power. as i said, we are trying to get to one of those areas that would normally only take about a0 minutes to get to in a car, but it is over one hour now, stuck in the traffic you can see ahead of me, and the road next to us, people have gotten out of their cars because it is a complete standstill. just seeing some blue flashing lights of the emergency services going by on one of those roads i can see out of the corner of my eye. as you said, there's been

. >> at 3:02, the main headlines from the gb news centre stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment, which will create 5000 new jobs. >> the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished . existing building refurbished. it will also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site , megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure . the airport's infrastructure. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international event investment summit in london. for us, tech firms have also used the summit to announce plans to invest £6.3 billion in a data centre infrastructure in the uk. so keir starmer told the gathering he will do everything in his power to galvanise economic growth in times like this , growth in times like this, economic growth is vital as it's always been. >> if we are to steer our way through a great period of insecurity and change and on to calmer waters , because when calmer waters, because when working people benefit fro

. >> meanwhile, the summit brought confirmation that stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the redevelopment will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure . and airport's infrastructure. and finally , nasa has successfully finally, nasa has successfully launched a probe to search for life on one of jupiter's moons, the europa clipper. launched from florida's kennedy space centre after a delay of several days because of hurricane milton. following the five year journey to europa, it will begin scanning deep below the moon's icy crust , scanning deep below the moon's icy crust, looking for any signs of organic compounds in the moon's deep subsurface ocean . moon's deep subsurface ocean. okay, you're right up to date with the latest from the gb news centre. now it's time for headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone,

stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment.the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the redevelopment will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar wind farm on site. a solar farm, i should say, which will help power the airport's infrastructure. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international investment summit in for london us tech firms also used the summit to announce plans to invest £6.3 billion in a data centre infrastructure in the uk. a jury at the old bailey has been told how the father of sarah sharif fled to pakistan after allegedly killing the ten year old. the court heard that irfan sharif then called police to say i legally punished her and she died. sarah's father, her stepmother and uncle are on trial accused of killing her. her body was discovered at her home in woking in surrey in august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder . the have pleaded not guilty to her m

. >> meanwhile, the summit brought confirmation that stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformations part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the redevelopment will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar farm on site , megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure . at airport's infrastructure. at least 18 people have been killed in what's believed to have been an israeli airstrike on a northern lebanese town. rescue teams have spent the day digging through rubble looking for survivors in the town of ba.2. lebanese officials have blamed israel for the attack , which israel for the attack, which would signal the first major strike into the christian majority northern region since the current conflict began . will the current conflict began. will that attack comes less than a day after four idf soldiers were killed and more than 60 others injured in a drone strike on a military base in northern israel. the israeli defen

. >> good afternoon at 4:02, the main headlines from the gb news centre, stansted airport is to undergoa massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished . the building refurbished. the development will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14,000 megawatt solar farm on site, which will help power the airport's infrastructure will. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international investment summit in london. for us tech firms also used to summit to announce plans to invest £6.3 billion in data centre infrastructure in the uk. well, the education secretary, bridget phillipson, said the uk was a highly attractive country to invest in. >> our country is a great place to come and do business and today's investment investment summit is all about that, making clear that we're open to the world and we welcome new investment. and there's been a number of big announcements today demonstrating our commitment and business kind of confidenc

nettle on airport expansion, a new £1 billion commitment from manchester airport group to expand stansted opening up new routes for work and holiday destinations. the first of tens of billions worth of inward investment deals that we will sign today because we are determined to lead the way on growth, determined to get britain building, determined to get our economy moving through the shock and awe of investment. thatis the shock and awe of investment. that is the message to take home today. when the big decisions are made. when you go back to your boardrooms and ask, where does our money go? where do our jobs go ? where does our jobs go? where does our investment go for a better future ? let me offer you a new future? let me offer you a new answer. it's time to back britain. thank you very much indeed.thank britain. thank you very much indeed. thank you . thank you . indeed. thank you. thank you. >> well, who listened to every word of that? matthew torbett, you obviously listened to every word of it as you used to work for that man. were you hanging on his every syllable? >> no. it would

as part of that the stansted airport announcement, that they are going to expand that, as there are orunt of money? i are or is that a separate amount of money? i would have to look that _ amount of money? i would have to look that up _ amount of money? i would have to look that up for _ amount of money? i would have to look that up for you. - amount of money? i would have to look that up for you. i - to look that up for you. i don�*t have other projects to hand and we would have to look and check what came into that 60 billion. that was an announcement that came today and there were others around uk data centres and investments and life sciences. we have had and life sciences. we have had a slew of those announcement over the day. that is partly of the choreographed nature of the summit that you have the summit but at the same time you are having that stream and investment projects and out throughout the day.- investment projects and out throughout the day. tella is a bit about the _ throughout the day. tella is a bit about the mood. - throughout the day. tella is a bit about the mood