he is talking specifically about thames water because thames water, one of their big investors with theovereign wealth fund. here is what they said last week about pulling their and estimate from thames water. they said reception continues to be colored by investors experience in waterhere the glitch or environment remains a red flag. what they are saying is the regulators come down hard on thames water. that sense down a chilling edge to investors who want to come here in the premised are saying i am all ears. what is the problem and how do you square that circle when consumers, when people within the party want them to deal with that behaving companies? >> they are going to have to go deeper than making these general proclamations. i listened to your question as a member of the british public and a voter and a parent and then with my business advisor hat on so i can see it both ways but dealing with the water companies and with pensions are the two sectors that are most pressing in terms of reform. it is still possible to send signals and to issue and create policies that are probe's

known officially as the thames tideway tunnel, data shows that during a storm last month it capturedhich took eight years to build at a cost of around £4.5 billion — was paid for by increasing water bills over several decades. the british library is unveiling a major new project, and it's nothing to do with books. hundreds of solar collectors have been installed on its roof, with the aim of generating energy and cutting the building's carbon emissions by 55 tonnes a year. it's said to be the largest solar heat project of its kind in the uk. taking a look at the tubes now... and there's a good service so far this morning. well, it's certainly been a wet start to the morning — let's get the forecast now with katerina. hello there, good morning to you. a dull start to our monday morning. it's unsettled with low cloud out and outbreaks of rain. you can see the green in that rain, indicating the heavier bursts. but any rain, any spots of drizzle to follow, will eventually clear as the morning progresses. so, most certainly an improving picture as we head into the afternoon with much drier

known officially as the thames tideway tunnel, data shows that during a storm last month it captured brand new arrival, a baby rhino. keepers say the rare southern white calf is small but healthy. there are only 17,500 left in the wild. the zoo said it's an important step forward in the european breeding programme. taking a look at the tubes now... there's no service on the waterloo & city line this morning because of a signal failure at bank. no service on the london 0verground between upminster and romford. a generally good service on the rest of the network. well, it's certainly been a wet start. let's get the weather forecast now — here's katerina. hello there, good morning to you. a dull start to our monday morning. it's unsettled with low cloud and outbreaks of rain. you can see the green in that rain, indicating the heavier bursts. but any rain, any spots of drizzle to follow,

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artist was fascinated by the unique atmospheric conditions, in particular. the thick fog along the thamesed surreal visuals effects that he had never seen anywhere else. in london, monet mostly sketched, trying to finish the work in the short window of perfect sunlight before sunset. and he finished painting these pictures in his giverny studio in normandy. the exhibition, which brings manet's unfulfilled dream to life, will last until january 19. but still, everything should fall into place, and the paintings should be where they were painted, very beautiful, in fact, well, you can feel the hand of the master, yes, that's how his a special style can be traced even in these landscapes, because we somehow know it not from such paintings, and a little from others, by the way, it was when claude manet once became the first to appreciate the work of another famous impressionist paul hagen, the final ideologist of them could look something like this: what are you, i'm just an amateur, let's talk about who from a stockbroker turned into a great artist, your attention, paul hagen. an artist who

the ovet ferry across the thames was revived about 15 years ago.arade attracts thousands of tourists who want to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the middle ages. in general, such a wonderful tradition, ilyus shows that he is not only a good actor, but also ... respects the cultural heritage of his countries, and thus, probably sets an example, like other celebrities, join next year, support this event, and i liked that he took santa's staff, it even somehow sounds like his grandfather is grandfather frost, and in general this whole story, you know, while there is no snow, grandfather frost moves on sheep, well, and what is coming soon, she started spinning, yes, that very winter-gift new year period is coming soon, and we are all looking forward to it, yes, friends. well, the next news came to us, no matter how strange, also from the uk, that's how much news there is in foggy lebion. graeme berratt, a gardener from gloucester, england, got into the guinness book of records, thanks to his impressive harvest. he grew the world's largest cilde

they used to run thames water. um, and their record on thames water was widely criticised.an on investing in coal. earlier this year, they agreed to pay $70 million to us regulators after being accused of overvaluing some of their investments. are you ok with all that? what we need in the uk is the right regulatory framework so that any bank, be it macquarie or anybody else, adheres to the right laws. and in that sense, i was sitting next to steve reed, the defra secretary, the environment secretary, he's already getting down to work in sorting out the regulatory mess and failure that we inherited in the water industry. right. apart from national security then, because i'm guessing that is a red line when it comes to investing in this country, would that be fair? of course we've got very strict... essentially, our approach is to say, promote what we can and protect what we must. so apart from national security, are there any other red lines for businesses and states around the world investing in the uk? in what sense do you mean red lines? give me examples of what you mean.

she was also chief constable of thames valley police.eview the findings of our investigation, starting with recruitment at the mcdonald's branch. the recruitment process wasn't robust. looking at the application forms, the forms had been completed by somebody else — by the trafficker. when the workers were interviewed, there was a trafficker sitting there, allegedly to do interpretation but clearly in a position of influence and control. now, these are all red flags of forced labour, potential exploitation. in a mcdonald's that never closes, we've discovered the victims were working anything between 70 to 100 hours a week. the managers didn't question the long hours i did. they would even ask me, "are you happy to stay longer?" they were happy that there was someone willing to do such hours to support the business. i had to do everything — deliveries, clean freezers, anything and everything they wanted, and it was a lot. i went home completely destroyed. all the time, they were being forced to work overtime by ernest drevenak, who paid t

why don't we have singapore on thames? okay.eople and you grow the economy and with that national income, that's where you put the money into the nhs and schools. why can't we do it? why can't we grow to invest? >> because you need the population there to support investment. you need investors to look at the workforce and look at the, you know, look at whether they're just putting their money into london, whether they can put it in the north as well. you need to look at all these things in the holistic round. you can't just pile investors and millionaires. there and expect the country to be able to work for you. do you accept that we have an unhealthy do you think, do you accept that a lot of these policies are socialism 2.0? i think they have socialist aspects of them. if you're talking about redistribution and people paying their fair share, i don't think that's a bad thing and are any of these morally wrong? >> it's morally wrong. i think that i think that effectively taking money from people that have worked hard for it and

story lives on here in london that he actually thought he was buying tower bridge on the banks of the thamessay when people say your granddad bought the wrong bridge? i hear that all the time. and i say, number one, i have photos, two of them looking at it before they bought it. but no, they knew exactly what they were buying. but most importantly, they got so much press about that, free press, that when they were prepared to dispute it, they thought, let's just leave it alone. michael is in the capital as a guest of the city bridge foundation, which owns tower bridge and london bridge, as is lake havasu mayor cal sheehy. you know, we get a good chuckle from it, but mr mcculloch knew exactly what he was buying. and the bridge in lake havasu city looks magnificent going across the bridge water channel. and we're really proud to be able to have that shared heritage with the city of london. london bridge has the deeper history. tower bridge has the beauty. it is the more glamourous neighbour, and it is- the one that is the sort. of the jewel in the crown. it's the fairy tale i castle on the riv

that thames crossing the lower thames crossing under the thames.£300 million just on the planning documents . just on the planning documents. i think norway or denmark built the world's longest underground road tunnel for less than that, for less than we've spent as a country on the planning documents alone. so lots of reasons why we need to roll back regulation. >> and that's what kemi will do when i talk to some tory mps, they say kemi badenoch is charmless . is that a problem? charmless. is that a problem? well, you need to charm people if you want to win a leadership contest. >> yes you do, and i don't think she's charmless at all. i think she's charmless at all. i think she's actually quite a warm and engaging person, and i think she has, as i said, that sort of star quality. and, you know, she is running second amongst mps, only a couple of five votes behind first place. so very close. and of course she's polling andrew top amongst members . members. >> robert jenrick robert jenrick is catching up. there's a poll today showing he's only four

she meets a lot of people and she spreads the word about how important it is to have a clean river thames and the gravitas, as an olympian, and that is really vital for helping us getting those messages across. imogen's been working with river action sincel february of 2024, and she'sl been an amazing figurehead. she's really shown the way towards getting involved . with citizen science, - getting people interested in rivers, talking about river health and river quality. - we were able to support imogen in taking a water quality- monitoring kit to caversham, at the british rowing - team's set—up there. and she was able to lead the way so that all of her fellow team—mates could also do some water quality testing - as well, and find out- more about what's going on in the river that they're training on every day. - so this acts like a human body. it goes up to 36 degrees —j where the e.coli can grow. and with that data, we're then able to go to government - and lobby them to make a change and make sure that the water- companies are doing the right thing and putting the river- first, above po

i mean, they pillaged, they sent they sent viking hoards down the thames and sacked london.i mean, at what point do we say history stops and history begins? >> i guess the difference is that our foreign secretary now believes in in reparations, or at least in theory anyway. gbnews.com/yoursay. get in touch. but let's get the headunes touch. but let's get the headlines with tatiana . headlines with tatiana. >> emily. thank you. the top stories. the prime minister says he will do everything in his power to galvanise economic growth. speaking at the international investment summit today, sir keir starmer said the government will make sure every regulator in the country takes growth as seriously as businesses. the government's unveiled investment deals worth billions of pounds in al, life sciences and infrastructure. it comes following a row over criticism of p&o ferries that reportedly jeopardised a £1 billion investment by its owner, dp world. that as four us tech firms have announced, plans to invest £63 billion in data centre infrastructure in the uk, a move the technology s

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it was feared that thames water, which supplies one in four people in the uk, could run out of money the deal say it shows investors can reach an agreement to secure the company's future. the chancellor rachel reeves will announce a new investment zone in the east midlands and five new freeports, as part of the budget next week. there are currently a dozen freeports around the uk, introduced by the previous government. sir keir starmer says the plans will "maximise their potential" and create up to 89,000 jobs by 2033. an inquest in south wales has heard that three teenagers died when the car they were travelling in split in half as it crashed last december. it was being driven by 18—year—old jesse 0wen, who was over the legal alcohol limit at the time. 0ur reporter tomos morgan is outside pontypridd coroner's court for us now. tomos, what else has been said this morning? the first evidence that we heard here in pontypridd this morning where the postmortem examination results and the cause of death of the three that died, morgan smith, karen griffiths and jesse 0wen, it seems to be b

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any more. 60s 70s on the thames. all right. it's 5:00 in the morning and sal is here and out of the gate. we are. >> we're doing okay, steve. you know, i think it's going to be a tough monday later. but right now, if you're getting up early, i think you're going to have a decent drive around the bay area. i've been looking around. i don't see anything that's unusual. you can see traffic is moving along pretty well around the bay area, so i like what i see so far. so this is the payoff, so to speak, for getting up early. here is the bay bridge that looks very good. and we're also going to be looking at the san mateo bridge and take a quick peek at that. that traffic looks very nice. no problems on the dumbarton bridge heading across the bay or for that matter, no problems right now in the silicon valley commute. 501 let's get back to the headlines. >> all right. thank you sal. well, bad news gets worse for the san francisco 49ers. not only did the team lose its game over the weekend to the chiefs, but it may have also lost more

and i didn't realize that she's buried in kent just down the down the river thames, which is kind of sad right. she died when she was around 21. that's right. and then got buried. and they actually can't find her grave. but they know kind of a general area. she's out. she she she did marry and englishmen named john rolfe and had one son, thomas, who was born england, pocahontas and john rolfe moved back to england. and by the way, she was a big in england. she was the biggest celebrity in london because it was so cool that there was this red indian that had back from from i don't know if they were calling america yet, but had come from america. so it was a very exotic, very exciting for everyone. she did die of disease, of course, nothing. nothing in specific. but her son, thomas came back to to virginia, back to jamestown some years later and rather cleverly had acquired some tobacco seeds from the caribbean and brought them to virginia. and it turned out. it was like the perfect plant for virginia soil at that time. and so the jamestown colony was always on the edge of failure and

the initial deadline for a decision on the lower thames crossing was due to be last friday.x nominations are in london. the winner will be announced next week and ahead of the awards, bbc london is visiting all of the capital's nominations. one of those is the redevelopment of kings cross preserving the victorian industrial buildings and infrastructure. the gas holders were originally south of the canal. they are now behind us north of the canal. they were dismantled like a piece of meccano, and then they were re—erected and inside the frame, instead of the original gas drum, it's now a drum of apartment buildings. a new statue will be unveiled today of london actor daniel kaluuya. the depiction of the academy award winning actor willjoin statues showcasing the best of british film as part of the scenes in the square trail in leicester square. the sculpture will show an iconic moment from jordan peele's get out. let's take a look at the tubes now. the northern line has minor delays and the 0verground is part closed, other lines running well. now onto the weather with kate. g

it is only a couple of years ago that we remember pc andrew harper in thames valley police who was tragicallyis, that is the reali . ., ~' tragic as that is, that is the reali . ., ,, ., ., reality. i would like to hear the response _ reality. i would like to hear the response of— reality. i would like to hear the response of shelly, - reality. i would like to hear the response of shelly, a l reality. i would like to hear- the response of shelly, a black woman who has been stopped by the police. go on, shelly. i the police. go on, shelly. i think the previous caller said about— think the previous caller said about the houses and anyone could — about the houses and anyone could have been walking by. all the more — could have been walking by. all the more reason for the police not to— the more reason for the police not to have created that hard to stop — not to have created that hard to stop and used alternative ways — to stop and used alternative ways of— to stop and used alternative ways of trying to apprehend this person, without creating that — this person, without creating that immense dan

looking at the data given about the different areas we have thames water, yorkshire water and cambridgeterms of the number of complaints are shared and how those complaints are shared and how those complaints are shared and how those complaints are dealt with. water uk, the industry representative site 95% of complaints are dealt with by the companies themselves, only a smaller number or escalated but it's obviously an increasing number getting escalated. they said they want and need to charge customers more money in order to be able to put more money into customer services to deal with complaints that you can see five from a customer point of view it's frustrating to think bills will increase fairly dramatically over the next five years especially for a service that they are paying for which is considered bad performance. thank you. a doctor in the us has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the death of the actor, matthew perry. the friends star died last year after an overdose of the drug ketamine. dr mark chavez admitted obtaining the drug fraudulently and conspiring to distribute

i mean, i'm thames water, i have to have thames water and they are appalling. >> if i, if i didn't likejust walk to another one. and you know, customers can actually have power within the thames water. >> but this happened. this happened before that evolved. this was in the 80s, wasn't it? >> when it was privatised, companies were privatised. i know, but i mean it's crazy that it's privatised. and then there they're owned of course by foreign companies or foreign governments. >> now you see that brings the that brings up another subject. what are we talking about? >> well, we've got this investment forum the labour party are hosting on monday desperate to attract lots of foreign money into the country, because you've got to try and do something to get growth. >> no, my point is this all our airports are owned by foreign companies, right? they're a disgrace. they've gone totally downhill. absolutely. spanish companies owning things right, left and centre. >> yesterday in that big announcement on buses in northern ireland. australian energy companies mainly owned by overseas people. >> al

which is that, you know, we should do things in our national interest and, you know, things like the thamest we can deal with these problems. they need not be an emergency. >> we have run out of time , >> we have run out of time, guys. ryan o'neal. zoe, it's been a pleasure. thank you so much. i'll be back on britain's newsroom at 930 tomorrow morning. i'll be back here as well at 6:00 tomorrow night. here's christopher hope sitting in for nigel . in for nigel. >> we'll see a cold snap which will quickly develop into a warm front. boxt boiler repairs, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening. i'm here with your gb news. weather from the met office as we go through into tomorrow, it is going to turn dner tomorrow, it is going to turn drier for many of us with some clearer or brighter skies, but with that, it is also going to be a bit chillier because as the low pressure that's been dominating the weather across the uk recently drifts away towards the east, we will then get a northerly flow and that northerly air is going to bring something a little bit colder for the time being though

it's a centuries—old london tradition which sees people searching the thames riverbed for historicalgh the next few days, it is turning a little drier. it's quite a breezy day today, we've got a north—easterly breeze blowing these showers through, but the cloud should start to break up into the afternoon, so some brighter spells, even some sunny spells and temperatures getting up to 17 celsius. high pressure builds overnight tonight so things start to settle down. the windfalls light, any showers will fade. and under the clearer spells, we mightjust get one or two mist patches developing. minimum temperature, chillier than last night. we are looking at seven celsius. but a bright start tomorrow morning. plenty of sunshine around for thursday, high pressure with us. we will perhaps see one or two showers but it should be largely dry, but those showers can't be ruled out. temperatures tomorrow 17 celsius, the wind that little bit lighter. similar conditions for friday, plenty of sunshine and for saturday but the wind strengthens on saturday and we will see rain overnight and heading in

the formidable spanish galleon moored where it was certainly not expected on the thames, in the centerarmed envoy of the invincible armada arrived in peace to foggy albion. galleon andalusia is a unique floating museum and a replica of the ships that divided the atlantic 400 years ago, delivering wealth. of the new world to spain, here you can see how sailors lived, visit the captain's cabin and hold the steering wheel, and at the same time touch history of the spanish fleet, glorious and dramatic. but in russian cinemas we are waiting for a funny story, the premiere, the earth speaks. comedy by yevgeny korchagin about a simple miner who, after a collapse in the mine, begins to hear the voice of the earth, informing him of the imminent apocalypse. the agenda is serious, the content is hilarious, and the pestilence. deep, the pride of our mine, and elena is a journalist from moscow, that is, do you not think that you are slowly killing our planet, i really, what does stas have to do with it, not the most hardworking, not the most thoughtful for sure infinitely far from all these fashion

. >> well she's from no walton on thames is she. >> yes. and i was behind.lton on thames instead of the rose centre or whatever it is. >> but what would you have us her as mary poppins would with the umbrella? yeah that maybe they should still think about that. >> i think the habit with the arms outstretched. >> oh, do you think so? >> oh, do you think so? >> yeah. spinning round. what about if you hit a button and she spins round and, like, maybe that's a little bit too much. >> is it today. >> is it today. >> let's have a look, shall we? i think we've got some pictures of some birthdays and some famous sporting people whose birthday is today. our first one. please do we have it? there we are. we are. >> we are. >> oh, who's that face? you can't really see a bit questionable there. >> what he's doing there? we are. alisson becker, the goalkeeper at liverpool. how old today. difficult with the beard. but what would you say 3131 eamonn 2832 is the right answer. let's go with another one. i've got another one. i've got a couple. now who's that there? i don't n

west southwest, 15 to 25, 6070 on the thames. all right, so here are the dreaded sunol grade. yeah. you know, and it's really become an issue, although it's happening so often that it's kind of becoming normal. unfortunately, the construction zone crash southbound 688 to 84. and, you know, i've had a lot of people frustrated with this, but then i've also had a lot of people say, hey, that's just the way it is here on the sunol grade. it doesn't it seem like every other day i talk about something here? well, this crash has really made pleasanton 680 and vallecitos road very slow. i will let you know that if you're trying to get over to castro valley, it's okay on 580, but it's slow on 238. 880 is also very slow heading south. that's the busiest commute. we have a commute at the bay bridge that stretches all the way out to the macarthur maze at 832. let's go back to the desk. okay. >> sal. thank you. well, parents, students and staff at two san francisco elementary schools may possibly be closed. we'll have a chance to hear directly from the school superintendent about that deci

it will eventually turn west, but not until we get 70s on the thames. all right, we have to go right out to walnut creek. >> yeah, we got a crash, steve. blocking two lanes on interstate 680 southbound just past the walnut creek interchange. and it's still there in the two left lanes. unfortunately, this sounds like even more serious of a crash than we had on northbound 680 at rutger. i'm sorry. lavorgna road. so northbound 680 is slow, but southbound 680 is backing up into concord because of this crash. so if you're driving, let's say, from concord to walnut creek, maybe even just trying to make the connection with 24, you will not see the crash, but you will see the backup. let's talk about the bay bridge that is backed up to about the end of the parking lot. so it's a little lighter than usual. 732 let's get back to the headlines. >> okay. sal. thank you. well, mcdonald's and other fast food chains are taking onions off their menus now because of an outbreak of e coli. mcdonald's says the source of the outbreak are onions grown by a company based in

lisa ramsaran, the chief crown prosecutor for the crown prosecution service in thames and chiltern, said assault, two counts of indecent assault, two counts of indecent assault, two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. he has also been charged with one count of coercive and controlling behaviour. as i say, this is a new news story and we'll be bringing you more as we get it. but first, back to our top story in the newsroom this morning, people from across israel have gathered to mark the one year anniversary of the october 7th attacks at the knesset building in jerusalem. flags were lowered to half mast in commemoration of victims to the attack. according to israeli figures, hamas killed some 1200 people and took about 250 hostages into gaza . 250 hostages into gaza. parliament has returned today following a recess for the various party conferences, which have been taking place over the past few weeks. members are now back in westminster, but their return coincides with further controversy for the government after the prime minister's chief of staff, sue gray , left her of sta

thames water i'll be astounded if they don't go bust and that will be left on the government's plate.at's before you get to things like donors and the budget no doubt being panned because rachel reeves thinks she can cut her way to growth, which doesn't make sound economics to me. so i would have thought so. and i think gawain is probably more right, the more interesting ones for the labour party would be ones in scotland and wales, which is more of a natural home for them. >> and just to interrupt there, that's live pictures of committee room 14. we're expecting an announcement in just over two minutes time. matthew, on that point of labour's unpopularity, could i ask you that question? i mentioned at the top of the show about pensioners, the winter fuel allowance cuts has been, by any reckoning, it's been a terribly unpopular decision. perhaps no one that they may regret. october the 30th. all eyes are on the budget announcements. the news today, a raid on pensioners bringing down the pension cap. what's what's going on with the with the labour party and pensioners? is it because pe

that's just north of covent garden, above the river thames, as part of a mass demonstration in the capitalu can see here have already blocked gower street near the british museum and in tottenham court road in the last hour or so. outside a barclays bank. there some of the chants, chants that have been heard include yemen, yemen, make us proud and paint it red. you can also see there live pictures showing a range of placards and posters being held as they march through the city. police have formed barriers to prevent some groups from joining together. and there is, they say, a heavy security presence across london. the metropolitan police commander, liu dodi fayed, says that officers are working to ensure public safety. she's also urging people to report any suspicious activity. well, turning to some other breaking news just coming into us from france this hour, french media reports are suggesting at least four people have died, including, sadly, a child, while attempting to cross the english channel on small boats. that child, understood to be under the age of four, died off the coast of

this is the scene on the river thames.erfronts arriving behind it. it means on sunday, compared with saturday, more can expect conditions. the odd glimmer of sunshine at times. while we will see rain, showers could be heavy in the west later. it will be a day when you have to cater for rain. they will be brighter moments. temperatures mid to high teens. after that, what happens depends on this, a major hurricane 3000 miles away. it will move northwards, it could have an influence on the weather next week. there are scenarios that could play out, not set in stone. one could bring wet and windy weather. that is the middle to late next week. another scenario is it moves to the south and leaves us with something cooler but brighter at times. i think it will be somewhere in between. late will be somewhere in between. we will be somewhere in between. we will be somewhere in between. we will be looking out for that. food, do you eat too much or to little? mr; do you eat too much or to little? my e es do you eat too much or to lit

when you look at the list of companies, it is thames and yorkshire water who are what's the council describedservice. thank you, colette. the princess of wales has been back on official duties, meeting an aspiring teenage photographer with a rare form of cancer after inviting her to take official photographs at windsor castle. 16—year—old liz hatton was pictured hugging the princess. she has recently completed her own chemotherapy treatment for cancer. kate and prince william took to social media to say that liz's "creativity and strength" was inspiring. that was quite a hug, wasn't it? that was quite a hug, wasn't it? that will mean a lot. do you know who is a good hugger? yeah. very rare occasion you can sneak up on her, and in force it upon her. don't you? no, you are very welcome with your hugs! t you? no, you are very welcome with our hu:s! �* ~' .. you? no, you are very welcome with our hu:s! �* ~ .. i. your hugs! i didn't know where you are auoin your hugs! i didn't know where you are going with _ your hugs! i didn't know where you are going with that _ your hugs! i didn't know where y

glad to hear that it's our fault, you know, so the the deptford dockyard on the thames were overwhelmedd repairing ships that were destined to put down the revolt in boston and that is true and so the resolution cook ship got short shrift it didn't get the attention deserved it was not properly cocked the masks were rotten you know the focus was somewhere. it's like, this is wonderful the captain cook's going on his third voyage. they said. but you know, like they were clearly preoccupied with this other thing that was going on. so he barely got out in time. i think if he waited a couple of more weeks or a couple of more months, they might have said, nah, don't even go at all, because we really need to focus on what's happening in boston. so yeah, i think there's something true about what you just said. yeah, absolutely. let's blame the americans is our fault. but one interesting thing, benjamin franklin put out this thing to all the captains of all the british american ships, whalers and merchant ships that if you encounter captain anywhere, let him go don't arrest him. even though we'

we've got faith in sunbury on thames - body. we've got faith in sunbury on thames and body.e've got faith in - sunbury on thames and grace as well in east ayrshire. hello to both of you. such a sad day for so many people. get in touch and tell us your feelings. a cultural phenomenon, a pop phenomenon of gargantuan significance for many people. i feel like saying sorry for your loss because it's so personal. faith, what are your thoughts? just absolutely devastating. i think when i first heard the news, you just don't believe it. it's almost like the stages of grief and it's like reading someone, when someone is such a big part of your childhood, it's like leaving someone close to you like a family member or close friend. i think that instant denial came in straightaway and then obviously gets confirmed and all of this kind of stuff and it has spiralled, really. the overall feeling is heartbreak. it's like an enter childhood. that's interesting. — like an enter childhood. that's interesting, the _ like an enter childhood. that's interesting, the way _ like an enter childhood.

tony in chester, sandy in thame on our radio only bit of this, we had a few landlord and people running small businesses. hi, let's hearthe voices of the people, the hard working people. tony?- working people. tony? good morning. — working people. tony? good morning, l then _ working people. tony? good morning, l then labour - working people. tony? good| morning, l then labour say, course. but then labour say, this has been a number of politicians who have tried to nail this definition. but labour say it was clear, we said we are not raising it for working people and we cheerily meant income tax, national insurance for employees and vat. let's see what you think. tony in chester, sandy in thame on our radio only bit of this, we had a few landlord and people running small businesses. hi, let's hearthe voices of the people, the hard working people. tony?- working people. tony? good morning. — working people. tony? good morning, great _ working people. tony? good morning, great programme. working people. tony? good i morning, great programme as always. what i was coming on today for, i'm a

their bills, even higher than they had first requested, southern water is seeking an 84% hike, while thames water, the uk's biggest provider, wants to raise its bills by 4,053% by by 2030. only wessex water isn't pushing for more than what was asked for in july. off . what's interim july. off. what's interim decision had allowed for a 21% rise, with the final ruling expected in december . government expected in december. government borrowing has surged to its highest level since the pandemic, driven by public sector pay rises and rising interest rates on debt. borrowing. last month hit £16.6 billion. that's the third highest september on record , highest september on record, despite a rise in tax revenue. the ons says that the gap between what the government took and what it spent was less than expected, but still above forecasts for the year. treasury chief secretary darren jones has, though, defended the pay rises, saying strikes would have cost the economy much more . cost the economy much more. >> it was right to settle the strikes that were strife across pubuc strikes that were strife

singapore on thames or a slightly rainy dubai with drunk people. if only. freedom, enterprise, social mobility and aspiration. a small but effective state where it pays to work and doesn't pay to not. where you can think what you think, say what you think. only getting in trouble if you shoplift . punch someone in the shoplift. punch someone in the face or murder them. wouldn't that be nice ? instead, we've got that be nice? instead, we've got thought. police. another hallmark of

walking up water companies have already asked for a 40% bill hike by 2030, while thames water wants a% increase because , they say, 53% increase because, they say, of mounting debts . well, staying of mounting debts. well, staying with the news on water and the environment secretary says he had no idea that football tickets he accepted were linked to a polluting uk water firm. steve reid was questioned on gb news this morning. over £2,000 worth of tickets from a firm with ties to northumbrian water, one of three companies the water regulator has ruled not fit for purpose. speaking to breakfast this morning, reid admitted he probably wouldn't take tickets again but denied it had influenced any of his decisions . influenced any of his decisions. >> tickets were from a telecoms company, not a water company. so your facts, i'm afraid, are wrong and your inference is wrong and your inference is wrong too, because i would hardly i would hardly. i would hardly i would hardly. i would hardly be taking the toughest action against water company and water company bosses of any secretary of state