in other news, deputy prime minister angela raynor is expected to announce changes to the planning systemouse—building. the chancellor defends her decision to scrap winter fuel payments for some pensioners, whilst raising public sector pay. and team gb will be hoping for more gold medals today, with high hopes in the gymnastics, swimming and triathlon. good afternoon, i am in southport where the community is trying to come to terms with the mass stabbing. during the mass stabbing, which was happening 2a hours ago right now, two children were killed, nine others were injured, six of those remain in a critical condition. two adults are

other news, deputy prime minister in other news, deputy prime minister angela raynor is expected to announce changes to the planning system in a bid to increase house—building. the chancellor defends her decision to scrap winter fuel payments for some pensioners, whilst raising public sector pay. and team gb will be hoping for more gold medals today, with high hopes in the gymnastics, swimming and triathlon. good afternoon, i am in southport where the community is trying to come to terms with the mass stabbing. during the mass stabbing, which was happening 2a hours ago right now, two children were killed, nine others were injured, six of those remain in a critical condition. two adults are also in a critical condition. police say that those two adults were trying to protect the children during what has been described as a ferocious attack. now, we don't know the ages of those children who died, or who are currently in hospital, but the taylor swift music themed event was ii—year—olds. we understand that there were 25 children at this event when the mass stabbing occurred. a —year—old boy in

just behind me, you can see angela raynor. she is keir starmer's deputy. walking into downing street. we don't know exactly what position she is going to hold in the british government, but it's very likely that she is going to be deputy prime minister. over the course of the day, we will see the new defense secretary, the new foreign secretary, the new home secretary coming here and being formally given their posts by their new boss. starmer, his party in 2019 went down to its own historic event led by the very, very hard left wing jeremy corbin. he really dragged his party back to the center grounds, and he has promised to govern as a centrist. as far as foreign policy, he aligns closely with president biden. he is a real champion of nato. we expect him next week at the nato summit hosted by the president. he has strong views on arming ukraine, so very compatible with president biden, but at extreme odds with a second-term donald trump. we asked his campaign manager, does keir starmer, who is something of a technocrat, not a man brimming with charisma, d