city of— this evening. thank you to the city of london corporation for hosting — city of london corporation for hosting us.ivilege to follow the lord mayor's address. and to give my first mansion _ address. and to give my first mansion house speech. as the lord _ mansion house speech. as the lord mayor said, there are so many— lord mayor said, there are so many reasons to be optimistic about— many reasons to be optimistic about our— many reasons to be optimistic about our country. i absolutely share — about our country. i absolutely share his — about our country. i absolutely share his ambition for our potential. the potential of our financial— potential. the potential of our financial services sector. the potential _ financial services sector. the potential we have to make britain _ potential we have to make britain more competitive and critically. _ britain more competitive and critically, the potential that we have _ critically, the potential that we have to grow our economy. that _ we have to grow our economy. that is _ we have to grow our economy. that is why, both in opposition and now— that is why,

its part of a conservation collaboration between essex wildlife trust and the city of london corporation00s, and so maintaining these areas of heathland is really important and ensuring that we've got the variety of species. so, incorporating bell heather back into the heathland is improving that diversity. lots of problems on the tubes this morning to watch out for. we've got a part suspension on the district and hammersmith and city lines. theres also severe delays on the picadilly and metropolitamn lines and part closure on the 0vergronud. so do check before you travel! now onto the weather with kate kinsella. morning. it's a very cold and crisp start this morning. temperatures for some overnight down at minus three. so today, there are some icy stretches. the met office has a yellow weather warning in place for ice valid through to midday. now, it's going to be a dry day today. yesterday's rain, of course, is frozen. that's where we've got the ice this morning. widespread frost, but plenty of sunshine. north westerly breeze today will make things feel particularly cold between three