jonah fisher, bbc news.le ecosystems, according to wildlife experts. as temperatures remain well above average for this time of year, britain's rare chalk grasslands, and wildlife such as hedgehogs and dormice are among those under threat, with some summer plants continuing to flower into the autumn. duncan kennedy reports from east sussex. it may look like autumn is in full flow. but when you see berberis darwinii, or gunnera tinctoria, or even rhododendrons in full bloom, well then you know something is not quite right. lovely beautiful flower out on it at the moment, but we wouldn't normally expect to see that until may next year. chris skinner, a horticulturalist for 15 years, says the recent mild weather is confusing the plant world. why does it matter that all these flowers and all this change is going on right now? it matters because it means that the plants are wasting a lot of their valuable energy. the spring flowering plants flowering at the wrong time of year, so that wastes their potential for n

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour.ion of bbc radioi newsbeat, to mark world mental health day. william and kate became newsbeat reporters for the day to lead a discussion with a panel in the field of mental health. william said part of what they'll do is talk about coping skills and other resources to help alleviate anxiety and depression. a commemorative 50p coin has been unveiled by the royal mint to mark the bbc�*s 100th anniversary. the coin pays tribute to the bbc�*s global reach. the reverse side of the coin is inscribed with "inform, educate, entertain" — those are the values set out by lord reith when he founded the bbc in 1922. the coins were produced before the queen died, which is why they do not bear the image of king charles. no matter how much you hate roller coasters, you've probably never called the police during a loop—the—loop. but several people say their own iphones contacted emergency services and sent an sos message to their families after apple's new crash detection system was activated on the th

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour.after the partial collapse of a crater terrace triggering a three—minute seismic signal. this video captures the lava flowing down the side of the volcano into the sea and the huge plumes of smoke across the sky. stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. the italian civil protection has raised the alert from yellow to orange and advised people on the island to stay indoors. and that is bbc news. thanks for watching. hello there. despite a few isolated showers in the far northwest, on the whole, monday was a glorious autumnal day with a lot of sunshine — a great opportunity to get out and enjoy those late—summer flowers. however, clear skies by day lead to a chilly night, and we could see a touch of frost as temperatures hover around freezing early on tuesday. these are favoured spots across central and southern areas of england. a little more cloud further north and west, and here, we keep the threat of some showers. so, the showers there from the word go during tues

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent.inning studio ghibli's distinctive animated feature films have a host of devoted fans across the globe. now in a world first, its animated movie my neighbour totoro has been adapted by the royal shakespeare company for the stage. our culture editor katie razzall has been to the barbican in london for an exclusive peek of the production. it's just an old house. there is no sign of totoro in our sneak preview of this show. the rsc is keeping the mysterious creature befriended by two children under wraps. the only puppets on the stage right now are the so—called soot sprites. working with puppets is so much fun. they're so funny and they are so cheeky, a lot of them, and they really do have a life of their own. you're talking about them like they're real people. both: yeah, they are! my neighbour totoro has never been staged before but, for more than 30 years, this hand—drawn animation has been one of the most—loved films to have come out of japan's equivalent of disney, the renowned stud

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour.tal health day. william and kate became reporters for the day to discuss with a panel on the field of mental health. william said part of what he'll do is talk about coping skills and other resources to help alleviate anxiety and depression. a commemorative 50p coin has been unveiled by the royal meant to mark the bbc�*s 100 anniversary. point pays tribute to the bbc�*s global reach. inscribed with "inform, educate and entertain,". the coins were produced before the queen died, which is why they don't have the image of king charles on them. if you've been on a roller coaster recently, you may have already experienced a new feature on the iphone14 and match, which is designed to bring "peace of mind", but seems to be having the opposite effect. let's get more on this story now with stephanie prentice, our reporter in the london newsroom. stephanie, tell us exactly what's been going on with this tech. ~ ., .., what's been going on with this tech. a, .. ., ,., what's been going on with th

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent. stay with us on bbc news.cross the midlands and in fact there was over an inch of rainfall and parts of 0xfordshire throughout the day so that he feels starting to develop now however, eastern england lots of blue sky inside china temperatures peaking at 20 degrees. a beautiful opportunity for getting out and enjoying some of the gorgeous autumn colours that we have. forthe the gorgeous autumn colours that we have. for the start of the weekend promising but this bump of high pressure but the second half of the weekend sees the slow developing moving in and bringing further outbreaks of rain once again the winds will become a future, but we keep the wind direction from a southern lady so that milder flow stays with us temperatures widely are going to sit in the mid to high teens over the next few days. saturday come out outbreaks of shirey rain through northern ireland pushing out to northern england into southern scotland and beginning attached. same time we will start to see showers some of them heavy and thu

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour. you have been watching newsday.ffort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. that's all we have time for now on bbc news. thank you very much for watching. bye for now. hello. despite a few isolated showers, on the whole, monday was a glorious autumnal day with a lot of sunshine. a great opportunity to get out and enjoy those late summer flowers. however, clear skies by day lead to a chilly night, and we could see a touch of frost as temperatures hover around freezing early on tuesday. these are favourite spots around central and southern areas of england. a little more cloud further north and west, where we keep the threat of some showers. so the showers there from the word go during tuesday and they will become a little bit more frequent as we move into the afternoon. elsewhere, clouding over a little into the largely fine, settled and pleasant with 16 degrees the afternoon high. as we move through tuesday evening and into overnight this weather front here, will continue to drift its way steadily south and east

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent. stay with us on bbc news. hello there.n fact over an inch of rain fall in 0xfordshire throughout the day. some pretty muddy fields starting to develop 110w. however, he stirred england, lots of blue sky and sunshine. and temperatures peaked at 20 degrees, it was a beautiful opportunity for getting out and enjoying some of the gorgeous autumn colour that we have. the start of the weekend quite promising with this little bump of high pressure. but the second half of the weekend sees the slow developing moving in and bringing further outbreaks of rain. once again, the winds will become a feature but we keep the wind direction from a southerly so that milder flow stays with us. those temperatures are widely going to sit in the mid to high teens over the next few days. so on saturday we will have some outbreaks of some showery rain through northern ireland, pushing out of northern england into southern scotland, weakening just a touch. at the same time we will start to see some showers, some of them heavy and thundery gathering

jonah fisher, bbc news.y 20 years ago but could not run in the last election because he was injail for corruption charges, which were then annulled. president biden and the prime minister, rishi sunak, both said they looked forward to working with him, in particular on protecting the amazon. police in india have detained nine people in connection with the collapse of a bridge in gujarat, which resulted in the deaths of at least a hundred—and—forty people. they said those arrested included employees of a private company involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge in south korea a memorial to the victims of saturday's halloween crush has opened in the capital seoul. the country's president laid a single white chrysanthemum, a symbol of grief in south korea, at the memorial altar. 154 people are reported to have died in the crush in a narrow alley in the popular itaewon district of seoul. around one million households with prepayment meters have not yet redeemed vouchers to help with energy bills,

jonah fisher has been to see the new arrival.moment in kent's blean woods. europe's largest mammal, once hunted almost to extinction, taking her first steps. she's a little ball of energy. and when she sees... when we get a little bit of rain, she starts sprinting around and it's, "what's this stuff falling out of the sky?" she's fantastic. she's doing so, so well. donovan oversaw the arrival of the first three bison in july. as part of the settling in process he brings them some extra food every morning. it's basically a little treat, but that is the menu, what you see out there. these bison are not free to roam. under uk law, they've rather unfairly been classed as dangerous animals, which means they have to be surrounded by this rather big fence. but inside the enclosure, they forage, they graze, they look for food. and in the next few months, the enclosure is going to be massively expanded, leaving the bison to effectively live as wild animals inside. the role of the bison in the rewilding is to act as nature's bulldozer, tra

jonah fisher, bbc news.home in chorley, says it's "extremely disappointed" by what's happened. mairead smyth reports. dancing down the corridor in adult nappies, needed by some residents here, worn by some staff having a laugh on tiktok. a staff member rising from a reclining chair to the tune of the westlife cover you raise me up. and an apology from century health care who own gillibrand hall nursing home in chorley. they say they're extremely disappointed at the actions, behaviour and posts made on social media that have subsequently been taken down. the owners say they've informed their regulator, the care quality commission. the cqc told us... we've also heard from the local mp for chorley, sir lindsay hoyle. he says that he was disturbed to see the video posted, and can understand why this has caused a great deal of concern and upset. he says it is paramount that everything is done to reassure residents and their families that staff treat everyone with the respect and dignity they deserve. and he's ask

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour. time for a look at the weather. hello.lous hello. howjealous am ifor residence in aberdeenshire. an amazing aurora borealis at the moment but the clear skies are not exclusive to aberdeenshire. if we moved to oxfordshire there is as much sparkle in the sky as strictly. those clear skies come at a price because temperatures are falling away quite rapidly. we have 2 degrees at the moment in powys and i suspect temperatures will fall further over the next few hours. you have been warned, it will be a chilly start to tuesday morning, temperatures in some rural spots around or may be just below freezing. yes, chilly but hopefully just like today, some lovely autumn sunshine to come out as well, particularly across england and wales. more of a breeze further north and west, hear more cloud around, that is why temperature is not quite as cold and there will be outbreaks of rain. here temperatures around 11 to 13 degrees, 16 or 17 where the sunshine comes through. that front will push eastwards through the evening and so that mean

jonah fisher, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...g street intervenes — and stops a launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. a warning from social care providers in england that millions of people could left without support unless there�*s a complete overhaul of the system. a 14—year—old boy has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of 14—year—old in gateshead. tomasz oleszak died in the early hours of tuesday after being injured on monday night. scotland�*s first minister nicola sturgeon has accused liz truss of showing arrogance, lack of respect or insecurity for not speaking to her properly since she became prime minister. ahead of the snp party conference, she�*s been speaking to our political editor chris mason, and he started by asking if they�*d even spoken since liz truss came to power. no, not yet. it�*s quite absurd in many ways. when i became first minister, david cameron was prime minister and i think we spoke on the phone the night i became first minister and i spoke on the ph

jonah fisher, bbc news.ere are concerns that governments will reject more drastic measures to cut carbon emissions. 0ne place where geopolitical turmoil is already having an impact on the climate fight is svalbard in the arctic circle. the norwegian archipelago is warming quicker than any other place on earth. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake reports. venture deep into the arctic circle and you find svalbard. there is no place quite like it. and here, a struggle for survival. climate change is on fast forward. this polar explorer wants to show us how her world disappearing. to survive as a polar bear now i think you have to be super good at hunting, as a polar bear, because the main source of food, the seals, are diminishing and the ice that both the seal on the polar bears are dependent on our diminishing. it is getting less and less ice. this norwegian archipelago is warming six times faster than the global average. there is much less ice here to reflect heat and more exposed ocean to absorb it. these b

jonah fisher, bbc news.e �*carbon brief�*. welcome and thank you forjoining us. how do you see the awarding of these new licences in the context of net zero? i these new licences in the context of net zero? ~ ~ , these new licences in the context of net zero? ~ ~' , ., net zero? i think the key thing to bear in mind _ net zero? i think the key thing to bear in mind about _ net zero? i think the key thing to bear in mind about these - net zero? i think the key thing to l bear in mind about these licences, which are, on the face of it, a response of the current energy crisis is that as your correspondent mentioned in his introduction is that it will take many years for them to yield a new oil and gas supply whereas the energy crisis we are facing is very much about this winter, next winter and the immediate situation which this licensing won't do anything to affect. in terms of the climate impact, the key thing here is the fact that economics, 1.1, if you increase supply and you drill more oil and gas even if

jonah fisher, bbc news.ace of the global energy crisis, linked to the war in ukraine. buildings will have to reduce their use of central heating by 15 days. italians are also being asked to turn down their thermostats by one degree celsius, and turn off their heating for an extra hour a day. i've been speaking to our rome correspondent mark lowen. the rule, that buildings, as you say, that have a common central heating system will have to reduce the period this winter in which they turn on that central heating by 15 days, so it will have to be turned down a week late and then turned off a week early, and the fine for her not doing that could be up to 3000 euros, it's about $3000, so a pretty hefty carrot that's been wielded in that regard, and the carrots is to say to people, you know, well, can you just sort ofjoin in the solidarity of the national approach here and actually turn down your heating by one degrees and turn off your central heating by an hour a day to try to encourage italians to respond in a

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour. 0k, time fora 0k, time for a look at the weather. incredibly dry summer, we need some rain and we had some across the hills in the north—west of the uk but there wasn't very much rainfall across the southeast last week. looking at the weather picture this week, the rain initially will be falling mostly across the north west of the uk until thursday. that is when we will see heavier rain working across england and wales bringing useful falls of rain. working across england and wales bringing usefulfalls of rain. we had some rain this morning, that's exactly the weather front that brought it, clearing out of the way. the straight line of cloud you can see working across east anglia. sunshine follows and for most of you it is an afternoon of increasingly bright weather, lots of sunshine around and just a few showers across the north west. showers, plenty across the north—west of scotland, gusts of wind about 30 mph on land 40 gusts of wind about 30 mph on land a0 in the hebrides. 0ne gusts of wind about 30 mph on land a0 in the hebrides

our environment correspondent jonah fisher has more. our seas are filling up with plastic.hing industry, and the problem with abandoned nets is that they keep catching things. on the cornish coast, that means seals. these were spotted with parts of old nets around their necks. basically, seals are very curious creatures, and they will come up and look at the lost fishing gear. it is the most exciting thing they have seen all day and they will play with it. and that entanglement is unfortunately life—threatening. so how does all that fishing gear get there? we'lljust change this and change that. some of it is lost but for years, the fishermen's dirty secret was that the easiest way of getting rid of an old net was to dump it at sea. adam is a skipper working out of brixham harbour, and he says things have changed, with fishermen now bringing in their old nets as well as any debris and plastic they find out in the open sea. so if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6—12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody is doing it and now we are tra

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. high. good afternoon. it is going to stay mild over the next few days but big downpours lurking on the horizon today and indeed the weekend is going to be quite changeable. certainly not a wash—out, we have some sunshine on the way but it will change. this is what the satellite picture looks like now. quite a complicated sort of pattern of clouds, you can see there are vortices, low—pressure swelling around the uk, and the air is crucially coming in from the south, from the southern climes so hence it feels so mild out there. as we go through the weekend you will see areas of low pressure sweeping across the uk bringing further outbreaks of rain through that very changeable autumnal picture. the temperatures today, 19 in london, more typical in the mid—teens but the average in london this time of year is closer to 1a degrees so we are well up there, and that really isn't going to change much over the next few days. let's look at the showers crossing the midlands into northern england, quite

but for the first time in the uk, they're now being recycled, as our environment correspondent jonah fisher day. but about 10% comes from the fishing industry, and the problem with abandoned nets is that they keep catching things. on the cornish coast, that means seals. basically, seals are very curious creatures, and they will come up and look at the lost fishing gear. it is the most exciting thing they have seen all day and they will play with it. so how does all that fishing gear get there? well, some of it is lost but for years, the fisherman's dirty secret was that the easiest way of getting rid of an old net was to dump it at sea. at brixham harbour, we're told that things have changed. so if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6—12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody is doing it and now we are trawling it all up. it is a massive difference, we are doing. see if it's ok. for the last few years, keep britain tidy has been running a scheme has been which takes away the fishermen's old nets once they have been brought to shore. part of the reason

jonah fisher has been to see the new arrival. she's like a ray of sunshine on a dark, cloudy day.rgest mammal, once hunted almost to extinction, taking her first steps. she's a little ball of energy and when she sees rain, when we get a little bit of rain she starts sprinting around and she's like, what's this stuff falling out of the sky? she's fantastic. she's doing so, so well. donovan oversaw the arrival of the first three bison in july. as part of the settling in process he brings them some extra food every morning. it's basically a little treat, but that is the menu, what you see out there. these bison are not free to roam. under uk law they have rather unfairly been classed as dangerous animals, which means they have to be surrounded by this rather big fence. but inside the enclosure they forage, they graze, they look for food. and in the next few months the enclosure is going to be massively expanded, leaving the bison to effectively live as wild animals inside. the role of the bison is to act as nature's bulldozer, trampling corridors through the forest and killing trees

jonah fisher, bbc news. power. no, not yet. it's quite absurd in many ways. when i became first minister, david cameron was prime minister, david cameron was prime minister and i think we spoke on the phone the night i became first minister and i spoke on the phone with theresa may within a day of her becoming prime minister and ian borisjohnson, i've got deep political differences with all of the politicians but we have a duty to work together constructively. it's notjust me. mark drakeford is in the same position. iflot it's notjust me. mark drakeford is in the same position.— in the same position. not even a -hone in the same position. not even a phone call? _ in the same position. not even a phone call? no. _ in the same position. not even a phone call? no, and _ in the same position. not even a phone call? no, and i— in the same position. not even a phone call? no, and i don't- in the same position. not even a | phone call? no, and i don't know whether that _ phone call? no, and i don't know whether tha

jonah fisher, bbc news.st man, elon musk, says a new group of moderators will decide whether banned accounts, such as the former us prseident donald trump's, can be reinstated. after completing his £38 billion takeover, he's moved quickly to make changes at the company, with a number of top executives leaving. here's our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk stop to his many fans, one of the most innovative and influential people in the world. he is certainly the richest. he made his money with paypal and is now the boss of the electric car phantasm. he also owns rocket maker spacex, and his starlink satellite network provides internet access around the world. now he adds to his portfolio twitter, the small but mighty social network. "let that sink in", he said, walking into twitter hq carrying, yes, a sink. elon musk is a prolific tweeter, with more than 110 million followers. he is now calling himself chief twit. the bird is freed, he tweeted, followed later by let the good times roll. he has just prom

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent.ow on bbc news, talking movies celebrates 100 years of the bbc by talking to some of the biggest names in the british film industry. hello from london, i'm tom brook. the bbc is 100 years old, and as part of the bbc 100 celebrations, talking movies is going to look at the contribution the corporation has made to the british film industry over the decades through five top directors who have picked up their skills here at the bbc. i went to meet these filmmakers who have shaped modern cinema, the multi— award—winning ken loach whose credits include the landmark movie, kes. known for his legendary use of improvisation and films brought in an oscar nomination. james marsh who won a academy award for his celebrated documentary man on wire. mary harron who made the modern american classic american psycho stirring question male, and sally el hosaini, rising star in british cinema, having just launched a film, the swimmers, the story of two searing refugee serious gaming claim at the toronto m

jonah fisher, bbc news.e from our political correspondent damian grammaticas in westminster. as we've heard, this new north sea exploration is controversial and it is long—term, what are the government saying about energy supplies this winter?— government saying about energy supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting. _ supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting, the _ supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting, the government - supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting, the government is l is interesting, the government is saying energy supplies are secure this winter, but while we have this push to extract more energy, and this is not going to come on tap in time for this winter, it will be in the future, what we don't have is any campaign, and we are not going to get, it has been confirmed today, is any campaign to get people to reduce energy usage of this winter, in contrast to european countries which are taking measures to do that. i understand that in the department fo

jonah fisher, bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch.gative and snide? after a rocky couple of weeks for the government and for the prime minister personally, all eyes on wednesday morning were on the conservative party conference in birmingham. the bbc�*s political editor chris mason was in the hall for liz truss's speech and for some on—the—spot analysis straight afterwards. that was the speech of a prime minister trying to hold her party together. have you done enough, prime minister? this has been a conference defined by dysfunction, disagreement, even open civil war. i know that sounds like an exaggeration. it really isn't. as for the prime minister, she couldn't leave quickly enough. she can run away from this conference, but not the immense challenges she confronts. john smith took exception to what he saw there on news bulletins later in the day. "it's a complaint many newswatch viewers will recognise," he wrote. "chris mason shouted at a passing liz truss. �*have you done enough, prime minister?�* did he seriously expect a reply

jonah fisher, bbc news.ort that this latest round of oil and gas extraction may help with energy supplies in the longer term. but there are more immediate concerns about this winter. hannah is with us. this is the story lots of people talked about yesterday. it is possible in various scenarios. a worst possible scenario is that counts. it scenarios. a worst possible scenario is that counta— scenarios. a worst possible scenario is that counts-— is that counts. it sounds really dramatic _ is that counts. it sounds really dramatic. then _ is that counts. it sounds really dramatic. then national- is that counts. it sounds really dramatic. then national grid l is that counts. it sounds really - dramatic. then national grid samy could experience power cuts at peak times this winter. it has got everybody talking. the most likely outcome is we do not experience any problems. people should not be unduly worried. the problem does come if the energy crisis escalates in europe and there is not enough gas available. that

jonah fisher, bbc news.boats have arrested a 30—year—old albanian national in london, he was detained in the surbiton area as part of a preplanned operation, says the national crime agency. it is suspected of involvement in an organised crime group coordinating the movement of people from france to the uk. phone's, a tablet and a quantity of cash were also seized during the arrest operation. and the man has been questioned by nca officers on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration. that is just coming into us from the national crime agency. prince harry and sir eltonjohn are among a group of high profile public figures who have started legal action against the publishers of the daily mail and the mail on sunday. the group says associated newspapers obtained stories about them by invading their privacy. associated newspapers called the accusations defamatory. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the story. veterans of the fight against media intrusion. now, prince harry, eltonjohn and his husb

our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. our seas are filling up with plastic.en now bringing in their old nets as well as any debris and plastic they find out in the open sea. so if you imagine, everybody was dumping their nets, after 6—12 months, you can imagine what would be out there. now nobody is doing it and now we are trawling it all up. it is a massive difference, we are doing, a massive difference we are making. see if it's ok. for the last few years, a scheme has been in place which takes away the fisherman's old nets once they have been brought to shore. part of the reason why recycling fishing nets is so complicated is because they are made up of all sorts of different materials. there's metal in here. there's different sorts of plastic. and that all has to be sorted out, and that is what neil is doing here, before the plastic parts, the recyclable bits, can be sent off to be processed. this is the new processing facility in the cotswolds, which means that nets from british trawlers can, for the first time, be recycled here in the uk. they are usabl

jonah fisher, bbc news, in brixham harbour.brisk north—westerly winds. our temperatures for many about 14 to 17 celsius, bit cooler than that for scotland with those passing showers coming and going. overnight tonight, the clearer skies will be crossing england and wales. it is going to be a cold night in places, in the countryside, it could be cold enough even for a nipper thrust across the midlands, maybe wales, southern england as well. so although the frost is not widespread, it is something that gardeners will probably will want to take note of. tuesday, it should be a fine start to the day for england and wales. always more cloud for scotland and northern ireland. we will have some bits and pieces of rain coming through, particularly during the afternoon. another weather front coming through on wednesday. this will be pushing rain across the country, again followed by brighter skies and a few showers into the north and west. our temperatures not changing too much. 14 or 15 celsius, so may be a degree higher. england and w

jonah fisher, bbc news. sunak is continuing to appoint members of his new ministerial team today as he appears to be planning a major overhaul of government strategy. our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. . tell us a little bit about what the new prime minister will be doing today. the new prime minister will be doing toda . ,., ., the new prime minister will be doing toda . , ., ., ., the new prime minister will be doing toda . ., ., �*, today. good morning, charlie. it's onl been today. good morning, charlie. it's only been a _ today. good morning, charlie. it's only been a couple _ today. good morning, charlie. it's only been a couple of— today. good morning, charlie. it's only been a couple of days - today. good morning, charlie. it's only been a couple of days since l only been a couple of days since rishi sunak took over, but given that we didn't hear anything from him during the latest conservative leadership campaign, it's only now we are getting a bit more of an idea abou

jonah fisher, bbc news.s and restrictions were taken. to make men have died after a car chase that ended with the delivery takeaway driver being knocked off his mopeds and another man fatally shot. the victims, both aged in their 20s were killed in brixton yesterday evening. no arrests have been made so far. the bbc�*s is to make cuts to its local radio stations across england. every day from a to b onwards, the 39 radio stations will share programmes instead of. —— right from 2pm. the bbc licence fee was frozen for two years from january and the bbc�*s director—general has warned there will be cuts to make savings. around 1 million households with prepayment metres, not yet redeemed vouchers to help with energy bills, according to figures of the vouchers issued from october the 1st, under the government's energy bill support scheme in england, scotland and wales, can be exchanged for £66 worth of credit on the metre each month. this gives a total of £400 off bills this winter. the discount is automatic for

jonah fisher, bbc news, in kent. very good luck to the new arrival.winds are blowing and also from the south—west, so from a warm direction, that is why it feels so mild for the time of year right now. through the weekend, we will continue to see low pressure circling the uk, some rain in the way but also some sunshine. it will not be raining all the time. it won't be raining today, you can see where showers are later in the afternoon, broken cloud, mild, 1a to 18 degrees, maybe even touching 20 of the next day or two in the south. lots of showers continuing this evening and overnight, they have a tendency to drift with the winds so from the south—west moving northwards. by the end of the night, does look as though things were dry across england and wales, very mild, ten to 1a degrees, but cloudy and rainy at times at least from morning onwards across scotland and northern ireland tomorrow. tomorrow in england and wales, particularly central and eastern areas, you are in for sunshine here, a sunny day in hull, 17 degrees, but in plymouth we could see

bring in our cnn senior political analysts, kirsten powers, also political commentator jonah goldberg and carol fisher. host of with kara fisher, and the pivot pods casper new york media. great to have all of you guys here in the studio with us. >> carson was the bigger lapdog. j.d. vance, our tim ride. i feel like that was a debate. >> i think we are ultimately trying to do i say who's really the person who stands for ohio. trying to say that j.d. vance is claiming that to ryan stands with nancy pelosi, which is kind of a rare argument to make. >> he ran against her. >> he's not really nancy pelosi democrat, and the j.d. vance has, quote, kiss trump's but. which is basically somewhat accurate. and we have to look at what he basically went from and saying that trump was horrific, terrible human being. to seeking out his endorsement. and really becoming the new trump republican. but, ultimately, i think they're both trying to say to voters his i'm the one who's the real high when he's in the senate for ohio. >> continue outside of discussion. a long time the talk is always been about, look, i'm not up