katy austin, bbc news. walked the red carpet at vogue's newest event. a west end theatre was transformed for the evening — a celebration of british theatre, music and dance. our culture reporter annabel rackham was there. acting royalty, the biggest names in music and the most famous faces in fashion came out to support the sophomore vogue world event held in london. tickets were made available to members of the public, starting at £150, in an attempt to make the world of fashion more accessible. all proceeds from the evening will go towards arts organisations in the uk. from bigger names such as the national theatre and royal opera house, down to industry freelancers. the organisers, us editor of vogue anna wintour and her outgoing british counterpart edward enninful, said the aim was to help a sector badly hit by the economy and a lack of government funding. the pair say most of the donations will go to the arts in london, which they see as a gateway to the rest of the uk. guests were treated to a stunnin

katy austin, bbc news.ng round of deals. premier league clubs have spent more than £2 billion in all this summer. moises caicedo and declan rice commanded the highest price, being sold to chelsea and arsenal for more than £100 million each. but today's big story was a transfer that didn't happen, with liverpool rejecting a bid of £150 million for their star, mohamed salah, from the saudi arabia pro league. here's nesta mcgregor. manchester city are champions of england again! their hands on the trophy for the third year running, big—spending manchester city doing the business on the pitch thanks to the good business done in the boardroom. in trying to keep up, rivals including chelsea have also had to splash the cash. a new manager and a squad of new players. the £115 million deal on moises caicedo a british transfer record. and it's notjust chelsea. in fact, thanks to spending across the premier league this year has seen a record amount spent by clubs. but while clubs are spending to make an immediate impa

katy austin, bbc news. organisations and mps want the government to start consultating over a possible cheaper energy tariff for the most vulnerable. the call coincides with this weekend's drop in the unit cost of energy for all households. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. energy bills will fall slightly this weekend. the new lower cap kicks in from the 1st of october, but this winter won't feel easier for most people. we have decided that the £200 of support for household energy bills will be doubled to £400 for everyone. that's because the government isn't giving that extra £400 in monthly installments made to each household last winter. what they had committed to was consulting on the introduction of a social tariff. that more targeted support would allow certain groups to access cheaper prices to help them afford their bills. social tariffs are already available for water, mobile and broadband contracts. today, we're seeing charities and campaign groupsjoin together to push the p

katy austin, bbc news.a blanket 20mph speed limit, down from 30mph. wales's first minister insists the move will save lives, but critics describe the policy as insane, saying it will damage the welsh economy and cost drivers money. here's our wales vorrespondent hywel griffith. as a delivery driver, every mile and every minute counts. for nick, crisscrossing the streets of south wales, time really is money. which is why he's anxious about what lies ahead. from sunday, a third of the road network in wales will go from 30 to 20 miles an hour as a default limit. the aim is to slow traffic and save lives. most journeys will take around a minute longer. but nick is not convinced. it's just something else that's just making it harder. it's more control that is being forced upon us. most motorists are responsible. there's only a few people who will spoil it for everybody else. and they're going to carry on doing it regardless of whatever laws and legislation is put in place. here in st brides major, they've been t

katy austin, bbc news.appeared at croydon magistrate's court charged with murdering 15—year—old elianne andam. the boy who cannot legally be named because of his young age is also charged with possessing a kitchen knife in a public place without good reason. live now to francis read in croydon. just bring us up to date with what we know. the boy appeared at the youth court in croydon. he was charged with murder and the possession of a kitchen knife in a public place. that is the other charge being brought as well. he spoke only to confirm his name, address, date of birth. as you said, we cannot name him at this stage for legal reasons because of his young age. now, the investigation into 15—year—old elianne andam is ongoing. officers were at the scene within a couple of minutes but were unable to save her. they say that they arrested a 17—year—old just an hour later, just over one hour later. homicide detectives say they discovered a knife near to where the attack was supposed to have happened. the attack i

katy austin, bbc news in manchester. special forces claim the commander of russia's black sea fleet was killed on friday, in a missile strike on the navy�*s headquarters in occupied crimea. in a statement, a military spokesman said admiral viktor sokolov died in the attack, but wouldn't name him directly when approached by the bbc. the building in sevastopol suffered a direct hit by western supplied missiles. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has more. we saw this really dramatic strike on friday, a direct hit with western missiles on russia's naval headquarters in occupied crimea. at the very least, it was a symbolic moment for both ukraine in terms of undermining russia's presence but also for russia itself because this is somewhere that it has tried to demonstrate a firm grip on and i think when you see the headquarters being blown up in this way, it wasn't immediately clear what operational impact this would have on russia and today we are seeing ukraine try to assert that. it was indeed significant in tha

katy austin, bbc news in manchester. departures over the coming week because of high levels of sickness, including covid, among air traffic control staff. the largest number of cancellations is expected to happen on friday, with 33 departures affected. easyjet passengers will be the most impacted, with ba and ryanair also cancelling flights. the cost—of—living crisis has changed shopping habits for good, according to the boss of aldi in the uk and ireland. he says shoppers are buying more own label products and he expects that trend to continue. aldi is the uk's fourth biggest supermarket and one of the fastest growing. emma simpson has more. aldi's just opened its 1,000th store here in woking and it's got ambitions for another 500. a business that's growing fast. the boss says it's added nearly a million new customers in the last 12 months. i think the cost—of—living crisis has fundamentally changed the way the british public shop. and first of all, customers are shopping around. so when it comes to grocery, shoppers ar

katy austin, bbc news. the red woollen sweater is covered by white sheep, with a single black one. diana wore it to a polo match in 1981, shortly after her engagement to prince charles. the piece of knitwear was unearthed in an attic in march and sotheby�*s had estimated the value of the "sheep jumper" at 50 to $80,000. but it sold at $1.1 million. we can very quickly take you to madrid in spain. that's a courthouse in madrid where luis rubiales will be facing, we are not sure if the case has begun yet, proceedings have begun, but luis rubiales, the former head of the spanish football federation, is facing a high courtjudge following allegations of sexual assault. this stemming from his kiss of the playerjenni hermoso. she arguing that it was nonconsensual. it took place after spain's triumph at the football world cup in sydney last month. mr rubiales was filmed at the time. he has denied all the allegations but the incident did trigger protests over sexism in the sport and wider spanish society as well. no

katy austin, bbc news.down an raf surveillance aircraft, like this one, last september. this british spy plane is called a rivetjoint and it sucks up intelligence and electronic information. it had a crew of up to 30 on board and was on a surveillance mission over the black sea. and it turns out they had a lucky escape because it was unarmed and flying in international airspace when two russian fighterjets were sent to intercept it. as the russians approached, they received a command from the ground telling them they were nearing their target. one pilot wrongly interpreted that as permission to fire. he launched a missile, but it failed to lock on to its target and missed. a row then broke out between the two pilots. the other russian jet didn't believe they'd been given permission to fire. but the rogue pilot then released another missile. that one just dropped from the wing. if it had hit its target, it could well have sparked a much wider conflict. in other news, sir keir starmer is seeking a deal with t

katie austin, bbc news.ought by a number of syrian refugees against the european border agency, fro ntex. the case relates to an incident in 2016, when they were returned from a greek island to turkey — they've since moved to iraq. their claim, that they suffered damages after they were illegally pushed back, was thrown out, after the judges ruled that frontex could not have directly caused any financial losses. our europe regional editor danny aeberhard explained the background of this case. this syrian family came to greece in 2016, at the time of the syrian civil war. there were hundreds of thousands of people who had crossed over to europe. they launched an asylum claim on one of the greek islands in the aegean, but 11 days later they were then put on a plane. they say they were tricked until they were going to be flown to athens, in fact, they were flown to a town in eastern turkey. there, they were left to their own devices, essentially. they say they were returned, you know they had applied for asylum

katie austin, thank you.aris for a meeting with the french president emmanuel macron. sir keir met french business leaders this morning. his visit follows trips to the hague and montreal, where he discussed greater cooperation with the eu on tackling illegal migration, and closer trade links. india has expelled a senior canadian diplomat after prime ministerjustin trudeau suggested delhi may have been involved in the murder of a sikh separatist leader. earlier canada's foreign minister announced that an indian diplomat was being expelled. the escalating row centres on the murder of hardeep singh nijjar, a canadian citizen shot dead outside a sikh temple injune in british columbia. for the first time, more than one in ten people injapan are now aged 80 or older. new data also shows that a record 29% of its 125 million population is aged 65 and above. the united nations says japan has the oldest population in the world. now, never mind snakes on a plane, what about a snake in your house? a man in bishopstoke in

katy austin, bbc news.lly raising prices and disrupting an industry that makes up about 3% of the entire us economy. the united auto workers union said strikes are expanding against detroit auto—makers general motors and stellantis, but not ford. the uaw wants pay rises and an end to a system allowing newer hires to be paid less, among other demands. the autoworkers' union is now striking against 38 more plants across the us. it represents more than 140,000 workers at the big three detroit automakers. in total, there are now 18,300 auto employees on strike. it's as presidentjoe biden announced that he'lljoin workers on the picket line on tuesday, saying "it's time for "a win—win agreement". donald trump is also planning a trip to detroit to visit striking employees on wednesday, instead of taking part in the second republican presidential debate. the boss of general motors said the union's initial demands amounted to $100 billion in costs. meanwhile, ford's boss said they would drive his firm to bankruptcy.

katy austin, bbc news. i want to continue with some breaking news we delivered earlier.the m 53 in the world. we were told all emergency services are at the scene and there were unconfirmed reports it could be a school coach but we are hearing from a grammar school in the wall who have released a statement saying a situation involving one of a school buses on the highway earlier has come to our attention. if you need to talk or seek guidance please reach out to our teaching and pastoral team. we are just getting that through. that is from caddy grange grammar school that through. that is from caddy grange grammarschool in that through. that is from caddy grange grammar school in the wall following the news we delivered a short time ago that a coach has overturned on the m 53 in the well. the motorway is closed between junction five and junction for. as we get more information we will bring that to you on the programme. in the uk — young people who were conceived using donated sperm, eggs or embryos will soon have the right to know the identity of their donors for the fir

katy austin, bbc news.re more likely to have some damage to major organs. a new study looked at mri scans of over 250 patients. analysis showed the patients were three times more likely to have some abnormalities in the lungs, brain and kidneys. researchers believe there is a link with the severity of the illness. it is hoped the uk study will help in the development of more effective treatments for long covid. a veteran us senator has temporarily stepped down as head of the chamber�*s powerful foreign relations committee after being indicted on bribery charges. justice department prosecutors allege robert menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to egypt's government. federal agents say they found cash, a luxury car and $100,000 worth of gold bars at mr menendez�*s home. the couple have denied the charges. the newjersey senator has rejected calls from fellow democrats to resign his seat and sought to portray the allegations as politically motivated. local media in

live now to our transport correspondent katy austin.nd us why the trainpoperating companies are planning to close these ticket offices? behind this, the industry and the government say there are two things going on. they argue the way things are don't need to be modernised in response to how people buy tickets, because they say a much smaller proportion are bought at ticket offices than they used to be. people have moved online. there is a cost element as well. the train companies are under pressure from the government to save money, and the rail minister today was saying that it was important to find value for money for the taxpayer. what they've done is come up with a load of proposals which could see hundreds of ticket offices in england closing, orthe of ticket offices in england closing, or the stuffing hours being reduced. there was a consultation started in earlyjuly, a public consultation into those plans. that was extended, and it finished on the ist of september. it received a huge response, an unprecedented response, 680,000

katie austin, bbc news.ch killed lamara bell and her boyfriend john yuill when their car came off the m9 near stirling in 2015. police scotland was later fined £100,000 after admitting corporate criminal liability. catriona renton has been listening to this morning's evidence in falkirk. catriona, just bring us up—to—date. the point of a fatal accident inquiries like this one is to establish the facts of what happened. this morning we have been listening to a list of facts which have already been agreed by the parties involved. we heard thatjohn yuill and lamara bell have been on a camping trip in rural perthshire, they had left in the early hours of they had left in the early hours of the morning in a car driven byjohn yuill which later crashed down the embankment of the m9. the last contact with the mobile phone of john yuill was early in the morning, a member of the public reported the crash to the police. the inquiry heard that the police officer who took that call failed to create an incident report or

here's our transport correspondent katy austin.e from the government to cut costs, train companies say ticket—buying habits have changed and they want to use staff differently. a public consultation has received at least half a million responses. i buy them on an app, but i understand that there's a lot of people locally who don't have access to that app. personally, it wouldn't make a difference to how i travel, but i understand there are a lot of people who do rely on that, who might not have a smartphone. sometimes, i go to the ticket machine and i won't be sure i of what actually the best - combination is — because i want to take a slightly awkward route, or something like that — - and the person at the ticket office will obviously help me. _ disability groups have raised concerns that not having ticket offices could make travel harder. i think it will make it absolutely impossible. it makes one more isolated. well, i always have trouble with machines because i personally have a tremor. we appreciate that there are very real co

here's our transport correspondent, katy austin: at the moment you can take your hands off uk wheels approved in this country. i type of technology approved in this country-— this country. i had a go back in the spring _ this country. i had a go back in the spring that _ this country. i had a go back in the spring that this - this country. i had a go back in the spring that this is - this country. i had a go back in the spring that this is not| in the spring that this is not autonomous or fully self driving. in the autonomous orfully self driving. in the us, autonomous or fully self driving. in the us, driverless taxis are allowed to carry passengers on the streets of san francisco but it is not gone completely smoothly. a recent collision with a fire engine raised fresh safety concerns. the uk government backs the idea of vehicles which can drive themselves for all or some of the type on our roads. trials are being done with the safety driver behind the wheel. getting to the point where they can be widely introduced is complicated. big questions need to be addressed including who is

katy austin, bbc news. the aslef train drivers' union start an overtime ban. full strike action over pay and conditions is taking place tomorrow and next wednesday and will affect more than a dozen train companies. the leader of the train drivers' union has also not yet ruled out strike action continuing over christmas. a 32—year—old man is being held by dutch police after three people were shot dead in rotterdam. the victims include a woman and her 14—year—old daughter who were killed inside a home, which was set alight. the gunman then opened fire at the city's erasmus medical center, killing a 43—year—old lecturer. more than one in 20 children are sleeping on the floor because they don't have a bed of their own. that's according to new research by the charity barnardo's, which says so—called bed poverty is on the rise during the cost of living crisis. the government says it's providing record levels of support to families. financial analysts say more tax will be paid during this parliament than any since

our transport correspondent katy austin reports. were thrown into chaos amid hundreds of cancellations. we tried to process through that... peter's flight from manchester to belfast was delayed by 30 hours. my wife was down to her last few tablets that she needs for ongoing medical issues, and i had my cousin with me who, again, he has serious medical issues. but if he'd been travelling on his own, he literally would have been absolutely lost there. with planes and crew out of position and most flights already booked up, many people found themselves stuck abroad, facing long waits to get home. behind it all, a problem at air traffic provider nats. a newly published report says there was an extremely unusual error with the system it uses to process flight plans last monday morning. it happened after one was received containing two markers with the same label, but in different locations. it was so unusual. in fact, one in 15 million unusual, that the system decided the safest course of action was to stop and allow manual intervention

here's our transport correspondent, katy austin. pressure from the government to cut costs, train companies say ticket—buying habits have changed and they want to use staff differently. a public consultation has received at least half a million responses. i buy them on an app, but i understand that there's a lot of people locally who don't have access to that app. personally, it wouldn't make a difference to how i travel, but i understand there are a lot of people who do rely on that, who might not have a smartphone. sometimes, i go to the ticket machine and i won't be sure i of what actually the best - combination is — because i want to take a slightly awkward route, or something like that — - and the person at the ticket office will obviously help me. _ disability groups have raised concerns that not having ticket offices could make travel harder. i think it will make it absolutely impossible. it makes one more isolated. well, i always have trouble with machines because i personally have a tremor. we appreciate that there are very

as you may have been hearing from our reporter katy austin — the uk government is being told today itfound many issues need to be resolved before self—driving vehicles can be introduced here — describing existing laws as �*archaic and limiting'. without action it says the uk risks falling behind in what could become a very important industry let's talk to amanda stretton, former racing driver and now motoring journalist — she's in oxford. how plausible is it that we are nearing a future for britain where self driving cars are on the road? it where self driving cars are on the road?— the road? it is plausible in terms of _ the road? it is plausible in terms of the _ the road? it is plausible in terms of the technology. i j terms of the technology. i think we are a long way off when it comes to the actual change taking place. because even though the uk has, for many years, been a leader in the technology that leads to self driving cars and has been trying them and there are multiple companies doing part of the tack, putting them on the roads will be hugely challenging and it is a pletho

katie austin, bbc news. that is right. some services have to be — be cut? that is right. some services have to be provided _ be cut? that is right. some services have to be provided like _ be cut? that is right. some services have to be provided like law, - be cut? that is right. some services have to be provided like law, things| have to be provided like law, things like social care, protecting vulnerable people, schools, bin collections, that kind of things. there are nonessential services people will worry about. will people be able to go to the library? hours be able to go to the library? hours be reduced? will it remain open? what about the parks? it has been 24 hours since the news was announced from the council and people are digesting it in the city and wondering what it means for them. in legal speak, the council has issued a section 114 notice. in common parlance, it means it's broke. money is tight for many of our councils, but this is europe's biggest local authority, and the fact that it's strug

katy austin, bbc news.ike on the railway, this time by drivers in the railway, this time by drivers in the aslef union. many affected will run no set is subtle. the boss of the union has warned of more walk—outs in the autumn. i the union has warned of more walk-outs in the autumn. i believe there will be _ walk-outs in the autumn. i believe there will be more _ walk-outs in the autumn. i believe there will be more action - walk-outs in the autumn. i believe there will be more action but - walk-outs in the autumn. i believe there will be more action but the l there will be more action but the action is driven by the reaction of how we are being treated by employers and by the government, we have no choice. the employers and by the government, we have no choice.— have no choice. the government and industry say — have no choice. the government and industry say the _ have no choice. the government and industry say the latest _ have no choice. the government and industry say the latest offers - have no choice.

transport correspondent katy austin is at a depot in bolton. good morning. all change?rt of a big change here because since 1986, outside london, bus companies have essentially been able to run services they want to on a commercial basis with local authorities stepping in to subsidise somewhere they can. in greater manchester, the mayoral authority is bringing bus services back under public control which means they will set timetables and fares and bus operators will bid for contracts to run them. we can look at the national backdrop because buses remain most used form of public transport in the country but the long—term picture has been one of decline in passenger numbers and services and the local network across britain shrunk by about 14% in the five years to last year and recently published figures suggest the number of registered routes in england halved over the past decade. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who i will speak to later, he thinks that bringing the network under public control will make services more reliable and accountable and cheaper.

here�*s our transport correspondent, katy austin.ving the one model of car that has had the relevant technology approved in this country. i had a go back in the spring. but this is not autonomous, or fully self—driving. in the us, driverless taxis are allowed to carry passengers on the streets of san francisco, but it hasn�*t gone completely smoothly. a recent collision with a fire engine raised fresh safety concerns. the uk government backs the idea of vehicles which can drive themselves for all or some of the time on our roads. trials are being done with a safety driver behind the wheel. getting to the point where they can be widely introduced is complicated. big questions need to be addressed, including who is responsible if there is a crash. consumers and drivers need to understand their roles and responsibilities for the safe operating of this vehicle. secondly, is the safety aspect. so, are these self driving vehicles actually safer than manually driven vehicles? and then, finally, is that vehicle manufacturers are willing to s

katy austin, bbc news.e advanced long—range missiles to help kyiv with its ongoing counter—offensive, according to us media reports. this video, authenticated by bbc verify, shows the moment a ukrainian missile hit the headquarters of russia's black sea fleet in crimea yesterday. a ukrainian military source told the bbc the attack was carried out using missiles supplied by britain and france. people living with long covid after being hospitalised are more likely to have damage to major organs. mri scans of more than 250 patients showed they were three times more likely to have abnormalities in the lungs, brain and kidneys. more university students are taking on part—timejobs as more university students are taking on part—time jobs as the cost of living crisis continues. research by the higher education policy institute found that nearly half of universities, which have previously discouraged juggling studies with paid work, now promote part—time jobs for students on their websites. the head of uk sport says