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The Prime Ministers top adviser Sue Gray has resigned from her position as downing Street Chief of staff. She said she was standing down because it had become clear that intense commentary around her position Risked Becoming A Distraction to the governments vital work of change. It had recently been revealed she earned more than the pm. In a written statement, Sir Keir Starmer thanked her for all the support she had given him, both in opposition and in government. Iain watson reports. This is ho...

music. and flavour of the year — indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc�*s sound of 202a. hello, im ben thompson. welcome to the programme. hezbollah has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader, saleh al arouri, in beirut on tuesday. they say that lebanon will be exposed to more israeli operations if they dont react. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the incident. the complaint says israel used six missiles ...

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mild night as temperatures stay around 10 celsius. a lot of cloud again tomorrow, and that cloud delivering patchy rain early and then spreading north across scotland where any early sunshine will be short lived. for england and wales, expect a lot of cloud. again, we may see brightness coming through at times but also damp and drizzly in the hills in the west. northern ireland trying to brighten up a little bit and its a milder day, up to 14 degrees in hull and london. overnight and i...

to fall back on. in sport, how england were left humiliated against argentina at twickenham, a year out from the world cup. good morning. very cloudy day ahead with their showers or rain. the heaviest will be in the wet gusty wind but if anything it will strengthen over night. its monday the 7th of november. our main story. the prime minister will urge world leaders to join what he is calling a "global mission for clean growth" at the cop27 climate change summit in egypt later today. r...

you will see it like never before. tonight with the context, the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings—blake, and the former uk ambassador to paris and national security advisor, lord peter ricketts. hello, welcome to the programme. its hard to overstate how poorly the british governments "fiscal event" on friday has been received by financial markets. nothing in recent history compares with the price moves we have seen since. not brexit, not covid, 9/11 — not even the uks ...

tomorrow it goes south again. eventually that will clear away to sunshine and showers for most of us tomorrow afternoon. a very wet night in northern ireland. across much of scotland there will be standing water to begin the day. difficult conditions on the road. heavy rain for north england and wales and strengthening winds in the night. this is sam, a sign of the next weather to come in scotland with showers pushing towards the west which will feed further east as things brighten up....

last night and comedian and actor sir lenny henry carried it on the last leg. and good morning from alexander stadium. pack tonight for the opening ceremony. and we have another sporting event on sunday because england now know they will because england now know they will be facing germany in the final of the euros at wembley after germany beat france last night. and more disruption on the railways. passengers are being warned that services are likely to be affected this morning becaus...

Lorna gordon was at the count. Michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,840. Applause. Labour didntjust win here, they triumphed. The snp didntjust lose, they were trounced. My campaign has been focused on offering people here a fresh start, a break away from the divisiveness and distraction of two failing governments and to give a voice to those who are too often voiceless in our society. Applause. A few short hours and several gallons of coffee later, the sun was shining on sir keir starmer, ...