an nhs health check at the age of 45 so they can discuss the menopause with their doctor. heartbreakfor the home nations as both scotland and wales fail to qualify for the women s world cup. a cold start the day in the southeast with patchy thrust, the rest of us do not have a skull to start as yesterday. with apache frost, the rest of us do not have as cold start as yesterday. it s wednesday 12th october. our main story. the value of the pound has fallen sharply after the bank of england confirmed it won t extend an emergency financial support package beyond this friday. the measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. our economics editor, faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial markets are not solved. the bank of england has repeatedly stepped in to help the pensions industry since chancellor kwasi kwarteng s controversial mini budget. but the message from governor andrew bailey to the bbc is tha
Politics can be a high wire act, and scotlands First Minister lost his footing today. If msps cant agree a successor to humza yousaf, scotland is heading for Scottish Parliament elections. And have smartphones and social media really led to a rise in teenage Mental Illness . Well be joined by the Snp Deputy Leader and ask his former Coalition Partner from the Scottish Greens, can they make up . And the leader of the scottish tories, and asking have his actions paved the way for labour gains and tory pain . Also tonight the play based childhood we have had for thousands of years basically ended around 2010. It was replaced by a phone based childhood. Thats the New York Times and sunday times best selling author whose new book argues that time spent on smartphones and social media is behind an epidemic of teenage Mental Illness. Well talk live to professor jonathan haidt, who says under 16s shouldnt have access to smartphones or social media. What he says is controversial. Plus, esther g
good evening. there was a minute s silence in tel aviv today where a giant table was set for 240 people the number of hostages, israelis, and foreigners still being held inside the gaza strip. a minute s silence amid four weeks of intense bombardment and reprisals. the israeli defence minister yoav gallant says israeli troops are now in the heart of gaza city with one target in mind hamas. their infrastructure, their commanders, their bunkers. a month on from the terrible events of october 7th, gaza city is now cut off. the pictures show hundreds of palestinians, perhaps thousands on the move, most of them on foot. and many of them trying to get to the south, across front lines. not that the south is the safe zone, there were dozens were reported killed by israeli air strikes in the cities of khan younis, rafah, and deir al balah, which is well south of gaza city. the pressure is mounting for a humanitarian pause. barely 30 trucks made it in yesterday. but for now, it i
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