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 how close Sue Gray was to the Prime Minister, Meeting President biden alongside Keir Starmer just last month. The Sue Gray report into Government Lockdown parties has just been published. She is probably best known as the Senior Civil Servant who drew up the partygate report, which hastened borisjohnson s departure from number ten. The conservatives were outraged when she traded her Whitehall Job for an influential role with labour. Since last september, she was Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff in op
Good morning, good morning, to sunday september 1st. Im ali velshi. We Come On air with Breaking News out of the middle east. The bodies of six israeli hostages taken by hamas during the October 7th attacks have been recovered in gaza. There bodies were found late yesterday in an underground tunnel beneath the southern city of rafah. According to the israeli military, it appears the hostages were killed shortly before the idf was able to reach them. They have been identified by the idf as carmel gat, eden yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Master Sergeant Ori danino and american israeli, hersh goldbergpolin. Hersh goldbergpolin was attending the Music Vessel one hamas launched the attack took he was taken hostage along with many others and later became one of the most wellknown captives having been injured in multiple Hostage Videos that were purred out by hamas. In the wake of his capture, his parents were extremely outspoken in their efforts to bring home their son and the
Approval he may have his work cut out for him. This is the faulkner focus, im Dagen Mcdowell in for harris. Bidenomics is on the ballot. The president taking another victory lap yesterday in milwaukee. President biden in case you havent noticed inflation is down and going lower. One reason weve seen inflation fall by 2 3 without losing drops were seeing corporate profits come down to earth. A stark contrast to the conservative maga view which is focused on corporate profit. Republican lawmakers tore into the president s policies. Even if inflation goes to 0 tomorrow, were still going to be stuck with these higher prices, which are directly the result of President Bidens economic policies. And do the people around the white house get it . For those of us that live in real america, in middle america, bidenomics means excessive inflation, excessive costs at the gas pump, at the Grocery Store. Americans also seem to have a pretty negative view on the current state of our economy. One recen
Chelsea for a british record fee of £115 million. Information released concerning thousands of members of the Police Service in Northern Ireland is in the hand of dissident republican groups. A document posted on a wall in best belfast allegedly shows some of the information from the data breach. The Chief Constable of psni is if simon byrne. We breach. The Chief Constable of psni is if simon byrne. Is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in the is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in the hands is if simon byrne. We are confident this set is in the hands of this set is in the hands of dissident republicans and it is a Planning Assumption they will use this list to intimidate and target officers and staff. I wont go into detail, for operational reasons, but we are working around the clock to assess this risk and take measures to met gate it. Sara girvin is in belfast. This is the news that everyone was dreading . Thi
Along the coastline a once busy town lays lifeless. What lahaina is nothing but ashes. Officials are combing through what is tloeft find the dead. What is left to find the dead. There is a lot of loss here and we are going to see higher numbers as our professionals and maui fire and police to theirjob. For those who survived, hope can be found in prayer. People have gathered in makeshift churches to provide support. Before we come to church, we are like. Why did this happen . But today, you know, because of his words, the pastor, it brings me more. I feel more comfortable and more at peace. But questions are being asked why residents were not warned about the fires. Were Early Warning systems used or did they malfunction . Everyone said the same. Thing, we had no warning, no evacuation notice. So a lot of people i were not prepared. By the time they find i out it was time to go, it was almost too late. There is a review under way to work out what happened. It will take years for the is