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conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% — if he becomes prime minister. horn blares the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of odesa under an agreement brokered by turkey. the court of appeal will hold a last—minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee — just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. hello and a very good morning. englands lionesses have made histo...

the party in the stadium was carried on across england — with messages of congratulation from the queen, the prime minister and many more. it continues later. fans gathering at trafalgar square later. its a big week for news about our energy bills. we find out how much costs will be going up in october and if there could be another rise sooner than expected. ill have all the details. a big shock at the commonwealth games. world record—holder adam peaty is beaten into fourth place i...

not viable. even though you might be at the steering wheel. also tonight — the biggest train strikes in decades: tens of thousands of rail workers plan to stage three days of walk outs later this month affecting services across britain after no agreement is reached overjob cuts and pay. fuel prices keep climbing — almost £100 now to fill the average family car — amid warnings worse is to come. a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer — the british volunteers whove gone to ukr...

Drivers should brace themselves for even more car-breaking potholes on our crumbling carriageways as we brace for the worst of the winter weather. The country’s pothole plague is already worse than ever and we’re still only approaching “peak pothole season”, exacerbated by ice and snow.

Britain is falling “well short” on electric car charging infrastructure targets – as a £950m fund remains largely untouched.

A squirrel stockpiling nuts in a car air filter and mice nesting under a windscreen are among the culprits behind a high number of breakdowns caused by rodents in the past year, the RAC has said.

The RAC has warned drivers to expect a week of traffic jams because Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year.

The RAC motoring group says its data shows the average price of a litre of unleaded is £1.43.

Prices continue to spiral, due to supply issues, with further increases in September

Heres our business correspondent, marc ashdown. to motorists, it can sometimes feel like fuel prices go up like a rocket and come down like a feather. after the spring spike, they are now starting to come down, but could the government be doing more to help? research by the rac shows the 5p a litre cut in fuel duty in march is the second—lowest reduction compared to 13 european neighbours. fuel tax in portugal has been cut by the equivalent of 16p a litre. in italy, its 21p, and in germany, 25...