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than a decade ago, there are now calls to make it universal for all school kids in england. good morning from headingley where the third ashes test is delicately poised after a rollercoaster opening day. while at wimbledon, murray rolls back the years on centre court after liam broady causes the shock of the tournament so far. iam here i am here at hartlepool marina where hundreds of thousands of people have been expected over the next few day to celebrate the arrival of these magnific...

well, the vigil will begin with some words from the vice chancellor of the university of nottingham, shearer west, who spoke to the bbc earlier, and when she spoke to us, she talked about how shocking this entire episode is for notjust the university, but the city of nottingham a city that of course has crime hotspots, but nothing like what happened yesterday, it was something that they were never expecting. so, the vigil will begin with words from shearer west, and then, to my unders...

western scotland and northern ireland. a few spots of result for the hebrides and shetland this afternoon. its quite mild, temperatures ranging between eight and 10 degrees, some of the higher temperatures where it is cloudy. in the south of the uk meanwhile, with clear skies its a cold night. a widespread frost across most of england and wales with temperatures down as low as —6 in the countryside but as well as that we are looking at some fog which will become quite dense and wides...

and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18—year—olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 —year—old thomas ohalloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london — a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running — with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa ta...

controlled nuclear power plant, the un chief calls for zaporizhzhia to be demilitarised. and finlands prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a—level, t—level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of ...

with widespread disruption for passengers. the un secretary general meets ukraines president for talks — he says hes gravely concerned about safety at a nuclear power plant thats now in russian hands. joe fraser becomes the first british man to take gold in the european gymnastics final. and coming up on the bbc news channel. ben stokes helps limit the damage — as england claw back wickets on the second day of the 1st test against south africa at lords, following a disappointing fi...

hostages under a temporary truce agreement with hamas will not happen before friday. the deal was agreed last night by israel and hamas — which is designated a terrorist organisation by some western governments. it could also mean a delay to a four—day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli prisons. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports — and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all th...

of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down — its halved this year. so now the chancellor says its time to try to get the economy growing. in todays autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will g...

including access to free prescriptions and legal aid, cut off. mr hunt said businesses are set to benefit from his announcement that he is to making "full expensing" for businesses permanent. it means that for every £1 that a business invests in it, machinery and equipment, they can claim back 25p in corporation tax. hunt says this will cost £11 billion a year and represents the "largest business tax cut in modern british history". the national living wage will rise by £1.02 to £11...

good evening from hull. we are at the streetlife museum, which celebrates this great port citys economy and transport. weve been listening here to the chancellorjeremy hunt in his autumn statement unveiling his tax and spending plans for the year ahead — including measures affecting the take—home pay and household budgets of millions of people. well hear from our political editor chris mason and our economics editor faisal islam, and our cost of living correspondent colletta smith ...