Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Temperatures across the world in september were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the eu climate service. The heat is being driven by ongoing emissions of gases warming the atmosphere, as well as the Weather Event known as el nino. They say 2023 is now on track to be the warmest on record. Our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here. This sounds very sobering . It is sobering. September was 0. 93 celsius warmer than the average global temperature for the month, so almost a whole degrees celsius, huge margin when you remember it is an average across the whole globe. Normally we would expect variations of a small fraction of a degree between years and it comes after, as you said, the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. July we saw the hottest day, then the hottest week, then the hottest month ever recorded with scientist saying they thought it was almost certainly they thought it was almost certainly the hottest months 420,000 years, so since before the last ice age and as you said, experts think this is on track to be the hottest year on record, so as you say it is a very sobering finding. Record, so as you say it is a very sobering finding. This news can be overwhelming sobering finding. This news can be overwhelming. Is sobering finding. This news can be overwhelming. Is there sobering finding. This news can be overwhelming. Is there cause sobering finding. This news can be overwhelming. Is there cause for. Overwhelming. Is there cause for optimism . We overwhelming. Is there cause for optimism . Overwhelming. Is there cause for otimism . ~. ,. ,. ,. , optimism . We have to be clear that what we are optimism . We have to be clear that what we are seeing optimism . We have to be clear that what we are seeing with optimism . We have to be clear that what we are seeing with the optimism . We have to be clear that what we are seeing with the steady| what we are seeing with the steady rise in Global Temperatures we have seen over decades that our activities as human beings are beginning to fundamentally claim change the climate in profound ways so we need to take heed of that. But there is an additional factor this year which is whether fluctuation called el nino, something happens in the Pacific Ocean and delivers a blast of additional heat to the atmosphere, a small blast. That said, the El Nino Hasjust started and is beginning to deliver heat and it will deliver more next year Scientists Say and i have to say next it is probably going to be even hotter than this year. And as you pointed out, the key issue is Carbon Dioxide and the bad news is Carbon Dioxide and the bad news is Carbon Dioxide and the bad news is Carbon Dioxide emissions are still increasing, but last months the international agency, a kind of Global Energy watchdog, it said it thinks emissions from fossil fuels, the key source of Carbon Dioxide, coal, oiland the key source of Carbon Dioxide, coal, oil and gas will peak by 2030. So that is too late to avoid some more climate change, but it would mean, if it happens, that the world is at last moving in the right direction. Is at last moving in the right direction Rishi Sunak Has called his proposal to phase out the sale of cigarettes and tobacco in england the biggest Public Health intervention in a generation. His plan is to raise the legal age of smoking every year by a year, so that eventually no one can buy tobacco. The Prime Minister also said there would be a consultation on reducing the appeal and availability of vapes to children. Heres our political correspondent, hannah miller. A plan to stamp out smoking for good, with the legal age for buying cigarettes set to buy by one year every year so todays i3 year olds will be allowed, a decision welcomed by health leaders. Trier . Will be allowed, a decision welcomed by health leaders. By health leaders. Very large numbers of by health leaders. Very large numbers of people by health leaders. Very large numbers of People Living by health leaders. Very large numbers of People Living in l by health leaders. Very large l numbers of People Living in the by health leaders. Very large numbers of People Living in the uk today have illness, disability for many years and died because of smoking, and we know that this will work. When the age of cigarettes were raised for legal buying from 16 up were raised for legal buying from 16 up to 18, that led to a drop. The Prime Minister up to 18, that led to a drop. The Prime Minister sold it to his party as a plan that will save lives and billions of pounds for the nhs. Unlike of other products that may not be good for you, there is no safe not be good for you, there is no safe level not be good for you, there is no safe level of smoking. It cant be part of safe level of smoking. It cant be part of a safe level of smoking. It cant be part of a balanced diet. And its also part of a balanced diet. And its also obviously highly addictive and is responsible for one in four cancer is responsible for one in four Cancer Deaths in our country. Amongst Cancer Deaths in our country. Amongst callers to five live there were some who felt it was an infringement of their liberties. 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Knowing its controversial amongst his own party, Rishi Sunak Has said he wont tell his mps how to vote but the man who knows he might have less than a year to go as Prime Minister is hoping this will be a part of his legacy. Hannah is in westminster now. To that point at the end of your piece, how is this going to feed into a party that is already divided . ,. ,. , , divided . The Conservative Party is not generally divided . The Conservative Party is not generally known divided . The Conservative Party is not generally known for divided . The Conservative Party is not generally known for liking divided . The Conservative Party is not generally known for liking to l not generally known for liking to ban things, but weve been calling around this morning and weve not picked up huge amounts of dissent and i think thats because of how Rishi Sunak Has framed it about being about young people and saving money for the nhs and also he clearly sees it as being different to a ban onjunk clearly sees it as being different to a ban on junk food where clearly sees it as being different to a ban onjunk food where he suggesting a packet of crisps as part of a healthy diet might not be a bad thing, whereas smoking any cigarette at all is not good for your health. We know that the former Prime Minister liz truss, she has said that she is against it and would vote against it. Weve also heard from Philip Davies who described it as anti freedom, anti personal responsibility and a silly idea and completely unenforceable. But the labour party are known to back similar proposals to this, so that isnt going to worry rishi sunak too much because he probably thinks that he can get this through the house of commons. We should say that these measures apply to england only, but the welsh and scottish governments have implied that they will move in a similar direction, so what we could be looking at here, of all the things that we heard yesterday, this is probably the one that is most likely to make a real difference in the sense that rishi sunak potentially could get this done before a general election. The Prime Minister also confirmed in his speech yesterday the High Speed Train link hs2 between birmingham and manchester. We will have more reaction to the news later in the programme. Voting is taking place in the by election in rutherglen and hamilton west. The seat was vacated when the former snp mp, margaret ferrier, was ousted in a recall petition. A full list of the candidates can be found on the bbc website. The polls close at ten oclock tonight. Monthly rents in britain excluding london have reached another record high, according to the property website rightmove. It says the average monthly rent in the Third Quarter of this year was £1,278. Thats10 higher than last year. And as our Cost Of Living correspondent Kevin Peachey reports, the number of people competing for every property has also jumped. As the late summer shadows lengthen, so too does the queue to view each available Rental Property. Peter felt he had to go to extremes to get to the front. I was advised that the way i could set myself apart was to offer a year upfront rent. Now, thats a considerable sum of money which i didnt have. Fortunately i was able to call upon a very good friend and they lent me a years rent upfront so im effectively now paying them back rather than the landlord. High Mortgage Rates means some people have put off plans to buy a home and are renting for longer. Landlords, facing rising costs of their own, are selling or choosing not to expand their network of properties. This mismatch between demand and supply means Competition Among tenants is getting even more intense. In pre pandemic 2019, rightmove says there were typically six applications to view an available Rental Property in britain. Earlier this year the bbc revealed how in four years that queue had lengthened to an average of 20. Now, just a few months later, fresh data shows 25 applicants are chasing each property. Agents say thats led to packed Viewing Sessions and bidding wars to secure a home to rent. It is a crazy situation at the moment because were turning people away and they are desperate, they want properties, and its heartbreaking because theres not enough properties to be able to rent out to people, and its crazy because im constantly putting properties on the market and theyre renting within 24 hours, theyre gone. The government says there are Tax Allowances for landlords but their trade body says its no wonder supply in the sector is shrinking. Its become much, much harder to be a landlord over the last few years and as a result of that lots of landlords are leaving the market. In fact, far more are leaving than are buying property and thats a result of major changes to the way landlords are taxed, the fact that Interest Rates mean they are taking home an awful lot less than they were a few years ago and that actually Profit Margins have been squeezed to be practically non existent for private landlords. Tenants are advised to have paperwork such as references and payslips ready, act quickly, but also be prepared to widen their search. Even if they do find somewhere, prices are rising. Rightmove says rents on new lets have risen by 12 in london in a year and by 10 elsewhere in britain. While there are signs of supply picking up and there are reforms that are supposed to be working their way through parliament, experts say it will be a while before renting becomes any cheaper or easier. Kevin peachey, bbc news. For tips on how to deal with the Cost Of Living crisis, visit the tackling it together pages of the bbc news website, thats bbc. Co. Uk news, and by using the bbc news app. Shares in metro bank have plunged by around 23 after reports its urgently trying to raise up to £600 million. The bank, which was set up in 2010 and has around 2. 5 million customers, has refused to comment, saying its considering How Best To Optimise its capital resources. Joining me now is our business correspondent, theo leggett. How worried should customers be by the news . Late how worried should customers be by the news . ~ ,. ,. , , the news . We should reassure customers the news . We should reassure customers at the news . We should reassure customers at this the news . We should reassure customers at this point the news . We should reassure| customers at this point because although the share price has fallen, im told by people within the bank it remains financially very robust and meets all the regulatory requirements and in any case, if a bank gets into trouble in this country, deposits are protected under the Financial ServicesCompensation Scheme which guarantees the first £85,000 per person of savings. A 23 fall in the share price is not great, but there are reasons behind it. There have been reports that the company is planning to raise up to £600 million in new capital, some from borrowing and some potentially from is