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a cold start to the day in highlands, temperatures overnight falling to three degrees but for many of us it will be dry with some sunny spells, just a few showers around, and into the weekend it all changes as we start to see some rain. it's wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute, with president biden d...

and the duchess of sussex tells a us magazine that just existing was enough to upset the dynamics of the royal hierarchy. and coming up: we'll hearfrom one gardener who's successfully grown the world's longest cucumber. it's a lot of fun growing a giant vegetable. you can compete notjust in the uk, you can compete around the world. it's incredible. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country's prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country's history. provinces in the south by the provinces in the sout...

banks stocks might run out. 169 food banks have told the guardian that the number of people seeking emergency help has already grown dramatically and they're predicting bleak weeks ahead. itjust dramatically and they're predicting bleak weeks ahead. it just feel like we are facing a bleak winter. the winter doesn't _ we are facing a bleak winter. the winter doesn't seem deeply worrying and the _ winter doesn't seem deeply worrying and the position that people have been _ and the position that people have been thrown into —— does seem. thabs— been thrown into —— does seem. t...

hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are olivia utley, who's assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. a warm welcome to you both once again. thanks very much for being with us. a glimpse of the front pages. and we begin with the times and that breaking news of mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the telegraph follows the story, saying gorbachev�*s reforms set in train a series of events that led to the collapse of soviet communism, and h...

conservative party leader and prime minister, saying sunak has what thejob requires. he called rival liz truss�*s policies "a holiday from reality" and the government and unions say they're disappointed that p&0 ferries will not face criminal action for the way it dismissed 800 workers without notice in march. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello. thanks forjoining us on this packed saturday sportsday. coming up... after a silver summer, it's a golden ending for keely hodgkinson at the european championships. twisting history — great britain's men win team gymnastics g...