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our main story: police are expected to start searching the river thames this morning for the body of the man they believe carried out a chemical attack on a mother and her two children in south london. officers have been searching for abdul shokoor ezedi for nearly ten days but say they now believe he went into the river shortly after the incident, as sean dilley reports. chelsea bridge at 11:30pm wednesday night. this is the last known sighting of abdul shokoor ezedi. police believe that shortly after, he entered the thames and died. now they say they will direct resources to confirm their theory. specialist police personnel are expected to start their search later, at low tide, but strong currents and winds could make their search lengthy. our marine support unit will be carrying out some searches of the thames. but as you can imagine, at this time of year, the thames is very fast flowing. dead or alive, detectives say they believe ezedi was responsible for launching a conc ....
who are complaining about gary lineker. ..but until the budget. the calm down chancellor will be on his feet on wednesday with a vow to get the country back to work. we think that we have the chance to be one of the fastest growing countries in europe. politicians agree the way we make our living isn t good enough. growth has been measly. but the government and labour don t agree on the fix. we have one big question this morning not whether the bbc and its biggest star can kiss and make up, but whether politicians can find ways to show the economy is live and kicking. jeremy hunt is with us as he puts his finishing touches to his first budget. hoping to step into the chancellor s shoes at the next election labour s rachel reeves is here. mark thompson was no stranger to crises in his years a bbc director general. what does he reckon is the way out of this latest storm? with me to chew it over, simon clarke mp, who wants tax cuts. nadia whittome, from labour, the uk s yo ....
how local lad sean longstaff has these newcastle fans dreaming, as the club reach a first final since 1999. it s official liverpool has become the host of this year s eurovision song contest in a special handover ceremony in the city. it isa it is a dry and bright day in the south and east, but expect some rain in the north and west. the strong winds will gradually ease. good morning. it s wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. among them are more than 100,000 teachers in england and wales. teachers in some parts of scotland are also taking action in a separate dispute. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted, with many having to close. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it s been a familiar sight in scotland for months. but for the first time in seven years, teachers in england, and teachers and support staff in wales, are joining t ....
is our pay keeping up with ever rising costs? as food and energy bills continue to climb, the latest figures are expected to show another drop in the value of our wages. i ll be looking at what it all means. how tonight is set to be a huge night for both scotland and wales in their bid to qualify for the women s world cup. good morning. a cold start to the day across parts of england and wales but here we will see the lion s share of the sunshine. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud coming into the west and in the north west, some showery outbreaks of rain. i will have all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, october the 11th. our main story. russia has been widely condemned after bombarding cities across ukraine, including launching missile strikes on the centre of kyiv. today liz truss will urge world leaders to remain steadfast in support of the country at a virtual meeting of the g7 which will also be attended by ukraine s president, v ....
if climate change is not prioritised, we are all doomed, that is the dire warning from the head of the un. a sharp rise in the number of people crossing the channel in small boats more than 38,000 have arrived in the uk this year. and millions of children used to watch this every dayjust before the six o clock news. as the bbc turns 100, we look back at children s tv over the decades. and on bbc london. day one for prime minister rishi sunak coming on the bbc news channel, liverpool and tottenham in testing delicate touching distance of the knockout stages. good evening. rishi sunak has appeared before mps in parliament on his first full day as prime minister and announced yet more unravelling of liz truss s plans for growth. the ban on fracking in england is back in place after it was briefly lifted by the former prime minister. the government s economic statement due to be delivered on monday has now been pushed back by almost three weeks to november 17th. and the ....