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in december as shoppers cut back on their christmas shopping. ten more days of strike action is announced by ambulance workers in england, wales and northern ireland. one of the dates will coincide with a strike by nurses. the first of 20,000 defibrillators that could save the life of a child having a heart attack are sent to schools in england. it s a space odyssey like no other to the outer solar system. scientists prepare to explore the moons ofjupiter. and coming up on the bbc news channel, british number one cameron norrie is out of the australian open where he s never reached the fourth round, beaten by world number 71jiri lehecka. good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. the ukrainian president, volodomyr zelensky, has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives from more than 50 countries are attending the gathering to coordinate stronger military support for kyiv. he called on ....
good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a huge distraction that had drowned out other measures announced in the government s so called mini budgetjust 10 days ago. his change of heart followed mounting opposition among tory mps to the tax cut. our political editor, chris mason, reports. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the country. i saw the reaction. we considered what t ....
and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the countr ....
rangers are back in the big time after beating psv eindhoven to reach the group stages of the champions league for the first time in 12 years. good morning. currently we have got some heavy, thundery downpours moving across south east england which could lead to flash flooding, that will clear through the course of the afternoon. behind it for most it will be dry and sunny with a variable amount of cloud. it s thursday the 25th of august. our main story. a gunman who shot dead a nine year old girl in her own home in liverpool remains at large this morning. olivia pratt korbel was killed on monday night when a convicted drug dealer barged into her house while trying to escape a gunman who continued firing into the property. his original target is now under arrest in hospital but the killer is yet to be caught, as tomos morgan reports. three days on, and the search for answers as to how and why nine year old olivia pratt korbel died by the hands of a masked gunman who was ....
the shooting of nine year old olivia pratt korbel merseyside police say the suspected gunman has not handed himself in despite repeated appeals. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked after failing to send officers in to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teachers. how bad is flying for the planet? google is accused of airbrushing the answer. england make a great start to the second test against south africa at old trafford, as they try to level the series. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest from the second test between england and south africa, where the hosts made a strong start. good afternoon. students in england, wales and northern ireland have been getting their gcse results after the first exams in three years. grades are lower than during the pandemic when they were based on teacher assessments, but higher than pre covid. the government say that s part of the plan ....