after appearing in court charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. thomas cashman who s 3a is due to stand trial in march. king charles and the queen consort have greeted crowds in dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and meet the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has achieved a childhood dream, by covering his whole house in drawings. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has defended his u turn on abolishing the 45p income tax rate, following widespread criticism, at the conservative party conference. this morning he backtracked on the plans, which were announced just 10 days ago in the mini budget, follwoing several senior conservative mps voicing their opposition. in a speech in the last hour, he admitted it s been a difficult day, but told the conservative party conference that the uk needs a new approach and that economic growth is the only way to spread opportunity and
on the same bold sentiment, the same inspiration, to deal with the challenges of today by giving people the tools they need to thrive tomorrow. to get britain moving. applause. we have great ideas. we have the same inspirational people, and i know we have the same determination. our growth plan set out ten days ago will ensure we focus relentlessly on economic growth, because we must face up to the fact that for too long, our economy has not grown enough. the path ahead of us was one of slow, managed decline. but i refuse to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny to fall back into middle league status, or that the tax burden reaching a 70 year high is somehow inevitable. it isn t, and it shouldn t be.