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good morning from the centre of richmond in north yorkshire, rishi sunak s constituency. i will be speaking to people about the cost of living pressures they are facing and what they would like to see the new prime minister do to support them. in other news. the mother of murdered hull student libby squire is to meet her daughter s killer in prison. back with a point to prove how aston villa have moved to replace steven gerrard with the former arsenal manager unai emery. good morning. it is another mild day ahead following on from a mild start. for many it will be dry, although there are a few showers in the north and west. later, heavier rain and stronger winds in the south west. details coming up. good morning from downing street. it s tuesday, the 25th of october. rishi sunak will today become prime minister the third this year. it isa it is a day of firsts. he will be the first british asian to make it to number 10, and at 42, will become the youngest prime mini ....
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was iii. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a predator . the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi chi izundu contains distressing accounts of alleged sexual assault. the archers was a club in vauxhall and tim westwood would be there holding his club night, so it was really popular. it was a big deal. between eight and ten with tim westwood. we re calling this woman esther, she says she was in when she met tim westwood and he was in his early 30s. then he got into ages and he was like, how old are you then? i said, i m iii. and he didn t look shocked oranything, it was, oh, 0k. i said, can i ....
gavin. we ll start with an absolute thriller at the cricket world cup now where a spectacular double century from glenn maxwell saw australia clinch their spot in the semi finals. they beat afghanistan, but it really was the maxwell show in mumbai, asjoe wilson reports. it must be stressed, in this world cup, they keep surprising. in mumbai, said he was inspired by meeting another player. the team made 291. now follow that, australia s chase fell apart. seven down, glenn maxwell, last hope. dropped, seriously. maxwell divided afghanistan, he defied logic. he was also seized by crump. it couldn t be true, except he kept doing it. and maxwell s ferdie 31st boundary. 201, a record to win the game. that s all. joel wilson, bbc news. defending champions manchester city can book their place in the knockout stages of the champions league in a few hours time. a victory over young boys, of switzerland, would see them erling haaland will be assessed later after picking up an a ....
It isa it is a day of firsts. he will be the first british asian to make it to number 10, and at 42, will become the youngest prime ministerfor more than 200 years. in the next couple of hours liz truss will leave downing street as prime minister for the last time. she will hand in her resignation. this morning he ll travel to buckingham palace, when he ll be asked to form a new government by the king, before returning here to downing street to address the nation as prime minister for the first time. it is going to be another busy day here at westminster. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart has this report. the moment rishi sunak became leader of his party. the moment rishi sunak became leader of his -a . the moment rishi sunak became leader ofhis -a . ., the moment rishi sunak became leader ofhis-a . ., a of his party. good afternoon. as returnin: of his party. good afternoon. as returning officer of his party. good afternoon. as returning officer in of his party. g ....
Conservative chaos, and that is why the liberal democrats are calling for a general election to be called right now. scotland s first minister wants to work constructively, but agrees the voters need to be heard. he is the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. the idea that he can go two years before seeking or winning a democratic mandate, i think, isjust unthinkable. attention will soon turn to the question of who will make up rishi sunak s top team. the chancellorjeremy hunt has been working on an economic plan to be published on october the 31st. but will he be the person to deliver it? the soon to be prime minister says uniting his party is a priority. the composition of his new cabinet will be of vital importance here. david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. i wonder what he is thinking about as he wakes up this morning, rishi sunak? he probably can hardly believe it. in the summer he lost to ....