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Environment Agency: Forecast rain "won't stop the drought"

John Curtin says parts of England will still be in drought next year.

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Iceland boss: Loans for groceries scheme is "long-term greedy"

Richard Walker hopes the scheme will encourage customers to stick with the supermarket.

• 4 mins

Danny Blanchflower warns against interest rate rises to curb inflation

The Professor insists rate rises would cause an unemployment shock, hurting families.

• 4 mins

Why barristers want crime to pay more

Criminal barristers are voting on a full walk-out in a bid to secure a 25% pay rise.

• 9 mins

Zoe Billingham: NHS mental health services failing families

The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust chair admits it's not yet safe for patients.

• 9 mins

High fliers: Brother beats sister's round-the-world record

Zara and Mack Rutherford on flying a microlight around the world, and sibling rivalry.

• 4 mins

Rishi Sunak pledges support for a Truss government

The would-be PM insists he could still win but will remain loyal to the party regardless.

• 11 mins

"Game-playing" orcas target vessels off French coast

Sailor Rolf Storkston recounts how orcas "as big as the boat" destroyed his rudder.

• 5 mins

Postal workers strike for "pay justice"

CWU boss Dave Ward and Royal Mail's Simon Thompson on why the two sides can't agree.

• 10 mins

Does Sir Keir Starmer need to 'get a spine' on strikes?

USDAW's Paddy Lillis warns fellow union bosses to attack the Tories rather than Labour.

• 6 mins

Former Mi6 boss hails 'balance' in Russia-Ukraine war

Sir Alex Younger says the two armies are equally matched but Russia's strength will fade.

• 8 mins

Blackout Memories: Daniel Postgate

The illustrator and writer, whose Dad created Bagpuss & The Clangers, was 10 in 1974

• 3 mins

How to adjust your boiler to reduce your energy bills

Jo Alsop from The Heating Hub explains how to turn down your boiler's flow temperature.

• 3 mins

Boris Johnson surprises rapper during dawn police raid

Rapper Splinter Sales explains what happened when he saw the Prime Minister with police

• 2 mins

Who is Liz Truss?

The World at One guide to Britain's new Prime Minister.

• 6 mins

A new anthem for a new King

Mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins sings 'God Save the King' for the first time.

• 7 mins

'We're not going to do some nuclear massacre' says Putin ally

Yevgeny Popov is an MP from Russia's largest political party & deputy in the State Duma

• 4 mins

Treasury Minister: "It's not the job of the government to lay out forecasts of growth"

Andrew Griffith refuses to predict when the goal of 2.5% growth will be met.

• 8 mins

Mantel 鈥渨ill be remembered like George Eliot and Dickens鈥�

Author Kate Mosse reflects on the literary legacy of Hilary Mantel.

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Bank of England needs 鈥渢ough response鈥� to pound鈥檚 fall

Jim O'Neill said the bank have been timid in raising interest rates so far

• 4 mins

Market fears about Kwarteng plan need to be addressed head-on, says Gerard Lyons

Netweath chief economic strategist says more could've been done to keep markets 'on side'

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Mel Stride: Chancellor may need to 鈥榰nwind鈥� more tax cut plans

Conservative MP calls for pragmatism after 45p tax U-turn

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45p tax cut U-turn ignites Conservative conference debate

Sarah Montague tests the mood of party conference delegates

• 7 mins

Christiane Amanpour: Reach of Iranian protests is 'extraordinary'

British-Iranian journalist reflects on the 'Gen Z' rebellion

• 4 mins

Union: "Bored, aggravated" migrants threatening processing centre staff

ISU's Lucy Moreton says the Manston detention centre is over-crowded and under-resourced.

• 4 mins

Memorial: Nobel Prize won't ease repression inside Russia

Maria Eismont says winning the Peace Prize won't change the banned group's prospects.

• 4 mins

"We were enveloped in the smoke and suddenly I didn't care..."

Michael Morpurgo reflects on how the Flying Scotsman continues to captivate young minds.

• 4 mins

Philip Hammond: Truss's growth agenda "in tatters" after U-turn

Former Chancellor says his party has "thrown away" its reputation for fiscal competence.

• 7 mins

Iran's media must "be on the side" of anti-regime protesters

Zarah Afshari, who was a political prisoner, hails the bravery of Iran's young activists.

• 4 mins

Parm Sandhu: Met racism "more obvious & accepted" than Stephen Lawrence era

Former officers & victims reflect on Louise Casey's review of how the Met polices itself.

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