0
0.0
Aug 27, 2024
08/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
tom symonds reporting from beckenham. -- from - reporting from beckenham. —— from dagenham.ose a 100% tariff on china—made electric vehicles, steel and aluminium from october. the country is following the lead of the united states to protect its domestic industries. but the new levies could strain relations between canada and china. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the details. it's a move that could exacerbate trade tensions between western countries and china. from october, canada will impose 100% tariffs on electric vehicles from china. this is on top of the most—favoured—nation tariff of 6.1% already slapped on to chinese—produced evs that are imported to canada. the government also intends to apply a 25% tariff on imports of steel and aluminium products from china. canada's finance minister, chrystia freeland, said these measures were about protecting its domestic producers. the reality is china has an intentional, state—directed policy of overcapacity and oversupply, designed — designed — to cripple our own industries. talk to the ste
tom symonds reporting from beckenham. -- from - reporting from beckenham. —— from dagenham.ose a 100% tariff on china—made electric vehicles, steel and aluminium from october. the country is following the lead of the united states to protect its domestic industries. but the new levies could strain relations between canada and china. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the details. it's a move that could exacerbate trade tensions between western countries...
0
0.0
Aug 14, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
yes. >> so the people in beckenham. beckenham.y crowdfunded a trip for paul spiers, only for his bosses to say no, no, no , his bosses to say no, no, no, you can't have that holiday because he couldn't be gifted or something, anything anyway. however, using a loophole, a houday however, using a loophole, a holiday company have come to the rescue with a competition rigged for only one man to win. so we're on the hunt for paul. >> well, we're joined by our national reporter, charlie peters. he's in beckenham and can tell us more. charlie, a peculiar but slightly definitely uplifting story . uplifting story. >> definitely uplifting. emily and tom, did i hear you say a figged and tom, did i hear you say a rigged competition? i'm not sure about that. it was hard fought competition to make sure that paul spiers won that trip to portugal, and that's where we understand he'll be taking that holiday. flying off with his brother david. now, paul is a much loved member of this community as he is a street sweeper who is known for his local cha
yes. >> so the people in beckenham. beckenham.y crowdfunded a trip for paul spiers, only for his bosses to say no, no, no , his bosses to say no, no, no, you can't have that holiday because he couldn't be gifted or something, anything anyway. however, using a loophole, a houday however, using a loophole, a holiday company have come to the rescue with a competition rigged for only one man to win. so we're on the hunt for paul. >> well, we're joined by our national reporter, charlie...
0
0.0
Aug 15, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
charlie peters gb news, beckenham .eat guy. local community rallying round and viola saw the light in the end because it was a pr disaster. >> the thing is, you shouldn't have to. >> you shouldn't have to bend the rules in that way. they should have just been decent from the start and let him have his holiday. >> how clever that the competition you had to be an elvis fan. you had to be a certain age. you had to have the same surname as paul. and of course he was going to. and only his second trip abroad. we saw so many of us take it for granted, don't we, that you just go abroad? it's only a second time. >> let us know how you get on, won't you? yeah, yeah. yeah, right. still to come, if you use those qr codes to pay for your parking. you don't do that, do you? you need to stay us us for some priceless advice. you don't want to miss this. this gb news. >> right. >> right. >> drivers have been urged to avoid scanning qr codes to pay for parking after a spate of scams. scde. >> scams. >> the codes are meant to make life s
charlie peters gb news, beckenham .eat guy. local community rallying round and viola saw the light in the end because it was a pr disaster. >> the thing is, you shouldn't have to. >> you shouldn't have to bend the rules in that way. they should have just been decent from the start and let him have his holiday. >> how clever that the competition you had to be an elvis fan. you had to be a certain age. you had to have the same surname as paul. and of course he was going to. and...
0
0.0
Aug 14, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
you have to be at the age of 62 to 64, you had to be a street sweeper in beckenham and you had to lovell, paul spears entered this competition and he won it and i spoke with him earlier today. >> yeah, i entered the competition and i forgot all about it. but then all of a suddeni about it. but then all of a sudden i said, i've won, got a £3,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. yeah. well they did say if i wanted to go for two weeks, they paid me for the two weeks, but i'm going to try and split it. so i'll take a week now and maybe a week later on. viola have matched that £3,000 to a donated to who i ever wanted nominated and after cancer research, which they've already done, and they said it would take about 2 or 3 days to sort out. so i'm overwhelmed with it . i'm sort out. so i'm overwhelmed with it. i'm just here to do a job to the best of my ability , job to the best of my ability, and way they've reacted is brilliant, because when i first got here, it was so quiet and after three months i decided to buy my
you have to be at the age of 62 to 64, you had to be a street sweeper in beckenham and you had to lovell, paul spears entered this competition and he won it and i spoke with him earlier today. >> yeah, i entered the competition and i forgot all about it. but then all of a suddeni about it. but then all of a sudden i said, i've won, got a £3,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. yeah. well they did say if i wanted...
0
0.0
Aug 15, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
be loved in beckenham, have the surname spears and love elvis. those and so he's won the holiday and he still gets to go on holiday. >> tough competition for him to win. >> he was really blown away, he said yesterday he forgot that he'd entered it. >> i entered the competition and i forgot all about it, but then all of a sudden i said i won, got my £2,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. >> paul told gb news he was delighted that he could take the houday delighted that he could take the holiday and is now set to take his brother david to albufeira in portugal. and viola has now stepped in and given paul some extra paid leave to take his holiday. >> i did say if i wanted to go two weeks, they paid me for the two weeks, they paid me for the two weeks, they paid me for the two weeks, but i'm going to try and split it. so i'll take a week now and maybe a week later. >> the company has also said it will match the £3,000 from lisa's fundraiser to spend on charity. >> we all have
be loved in beckenham, have the surname spears and love elvis. those and so he's won the holiday and he still gets to go on holiday. >> tough competition for him to win. >> he was really blown away, he said yesterday he forgot that he'd entered it. >> i entered the competition and i forgot all about it, but then all of a sudden i said i won, got my £2,000 voucher, which they're going to send me when i can go on holiday and hopefully i'll be flying out saturday. >> paul...
0
0.0
Aug 14, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
a street cleaner from beckenham has won a houday cleaner from beckenham has won a holiday to dodge his employer's ban on gifts . we're hoping to ban on gifts. we're hoping to find paul spiers this morning and if you know where he is, call us. yeah, if you're if you're paul . about our opinion, you're paul. about our opinion, is it . is it. >> yeah. but i like this story about the binky i love. >> i love that story. >> i love that story. >> his his his his locals crowdfunding . send him on a crowdfunding. send him on a holiday. yeah. and his employers. viola. say you can't do that because it's against council policy. so a holiday company stepped in, staged a competition. tailor made to only he can win. >> a 63 year old elvis fan, street cleaner with the surname of spiers . of spiers. >> so he's going on holiday. >> so he's going on holiday. >> blonde hair. >> blonde hair. >> thank you. well, that's one of your hairs. >> any case, it's not about us, is it? this programme? no, evidently it's not. it's all about what you think. so it's really simple. tell us what you think of anything. eve
a street cleaner from beckenham has won a houday cleaner from beckenham has won a holiday to dodge his employer's ban on gifts . we're hoping to ban on gifts. we're hoping to find paul spiers this morning and if you know where he is, call us. yeah, if you're if you're paul . about our opinion, you're paul. about our opinion, is it . is it. >> yeah. but i like this story about the binky i love. >> i love that story. >> i love that story. >> his his his his locals...
0
0.0
Aug 27, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
. £10,000 to beckenham and penge labour constituency party, which is said to have resulted in his beingnly thing we know that lord alli has subsequently done with that pass was to organise a party in the garden at number 10. for who? for labour party staffers. why he needed a party to do that is yet to be explained, and why sue gray was able to make such a seamless transition between the supposedly impartial civil service and the highly politicised role she now occupies in number 10 is, i think, still a matter for some pubuc think, still a matter for some public investigation. >> and the pass at number 10 is quite interesting because if you're going in for a particular event, it's very straightforward to get in. your name is on the list. you show some photographic identity to the police on duty , identity to the police on duty, and you get let in a pass isn't essential if you're just doing one event there, but here's a parliamentarian. >> yeah, but parliamentarians don't automatically get passes to number 10. >> i only had a pass to number 10 when i was a minister. >> is this the most p
. £10,000 to beckenham and penge labour constituency party, which is said to have resulted in his beingnly thing we know that lord alli has subsequently done with that pass was to organise a party in the garden at number 10. for who? for labour party staffers. why he needed a party to do that is yet to be explained, and why sue gray was able to make such a seamless transition between the supposedly impartial civil service and the highly politicised role she now occupies in number 10 is, i...
0
0.0
Aug 14, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
a lovely man called paul, he's based in beckenham. only been on holiday once and he's over 60 years of age. i believe he went to portugal once, worked very hard, loves serving his community. they all love him. he's an elvis fan, so one of the neighbours, the ladies from one of the homes he cleans, well , of the homes he cleans, well, street cleans. they've decided to do a gofundme. it raised £3,000 so he could go on his second holiday of his life. but his company he works for viola, the bin company. they said he couldn't receive it, so he was really disappointed. but on the beach came to the rescue and they gave him a £3,000 voucher, which will enable him to go on more than one holiday. and he can't wait. he's really excited. he's going to go back to portugal and he worked so hard. this man and i think it's wonderful everyone's come together and help the man have a holiday, gets up early, collects the bins. he deserves the holiday. >> what's the difference between him not being able to take the cash, but being able to take the holiday
a lovely man called paul, he's based in beckenham. only been on holiday once and he's over 60 years of age. i believe he went to portugal once, worked very hard, loves serving his community. they all love him. he's an elvis fan, so one of the neighbours, the ladies from one of the homes he cleans, well , of the homes he cleans, well, street cleans. they've decided to do a gofundme. it raised £3,000 so he could go on his second holiday of his life. but his company he works for viola, the bin...
0
0.0
Aug 13, 2024
08/24
by
GBN
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> the residents of beckenham who crowdfunded , a fee. how much who crowdfunded, a fee.a street cleaner. >> a popular street cleaner on houday >> a popular street cleaner on holiday to visit relatives. i think in portugal now we have the company veolia and the council saying that that amounts to some kind of gift or inducement, and he's not allowed to take it. and we have, we have this ridiculous situation where can't you just let people live? >> it's i find it. >> it's i find it. >> tory mps stepped in to back him up, haven't they. so i mean, okay, it's the wonderful author and journalist douglas murray, who is always right on everything. sorry, jonathan. he is for going after alastair campbell, who tried to get the met police to take an interest in him this week, and he put campbell in his place, reminding him about his record on the iraq war. and david kelly, i'll say no more about it for legal reasons. >> okay. you're not a fan. >> okay. you're not a fan. >> good stuff. all right. so today's winners of the greatest britain are the police officers that won a race disc
. >> the residents of beckenham who crowdfunded , a fee. how much who crowdfunded, a fee.a street cleaner. >> a popular street cleaner on houday >> a popular street cleaner on holiday to visit relatives. i think in portugal now we have the company veolia and the council saying that that amounts to some kind of gift or inducement, and he's not allowed to take it. and we have, we have this ridiculous situation where can't you just let people live? >> it's i find it....