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marked as been anti—event—macro marked as been called off. —— marks. about a hard—core of 1000 left—wing demonstrators are counted, the police say that. they say the march has been declared off by the organisers. you can see has been declared off by the organisers. you can see some has been declared off by the organisers. you can see some clashes still going on. that show you the scene early on. there were some quite dramatic scenes, really, as the protests gathered momentum. this is earlier this evening. large numbers of people protesting, in particular, against donald trump and america's withdrawal from the paris climate change accord. and one of the protests was called welcome to hell, a alliance of anti—capitalist groups angry at climate change and also other issues like globalisation and, of course,
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620 summits, there are often demonstrations but in particular in germany at the moment a lot of anger to donald trump. back to the scene live here. protesters as you can see, walking through the streets there. doesn't seem to be any trouble at this particular mark. protesters continuing their demonstrations in hamburg this evening. we will keep an eye on those throughout this evening here on bbc news. finding the right care provision for the elderly has become a game of "russian roulette" — that's according to the charity age uk. it follows a new report from the care quality commission which found that a quarter of services are failing on safety. more than a million vulnerable people use care services in the uk. nearly 600,000 get care in their own homes from agencies. and about 300,000 are looked after in nursing homes. inspectors in england found a lack of staff and errors over drugs amongst the most serious problems. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. mum,
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can you open your eyes? berniejarvis gives her 78—year—old mother lunch. betty, who has dementia, is now back with family, but she lived in a nursing home. the family put in a secret camera because they had concerns, and it picked up the sort of poor care highlighted in the report. it showed a care worker pushing the chair betty is slumped in sharply to the desk. later when betty objects to her top being changed, her head is slammed back into the chair. i don't want to. last february in court, the care worker accepted her actions were reckless rather than intentional and she was given a community order. query everything. don't let them dismiss you. because they did with us for about eight months.
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i wish we would have pursued it a lot quicker. because mum probably wouldn't have suffered the way she did. the report by inspectors said most care in england is good. even so, a quarter of services failed on safety. and 37% of nursing homes were not safe enough. also, when reinspected, quality of care in some good homes had deteriorated. there is good care, we can be confident about that, but what it is saying is that some of the care is fragile and we is fragile and precarious, and we have got to concentrate on making sure we shine the spotlight on poor care. when the number of older people and younger disabled adults is increasing, the report raises concerns about the quality of care that some are getting. but those at the sharp end say it underlines the importance of rapid action to sort out how we pay for and organise care.
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for individual older people and their families, they're facing a degree of russian roulette. will they care turn up? will there be a nurse? these are such fundamental questions and it is unfair to expect older people to be facing them at the most vulnerable time of their lives. this home in south london is rated outstanding. good morning. jane heads the nonprofit organisation that runs it. their research suggests a quarter of people still think the state will pay for their care. she says this shows the need for a proper debate now. if we are still talking about this in three years, that will bh a disaster for people looking for services, living and working in services. we have to recognise this is a crucial issue and move with some pace. the government says
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poor care is completely unacceptable and that as well as putting in more money, it will consult on how to place social care on a more secure footing for the future. but the question for many is how quickly will that happen? joining me now via webcam is nadra ahmed, who is the executive chair of the national care association. an organisation representing small and medium—sized care providers. thank you for being with us. this is quite an alarming report from the ca re quite an alarming report from the care quality commission?” quite an alarming report from the care quality commission? i think it is. it's actually quite disappointing as well. as it shows the trajectory that there is an improvement —— isn't improvement. we still looked on the back of a —— barrel of a gun when we look at position. is the safety aspects that are most alarming. when you are looking after vulnerable people and you've got this kind of report that tells us that 24% or 25% of people
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are living in conditions which make them even more vulnerable, because of the safety aspects. i think it is disappointing therefore that we haven't progressed at all. what are the reason for that? why haven't we progress? we had a report, it is a russian roulette, you don't know what kind of care you're going to get? i think that's quite emotive and it ignores the fact that 75% thes achieve good and outstanding care. i think the reasons are well documented and we have talked about it for at least the past decade. we have had ten reports on it, consultations, reports being produced. it centres around the chronic underfunding of social care ata time chronic underfunding of social care at a time when social care is delivering very health focused tasks. health was funded for those
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tasks. health was funded for those tasks and the same person looked after in the health facility is going to beat up costing the state over £2000. but in a care setting, the small to medium business sizes eyelet for iraq after, a week. there is a disconnect in how we consider social care a part of the solution. surely it's notjust funding? 0ne the solution. surely it's notjust funding? one of the claims in the report is some are not getting enough to eat or drink? they are not given the right medication? those surely aren't really to do with the issues of funding? those are absolute failings of management, of senior management staff owners, that isa senior management staff owners, that is a responsibility that the providers have to take. because that is unacceptable cop. it's unacceptable is unacceptable cop. it's u na cce pta ble if is unacceptable cop. it's unacceptable if you take someone in, a vulnerable person and care for them, if you don't deliver that, you
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have to do something about it. that is why the regulatory is there and why we call for the regulatory to go into these services more frequently, doing unannounced visit and announced visits for the paperwork. notjust announced visits for the paperwork. not just looking at the announced visits for the paperwork. notjust looking at the paperwork, let's actually go in and see what is going on and get the feel of the place. that is the only way we are going to be able to be absolutely certain that we are going to try and drive recruitment. no point if someone drive recruitment. no point if someone has got outstanding that we might visit there in three years, a lot ca n might visit there in three years, a lot can change in three years. no point of somebody‘s's got word that we only visit them every two years, that's not acceptable. thanks for joining us. executive chair of the national care association, representing small and medium—sized ca re representing small and medium—sized care providers. the artist david hockney was born and grew up in bradford before going on to achieve worldwide fame. his home city is preparing for a weekend of birthday celebrations — and a brand new gallery dedicated to his distinctive work is opening tomorrow at cartwright hall.
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it shows his early work at bradford school of art as well as some iconic paintings given by the artist. cathy killick has been there to take a look. it will open just in time for david hockney‘s 80th birthday a permanent display celebrating bradford watt most famous artist in the very gallery visitors as a boy. he's collaborated closely with the team at cartwright hall to bring the display to fruition. he's been incredibly supportive and i wouldn't want to have done it had he not been as supportive as what were doing. he has ever seen or approved of all the different aspects of it. with his shock of blonde hair and wacky glasses, david hockney has become something of an icon.
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but his roots were far from exotic. he grew up here in a modest area, son of working class parents. he won a scholarship to bradford grammar school by the age of 11, his artistic flair was beginning to emerge. drawing was a passion. his cartoons and sketches made frequent appearances in the school magazine. bradford college of art followed, and the new gallery now houses the largest public collection of work from time there. the paintings show everyday scenes in bradford, as he noticed the artistic potential in mundane setting. such as launderette and cafes. usually you come to an art gallery and it's the end product, the art, that you see, but here they have recreated a little corner of david hockney‘s stidop, scenic and sit and imagine
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all the dirty work that goes on, sometimes for months. there are films, too, showing hockney at work, almost obsessive in his work to capture the season to play it was an obsessive one friend was dying of cancer. if i stay, i will have to do something to keep myself busy a bit and then i realised well, paint yorkshire and here i am. alongside the paintings of photos from family photo albums. it is the first time they have gone on display and give it touching insight into the universal ordinariness of his upbringing. there is a down—to—earth quality that makes his artwork seem all the more flamboyant and unexpected. moving tirelessly from one body of work to the next, endlessly creative and different. displayed together, the gallery exposes the person
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behind the icon, and the bradford roots that shaped him. the day has brought quite a variety of weather. 32 at heathrow, i hear. just a way towards the west in leicestershire, glorious guys here, beautiful picture. those conditions matched across the southern half but that's not the end of the variety because further north the weather front brings cloud and rain to scotla nd front brings cloud and rain to scotland as the last of the day's thunderstorms rolled to the north sea on another sticky night especially across central and southern parts of britain. temperatures 1a and 15 in scotland. friday, fairly cloudy through the
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south—west, the western facing shores of wales. further ease, glorious start of the day, with the breeze from the north—west but temperatures even at this stage, 18 01’ temperatures even at this stage, 18 or19 temperatures even at this stage, 18 or 19 degrees. further north, the frontal system brings cloud and rain to northern ireland overnight and the rain will be there as we had all the rain will be there as we had all the way from northern isles worked through scotland. it goes towards the cumbrian fells to. friday, a fairly quiet day, compared to thursday. the cloud filled in across the heart of england but it doesn't stop the temperatures climbing across east anglia and the south—east to 25 or 27 degrees, with a working towards the worth the in the evening, cloud more with the system making its presence felt. it trails further towards the east to bring that becker band of cloud which, for some, at the start of saturday, will bring disappointing
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affair from the saturday, will bring disappointing affairfrom the lie. saturday, will bring disappointing affair from the lie. we will have bits and pieces of rain and as it goes through the day, it leaves a legacy of cloud. eastern scotland will get some brightness. from saturday into sunday, the weather front beginning to hover close in scotland, and a chance that we may import some of these thunderstorms from the continent to southern britain. somewhat drier conditions in between as well. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm: protests in hamburg, as world leaders gather for the 620 summit. this is the scene live in the city now. police say a planned march has been cancelled. german chancellor angela merkel met donald trump as he arrived for the summit. they discussed north korea, and the conflict in eastern ukraine. here, a watchdog says a quarter
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of adult care services in england are not safe enough, and in some cases residents are not getting enough to eat or drink. a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the country" about his decisions. also in the next hour — more safety checks in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the government has ordered new, la rger—scale fire safety tests

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