good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay here at the national glass centre in sunderland and sally nugent in the breakfast studio. our headlines today: downing street refuses to commit to increasing state pensions in line with inflation — it comes ahead of the latest cost of living figures, which are out in an hour's time. sometimes which are out in an hour's time. i've been left with the sometimes i've been left with £30 in the account for over a week to pay everything and just don't have it.

i'm across the city at the kayll road, one of sunderland's warm spaces as at survey conducted on the half of the bbc say many people are delaying putting the heating on this winter to try to save cash. the other main headlines this morning: a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent hospitals trust is to be published — families have been warned it's likely to be harrowing. good morning. a terrific turnaround from crystal palace — they come from behind to beat wolves in the premier league, with wilfried zaha's winner sending them up to tenth in the table. we are in for another unseasonably mild day across much of the uk and we also have some rain pushing up the western side of the country. the sunnier skies will be in the outer hebrides and parts of the southeast. i will have all the details later.

good morning. it's wednesday, 19th october. welcome to the national glass centre here in sunderland. we are here to talk about the rising cost of living and how it's affecting you and your family. your business and employment. injust under an hour's time we will find out the latest inflation figures. so we will go through those with you and find out how that will further affect your lives but this is a stunning location on the banks of the river wear and this is a working gallery so there is local artwork and glass being blown on this site, it's about employability and training but also celebrating local culture and bringing people together in a hub where they can share a coffee. we have some coffees in this morning. good morning to you all.

i'm slightly anxious about the amount of glass are run. we will be careful and check the insurance documents but the reason these inflation figures this morning is the matter is that these ones in october are normally used to 0ctober are normally used to calculate the rise in the state pension and other benefits next april. but the government is now refusing to commit to the so—called triple lock that would see state pensions rise in line with inflation. just two weeks ago liz truss said she was committed to that policy. committed to putting pensions up by the rate of inflation we will get today, so what will happen? cannot will talk it through with us this morning. should wejust will talk it through with us this morning. should we just explain triple lock, what is this commitment? it triple lock, what is this commitment?- triple lock, what is this commitment? ., , ., . triple lock, what is this commitment? ., . _ commitment? it was introduced by the coalition government _ commitment? it was introduced by the coalition government in _ commitment? it was introduced by the coalition government in 2010 - commitment? it was introduced by the coalition government in 2010 and - coalition government in 2010 and it's basically a guarantee that the state pension will not lose value so

it will go up either in line with inflation or with wages or at 2.5%, whichever of those is highest. in the real world that means the state pension is around £185 a week. if it goes up in line with inflation that would mean roughly a rise of £20 a week. if it goes up in line with wages we are talking a rise of around £10 so it's a big difference in people's pockets. the government said they would maintain the triple lock in the 2019 manifesto, liz truss said she would do it two weeks ago. this a lot has changed since 2019 but less has perhaps changed for people in the last two weeks. we know government finances are under pressure and doing this would potentially save them billions of pounds but it would also leave millions of people out of pocket. we

will talk to people this morning about how those big numbers translate to the reality of day—to—day life but the number we are looking at today is the inflation figure for last month so what can we expect?— inflation figure for last month so what can we expect? inflation is the measure of — what can we expect? inflation is the measure of how— what can we expect? inflation is the measure of how costs _ what can we expect? inflation is the measure of how costs are _ what can we expect? inflation is the measure of how costs are going - what can we expect? inflation is the measure of how costs are going up, j measure of how costs are going up, so i bought a basket of goods this month, how much more would have cost me this month compared to a year i go? the latest figure we have showed inflation was up 9.9% in august which means if i bought something last year that cost £100 it would now have cost £109 90. the bank of england target figure is around two point —— 2%, they think that is healthy but this was calculate it

before the recent rise in energy bills and that is important for many people. the bank of england had previously said it could peak around 13%, previously said it could peak around i3%, recent energy support might mean that figure is lower but we will have to wait and see what this mornin-�*s mean that figure is lower but we will have to wait and see what this morning's figure mean that figure is lower but we will have to wait and see what this morning's figure is. mean that figure is lower but we will have to wait and see what this morning's figure is. that mean that figure is lower but we will have to wait and see what this morning's figure is. that figure comes out _ morning's figure is. that figure comes out at — morning's figure is. that figure comes out at 7am _ morning's figure is. that figure comes out at 7am so _ morning's figure is. that figure comes out at 7am so we - morning's figure is. that figure comes out at 7am so we will i morning's figure is. that figure i comes out at 7am so we will bring that to you but we are notjust about the numbers, we will talk about the numbers, we will talk about what those mean in real life. we will talk about project like this glass centre, all these communities helping one another projects that we will help here from but hannah has been looking at these inflation figures and what we can expect. all across the country, rising prices are wearing people down and wearing away at their budgets. amanda used to work in a hospital

before a head injury five years ago. now she receives disability benefits and lives with her mum. it can be really difficult to try and have the money sometimes. i've been left with £30 in the account for over a week to pay everything and just don't have it. how does that make you feel? upset. it's distressing. i'd like to be a good role model for my son and can't be. i'd love to work. nobody would employ me. how urgently do you need to see benefits go up in line with inflation? today, now. should have been done a long time ago, but they're not in any hurry. today's figure is important because it sets the rate at which some disability benefits will rise, but not until april. the government previously made a commitment to raise all benefits, including universal credit, in line with inflation,

but with the figure much higher than they anticipated back then, that commitment is now in doubt and the rise in prices is forcing businesses to make cuts too. matti decided to close his second restaurantjust three weeks ago because of unmanageable bills. starting to impact quite a lot on everything, what i do using quite a lot of electricity, gas. comparing, give an example with springtime last year literally triple up. and now from this month, everything again will go up and the cost will reflect in the food. but unfortunately, we can't, i can't put any more on top of the prices. and to be honest, this is where i am with my business now in a surviving mood for until the spring time when we hopefully we can go back on better things. how confident are you that you can

survive as a business? i don't have any option. this is my life. and the squeeze on household budgets is only expected to get tighter with the recent rise in energy costs not yet factored in to today's figure. and it's those on the lowest incomes who feel the surge in inflation most keenly as it leaves us all with less to spend and more difficult choices to make. a long way from sunderland and the national glass centre here. liz truss will appear at prime minister's questions later today for the first time since her mini budget was largely ditched. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is in downing street this morning. another massive day in politics in westminster and a crucial test of liz truss's leadership. isn’t westminster and a crucial test of liz truss's leadership.— liz truss's leadership. isn't it “ust? liz truss's leadership. isn't it

just? liz— liz truss's leadership. isn't it just? liz truss _ liz truss's leadership. isn't it just? liz truss is _ liz truss's leadership. isn't it just? liz truss is surviving i liz truss's leadership. isn't it| just? liz truss is surviving day liz truss's leadership. isn't it - just? liz truss is surviving day by day at the moment and this morning is another big test of whether she can survive for a few more days. prime minister's questions is always the biggest moment of the political week and it will be extraordinarily hard for the prime minister because she will be in the house of commons chamber saying the exact opposite of what she said last wednesday. last week she told us there would not be spending cuts and the plan now is the exact opposite. i'm told the prime minister is determined to fight on, she has been meeting with mps and some of those meetings seem to have gone well in the circumstances but if today doesn't go well, it could be another one of those moments that we look back on and say that was one of the straws that broke the camels back so an important moment for the

prime minister today and there is more trouble brewing for her, you guys are talking about the cost of living crisis and a lot of mps are talking about that in parliament and they are worried that the plans to cut spending that the chancellor has come up with will have an impact on people's pockets and the services we all see. there about a £40 billion gap in the public finance that still needs to beat plan. tax rises will probably happen in a couple of weeks, maybe not personal tax rises but some sort of rises but there will be savings made by department and the impact of them will probably be felt by us all. that and the impact of them will probably be felt by us all.— be felt by us all. that is exactly wh we be felt by us all. that is exactly why we have — be felt by us all. that is exactly why we have come _ be felt by us all. that is exactly why we have come to _ be felt by us all. that is exactly i why we have come to sunderland today. there has been all this political noise about who resent whatjob political noise about who resent what job and political noise about who resent whatjob and the westminster side things but we wanted to come here to

talk about the reality, how people are coping during this cost of living crisis. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent coletta smith is at a community hub across town to find out. good morning, colette, how are things? good morning, everyone. i'm at the kay“ good morning, everyone. i'm at the kayll road library, it used to be a bog—standard library but it was taken over a couple of years ago by a community group and has now become one of sunderland's warm spaces so i am able to wear a t—shirt because it's am able to wear a t—shirt because its warm in this environment and the idea is people can come in and get a cup of tea and warm themselves up. the bbc has commissioned a survey, the findings are really interested to look at. findings from a survey taken

for the bbc by savanta comres show there is heightened concern about the squeeze on our finances. before those changesjeremy hunt made a couple of days ago where he put a question over the amount people would be spending, it shows people would be spending, it shows people are changing their behaviours. 90% said they were trying to save money by delaying putting the heat on. nearly half say they are out of coloured and have self disconnected. and 15% of people report that they are already in arrears on their bills — remember that the energy price guarantee from the government is now set to end next april. two—thirds of those renting said it had been difficult to pay for essential costs in the last six months. and people are consciously watching what they spend on food, more than two thirds saying they are eating out less and more than half reducing the amount of food they buy. i have spent the last 24 hours in

sunderland with this community group and stop finding out what life is like when you were on a very limited budget. round and round the garden like a teddy bear. one step, two step, tickly under there! michelle has a spinal problem which means she and little annalee live off her disability payments. it's got really bad, ever since the gas went up, i'm just constantly paying gas. i'm paying triple, for my gas, this month to the month before. i put £100 a week on and that's just far too much. like so many people, michelle is looking for ways to stretch her money. i am buying cheaper mince, cheaper chicken. aldi's food, rather than going to asda. how does it feel about the prospect of having to spend less on annalee? how do you feel about that as a parent at the moment? it's heartbreaking. it's absolutely heartbreaking because you want to give your child the world. she had to borrow money last week for the first time, just to cover her energy bills. but now the government has said this week that bills could increase again in april. when you don't know the details, that's hard, isn't it? it's just, my anxiety goes

through the roof with anything like that, you know. thinking about it, i'm going to have to try and put it to the back of my mind until it happens. a few streets away at the pallion action group, they are helping people like michelle. we had nearly 7000 through the doors this year. and everything is about the support that they can get. job clubs, help with benefits and fitness groups — that's all on offer along with something much more basic — heat. so we're open up, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. eight o'clock till four o'clock, as a warm space, so anybody can come in and have soup, biscuits, popcorn. you are in the room on the right. all right, thank you. bev has popped in for a chat. she cares for her 90—year—old dad and having worked all her life, she is now on and offjobseeker�*s allowance between short—term job contracts. i had to sign on, and you felt like sort of humiliated. that's the only way i can describe it, personally, it's like humiliation every time

you went into sign on. itjust knocks your confidence. so are you just living in your overdraft? yeah, waiting for your next payment. and then you borrow money, then you've got to pay it back. the prime minister hasn't yet confirmed a rise in benefits in line with inflation, but there is a clear message from pallion. she should live on it for a couple of months and see how she manages. no one is taking it seriously. it's like they're laughing at us, if i'm honest. it really is. i would love for them to be put to the test and try to live on what i'm supposed to live on. and see how they cope. this is the other venue that same community group run. karen and gary are with meet to chat to the issues i talked about in that survey conducted on behalf of the bbc. none

of that comes as a surprise to you that people are struggling and that's part of the point of this warm space, you are giving them somewhere to go so they don't have to put the heating on. we somewhere to go so they don't have to put the heating on.— somewhere to go so they don't have to put the heating on. we were lucky to put the heating on. we were lucky to net the to put the heating on. we were lucky to get the funding _ to put the heating on. we were lucky to get the funding from _ to put the heating on. we were lucky to get the funding from sunderland l to get the funding from sunderland city council to open our buildings and now we know everyone has some work to go seven days a week where they can have a cuppa, read the paper and watch a movie orjust chat to people and we also make sure there is information for other issues around mental health or saving money on energy so it's important with these warm spaces that everyone feels included and there are a safe space for people and they shouldn't be embarrassed to come. . �* , . and they shouldn't be embarrassed to come. ., �*, ., , and they shouldn't be embarrassed to come. ., h ., , and they shouldn't be embarrassed to come. ., �*, .,, and they shouldn't be embarrassed to come. ., h .,, ., come. that's a big part you want eo - le to come. that's a big part you want peeple to feel — come. that's a big part you want people to feel dignified - come. that's a big part you want people to feel dignified and - come. that's a big part you want people to feel dignified and notl people to feel dignified and not that they are dependent on charity. it's important because we all need a helping hand. 0ne it's important because we all need a helping hand. one of my workers came in yesterday and she had run out of

gas on her metre. there is no shame in needing help and it's important for me to let people know if you have a warm space in your area, access it, it is fun and friendly and free. access it, it is fun and friendly and free-— access it, it is fun and friendly and free. , ,, ., , .,, and free. gary, you dealwith people who are struggling _ and free. gary, you dealwith people who are struggling with _ and free. gary, you dealwith people who are struggling with benefits - and free. gary, you dealwith people who are struggling with benefits or | who are struggling with benefits or to get what they are entitled to. how difficult is it to make ends meet? ., , ., , meet? people are struggling, with the cost of living _ meet? people are struggling, with the cost of living going _ meet? people are struggling, with the cost of living going up - meet? people are struggling, with the cost of living going up we - meet? people are struggling, with the cost of living going up we look| the cost of living going up we look at trying _ the cost of living going up we look at trying to— the cost of living going up we look at trying to maximise people's income — at trying to maximise people's income so _ at trying to maximise people's income so looking at whatever benefits — income so looking at whatever benefits they are entitled to, reducing debt they are paying out. thats— reducing debt they are paying out. that's a _ reducing debt they are paying out. that's a tricky part of it, often people are paying out debt and paying back to their energy company and even if they are topping up their metres it's not going into their metres it's not going into their credit.— their metres it's not going into their credit. , . , their credit. they are struggling, benefits are _ their credit. they are struggling, benefits are not _ their credit. they are struggling, benefits are not going _ their credit. they are struggling, benefits are not going far - their credit. they are struggling, | benefits are not going far enough their credit. they are struggling, i benefits are not going far enough at the minute — benefits are not going far enough at the minute so we are trying to maximise _ the minute so we are trying to maximise our income and get as much

benefit _ maximise our income and get as much benefit for— maximise our income and get as much benefit for them as possible. thank ou for benefit for them as possible. thank you for letting _ benefit for them as possible. thank you for letting me _ benefit for them as possible. thank you for letting me be _ benefit for them as possible. thank you for letting me be here - benefit for them as possible. thank you for letting me be here in - benefit for them as possible. thank you for letting me be here in the i you for letting me be here in the warm this morning. lots of others will bejoining us later this morning but for now it's back to you on the other side of the city, jon. it looks like i really good scheme and to date we are talking about what communities, bodies, government, everyone is doing and if you want to get a personalised guide to saving money that offers tips and advice depending on your circumstances, you can go to the bbc news website and input your details and it can come up with information and it can come up with information and links to different articles and organisations that will help you. we will continue our coverage from sunderland all day, huw edwards is

here at 6pm and 10pm tonight, the news channel will be here, it's part of a month of coverage from communities all around the uk on bbc tv, radio and online. colette up was talking about how people have not put their heating on yet because it has been quite mild for october, i don't know if that will continue but carol willjoin us for the weather. jon is dry, it has been a mild 0ctober, already this morning we have a temperature in newquay higher than what we would expect as our daytime temperature. it will be windier than it has been, some has been heavy and thundery over the south west and that will continue pushing northwards through the day, eventually getting into southern

scotland. forthe eventually getting into southern scotland. for the rest of scotland and northern england is quite a bit of cloud producing drizzle here and there, sunnier skies in western scotland especially in the outer hebrides and parts of eastern england into east anglia and kent. temperatures still above average for most, between 15 and i9, temperatures still above average for most, between 15 and 19, may be 22 in st helier but across scotland and northern ireland temperatures are closer to what we would expect at this time of year. this evening and overnight the rain continues to push north but then more rain comes in behind it and most of us will feel the effects of this, it could pep up later in the light across the south—east. working conditions, a lot of cloud and still a comparatively mild night for the time of year. tomorrow the first bit of that rain pushes up to the north and east but some heavier rain looks like it will move across the south—east and into east anglia,

away from that quite a bit of cloud but brightening up across the far south—west and temperatures tomorrow getting up to 17 or 19 in the south, ten to 15 in the north. a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent nhs trust will be published this morning. more than 200 families spoke to an independent inquiry about their experiences. to an independent inquiry here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. i think that they were negligent. we got to a point where we could say, hang on a minute, the same thing has been going on and on and on. do you believe that she should still be alive? fundamentally, yes. love you, daisy. it's become an annual ritual, a way of remembering daisy, who would now have been eight. but for her family, it is instead a lifetime of what might have been. i was stereotyped.

i feel like i was this young girl, didn't know what i was doing or saying orfailing. so just didn't feel listened to throughout it all. so this was just after you breast—fed? daisy was born in a poor condition in 2014 after �*s doctors failed to spot she was suffering from pre—eclampsia, a potentially serious condition. daisy only lived for an hour, and a poor investigation by the hospital into what happened means that emma still has no idea why her daughter died. we met this lady, and when she started going through the report, she firstly, like, started saying that babiesjust die and thatjust happens. i can't put it to bed because i haven't got the honest answers that i need. emma robertson hopes today's report into maternity care at the east kent trust will finally give her answers. she's one of over 200 families who have spoken to the inquiry team. many of them feel the trust didn't investigate, covered up, even, what happened. in late 2016

kelly and dunstan, two classic scholars and church volunteers, were expecting their first child. a delayed caesarean section, however, contributed to their daughter being born in a poor condition, and she died aged just five days. somehow, i'm still stuck in 2016. i think about those months that i was pregnant with sally and they were beautiful. i had an amazing pregnancy. it was fabulous. the trust didn't treat the death as a serious incident, didn't tell the coroner so there was no inquest, and recorded the baby's death as a stillbirth, even though she'd lived for a few days. the information we have about our daughter is one thing, but actually far worse is that because this wasn't a serious incident, there was no learning that happened from this experience. there was none. the only good that can come of anything we do after her i death is the prevention of future tragedies for parents and babies in the trust and elsewhere.

a year after salandeen's death, harry richford was born in a poor condition after a series of errors. he died aged seven days. again the trust say they didn't need to tell the coroner. they said, look, we're going to carry out a serious investigation here, but we don't need the coroner. hang on, there's something not quite right. derek started investigating the trust, scouring the internet for any evidence of poor maternity care. he was appalled by what he found. when i started investigating what had gone on with harry, it very much was the peeling back of the onion. hang on a minute, well, that can't be right, that doesn't add up. and what i found was up to that point, no—one that i could find, no—one had everjoined the dots. derek's research was instrumental in getting the independent inquiry set up. the trusts say they apologise unreservedly to all the families they failed and that they'll use today's findings to drive forward improvements. the commander of russian forces in ukraine says the situation in the southern city of kherson

is "difficult" and residents will be evacuated. a leading russian general said ukrainian troops using rockets were hitting the city's infrastructure and housing. meanwhile ukrainian officials have said more than a thousand towns and villages have been left without power after recent russian attacks. the rmt union has announced three further rail strikes next month in an ongoing dispute overjobs, pay and conditions. thousands of workers at network rail will walk out on the third, fifth and seventh of november. as part of a separate dispute, london 0verground and underground workers will also strike on the third. the government has urged china to explain the behaviour of its staff at the chinese consulate in manchester, during a protest which took place last sunday. conservative mp alicia kearns told the house of commons that she witnessed the chinese consul—general ripping down posters during a peaceful protest. a hong kong pro—democracy protester was also beaten up in the consulate grounds. china has not commented

on its staff's alleged involvement. 26 minutes past six. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm frankie mccamley. rents in london are at their highest levels with competition driving up prices. data from the trust for london shows the average cost for one—bed house now costs a city worker on a middle income, almost half their salary. renters and estate agents say demand is through the roof. i'd be on the way to the viewing and there would just be a message, room is taken. by the time i had sent, it would be, someone put the money down this morning and it's gone. and thatjust seemed to happen. so in the end, after about two weeks, i think, i was like, just anything that was available within my price range. just send an e—mail. so it was quite stressful.

multiple calls to the same property, you might have 25, 30 viewings for one property. some people even bidding blind on it saying, "i'm having that place," even though they haven't seen it, i mean, that's crazy. city hall has admitted it's going to be difficult for mayor of london sadiq khan to build all the affordable homes he's promised. the deputy mayor for housing blamed inflationary pressures, rising interest rates and the recent political turmoil. conservative assembly members have accused the mayor of "getting his excuses in early". the qeii bridge at dartford has re—opened after two days of disruption. two people were arrested last night as officers used a raised platform to reach protesters. the government says tougher police powers will help tackle activits causing travel disruption. the unite union says around 3,000 london bus drivers and engineers have secured a 10.5% pay rise.

the agreement with bus operator go—ahead will benefit staff who operate routes across south london, and make its drivers among the best paid in london. let's take a look at the tubes now. looking at the tube board, so far so good out there this morning. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. plenty of blue sky and sunshine across the capital yesterday and temperatures peaked in the high teens in celsius. lovely day of weather. it is looking cloudy and breezier today, but there will still be some hazy spells of sunshine at times. now, it is a milder start to the morning then we saw this time yesterday. there are some showers out towards the west, some of these could creep a bit further eastwards across the capital at times, always the risk of that. but for many of us, it should be dry for most of the day. the best of the sunshine in the east and noticeable easterly breeze picking up at times. temperatures at times peaking at the high teens for many. as we head through this

evening and overnight, there is a line of showers are set to move northward and eastward, some of these showers possibly heavy and thundery, lingering on into thursday morning. a mild start to the day, those showers will clear away through the morning to leave us with a dry afternoon. there will be some sunshine around as well. mild as we head towards the end of the working week but very unsettled again on friday. that's it. i'll pass you back to the team at breakfast. good morning, welcome to the nationai— good morning, welcome to the national glass centre in sunderland. we have _ national glass centre in sunderland. we have come there —— we have come here this morning because we are talking about cost of living, talking about cost of living, talking to communities about the economy, and today we are here because we are going to get the latest inflation figures in the next

half an hour and we are asking what that means for you. they are probably wondering what it means for them as well here because this centre is a free museum, an exhibition space, they teach young apprentices the skills of glass—blowing, imagine the cost of running those furnaces day and night to do the kind of skills teaching that these guys are doing right now? we will speak to them later about how they do that. they are making halloween pumpkins out of glass and i am being halloween pumpkins out of glass and iam being kept halloween pumpkins out of glass and i am being kept well away from those lovely vases as well! it's a risk putting me in a glass museum, i am a bit clumsy. we are talking about what it means for all of us, energy bills, fuel bills, filling up the car, what does it mean that the supermarket checkout when you put your stuff in your trolley every week? what are the real terms problems, what are the solutions, and one place i have been to here in sunderland is trying to offer

solutions, hope, optimism, positivity into the community all under one roof and one foundation and i bet you can guess where it is. wearmouth colliery. more than 150 years of mining history. the end came in the 1990s. in its place, the stadium of light. home to another proud local institution, sunderland football club. they're looking good. smell good. i've come to the community kitchen right next to the stadium where local families, like natalie scott and their kids, are having a cookery lesson. watch that thumb! we've made the meatballs. mam's cut the broccoli, the carrot, the peppers. 0h, she peels, you grate, you pour them back in. yeah. we've cooked the vegetables, we've grated them, we've peeled things, stuff like that. this all looks really healthy.

it is. well, this helps us as a family because buying the ingredients as fresh is loads cheaper. have you noticed that? yeah, yeah, definitely. we've also learned how to budget a bit better because things are getting really tight, especially with the school holidays coming up. having four children with autism, i've learned to maybe adapt to help them cook. spaghetti's nearly ready. how are you going to know when it's ready? i've got a timer on. 0k, how long have we got left? four minutes. for decades, coal was king on this site. and this winter, damian and his family are still thinking about energy, and how much they use. if i'm honest, i'm a little bit scared. i'm scared of the unknown. i'm waiting for the next bills to come in to see, right, well, we need to cut back again, even though we're already cutting back.

and then coming here and cooking together and being able to stand back and just let them join in, that's been probably the biggest thing. all right, so, kids, what was he like, before he started doing this course, what was dad like in the kitchen? oh, if you set foot in the kitchen while he was cooking, you would get kicked out. he seems to be less stressed when he knows what he's going to make and he knows he has everything. so you're a team now, a proper cookery team. there are all kinds of classes going on here, offering solutions to people who might be struggling. this beacon is about aspiration. it's about inspiration. it's a place for everybody. you might come in and you might bring your child to netball or to football, or you might come into a family learning class, and you might end up on a journey in terms of going on to volunteering. you might go into employability programmes, you might learn spanish. i feel like billy elliot! up on the roof, there are classes to help people keep fit and keep warm this winter. hello, jon.

nice to meet you. who do you support? i'm not even going to dare say anybody but sunderland here. 0bviously! who do you support? sunderland, obviously. how long have you lived here? all my life. has sunderland changed? well, we're not in the premier league any more. i meant the place, not the club. get your priorities right! it's club first, right? definitely, that's why most of us came here, because of that. this place is all about positivity in challenging times. some of the guys playing football are former miners. i live alone, so it gives me something to look forward to. tuesday's the start of my week, we normally meet on tuesday morning. do you get lonely sometimes? yeah. it's been six years since i lost my wife. so this makes a real difference to your life? yeah, absolutely. i think this makes my life what it is. worth living?

yeah, yeah. and you've seen tough times before, this city has? oh, god, aye. this used to be the biggest shipbuilding the city for the size of the town in the world. what do you think the future holds? i think it's optimistic. we have got entrepreneurs in the area, you know, and people... people say, the northeast, oh, it's a dour area. it's not really. it's not all bleak and pit heaps and whippets and scarf and flat caps! the rich history of this site is never forgotten. the foundation teaches history about the links between mining, football and community. traditionally, it was always said at sunderland, if ever sunderland needed a centre forward, all you had to do was shout down the pitch. at the front of the class, former player peter stronach. sunderland born and bred, he was a winger for the black cats in the 19705, and he says the history of both the club

and the city will see people through tough times. without sunderland football club, the people of sunderland wouldn't be the same. this has been around for over 100 years in some form or another, but it gives the people of the city that outlet or that hope. have you got hope this season? definitely, yeah. positivity back in the kitchen as well. ahead of what could be a tough season this winter. at the end of the day, all i ever worked for was for the kids. aww! so just trying to keep these happy. they did seem happy in the kitchens there. lovely to meet them and some fantastic work going on in this city. that is just one example of the fantastic work taking place.

i'm joined now by aly dixon from the �*the foundation of light�* charity that runs the community projects we just saw in that film and reshma begum from the federation of small businesses. morning to both of you, thank you for coming. aly, iwas morning to both of you, thank you for coming. aly, i was really struck by the sense of pride at the beacon when we filmed, but this also absolute determination to get through this and stick together, is that what you see on a daily basis? definitely. we see all walks coming through the door at the beacon, from young children up to i9—year—olds. they will have such pride in the city, priority to be part of the beacon and the football club. the strength that they have as well, it's amazing to see them coming through and they will tell us of their troubles and struggles but they are all here and they are all fighting to get through as best they can. fighting to get through as best they can, ., ., fighting to get through as best they can. ., ., , , can. football everything here. is there anybody— can. football everything here. is there anybody in _ can. football everything here. is there anybody in this _ can. football everything here. is there anybody in this crowd i can. football everything here. is there anybody in this crowd who | can. football everything here. is i there anybody in this crowd who dare tell us they support anybody other

than sunderland? 0h, we have an exclusive! a rather sheepish and in the air! in terms of businesses, what are businesses telling you right now but the situation, small businesses? we right now but the situation, small businesses?— right now but the situation, small businesses? ~ ., ., ., , , , businesses? we do a quarterly survey of our businesses, _ businesses? we do a quarterly survey of our businesses, which _ businesses? we do a quarterly survey of our businesses, which measures i of our businesses, which measures their— of our businesses, which measures their sentiment, really. in the latest— their sentiment, really. in the latest data came out this morning showing _ latest data came out this morning showing that almost half of our respondents had decreased their revenue. — respondents had decreased their revenue, had seen a decrease in revenue — revenue, had seen a decrease in revenue and they expect to see the same _ revenue and they expect to see the same property business —— the same up same property business —— the same up to— same property business —— the same up to christmas which is usually a very busy— up to christmas which is usually a very busy period. confidence is low and the _ very busy period. confidence is low and the pessimism is there among the business _ and the pessimism is there among the business community who are traditionally quite a dynamic and resilient — traditionally quite a dynamic and resilient to positive community of people _ resilient to positive community of people. so it can only tell you how confidence — people. so it can only tell you how confidence is low. we people. so it can only tell you how confidence is low.— confidence is low. we talk about ositivi confidence is low. we talk about positivity and — confidence is low. we talk about positivity and the _ confidence is low. we talk about positivity and the determination | confidence is low. we talk about l positivity and the determination of some of the schemes like aly�*s, but your members are struggling to keep

that optimism going? the?r your members are struggling to keep that optimism going?— that optimism going? they are, in the face of — that optimism going? they are, in the face of continuously _ that optimism going? they are, in the face of continuously rising i the face of continuously rising costs — the face of continuously rising costs and _ the face of continuously rising costs and decreasing revenue and decreasing consumer confidence, it's difficult _ decreasing consumer confidence, it's difficult for _ decreasing consumer confidence, it's difficult for them to stay resilient. we are seeing record levels — resilient. we are seeing record levels of— resilient. we are seeing record levels of pessimism. it's not even a slight _ levels of pessimism. it's not even a slight full, — levels of pessimism. it's not even a slight full, it's quite a steep drop — slight full, it's quite a steep dro -. . ~ slight full, it's quite a steep dro. ., ~' ,, slight full, it's quite a steep dro. ., , slight full, it's quite a steep dro. . , . ., drop. thank you very much indeed to come about- — drop. thank you very much indeed to come about. let _ drop. thank you very much indeed to come about. let me _ drop. thank you very much indeed to come about. let me move _ drop. thank you very much indeed to come about. let me move over- drop. thank you very much indeed to | come about. let me move over here, if i can tiptoe past the glass, i am going to be very anxious this morning. let's talk to some of our other guests. we are going to talk to people from all over the city and community. joanne, you run a charity, in the community, hearing people's stories first hand. when we get these inflation figures in half an hour, it is a number. what is the reality of what you see?— reality of what you see? people are concerned about _ reality of what you see? people are concerned about how _ reality of what you see? people are concerned about how they - reality of what you see? people are concerned about how they make i reality of what you see? people are l concerned about how they make ends meet, keeping a roof over their head. i think the guys on the sofa are right, people are resilient in

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beacon at sunderland fc. that's it let's go back to sally. thank you very much, jon, and thank you to all of your brilliant guests in sunderland. we will be there all morning here. but time to talk about the sport and an incredible turnaround last night. there is so much football at the moment as we build up to the world cup, we have to fit all of these fixtures in the! there were two games last night, plenty more this evening. a big statement when from crystal palace. —— victory from crystal palace. —— victory from crystal palace. crystal palace came from behind to beat managerless wolves 2—1 at selhurst park. the visitors took the lead half an hour in, with adama traore finding a way through to put them ahead. but palace fought back in the second half with goals from eberechi eze and wilfried zaha to secure the win and move them up to tenth on the table. wolves are just one point from the relegation places.

while nottingham forest moved off the foot of the table after a goalless draw with brighton at the amex stadium. leandro trossard coming closest with this powerful effort denied by crossbar. kilmarnock are through to the scottish league cup semi—finals for the first time since winning the trophy ten years ago. they beat dundee united 2—1. danny armstrong scored the winner for killie with 18 minutes to go at rugby park. they remaining ties will be played this evening — with celtic and rangers amongst those left in the competion. british gymnastics says it will have "zero tolerance for abuse" and plans to put athlete welfare ahead of winning medals. the organisation has responded to the whyte review which detailed systemic issues of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in the sport. the ruling body says it will name banned coaches, and appoint an independent monitor reforms, but there have also been calls for it to deal with outstanding legal claims.

there was late drama as 2017 semi—finalists tonga opened their rugby league world cup campaign with a hard fought win over papua new guinea. with just three minutes to go the sides were level until keaon koloamatangi scored the winning try to claim victory by 24 points to 18. the other sides in group d, wales and cook islands meet tonight. before i go, a big game at the t20 world cup going on right now, scotland against ireland, scotland have won the opener, if they win this they are almost to the stages. scotland have got 176, so ireland are chasing 177 to win. time to catch up with the rickshaw team now, who are on day three of their relay challenge around the country. each day matt baker is joined

by inspiring young people who've been supported by bbc children in need funded projects. the team started in sunderland on monday, before heading to warrington yesterday, and today they're in aberystwyth. later this week, team rickshaw will also ride through birmingham and northampton. a busy few days! jayne is in aberystwyth. how are they getting on? i can see that pudsey is getting involved! patsy is about to make television history, are you ready for this? —— pudsey is about to make television history. take it away, good luck. yes! cheering

.we . we prepared, but we didn't expect to pull that off! that is amazing! you are brilliant! let me tell you about this place. get everybody going, lady! this is a wheelchair basketball club in aberystwyth, for people with disabilities and people who don't have disabilities. it's a fantastic leveller. 0ne young man who comes here is kai, he has had a very difficult start in life, he was angen very difficult start in life, he was anger, bitterand resentful very difficult start in life, he was anger, bitter and resentful because of his disability. 0ne anger, bitter and resentful because of his disability. one thing changed all of that, and it is this club, and it is that man over there, his name is lee and we will chat to him in a minute. let's have a look at the story. let me introduce kai. think of five words to describe your boy, go. kai's funny. resilient. charming. sorry! i'm absolutely appalled.

there's got to be i at least five words! kai's funny. he's inspiring. he's resilient. he can be annoying. annoying? i'm a bundle ofjoy, i thank you very much. to meet kai at home in aberystwyth, first you have to get past loki and thor. and the first thing you need to know about kai is that he has cerebral palsy. you haven't always been in a wheelchair, have you? no, i did walk until the age of seven, but the way i was walking, i'd have my knees come really tight together and they were slowly dislocating my hips. so at the age of seven, kai had extensive surgery to help him walk, but the surgery didn't work. i don't want to say kai gave up, but he...

he kind of retreated into himself. can you give us a hand, mum? ijust got hit by reality, and it was like, 0k, i'm not going to be the same as i was before. i think emotionally it was very, very draining for him. - he would get angry with his legs and he would hit his legs - because they didn't do - what he wanted them to do. but thankfully at about 13, i finally broke the cycle. and i think that's been something i'm really proud of. come on, then, give us your best trash talk. oh, you might have me on speed, but i've got you beat on power every time. i'm tallerthan you, i've got a better reach than you. the second thing you need to know about kai is that he took the hardest moment in his life and turned it into an opportunity.

you haven't got my brain, though, have you? because that was when kai discovered this. from when kai started, came in really shy, didn't really want to take part. but from being really reluctant and not wanting to have a go, he just grasped it and was an absolute natural right from the beginning. for me, it was just sort of learning to look at it as a positive side. i looked back on it and everything that i had gone through turned me into the person i am today. it was a massive sense of relief, actually, just seeing a wave ofjoy pass his face as he sort of got himself strapped into the wheelchair and started to move around. kai has represented wales in wheelchair basketball for four years. he also qualified for the commonwealth games. his whole life has been

changed by this project, and this project is funded by children in need. being told that he's never going to be playing sport again, to representing your country? that's massive, that's huge for anybody. the children need funding that will receive, it's priceless. changing lives. his coach and this sport have given kai hope, purpose, friendship, a community. warriors on three, one, two, three, warriors! i can't thank him enough for what he's done for me through the years. he's really helped me, sort of, he's given me a reason not to feel sad about being in a chair. the whole community in aberystwyth with wheelchair basketball has been fantastic. i mean, it'sjust it's like my second family to me. good luck, kai. and now a new challenge lies ahead. the rickshaw challenge. come on, kai!

kai, rickshaw challenge, 2022, you got this in the bag. - smash it! it isa it is a remarkable project down here, absolutely brilliant. you can see how brilliant it is because you see how brilliant it is because you see all the yellow jackets? see how brilliant it is because you see all the yellowjackets? that is team are children need to have only beenin team are children need to have only been in those chairs for ten minutes to have a go and they are already smashing it. —— team children in need. let's have a chat with lee. go on, pudsey! you are a bit of a legend in these parts.- on, pudsey! you are a bit of a legend in these parts. some people sa ! tell legend in these parts. some people say! tell me — legend in these parts. some people say! tell me why — legend in these parts. some people say! tell me why these _ legend in these parts. some people say! tell me why these places i legend in these parts. some people say! tell me why these places are i say! tell me why these places are phenomenal _ say! tell me why these places are phenomenal and _ say! tell me why these places are phenomenal and why _ say! tell me why these places are phenomenal and why the - say! tell me why these places are phenomenal and why the children j say! tell me why these places are i phenomenal and why the children in need of funding is so important. the fundin: need of funding is so important. tie: funding has need of funding is so important. tte: funding has put aberystwyth wheelchair basketball club on the map, without the funding we would not be able to run sessions, to support our facility higher, our equipment, from everyday playing

wheelchair basketball... tt equipment, from everyday playing wheelchair basketball. . .— wheelchair basketball... if this wasn't here. — wheelchair basketball... if this wasn't here, there _ wheelchair basketball... if this wasn't here, there would i wheelchair basketball... if this wasn't here, there would be? | wheelchair basketball... if this i wasn't here, there would be? no inclusive wasn't here, there would be? th? inclusive sport. wasn't here, there would be? no inclusive sport. within _ wasn't here, there would be? no inclusive sport. within a - wasn't here, there would be? no inclusive sport. within a 40 i wasn't here, there would be? no inclusive sport. within a 40 mile | inclusive sport. within a 40 mile radius. inclusive sport. within a 40 mile radius- yes. _ inclusive sport. within a 40 mile radius. yes, without _ inclusive sport. within a 40 mile radius. yes, without the - inclusive sport. within a 40 mile radius. yes, without the funding | radius. yes, without the funding from children _ radius. yes, without the funding from children in _ radius. yes, without the funding from children in need, - radius. yes, without the funding from children in need, there i radius. yes, without the funding i from children in need, there would be no inclusive sport. it brings non—disabled and disabled people together tojoin in and have non—disabled and disabled people together to join in and have fun non—disabled and disabled people together tojoin in and have fun in this remarkable sport. and together to join in and have fun in this remarkable sport.— this remarkable sport. and its life chan . in . . this remarkable sport. and its life changing- we _ this remarkable sport. and its life changing. we know _ this remarkable sport. and its life changing. we know kai _ this remarkable sport. and its life changing. we know kai is - this remarkable sport. and its life i changing. we know kai is remarkable but every young person here has a back story which is inspirational. everyone who comes to the club has a story. disabled or non—disabled, we have got two young sisters with cerebral palsy coming along, a young man who has a spinal stroke, he had that at the age of 16, he lost the use of his legs. we have kai, we have jack who has cerebral palsy. where is jack? come on over, sophie, come on over. liam, if you can.

these guys are all members of the club. jack is also under 14 captain for wales, club. jack is also under 14 captain forwales, is club. jack is also under 14 captain for wales, is that right? what does this could mean to you guys? abs, for wales, is that right? what does this could mean to you guys? a lot, here is where _ this could mean to you guys? a lot, here is where i _ this could mean to you guys? a lot, here is where i started. _ this could mean to you guys? a lot, here is where i started. here - this could mean to you guys? a lot, here is where i started. here is i here is where i started. here is where — here is where i started. here is where i— here is where i started. here is where i learned of the sport, here is where _ where i learned of the sport, here is where i— where i learned of the sport, here is where i started, i coach, everything. it is where i started, i coach, everything-— is where i started, i coach, everything. is where i started, i coach, eve hina. ., ., everything. it is so important to our life. everything. it is so important to your life- kai — everything. it is so important to your life. kai described - everything. it is so important to your life. kai described it - everything. it is so important to your life. kai described it as i everything. it is so important to your life. kai described it as life j your life. kai described it as life changing because he had such a tough time, i don't know about you. it has time, i don't know about you. it has chanced time, i don't know about you. it has changed me — time, i don't know about you. it has changed me a _ time, i don't know about you. it has changed me a lot _ time, i don't know about you. it has changed me a lot because _ time, i don't know about you. it has changed me a lot because i - time, i don't know about you. it has changed me a lot because i stopped all sports. _ changed me a lot because i stopped all sports, and then i started here. it's all sports, and then i started here. it's brilliant, — all sports, and then i started here. it's brilliant, get back out there, do another shoot hoops! let's get going again. i need to tell you, kai will need all of your support, whether it is online, in person down here at aberystwyth, get on the children in need website, there is a live track at so you can see where the route is, bring all of your hugs and best wishes. get on there and

donate if you can. 0ne and best wishes. get on there and donate if you can. one of the terms and conditions are there. stick with this all morning, we will be back later. if you would like to support team rickshaw's efforts and donate to bbc children in need, here are the details. we are back in sunderland in a few minutes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning. this is bbc london. i'm frankie mccamley.

rents in london are at their highest levels — with competition driving up prices. data from the trust for london shows the average price for a one—bed house now costs a city worker on a middle income almost half their salary. renters and estate agents say demand is through the roof. i'd be on the way to the viewing and there would just be a message, room is taken. by the time i had sent it would be, someone put the money down this morning and it's gone. and thatjust seemed to happen. so in the end, after about two weeks, i think, i was like, just anything that was available within my price range. just send an e—mail. so it was quite stressful. multiple calls to the same property, you might have 25, 30 viewings for one property. some people even bidding blind on it saying, "i'm having that place," even though they haven't seen it, i mean, that's crazy. city hall has admitted it's going to be difficult for mayor of london sadiq khan to build all the affordable homes he's promised.

the deputy mayor for housing blamed inflationary pressures, rising interest rates and the recent political turmoil. conservative assembly members have accused the mayor of "getting his excuses in early". islington's little simz has won the mercury prize — for the best album by a british or irish artist. the rapper brought her mother onstage to accept the prize before giving her own powerful acceptance speech. she says she wants her music to be relevant. ijust know i want to cut through the noise, ijust want i just want to make something that's going to shake everything up. i don't know what i'm going to write about or what their music is going to sound like. ijust know i want to cut through the noise, you know what i mean, and i want to make something that stands the test of time. let's ta ke let's take a look at how tfl services are running this morning

and there arejust services are running this morning and there are just minor delays on thejubilee line. hello there, good morning. plenty of blue sky and sunshine across the capital yesterday and temperatures peaked in the high teens in celsius. lovely day of weather. it is looking cloudy and breezier today, but there will still be some hazy spells of sunshine at times. now, it is a milder start to the morning then we saw this time yesterday. there are some showers out towards the west, some of these could creep a bit further eastwards across the capital at times, always the risk of that. but for many of us, it should be dry for most of the day. the best of the sunshine in the east and noticeable easterly breeze picking up at times. temperatures at times peaking at the high teens for many. as we head through this evening and overnight, there is a line of showers set to move northward and eastward, some of these showers possibly heavy and thundery, lingering on into thursday morning. a mild start to the day, those showers will clear away through the morning to leave us with a dry afternoon. there will be some sunshine around as well. mild as we head towards the end of the working week but very unsettled again on friday.

that's it from me. there's plenty more on our website. i'll pass you back to the team at breakfast. see you in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay here at the national glass centre in sunderland and sally nugent in the breakfast studio. 0ur headlines at 7am: downing street refuses to commit to increasing state pensions in line with inflation — it comes ahead of the latest cost of living figures which are out in the next few minutes. sometimes i've been left with £30 in the account for over a week to pay everything and just don't have it.

i'm don't have it. live at this beautiful old coin 99 i'm live at this beautiful old coin eg a library which has been transformed into a community warm space, something becoming increasingly important as a survey suggest that 90% of people are delaying turning the heating on to save money. the other main headlines this morning: a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent hospitals trust is to be published — families have been warned it's likely to be harrowing. most of us today will have another unseasonably mild day, we have rain in the west, a fair bit of clout with some drizzle in the north, sunnier skies will be in the west of scotland and the south—east of england. i will have all the details later. good morning. it's wednesday, 19th october.

welcome to the national glass centre here in sunderland. we are here to talk about the rising cost of living and how it's affecting you and your family. the latest inflation figures are due in the next few minutes — we in the next few minutes — are going to go through ' explain we are going to go through them and explain how they work and what they say and what the impact might be on pensions and benefits in the months ahead. these are the ones that are normally used to calculate the rise in the state pension and some other benefit increases from next april. this is an amazing centre and a former shipyard site, opened about 30 years ago and this place is determined to retrain people in things like glass—blowing and glass skills, the old glass industry in sunderland still reflected, literally blowing new life into local economy by creating these wonderful glass pumpkins and we will see how they are made a little later. i don't think they will let me near them.

later. i don't think they will let me nearthem. up in later. i don't think they will let me near them. up in the gallery are stunning display of beautiful flowers, i again made of glass. we will look at what the cost of living is in this museum, all those furnaces burning all the time, but what does it mean for you in your home waking up this morning? have you put the heating on? we will get the figures in a mat. —— in a minute. hannah's been talking to people in sunderland about their concerns and how they are being impacted. all across the country, rising prices are wearing people down and wearing away at their budgets. amanda used to work in a hospital before a head injury five years ago. now she receives disability benefits and lives with her mum. it can be really difficult to try and have the money. sometimes i've been left with £30 in the account for over a week to pay everything and just don't have it. how does that make you feel? upset. it's distressing. i'd have liked to be a good role model for my son and... can't be. i'd love to work.

nobody would employ me. how urgently do you need to see benefits go up in line with inflation? today, now. should have been done a long time ago, but they're not in any hurry. today's figure is important because it sets the rate at which some disability benefits will rise, but not until april. the government previously made a commitment to raise all benefits, including universal credit, in line with inflation, but with the figure much higher than they anticipated back then, that commitment is now in doubt and the rise in prices is forcing businesses to make cuts too. matei decided to close his second restaurantjust three weeks ago because of unmanageable bills. starting to impact quite a lot on everything, what i do, using quite a lot of electricity, gas.

comparing, to give an example, springtime last year literally tripled up. and now from this month, everything again will go up and the cost will reflect in the food. but unfortunately, i can't put any more on top of the prices. and to be honest, this is where i am with my business now in a surviving mood until the springtime when we hopefully we can go back on better things. how confident are you that you can survive as a business? i don't have any option. this is my life. and the squeeze on household budgets is only expected to get tighter with the recent rise in energy costs not yet factored into today's figure. and it's those on the lowest incomes who feel the surge in inflation most keenly as it leaves us all with less to spend and more difficult choices to make.

as you can see on the screen we now have the inflation figure, and it's just above 10%, 10.1%. have the inflation figure, and it's justabove10%,10.1%. hannah have the inflation figure, and it's just above 10%, 10.1%. hannah is here to make sense of that number, what does that mean? it’s here to make sense of that number, what does that mean?— what does that mean? it's back in double figures, _ what does that mean? it's back in double figures, 10.1% _ what does that mean? it's back in double figures, 10.1% being i what does that mean? it's back in double figures, 10.196 being the l what does that mean? it's back in - double figures, 10.196 being the same double figures, 10.1% being the same figure as we had injuly. at that point it was the highest figure in 40 point it was the highest figure in a0 years. inflation is the rate at which prices are going up and that figure for september was calibrated before the recent rise in energy costs many households will have faced. we are told this figure was driven by rising food prices, up ia.6%, partially offset by a call in the cost of motor fuel such as petrol. we will dig into those figures when we have had more time, theyjust came out in the last few minutes but double figures, it's a

worrying time for a lot of people. the figures we get an october are notjust numbers because this number would normally set the rate for pensions and benefits next april. that september figure is particularly important that septemberfigure is particularly important in that september figure is particularly important in that context and the delay in how this is because it means when you look to last april when benefits when top they went up by 3%, since then inflation has been around triple that every month so there is already a huge gap between incomes and inflation, you can see i dent in this figure of 10.1%. the government not giving guarantees it will raise state pension or benefits in line with that inflation figure that the treasury point to extra grants they have made available to people in low—income households throughout the pandemic and with energy costs. figs pandemic and with energy costs. as inflation stays high there will be

questions about interest rates. let's get some reaction to those figures, how does that translate to your home and business and life? you live and work in sunderland. thank you forjoining us. , you are a taxi driver, i guess you are used to early mornings and what you make of these figures? i early mornings and what you make of these figures?— these figures? i have to disagree with ou these figures? i have to disagree with you on _ these figures? i have to disagree with you on the _ these figures? i have to disagree with you on the fuel— these figures? i have to disagree with you on the fuel cost - these figures? i have to disagree | with you on the fuel cost because these figures? i have to disagree i with you on the fuel cost because i have only seen it rise last year until now. with these new figures it is going to go up again i assume. the figures we are getting today reflect last month when i think fuel prices did dip a bit. the? reflect last month when i think fuel prices did dip a bit.— reflect last month when i think fuel prices did dip a bit. they have gone back u- prices did dip a bit. they have gone back up again- _ prices did dip a bit. they have gone back up again. what _ prices did dip a bit. they have gone back up again. what is _ prices did dip a bit. they have gone back up again. what is the - prices did dip a bit. they have gone back up again. what is the impact l prices did dip a bit. they have gone. back up again. what is the impact on our back up again. what is the impact on your business? _ back up again. what is the impact on your business? massive _ back up again. what is the impact on your business? massive because - back up again. what is the impact on your business? massive because youl your business? massive because you are earning — your business? massive because you are earning less _ your business? massive because you are earning less because _ your business? massive because you are earning less because you - your business? massive because you are earning less because you are -

are earning less because you are spending more on fuel and that affects your shopping, when you go shopping in supermarkets the cost of food has gone up as well and that has gone up more than what you have in increase. , . , ., has gone up more than what you have in increase-— in increase. jane, you run a family bake . in increase. jane, you run a family bakery- so — in increase. jane, you run a family bakery- so that — in increase. jane, you run a family bakery. so that number, - in increase. jane, you run a family bakery. so that number, 10.1%, i in increase. jane, you run a family bakery. so that number, 10.1%, in your shop, bakery. so that number, 10.1%, in yourshop, how bakery. so that number, 10.1%, in your shop, how does that translate? ouch! it's very scary. we are seeing prices _ ouch! it's very scary. we are seeing pricesiust_ ouch! it's very scary. we are seeing pricesjust rise. we cannot get the supplies. — pricesjust rise. we cannot get the supplies, they are doubling in the last six— supplies, they are doubling in the last six weeks of what you paid for a case _ last six weeks of what you paid for a case of— last six weeks of what you paid for a case of butter at six weeks ago, £40, _ a case of butter at six weeks ago, £40, now— a case of butter at six weeks ago, £40, now you're paying £60, you £ao, now you're paying £60, you cannot— £ao, now you're paying £60, you cannot get— £ao, now you're paying £60, you cannot get your floor and the impact is on your— cannot get your floor and the impact is on your customer because everyone needs— is on your customer because everyone needs a _ is on your customer because everyone needs a loaf_ is on your customer because everyone needs a loaf of bread but we do a lot of— needs a loaf of bread but we do a lot of pastries. they are nice to at you stop — lot of pastries. they are nice to at you stop at — lot of pastries. they are nice to at you stop at the coffee shop and grab

at coffee _ you stop at the coffee shop and grab at coffee and coffee and pastry, and they are _ at coffee and coffee and pastry, and they are the things that just stop. and you're — they are the things that just stop. and you're noticing that in terms of the little things in people's shopping habits? hate the little things in people's shopping habits?— the little things in people's shopping habits? the little things in people's sho -|n~ habits? ~ . . the little things in people's sho -|n~ habits? . ., ., ., shopping habits? we are and even one of our lo al shopping habits? we are and even one of our loyal customers, _ shopping habits? we are and even one of our loyal customers, we _ shopping habits? we are and even one of our loyal customers, we lost - shopping habits? we are and even one of our loyal customers, we lost them l of our loyal customers, we lost them this week— of our loyal customers, we lost them this week because they have closed down which is sad and we are seeing a real impact. down which is sad and we are seeing a real impact-— a real impact. ruth, you run a zero waste business. _ a real impact. ruth, you run a zero waste business. what _ a real impact. ruth, you run a zero waste business. what do _ a real impact. ruth, you run a zero waste business. what do you - a real impact. ruth, you run a zero waste business. what do you do? i a real impact. ruth, you run a zero i waste business. what do you do? we are supplying eco—friendly sustainable _ are supplying eco—friendly sustainable alternatives . are supplying eco—friendlyl sustainable alternatives for products _ sustainable alternatives for products without _ sustainable alternatives for products without focus - sustainable alternatives for products without focus on i sustainable alternatives for| products without focus on it sustainable alternatives for- products without focus on it being these to make sure - suppliers wholesale (e sure - suppliers wholesale our ure - suppliers wholesale our ure l small aliers from wholesale our local small businesses _ from wholesale our local small businesses so _ from wholesale our local small businesses so you _ from wholesale our local small businesses so you can - from wholesale our local small businesses so you can see - from wholesale our local small businesses so you can see the| from wholesale our local small - businesses so you can see the ripple effect _ businesses so you can see the ripple effect because — businesses so you can see the ripple effect because businesses— businesses so you can see the ripple effect because businesses like - effect because businesses like generat's _ effect because businesses like generat's see _ effect because businesses like general's see that _ effect because businesses like general's see that increase . effect because businesses likel general's see that increase and effect because businesses like - general's see that increase and are trying _ general's see that increase and are trying not _ general's see that increase and are trying not to — general's see that increase and are trying not to pass _ general's see that increase and are trying no tried ass 3 general's see that increase and are trying no tried as absorb ; general's see that increase and are trying no trie take absorb ;

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have increased in court so for us it is an invisible pay cut and we - have increased in court so for us it is an invisible pay cut and we are i consumers as well. i have three small— consumers as well. i have three small children, _ consumers as well. i have three small children, but _ consumers as well. i have three small children, but we - consumers as well. i have three small children, but we are - consumers as well. i have three small children, but we are not l consumers as well. i have three - small children, but we are not doing these _ small children, but we are not doing these things — small children, but we are not doing these things that _ small children, but we are not doing these things that are _ small children, but we are not doing these things that are nice _ small children, but we are not doing these things that are nice to - small children, but we are not doing these things that are nice to have, l these things that are nice to have, we made _ these things that are nice to have, we made a — these things that are nice to have, we made a decision— these things that are nice to have, we made a decision not— these things that are nice to have, we made a decision not to - these things that are nice to have, we made a decision not to put - these things that are nice to have, we made a decision not to put our| we made a decision not to put our seven—month—old _ we made a decision not to put our seven—month—old into— we made a decision not to put our seven—month—old into childcare . we made a decision not to put our| seven—month—old into childcare for financial— seven—month—old into childcare for financial reasons _ seven—month—old into childcare for financial reasons so _ seven—month—old into childcare for financial reasons so we _ seven—month—old into childcare for financial reasons so we can - seven—month—old into childcare for financial reasons so we can see - seven—month—old into childcare for| financial reasons so we can see that the impact — financial reasons so we can see that the impact is — financial reasons so we can see that the impact is not _ financial reasons so we can see that the impact is notjust— financial reasons so we can see that the impact is notjust on— financial reasons so we can see that the impact is notjust on us- financial reasons so we can see that the impact is notjust on us as - the impact is notjust on us as business — the impact is notjust on us as business owners— the impact is notjust on us as business owners but - the impact is notjust on us as business owners but as - the impact is notjust on us as - business owners but as consumers. and that _ business owners but as consumers. and that ripples _ business owners but as consumers. and that ripples into _ business owners but as consumers. and that ripples into the _ business owners but as consumers. and that ripples into the whole - and that ripples into the whole community. we and that ripples into the whole community-— and that ripples into the whole communi . . . , ., ., community. to support people with tips and how to support people with tips and advice _ how to support people with tips and advice rather— how to support people with tips and advice rather than _ how to support people with tips and advice rather than at _ how to support people with tips and advice rather than at retail- how to support people with tips and advice rather than at retail but - how to support people with tips and advice rather than at retail but as i advice rather than at retail but as someone — advice rather than at retail but as someone who— advice rather than at retail but as someone who was _ advice rather than at retail but as someone who was essentially - advice rather than at retail but as - someone who was essentially buying wholesale _ someone who was essentially buying wholesale and — someone who was essentially buying wholesale and selling _ someone who was essentially buying wholesale and selling at _ someone who was essentially buying wholesale and selling at retail- someone who was essentially buying wholesale and selling at retail it's i wholesale and selling at retail it's a scary _ wholesale and selling at retail it's a scarytime _ wholesale and selling at retail it's a scary time-— a scary time. advice is important because we _ a scary time. advice is important because we are _ a scary time. advice is important because we are here _ a scary time. advice is important because we are here today - 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share tips about how we tackle this. , when you drive your cab around and people are talking to you on a day like today, what are they saying, what is the mood —— zaf? héerr; what is the mood -- zaf? very depressing _ what is the mood -- zaf? very depressing because _ what is the mood —— zaf? , depressing because people are struggling to heat their homes. what struggling to heat their homes. what about the bakery, _ struggling to heat their homes. what about the bakery, how much of this is a conversation at the tail or is it something people are choosing to ignore? hate it something people are choosing to ianore? ~ . it something people are choosing to ianore? . . ., ., ~ ., ignore? we are all talking about it and i think the _ ignore? we are all talking about it and i think the key _ ignore? we are all talking about it and i think the key thing _ ignore? we are all talking about it and i think the key thing for - ignore? we are all talking about it and i think the key thing for us - ignore? we are all talking about it and i think the key thing for us is. and i think the key thing for us is to try— and i think the key thing for us is to try and — and i think the key thing for us is to try and look at ways we can hold off passing — to try and look at ways we can hold off passing on to our customers, it's difficult — off passing on to our customers, it's difficult to come and look at what _ it's difficult to come and look at what we — it's difficult to come and look at what we are producing, trying to make _ what we are producing, trying to make some changes to keep doing what we are _ make some changes to keep doing what we are doing but make sure people can still— we are doing but make sure people can still have what they need from us. . y ., can still have what they need from us. . , ., , can still have what they need from us. ., , ., , ., can still have what they need from us. . , ., , ., ., can still have what they need from us. have you put the heating on yet? nobody has — us. have you put the heating on yet? nobody has put _ us. have you put the heating on yet? nobody has put the _ us. have you put the heating on yet? nobody has put the heating - us. have you put the heating on yet? nobody has put the heating on - us. have you put the heating on yet? nobody has put the heating on i'm i nobody has put the heating on i'm asking because we will now talk to

coletta who was at a community centre, a library which has opened up centre, a library which has opened up to offer people somewhere warm to get together and have positivity, one of the solutions we are talking about this morning. good morning, everyone. i'm at this beautiful old carnegie library which has been transformed by the pallion action group into one of sullivan's warm spaces so if you would sing out the heating was turned on and you receive a warm welcome from the star. morning, everybody! as well as a nice cup of tea if you pop in here to try and warm up and that is becoming important because a survey commissioned on behalf of the bbc of more than a000 adults across the uk shows the crunch people are facing in the decisions they are having to make and some of those behaviours are that 90% of people surveyed say

they have delayed turning the heating on to try to save money. nearly half of those who were on prepayment metres say they are out of credit or have disconnected in the last few months. and 15% of people report that they are already in arrears on their bills. two—thirds of those renting said it had been difficult to pay for essential costs in the last six months. and people are consciously watching what they spend on food, more than two thirds saying they are eating out less and more than half reducing the amount of food they buy. this is a tough time for everyone and this survey shows that kind of choices people are making and what they are doing differently. so just to recap, they are doing differently. sojust to recap, in they are doing differently. so just to recap, in the last few minutes we heard the latest inflation figure, the rate of inflation figure, the rate of inflation has increased to 10.1% which means prices are rising at their fastest rate in a0 years. a

lot of people are saying they didn't need a number published this morning to tell them that and some things are going up higher than that 10%. let's speak to the shadow business secretaryjonathan reynolds. this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, _ this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i _ this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i left _ this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i left at _ this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i left at 18 - this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i left at 18 to - this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i left at 18 to go i this is your home city. sunderland born and bred, i left at 18 to go to| born and bred, i left at 18 to go to university so i represent manchester now but great to be back in sunderland.— now but great to be back in sunderland. . , , , sunderland. that figure is pretty stark, 10.1%. — sunderland. that figure is pretty stark, 10.1%. what _ sunderland. that figure is pretty stark, 10.1%. what you - sunderland. that figure is pretty stark, 10.1%. what you make . sunderland. that figure is pretty stark, 10.1%. what you make of| sunderland. that figure is pretty - stark, 10.1%. what you make of where the economy is?— the economy is? double-digit inflation speaks _ the economy is? double-digit inflation speaks for _ the economy is? double-digit inflation speaks for itself - the economy is? double-digit inflation speaks for itself and | inflation speaks for itself and people can seek when they bite cereal or milk what this means for their lives. a lot of the spike in inflation comes from the war in ukraine but what we need from the government is first don't bloat the economy up needlessly as we sought with the mini budget and the changes over what has been a disgraceful

three weeks but also you need a plan for think the government can control, for good jobs in all parts of the country that understands the history of places like this, the shipyard and the glass centre. we are facing transition, climate change is very real and i don't see a plan for that. i would like to see a plan for that. i would like to see a long—term industrial strategy, action on business rates, more on skills, a better trading relationship with the single market so you need that full agenda and we don't have that at the minute. the fi . ures we don't have that at the minute. the figures we get _ don't have that at the minute. the figures we get now matter to people because these figures can set pensions and benefits next year and the government isn't necessarily now going to increase it to that higher level. what about the labour party? will you commit to that triple lock on pensions?—

on pensions? yes, and the government's _ on pensions? yes, and the government's manifesto i on pensions? yes, and the _ government's manifesto commitment is for the same thing so there is no doubt this is what they should be doing, conservative mps who are the majority in parliament have made those commitments when they were elected so there should be no question of protecting people by matching the operating to inflation which they have promised. the reason jerem which they have promised. the reason jeremy hunt — which they have promised. the reason jeremy hunt is — which they have promised. the reason jeremy hunt is considering _ which they have promised. the reason jeremy hunt is considering not - jeremy hunt is considering not sticking to the triple lock is because he might say the economy cannot afford it, it will cause extra pressure so how will you afford it? if extra pressure so how will you afford it? if we were here three weeks ago _ afford it? if we were here three weeks ago before _ afford it? if we were here three weeks ago before that - afford it? if we were here three weeks ago before that mini - afford it? if we were here three - weeks ago before that mini budget you wouldn't have asked me that question. you are afforded the way we have always paid for it, the minimum standard think the government commits to and on any question relating to national finances none of us know what we can do differently because we haven't had the obr for cats or the basic transparency we should expect from a

budget but we are talking about pensions, universal credit, half of which are people in low paid work. we are talking about families with children with disabilities. if we can protect them because of an economic crisis made in downing street, that would be appalling and frankly if you look at what it means for the economy as a whole because this is money spent on local services, it's self—defeating because there are even conservative mps who have said it damages the growth we need. 50 mps who have said it damages the growth we need.— mps who have said it damages the growth we need. so you commit to ensions, growth we need. so you commit to pensions. what _ growth we need. so you commit to pensions, what about _ growth we need. so you commit to pensions, what about benefits? i growth we need. so you commit to - pensions, what about benefits? would you commit to locking that?— you commit to locking that? uprating should match — you commit to locking that? uprating should match inflation _ you commit to locking that? uprating should match inflation in _ you commit to locking that? uprating should match inflation in the - you commit to locking that? uprating should match inflation in the way - you commit to locking that? uprating should match inflation in the way it i should match inflation in the way it always has and we are seeing stories day by day for the conservative party trails things it might or might not do and it's just testing the ground on things rather than giving us the proper budget process so we can evaluate the costs but all

thatis so we can evaluate the costs but all that is doing right now is generating further anxiety for people and businesses and households and it's not the way to do things. if they have made this crisis they are responsible, bring forward proper plans. they have already brought forward somewhat to halloween but we need proper information and we cannot have this everyday worrying people.— information and we cannot have this everyday worrying people. however we have not everyday worrying people. however we have got here — everyday worrying people. however we have got here over— everyday worrying people. however we have got here over the _ everyday worrying people. however we have got here over the last _ everyday worrying people. however we have got here over the last few- have got here over the last few months, we are where we are now and looking ahead to the next general election i'm beginning to see the conservatives might be saying we have to be cautious and prudent and they will point a finger at labour saying we cannot afford to do the things you want to spend money on. if their campaign is going to be sorry, britain, we mess things up badly, we caused this crisis and households and businesses are going to pay for it, i would be happy for them to account for that. what we

neededin them to account for that. what we needed in the announcement of the old chancellor made was action on energy bills and instead we had all this additional stuff, borrowing money for unfunded tax cuts for the well off, the irony is that has blown up so badly that the original announcement we needed on energy bills has had to be looked at again. you and keir starmer have said you want an election now, of course you do, but do you really think the public has the appetite for an election? i public has the appetite for an election? ., public has the appetite for an election?- i _ public has the appetite for an election?- i can - public has the appetite for an election?- i can see - public has the appetite for an election? i do. i can see people rollin: election? i do. i can see people rolling their— election? i do. i can see people rolling their eyes _ election? i do. i can see people rolling their eyes at _ election? i do. i can see people rolling their eyes at that. - election? i do. i can see people rolling their eyes at that. as - election? i do. i can see people rolling their eyes at that. as an | rolling their eyes at that. as an opposition _ rolling their eyes at that. as an opposition politician _ rolling their eyes at that. as an opposition politician of- rolling their eyes at that. as an opposition politician of course i rolling their eyes at that. as an i opposition politician of course you want an election but there is no stability if liz truss stays. that would put _ stability if liz truss stays. that would put everything - stability if liz truss stays. that would put everything on cause. another prime minister without any mandate, when prime ministers changed without an election they

would have the same manifesto but now we have different prime ministers with different agendas. the only stability is to let the public determine it and make sure we have a decision either way because without that it's more instability which leads to more economic instability and higher costs for everyone in the country. jonathan re nolds, everyone in the country. jonathan reynolds, thank _ everyone in the country. jonathan reynolds, thank you _ everyone in the country. jonathan reynolds, thank you for - everyone in the country. jonathan reynolds, thank you forjoining i everyone in the country. jonathan | reynolds, thank you forjoining us here in sunderland. we have at series called tackling the cost of living crisis and we have a page on the website where you can tap into your personal circumstances and find links and organisations you can get in touch with for help, and we are continuing our coverage from here all day. yet in touch with us in the

usual way. all day. yet in touch with us in the usualway. full coverage all day. yet in touch with us in the usual way. full coverage across all bbc radio, tv and online and so far, so good, nothing smashed in the national glass centre, he said looking around nervously. stay very still is my suggestion, jon kay, don't go anywhere. you are making me nervous. you're nervous? how do you think i feel? thank you, and asjon said we will be back in sunderland across the bbc. a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent nhs trust will be published this morning. more than 200 families spoke to an independent inquiry about their experiences. here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. i think that they were negligent. we got to a point where we could say, hang on a minute, the same thing has been going on and on and on. do you believe that she should still be alive? fundamentally, yes. love you, daisy.

it's become an annual ritual, a way of remembering daisy, who would now have been eight. but for her family, it is instead a lifetime of what might have been. i was stereotyped, i feel like, i was this young girl, didn't know what i was doing or saying or feeling, so just didn't feel listened to throughout it all. so this was just after you breast—fed, wasn't it? daisy was born in a poor condition in 201a after emma says doctors failed to spot she was suffering from pre—eclampsia, a potentially serious condition. daisy only lived for an hour, and a poor investigation by the hospital into what happened means that emma still has no idea why her daughter died. we met this lady, and when she started going through the report, she firstly, like, started saying that babiesjust die and thatjust happens. i can't put it to bed because i haven't got the honest answers that i need. emma robertson hopes today's report into maternity care

at the east kent trust will finally give her answers. she's one of over 200 families who have spoken to the inquiry team. many of them feel the trust didn't investigate — covered up, even — what happened. in late 2016, kelli and dunstan, two classics scholars and church volunteers, were expecting their first child. a delayed caesarean section, however, contributed to their daughter being born in a poor condition, and she died aged just five days. somehow, i'm still stuck in 2016. i think about those months that i was pregnant with celandine and they were beautiful. i had an amazing pregnancy. it was fabulous. the trust didn't treat the death as a serious incident, didn't tell the coroner, so there was no inquest, and recorded the baby's death as a stillbirth, even though she'd lived for a few days. the information we have about our daughter is one thing, but actually far worse is that

because this wasn't a serious incident, there was no learning that happened from this experience. there was none. the only good that can come - of anything we do after celandine's death is the prevention of future tragedies for parents and babies in the trust and elsewhere. a year after celandine's death, harry richford was born in a poor condition after a series of errors. he died aged seven days. again the trust say they didn't need to tell the coroner. they said, look, we're going to carry out a serious investigation here, but we don't need the coroner. hang on, there's something not quite right. derek started investigating the trust, scouring the internet for any evidence of poor maternity care. he was appalled by what he found. when i started investigating what had gone on with harry, it very much was the peeling back of the onion. hang on a minute, well... that can't be right, that doesn't add up. and what i found was up to that point, no—one that i could find, no—one had everjoined the dots.

derek's research was instrumental in getting the independent inquiry set up. the trusts say they apologise unreservedly to all the families they failed and that they'll use today's findings to drive forward improvements. talking to the foreign secretary james cleverly on a couple of minutes but first it's time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning, this is bbc london, i'm frankie mccamley. rents in london are at their highest levels with competition driving up prices. data from the trust for london shows the average price for one—bed house now costs a city worker on a middle income almost half their salary. renters and estate agents say demand is through the roof. i'd be on the way to the viewing and there would just be a message, room is taken.

by the time i had sent it, it would be, someone put the money down this morning and it's gone. and thatjust seemed to happen. so in the end, after about two weeks, i think, i was like, just anything that was available within my price range. just send an e—mail. so it was quite stressful. multiple calls to the same property, you might have 25, 30 viewings for one property. some people even bidding blind on it saying, "i'm having that place," even though they haven't seen it, i mean, that's crazy. city hall has admitted it's going to be difficult for mayor of london sadiq khan to build all the affordable homes he's promised. the deputy mayor for housing blamed inflationary pressures, rising interest rates and the recent political turmoil. conservative assembly members have accused the mayor of "getting his excuses in early". next islington's little simz has won the mercury prize. she won for the best album by a british or irish artist.

after heating 1! other musicians, she gave a powerful acceptance speech. she says she wants her music to remain relevant. ijust know i want to cut through the noise, ijust want to make something that's going to shake everything up. i don't know what i'm going to write about or what the music is going to sound like. ijust know i want to cut through the noise, you know what i mean, and i want to make something that stands the test of time. let's take a look at how tfl services are running this morning. just minor delays on thejubilee line. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. plenty of blue sky and sunshine across the capital yesterday and temperatures peaked in the high teens in celsius. lovely day of weather. it is looking cloudy and breezier today, but there will still be some hazy spells of sunshine at times. now, it is a milder start to the morning then we saw this time yesterday. there are some showers out towards the west, some of these could creep a bit further eastwards across the capital

at times, always the risk of that. but for many of us, it should be dry for most of the day. the best of the sunshine in the east and noticeable easterly breeze picking up at times. temperatures at times peaking at the high teens for many. as we head through this evening and overnight, there is a line of showers set to move northward and eastward, some of these showers possibly heavy and thundery, lingering on into thursday morning. a mild start to the day, those showers will clear away through the morning to leave us with a dry afternoon. there will be some sunshine around as well. mild as we head towards the end of the working week but very unsettled again on friday. that's it from me. more on our website including a look inside the final station on the elizabeth line. see you in an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast,

this morning live in sunderland at the national glass centre and i tempted fate! a few moments ago, i said they should not have trusted me, clumsy old may come in the national glass centre, and as i stood here waiting to talk to you, we have just had a stood here waiting to talk to you, we havejust had a breakage. the good news, it isn't glass, and it doesn't belong to the national glass centre, it belongs to the bbc, it is part of our prop down there. i will stick it in my pocket and we will try to fix it. they have got a glass blower on site so our sign might get more ornate at the morning goes on! we have come to sunderland as part of the bbc cost of living, tackling it together, theories. all of our programmes on tv, radio and online, talking to businesses and householders about how the cost of living is affecting you and sharing tips about how best to deal with it. fiona trott has been talking to a local florist here, somebody who has worked for years at the highest

level with celebrities and royalty, but right now facing a very different situation. the morning commute. from the outside, people think, "oh, what's she got to worry about?" well, we have everything to worry about. that's why lisa now works from her shed. my business mortgage was more than £1,000 a month. then you've got the heating costs, you've got the electricity. you know, you've got the management, you've got the travelling, you know, travelling to your business and from your business, then supporting all of your staff. in making the change that i've done, you know, we have managed to save more than £30,000 a year. and the work van is used for everything. lisa sold her car this year because of the cost of living crisis, and she has to limit the deliveries she makes. this is my trusty van. we've had herfor several years now. we're not changing her any time soon. we use herfor all of our deliveries. so we only do local delivery because of the cost of fuel. we have to be really

mindful of that. so just local deliveries only. and wherever she goes, the conversation is the same. morning! here is your pumpkin. oh, beautiful. i bet you people are staying longer, are they? they are, they're coming in and sometimes they're here for two, three hours. i think because the heating's on, it's warm, we get a lot of older clientele in. the cost of living affecting us all around. the ovens are on day and night. we do the cooked meats for the retail side. we make the pease pudding, the black pudding, we do all of the pies. so our gas bill is through the roof. the cost of the ingredients have gone up. we're just trying to think of various ways where we can save a little bit on the overhead because we want to keep everybody injobs, but we just need that footfall of customers to continue coming through the door. i am worried because i'm a widow and ijust have a widow's pension. and the cost of living has gone up quite dramatically.

with everything that you buy in the supermarket has gone up by 20p, 30p, the petrol�*s gone up, the gas, the electricity, but the pension's stayed exactly the same. we've been in the situation where we've had nothing, where neither of us worked, where we were on benefits with four children. so we've been at the very bottom. so we've always budgeted. it's late afternoon and lisa's daughter is arriving home from school. to get the bus to and from school, it's about £15 a week. and we've found that it's just so much easier for me to just walk to and from school because it's completely free and i have friends who i can walk with. mum, what's for dinner? fa rfa lle ! pasta. my mum usually gets me to set the wood burner because it actually heats all the water in our house and also it heats up all our rooms and everything. so we don't have to turn the central heating on. and we can get the wood for free

because the council, if they see a tree is falling down, theyjust chop it up and leave it there. my sales have dropped off dramatically, you know, and that's what puts the food on the table. so you have to be very mindful of that. i don't know how busy i'm going to be this christmas. not at all. how does it make you feel as a mum? very worried. yeah, very worried because, you know, children need shoes, clothes, uniforms, money, shopping, bills. there's so much for you to think about, so much. so how do you feel as a family? we're really happy, we're really happy. we're really focused. they all know how hard i work to make this happen and they have to be a part of that. and they have to help and they do! when your life changes, you have to change your life. that's my mantra. fiona trott, bbc news, sunderland. changing your life. we are talking about that to people in sunderland.

in the last half hour the latest inflation figures show the cost of living went up 10.1% in the 12 months to september. let's speak to the foreign secretary james cleverly. good morning, thank you forjoining us on breakfast. 10.1%, it was a number which caused a lot of people here in our audience in sunderland to look rather startled and scared. what do you make of that number. 17 what do you make of that number. it is a number which will cause concern for a lot of people around the country. we completely understand that. it is in the range that i think we were expecting. it could have been higher, i think the figures, sorry, the response to the energy price increases that we brought out in the statement a few

weeks ago will have helped to suppress some of that inflation, but of course it is still something which is a concern. i listened to the things that the people are saying about their food bills going up, we completely get that. that is why we want to make sure that we take action to try and limit the rate of inflation. that's why it's so very important that we protect people and businesses from those energy price rises. but we also try to address some of the core drivers of inflation, including the war in ukraine which has pushed up energy prices, and that has had a knock—on effect on so many other prices in people's basket. fiiq effect on so many other prices in people's basket.— people's basket. 0k. the reason these figures — people's basket. 0k. the reason these figures today, _ people's basket. 0k. the reason these figures today, the - people's basket. 0k. the reason these figures today, the october figures that we get in october matter so much big is because they potentially set, the rate at which pensions and benefits could go up next april. this so—called triple lock on pensions. ijust want

next april. this so—called triple lock on pensions. i just want to play a clip of liz truss a few weeks ago in the tory leadership campaign asked whether she would commit to the triple lock.— the triple lock. under the previous chancellor. _ the triple lock. under the previous chancellor, there _ the triple lock. under the previous chancellor, there was _ the triple lock. under the previous chancellor, there was a _ the triple lock. under the previous chancellor, there was a possibility j chancellor, there was a possibility of the pensions being increased by 8%, then he looked at the figures and decided to increase pensions by 15%. are we going to use the highest level of increase or are we just going to fudge the figures again? i just going to fudge the figures auain? .., just going to fudge the figures auain? u, , ., just going to fudge the figures auain? ., again? i can tell you, iwill not fudue again? i can tell you, iwill not fudge the _ again? i can tell you, iwill not fudge the figures. _ again? i can tell you, iwill not fudge the figures. i _ again? i can tell you, iwill not fudge the figures. i am - again? i can tell you, iwill not fudge the figures. i am fully i fudge the figures. i am fully committed to the triple lock which gives— committed to the triple lock which gives the — committed to the triple lock which gives the highest rate. applause there was applause for liz truss when she said that, a total commitment to the triple lock which would now mean the state pension going up by10.1% would now mean the state pension going up by 10.1% in april. can the government still get that commitment?— government still get that commitment? , ., , commitment? manifesto commitments are something. — commitment? manifesto commitments are something, and _ commitment? manifesto commitments are something, and the _ commitment? manifesto commitments are something, and the prime - are something, and the prime minister was referring to a

manifesto commitment there. obviously we take manifesto commitment incredibly seriously. the chancellor will be making a statement in just over a week's time where he will set out all of the plans for taxation and expenditure, and government budgets. by convention, ministers do not pre—announce elements of those budgets. so frustrating though it is, and i know your viewers will want to have certainty and will uncertainty as soon as possible, but those kind of things we have to wait for the formal announcement by the chancellor. , . �* ., chancellor. shaw, ok, i'm not exoecting _ chancellor. shaw, ok, i'm not exoecting you _ chancellor. shaw, ok, i'm not exoecting you to _ chancellor. shaw, ok, i'm not expecting you to announce, i chancellor. shaw, ok, i'm not| expecting you to announce, i'm chancellor. shaw, ok, i'm not - expecting you to announce, i'm not expecting you to announce, i'm not expecting you to announce, i'm not expecting you to announce policy here on air. but people are just frustrated. there are a lot of people, all the people who are genuinely terrified. i met a lady here in sunderland who was saying that he feels like the government, she said, is playing with our lives, it's a game to them. she talked about ministers swapping jobs and leaking and briefing and she doesn't

know how much her pension is going to go up by next april. what can you say to reassure her? you cannot reassure her that her pension will go reassure her that her pension will 9° up reassure her that her pension will go up by inflation, it seems. i totally understand how the stuff thatis totally understand how the stuff that is going on in westminster, what people are saying, some of these briefings, some of the leaks, i can understand how incredibly angry people feel when they see that kind of stuff going on, when they have real pressure on their lives. they are worried about how they are going to pay their bills, they worried about their businesses. i completely get that and i share that angen completely get that and i share that anger. but, you know, as i say, the best thing that we can do, the most professional thing that we should all be doing is, you know, not speculating, not leaking, not doing behind the scenes briefing, sticking to the traditional conventions, so that people, whilst they won't have certainty for a few days yet, at least can be certain that the government is acting professionally. that's how i always conduct myself,

and that's what i think everyone else should do.— else should do. robert has 'ust messaged fl else should do. robert has 'ust messaged breakfast �* else should do. robert has 'ust messaged breakfast this h else should do. robert hasjust i messaged breakfast this morning, watching the programme, he says, if this government thinks they can cancel the triple lock again, they cancel the triple lock again, they can wave goodbye to pensioner boats. and they will lose power for many years to come. —— pensioner votes. some of your mps say there is no way they would vote for a triple lock brakes, could you even get it through parliament if you wanted to? as i say, manifesto commitments are important. and i know your viewers, i know your viewers would want me to give certainty here and now. i'm not in a position to do that because the announcements are going to be made in the very near future by the chancellor. that's the right thing to do. but i completely understand, when people are feeling pressure on their bills, when they are worried about their mortgages going up, about their mortgages going up, about how much it costs to fill their car or heat their homes, we absolutely get it. we have got to do

the right thing to make sure that we manage the economy well, we have got to make sure that our cost of borrowing doesn't go up because that then has an impact on inflation and those bills as well. it's not easy, no one is pretending it's easy and we take it incredibly seriously. and part of taking it seriously is not pronouncing these budget measures. i was talking to a family, dad works in a warehouse, extra hours trying to pay the bills, mum is a full—time carerfor their to pay the bills, mum is a full—time carer for their disabled kids. they are terrified about this winter and their energy bills, they waited all summer to find out what the conservatives were going to of in terms of help while you had your leadership campaign, they were finally told they would get two years of help, this week they are told it was only six months of help, once again their life is on hold and they are so anxious and really cross because they told me that they

thought the awful lot of the uncertainty now is down to the way you handled the mini budget and the communication over the last couple of weeks. ~ , ., , of weeks. the prime minister has made it clear _ of weeks. the prime minister has made it clear that _ of weeks. the prime minister has made it clear that we _ of weeks. the prime minister has made it clear that we have - of weeks. the prime minister has made it clear that we have made | made it clear that we have made mistakes with regard to certain elements of the mini budget, that financial statement. and how it was communicated generally, but also to the markets. so she has apologised to that. with regard to the energy support... i5 to that. with regard to the energy su ort... , . to that. with regard to the energy suuort... , . ., , to that. with regard to the energy suuort... , ., ., ,., support... is that enough, is an a olo: support... is that enough, is an apology enough? _ support... is that enough, is an apology enough? people - support... is that enough, is an apology enough? people here i support... is that enough, is an i apology enough? people here are telling us that, of course, but in the real world, away from westminster, went when people are living with the lights off and they are terrified about their bills, a lot of people think this is self inflicted by the government and they want liz truss to go.— want liz truss to go. well, the prime minister _ want liz truss to go. well, the prime minister has _ want liz truss to go. well, the prime minister has already i want liz truss to go. well, the | prime minister has already said want liz truss to go. well, the i prime minister has already said that we are protecting the biggest part of that mini budget, which is the making sure that this winter people

can pay their energy bills that would otherwise have increased hugely. we are protecting them this winter. we are also taking action to make sure that through a diversification of energy generation, working with our international partners about things like gas storage and alternative energy sources, not reliant on russian energy, that we are addressing those energy price pressures in the future. we have said we will ensure that people are protected over the long term, we want to make sure that protection is targeted for the people who need it the most which is why we will be reviewing, after this winter, but this winter we will be protecting families and businesses, of course, to make sure that they are able to pay the bills. and we will be taking action in the medium to long term to ensure we don't get in this situation again by diversifying our energy production, by looking at

other international energy production, by looking at other international partners energy production, by looking at other international partners so we are not reliant on russian energy, and that russian energy doesn't influence the prices we all pay. has influence the prices we all pay. as foreign secretary, can i ask you about the protests we have seen over the weekend in china? in manchester, the weekend in china? in manchester, the chinese protests? some people saying that the government should be doing much more, going much further in tackling this issue. itinfoil. doing much more, going much further in tackling this issue.— in tackling this issue. well, i summoned _ in tackling this issue. well, i summoned the _ in tackling this issue. well, i summoned the chinese i in tackling this issue. well, i l summoned the chinese charge d'affaires to the foreign office to make it absolutely clear that the uk's government's view is that the events that happened at the consulate in manchester were unacceptable. greater manchester police are conducting an investigation. i will need to see the details of that investigation before we decide what other action we might take. we have made it absolutely clear to the chinese embassy that this behaviour is unacceptable. i embassy that this behaviour is

unacceptable.— embassy that this behaviour is unacceptable. i 'ust wonder, as foreian unacceptable. ijust wonder, as foreign secretary, _ unacceptable. ijust wonder, as foreign secretary, the - unacceptable. ijust wonder, as foreign secretary, the uk, i unacceptable. ijust wonder, as foreign secretary, the uk, you| unacceptable. ijust wonder, as i foreign secretary, the uk, you go out there representing our country and the uk has a reputation for stability and solidity and reliability. ijust stability and solidity and reliability. i just wonder, stability and solidity and reliability. ijust wonder, what do you think other countries are thinking about our country, in the light of the tumult of the last couple of weeks of our own politics? i know what they are thinking, because i speak to them, regularly. on any given day, i will have phone calls and meetings with leaders from across the world, including my opposite number in ukraine. i spoke with african leaders yesterday, and i will be having conversations with our american and european friends through the day. of course, what they want is for the uk to be a rock, to be a good partner. and we are a good partner.— rock, to be a good partner. and we are a good partner. have we looked like a rock — are a good partner. have we looked like a rock recently? _ are a good partner. have we looked like a rock recently? you _ are a good partner. have we looked like a rock recently? you have i are a good partner. have we looked like a rock recently? you have got| like a rock recently? you have got to remember—

like a rock recently? you have got to remember that _ like a rock recently? you have got to remember that we _ like a rock recently? you have got to remember that we opened i like a rock recently? you have got to remember that we opened this| to remember that we opened this interview discussing inflation rates, and those inflation rates of course are higher than we would like, but they are not as high as many other countries, developed economies around the world. we look at things like, sorry, interest rates. interest rates are higher in many, many other parts of the world. so the things that affect us, the things that are affecting us, are affecting other countries as well. and what they want, our international partners want to come is basically the same thing as what the british people want which is a government focused on the work. that's what the prime minister and chancellor will be doing, that's what i will be doing as foreign secretary to make sure we can navigate through what are very difficult times ahead. james cleverly, thank you forjoining us on bbc breakfast from sunderland this morning. we on bbc breakfast from sunderland this morning-— on bbc breakfast from sunderland this morninu. ~ ., this morning. we look at those new inflation figures, _ this morning. we look at those new inflation figures, and _ this morning. we look at those new inflation figures, and the _ this morning. we look at those new inflation figures, and the cost i this morning. we look at those new inflation figures, and the cost of i inflation figures, and the cost of living crisis, and what people can do to get help. if you go onto the

bbc website you can get tips and explain ats, analysis from our experts. we will have more from sunderland through the day, finding out how the cost of living is affecting everyone. a full day of coverage on the bbc, television, radio and online. let's go back to sally in salford. try not to break anything else, hey? the commander of russian forces in ukraine says the situation in the southern city of kherson is "difficult" and residents will be evacuated. a leading russian general said ukrainian troops using rockets were hitting the city's infrastructure and housing. meanwhile ukrainian officials have said more than 1,000 towns and villages have been left without power after recent russian attacks. the government has urged china to explain the behaviour of its staff at the chinese consulate in manchester, during a protest which took place last sunday.

conservative mp alicia kearns told the house of commons that the chinese consul—general ripped down posters during a peaceful protest. a hong kong pro—democracy protester was also beaten up in the consulate grounds. china has not commented on its staff's alleged involvement. time for some sports news now and crystal palace came from behind to beat wolves 2—1 in the premier league. wolves took the lead when adama traore found a way through with just over half an hour on the clock. but that only served to wake palace up and they fought back to win. they're up to tenth, but wolves are just one point from the relegation places. elsewhere brighton could only manage a goalless draw with nottingham forest at the amex stadium. leandro trossard coming closest. the result lifts forest off the bottom of the table. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has been charged with improper conduct after getting sent off towards the end of the heated victory over manchester city on sunday. klopp has been speaking ahead of liverpool's trip to west ham tonight.

he rejected the suggestion that he had inflamed tensions between his side and city with his pre—match comments about their spending power. kilmarnock will play in the scottish league cup semi—finals for the first time since lifting the trophy ten years ago after beating dundee united 2—1. danny armstrong scored the winner for killie with 18 minutes to go at rugby park. they could end up facing celtic, rangers or aberdeen who are all in action tonight. british gymnastics says it will have zero tolerance for abuse and plans to put athlete welfare ahead of winning medals. the organisation has responded to a review which detailed systemic issues of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in the sport. the ruling body says it will name banned coaches but there have also been calls for it to deal with outstanding legal claims. backin back in sunderland shortly.

here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. i'll start to the day for many for —— it is a mild start today for many of us but it is —1 in scotland, compared to 80 degrees in newquay, 80 degrees different between north and south. we have rain in western areas this morning, sam has been heavy and thundery overnight particularly in south—west england and wales. some thunderstorms banging away of the coast of wales. it is because of an area of low pressure with a weather front moving north. it will be a breezy day today, gusty winds in the south—west, and with high pressure in the north, the air around it is moving ina in the north, the air around it is moving in a clockwise direction and pulling in low cloud across northern england and scotland from the north sea. the brighter skies will be across parts of western scotland, the outer hebrides, and it will brighten up across parts of the east

midlands. already it is dry with bright conditions in the south—east. temperatures today ranging from eight in lerwick to 22 in st helier. a lot of temperatures are above average for the time of year, it should be ten to 1a north to south. a first batch of showers with laws, and the second batch comes in hot on its heels but behind that, a lot of cloud and murky conditions and around all of these showers, you will notice it is a breezy night. it will notice it is a breezy night. it will notice it is a breezy night. it will not be cold, six to 1a degrees loans. we have a weather front pushing north and east, we could see that on pepped up a touch in the far south—east, but some heavier rain coming in across kent and east anglia. the rest of the rain is curling up across eastern england, scotland and claiming northern ireland. behind the band of rain there will be a fair bit of cloud

which should then and break across northern ireland, wales, into the west midlands and southern england as we go through the day. we can see already what is waiting in the wings. thursday's temperatures, ten in the north, 19 towards the south. on friday, here comes the next batch of rain that we just, all connected with this area of low pressure, and its attendant fronts, the isobar telling their own story, it will be a breezy day. we say goodbye to the showers in the north and then we seek showers in southern areas with gusty winds around them. quite a bit of cloud around but in between some sunny breaks, and temperatures ranging from 11 in the north to 19 in the south. even on friday the ten which is above average. there we can still looking unsettled. —— the weekend is looking unsettled.

i know some people who are looking at that got very closely! time to catch up with the rickshaw team now, who are on day three of their relay challenge around the country. each day this week matt bakerjoined by inspiring young people who've been supported by bbc children in need funded projects. the team started in sunderland on monday, before heading to warrington yesterday, and today they're in aberystwyth. later this week, team rickshaw will also ride through birmingham and northampton. jayne is in aberystwyth. how is everything going? everybody is very excited! we are ready to start the applause, because kai, the man of the moment is in the building, take it away, thanks. let's bring him in. go on, kai, come on in! cheering

. brilliant to see him, an inspirational young man. . brilliant to see him, an inspirationalyoung man. if . brilliant to see him, an inspirational young man. if you are not watching before, you will not know that he has cerebral palsy, and he has overcome great obstacles with the help of this club and children in need 20, come and have a chat. he has turned his life around, how you stealing? i has turned his life around, how you stealin: ? . ., , has turned his life around, how you stealinr? . . , ., ., stealing? i am good, ready to go. you want to _ stealing? i am good, ready to go. you want to shoot _ stealing? i am good, ready to go. you want to shoot some - stealing? i am good, ready to go. you want to shoot some hoops i stealing? i am good, ready to go. i you want to shoot some hoops with pudsey before we chat to you properly?— pudsey before we chat to you ”roerl ? ., ., , , pudse properly? yeah, absolutely. pudsey absolutely nailed _ properly? yeah, absolutely. pudsey absolutely nailed it _ properly? yeah, absolutely. pudsey absolutely nailed it before! - properly? yeah, absolutely. pudsey absolutely nailed it before! today i absolutely nailed it before! today might be about kai, but yesterday was all about quinn. he is an amazing young man whose brother, river, died, in a terrible tragic accident. he was part of the band whose car crashed on a bridge in stockholm back in 2013. he was helped through funding through children in need via child

bereavement uk and that saved him when he was in the depths of despair. yesterday he did the rickshaw challenge and this is how his day went. he smashed it! cheering. thank you! cheers! excellent, excellent. that's a beautiful pace. there we go. now then, all, how are we doing? good to see you. cheering. i think the whole college is out! i know! wow, what a welcome. yeah, this is mental. my bum is starting to get a bit sore now. yeah, exactly, it will do. i won't be sitting down by the end of the week, put it that way. go, go, go! thank you! tell my mum to stop running i because she's got a bad ankle. mum, stop running, you've got a bad ankle, apparently!

what was he like as a brother? he was amazing, he was just so fun and charismatic and we just used to play music together. hearing his guitar solos, and certain songs, it'sjust like, it's almost like listening to his voice again. so it's really cool. oh, and ifeelforyou. i know. bit of sweat there, son! are you working hard? of course! i tell you what, he is a strong cyclist, your lad. mental! cheering. it was amazing, wasn't it? yesterday went fabulously well.— went fabulously well. absolutely su erb, went fabulously well. absolutely superb. what — went fabulously well. absolutely superb. what a _ went fabulously well. absolutely superb, what a day _ went fabulously well. absolutely superb, what a day it _ went fabulously well. absolutely superb, what a day it was. i went fabulously well. absolutely superb, what a day it was. to i went fabulously well. absolutely superb, what a day it was. to be honest with you, it took me back, the amounts —— about the people that

make the amount of people who were there. ., , make the amount of people who were there. .,, ., ., , there. those two women running up there. those two women running up the hill! 0h, — there. those two women running up the hill! oh, you _ there. those two women running up the hill! oh, you showed _ there. those two women running up the hill! oh, you showed that! i i the hill! oh, you showed that! i have no idea — the hill! oh, you showed that! i have no idea what _ the hill! oh, you showed that! i have no idea what you - the hill! oh, you showed that! i have no idea what you have i the hill! oh, you showed that! i j have no idea what you have just shown! but it was great, we went past quinn's old school, his college, and hearing the heartfelt story of how he has got to where he has got in his life.— has got in his life. let's have a look at kai _ has got in his life. let's have a look at kai and _ has got in his life. let's have a look at kai and pudsey, - has got in his life. let's have a look at kai and pudsey, did i has got in his life. let's have a | look at kai and pudsey, did you has got in his life. let's have a i look at kai and pudsey, did you see earlier on, pudsey, he was shooting before. what do you reckon? ready for another go? before. what do you reckon? ready foranother go? let's before. what do you reckon? ready for another go? let's say. before. what do you reckon? ready foranother go? let's say. go before. what do you reckon? ready for another go? let's say. go on, pudsey. cheering. , ., ., pudsey. cheering. y., ., , , cheering. itell you what! pudsey bear is literally, _ cheering. itell you what! pudsey bear is literally, that _ cheering. itell you what! pudsey bear is literally, that is _ cheering. itell you what! pudsey bear is literally, that is the - bear is literally, that is the second live shot he has done this morning! he is hanging out three pointers, this is the way to do it! we are going to talk to kai and his

mum and dad, it will start in the next half an hour. stick with us, log on to children in need, you can follow them, come down and support them in aberystwyth. back to you. who have you got inside that pudsey costume? i who have you got inside that pudsey costume? ., �* ~ ., ., who have you got inside that pudsey costume? ~ ., ., ., costume? i don't know what you are talkin: costume? i don't know what you are talking about! _ costume? i don't know what you are talking about! it _ costume? i don't know what you are talking about! it is _ costume? i don't know what you are talking about! it is pudsey! - costume? i don't know what you are talking about! it is pudsey! very, i talking about! it is pudsey! very, ve aood talking about! it is pudsey! very, very good at _ talking about! it is pudsey! very, very good at basketball! - if you would like to support team rickshaw's efforts and donate to bbc children in need, here are the details. stay with us, headlines coming up.

good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay here at the national glass centre in sunderland and sally nugent in the breakfast studio. our headlines at 8am: inflation hits double figures but downing street refuses to commit to increasing state pensions in line with the new figure of 10.1%.

i'm in there is a beautiful old car needy library that has been transformed into weight community one hunt. the heat is on and that's important as a survey says 90% of people have delayed turning the heat on to save money —— car needy library. the other main headlines this morning: a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent hospitals trust is to be published — families have been warned it's likely to be harrowing. for many of us it will be another unseasonably mild day, the brighter skies across western scotland and south—east england. i will have all the details later. welcome to the national glass centre here in sunderland. we are here to talk about the rising cost of living and in the last hour

we've had the latest inflation figures which show the cost of living went up 10.1% in the 12 months to september. we are going to go through what that number remains, what does that mean in our day—to—day lives and we will try to give you tips and advice about tackling the cost of living crisis together, part of a day of bbc events around the country over the next few months and i'm having to be careful because were surrounded by beautiful pieces of work but this is an interesting side because it's a former shipyard, the glass centre was opened about 30 years ago. it celebrates the history of glass—making in the north—east of england and is part of the university of sunderland were students can train and learn new

skills so it's about apprenticeships and employability and that is so much in people's minds with the economy going through such tough times but there is talk about that term .1% inflation rise. hannah is here to talk it through. this term .1% inflation rise. hannah is here to talk it through.— term .1% inflation rise. hannah is here to talk it through. this is the fiaure for here to talk it through. this is the figure for september, _ here to talk it through. this is the figure for september, 10.1% i here to talk it through. this is the figure for september, 10.1% is i here to talk it through. this is the | figure for september, 10.1% is the same figure we had to forge a life but it is in double figures and that is not good, it's five times as high as the bank of england would like inflation to be and it's around the highest figure we have had for a0 years which gives you some context of roughly work things are. food prices in particular are up more than 1a%, things like bread, cereals, milk, cheese, basic things that many people have little choice but to go out and buy. energy costs and household bills are also up by higher than average, furniture and

washing machines and household goods are also really pushing up costs. it would have been even higher had it not been for a fall in petrol prices that we are seeing in september but these are the kind of things people have no choice but to bite pretty much every day. bhd have no choice but to bite pretty much every day-— much every day. and the extra significance — much every day. and the extra significance of _ much every day. and the extra significance of the _ much every day. and the extra significance of the figure i much every day. and the extra significance of the figure we i much every day. and the extra l significance of the figure we get much every day. and the extra i significance of the figure we get in october is that this partly determines what pensions and benefits will go up by next april, there is talk of a triple lock on pensions and that's politically controversial, can we pay for that? there are some disability benefits that will go up in april although people will have to wait until april to see that rise but a large number of benefits, it's not guaranteed they will go up and the government not committing to the idea that the state pension will necessarily go up by inflation. if it did it would be

about a £20 a week or so rise to people's pensions but we don't know that that will happen. the treasury are pointing to extra grants we are giving vulnerable households, the reaction from the chancellor this morning says he is prioritising help for the most vulnerable while trying to deliver wider economic stability. since the government announced its changes to the mini budget it's taught inflation may not be as high as we expected that there will be a lot of people watching this figure closely. lot of people watching this figure closel . �* , . ~ lot of people watching this figure closel . �*, ., ~ ., lot of people watching this figure closel. �*, ., ~ ., lot of people watching this figure closel . �*, ., ~ ., ., closely. let's talk to some of them, we have a lot _ closely. let's talk to some of them, we have a lot of _ closely. let's talk to some of them, we have a lot of gas _ closely. let's talk to some of them, we have a lot of gas who _ closely. let's talk to some of them, we have a lot of gas who got - closely. let's talk to some of them, we have a lot of gas who got up i we have a lot of gas who got up early and joined us on breakfast. your hard as nails in a t—shirt. i'm freezing here. sylvie, can i start with you? you are a pensioner and you were looking for this percentage thinking what will i get next april? the fact the government is not

committing to it, where does that leave you? i’m committing to it, where does that leave you?— leave you? i'm concerned, and if they were _ leave you? i'm concerned, and if they were to _ leave you? i'm concerned, and if they were to commit _ leave you? i'm concerned, and if they were to commit would i leave you? i'm concerned, and if they were to commit would we i leave you? i'm concerned, and if- they were to commit would we believe them? they have lost all credibility but it is very concerning. the ministerjames _ but it is very concerning. the ministerjames cleverlyjoined us ministerjames cleverly joined us earlier and ministerjames cleverlyjoined us earlier and said we understand, we are doing what we can honour trying to help out, do you trust that? i would imagine they will try but they made a very hard job for themselves. in five weeks they have set the country back decades in my opinion. it's a huge cause for concern to anyone, notjust pensioners, to anyone. i'm concerned that i will have to start dipping into pensions simply on a monthly basis to meet costs and most people these days,

once you have used your savings you cannot build them back up again. let's turn to andrew. thanks for coming in. do you want to tell us your situation because you have a daughter who was disabled. mr; daughter who was disabled. my daughter who was disabled. my daughter is an eight—year—old called aoife, _ daughter is an eight—year—old called aoife, it _ daughter is an eight—year—old called aoife, it affects our household, the .as aoife, it affects our household, the gas and _ aoife, it affects our household, the gas and electric going up is the main _ gas and electric going up is the main thing because we have a three floor main thing because we have a three floor left_ main thing because we have a three floor left in — main thing because we have a three floor left in the house, hoisting systems— floor left in the house, hoisting systems throughout the house, she needs_ systems throughout the house, she needs oxygen throughout the night, a feeding _ needs oxygen throughout the night, a feeding pump overnight, we have no choice _ feeding pump overnight, we have no choice but _ feeding pump overnight, we have no choice but to pay for electric and our iiiiis— choice but to pay for electric and our bills have doubled. my wife is a full carer— our bills have doubled. my wife is a full carer so — our bills have doubled. my wife is a full carer so she has a full—time 'ob full carer so she has a full—time job so_ full carer so she has a full—time job so the — full carer so she has a full—time job so the benefits we get don't cover— job so the benefits we get don't cover much in our household so the

rise in— cover much in our household so the rise in inflation, i'mjust cover much in our household so the rise in inflation, i'm just hoping that benefits will hopefully go up so we _ that benefits will hopefully go up so we can get a bit more help. but ou won't so we can get a bit more help. elf you won't know that for a while and what is not white like especially over the winter?— what is not white like especially over the winter? quite difficult but i 'ust t over the winter? quite difficult but ijust try not _ over the winter? quite difficult but i just try not to _ over the winter? quite difficult but i just try not to think _ over the winter? quite difficult but i just try not to think about - over the winter? quite difficult but i just try not to think about it - over the winter? quite difficult but i just try not to think about it and i ijust try not to think about it and have _ ijust try not to think about it and have no— ijust try not to think about it and have no choice but to use my gas and electric— have no choice but to use my gas and electric and _ have no choice but to use my gas and electric and just get on with it. i would _ electric and just get on with it. i would just— electric and just get on with it. i would just like to point out my wife runs a _ would just like to point out my wife runs a charity called the special lioness — runs a charity called the special lioness that are helping families in the north—east and across the country— the north—east and across the country and providing more bedding for families, also wheelchair covers _ for families, also wheelchair covers. ., for families, also wheelchair covers. . ., . . covers. part of the reason we are here today _ covers. part of the reason we are here today is _ covers. part of the reason we are here today is to _ covers. part of the reason we are here today is to share _ covers. part of the reason we are here today is to share chips... i covers. part of the reason we are here today is to share chips... to share tips and advice. emma, you run a cafe. i

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next month. there is a lot of uncertainty around that, i. next month. there is a lot of| uncertainty around that, ijust next month. there is a lot of- uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't _ uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't fatt— uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't fall off _ uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't fall off a _ uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't fall off a cliff— uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't fall off a cliff in _ uncertainty around that, ijust hope we don't fall off a cliff in six - we don't fall off a cliff in six months _ we don't fall off a cliff in six months or— we don't fall off a cliff in six months or all— we don't fall off a cliff in six months or all the _ we don't fall off a cliff in six months or all the support . we don't fall off a cliff in six i months or all the support they pumping — months or all the support they pumping in _ months or all the support they pumping in the _ months or all the support they pumping in the meantime - 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childcare sector has at pay rise for the government where the fees for three and four—year—olds have increased by about 4% for the coming year but inflation is 10% so there is a massive discrepancy. brute year but inflation is 1096 so there is a massive discrepancy. we knew this winter was _ is a massive discrepancy. we knew this winter was going _ is a massive discrepancy. we knew this winter was going to _ is a massive discrepancy. we knew this winter was going to be - is a massive discrepancy. we knew this winter was going to be tough l this winter was going to be tough but the last few weeks, nobody quite saw this coming, the mini budget and u—turns. where does that leave all of you, the uncertainty? brute u-turns. where does that leave all of you, the uncertainty?— of you, the uncertainty? we need some certainty- _ of you, the uncertainty? we need some certainty. we _ of you, the uncertainty? we need some certainty. we don't - of you, the uncertainty? we need some certainty. we don't need i of you, the uncertainty? we need some certainty. we don't need a | some certainty. we don't need a general election, we don't need the tories' infighting, we need them to get on with running the country and produce some positive change. emma? what he said. — produce some positive change. emma? what he said, it's _ produce some positive change. emma? what he said, it's hard _ produce some positive change. emma? what he said, it's hard enough - what he said, it's hard enough running — what he said, it's hard enough running a _ what he said, it's hard enough running a business. _ what he said, it's hard enough running a business. like - what he said, it's hard enough running a business. like my. what he said, it's hard enough - running a business. like my husband and business — running a business. like my husband and business partner— running a business. like my husband and business partner is— running a business. like my husband and business partner is fond - running a business. like my husband and business partner is fond of- and business partner is fond of saying — and business partner is fond of saying you _ and business partner is fond of saying you have _ and business partner is fond of saying you have to _ and business partner is fond of saying you have to be - and business partner is fond of saying you have to be ready. and business partner is fond of| saying you have to be ready for anything — saying you have to be ready for anything when _ saying you have to be ready for anything when you _ saying you have to be ready for anything when you run - saying you have to be ready for anything when you run a - saying you have to be ready for. anything when you run a business saying you have to be ready for- anything when you run a business but you were _ anything when you run a business but you were constantly— anything when you run a business but you were constantly on _ anything when you run a business but you were constantly on the _ anything when you run a business but you were constantly on the back - anything when you run a business but you were constantly on the back foot| you were constantly on the back foot and every _ you were constantly on the back foot and every few — you were constantly on the back foot and every few weeks _ you were constantly on the back foot and every few weeks there _ you were constantly on the back foot and every few weeks there are -

and every few weeks there are changes— and every few weeks there are changes and _ and every few weeks there are changes and you _ and every few weeks there are changes and you have - and every few weeks there are changes and you have to - and every few weeks there are - changes and you have to re—evaluate and every _ changes and you have to re—evaluate and every budget— changes and you have to re—evaluate and every budget and _ changes and you have to re—evaluate and every budget and it's _ changes and you have to re—evaluate and every budget and it's something| and every budget and it's something you can _ and every budget and it's something you can do _ and every budget and it's something you can do without. _ and every budget and it's something you can do without.— you can do without. thank you all for coming _ you can do without. thank you all for coming and _ you can do without. thank you all for coming and talking _ you can do without. thank you all for coming and talking to - you can do without. thank you all for coming and talking to us, - you can do without. thank you all| for coming and talking to us, even though you didn't bring chips, i forgive you. good luck over the next few months. that's the public�*s side of it, the homeowners and businesses. what about the politics? we were talking about liz truss in westminster, she has to stand up in the commons for prime minister's questions and nick burley is outside 10 downing street. this will be quite a day in parliament. the backdrop for _ quite a day in parliament. the backdrop for it _ quite a day in parliament. tie: backdrop for it will quite a day in parliament. t'te: backdrop for it will be quite a day in parliament. tte: backdrop for it will be the inflation figures because we know they will create a big headache for a lot of households but they also do for the government because pensions and benefits were due to go up by the rate of inflation. the government is not promising that

this morning. we had the foreign secretary james cleverly saying he cannot make that commitment and the reason is the chancellor is basically drawing up massive spending cuts and reductions in savings so that will create a big headache and make it hard for the government to fill those gaps. labour were on the programme and said you should definitely do this, if they were in power they would increase benefits and pensions by the rate of inflation so when liz truss leaves here later for the commons for prime minister's questions it will be a big moment because after her economic strategy was junked, because after her economic strategy wasjunked, after all the was junked, after all the humiliations of wasjunked, after all the humiliations of those u—turns, she faces a very public test. if it goes badly it could hasten her departure from number 10, a badly it could hasten her departure from numberio, a lot badly it could hasten her departure from number 10, a lot of her own mps will be watching to see how it goes.

if it goes well all it does is buy her a bit of time because the plotters in the conservative party are not going away. we chatted to some people close to the prime minister this morning who said the engagement she has had with her mps has gone pretty well, she feels good about it, she think she is on a more sound footing to date than she was earlier in the week but that's relative. she is still on pretty sure peg and the few days will be tricky for the prime minister. the crisis here is farfrom over. tricky for the prime minister. the crisis here is far from over. thank ou, of crisis here is far from over. thank you. of course — crisis here is far from over. thank you, of course prime _ crisis here is far from over. thank you, of course prime minister's i you, of course prime minister's questions will be live on the bbc at 12 o'clock. it will be a crucial date for liz truss but we are also in sunderland notjust reflecting on the number and hearing people's stories of how they are struggling but looking for answers and divert

some fantastic schemes in the city providing help for people. our cost of living correspondent coletta smith is across town at a community hub. hi, colette, where are you and what have you got? good morning, jon. sorry to hear you are a bit chilly in the glass centre because this is costly and warm. it's an old library that has been taken over by a community group and is now running as a warm hub that anyone can turn up to for a cup of tea and to warm up and that is becoming important because a survey commissioned by the bbc of more than 4000 adults across the uk, in fact beforejeremy hunt made the changes this week, showed the struggles people are facing. 90% of those surveyed said they are delaying turning the heat on to try to save

some money. four people on prepayment metres around 40%, nearly half of people say they have run out of credit in the last six months or self disconnected. 15% of people say they are in arrears on their energy bills. two thirds of those renting a property site we are struggling to pay for basic household costs and two thirds say they are eating out and spending less on the food shops so increasingly those details are biting for people at the moment who cannot afford the basics of life. i have spent the last 48 hours in sunderland, i spent yesterday with staff from this community centre and people who are dependent on us because their incomes are not stretching far enough. round and round the garden like a teddy bear. one step, two step, tickly under there! michelle has a spinal problem which means she and little lana—leigh live off her disability payments.

it's got really bad, ever since the gas went up, i'm just constantly paying gas. i'm paying triple, for my gas, this month to the month before. i've put £100 a week on and that's just far too much. like so many people, michelle is looking for ways to stretch her money. i'm buying cheaper mince, cheaper chicken. aldi's food, rather than going to asda. how does it feel about the prospect of having to spend less on lana—leigh? how do you feel about that as a parent at the moment? it's heartbreaking. it's absolutely heartbreaking because you want to give your child the world. she had to borrow money last week for the first time, just to cover her energy bills. but now the government has said this week that bills could increase again in april. when you don't know the details, that's hard, isn't it? it's just, my anxiety goes through the roof with anything like that, you know. thinking about it, i'm going to have to try and put it to the back of my mind until it happens. a few streets away at the pallion

action group, they are helping people like michelle. we had nearly 7000 through the doors this year. and everything is about the support that they can get. job clubs, help with benefits and fitness groups — that's all on offer along with something much more basic — heat. so we're open up, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, eight o'clock till four o'clock, as a warm space, so anybody can come in and have soup, biscuits, popcorn. the room on the right. all right, thank you. bev has popped in for a chat. she cares for her 90—year—old dad and having worked all her life, she is now on and offjobseeker�*s allowance between short—term job contracts. i had to sign on, and you felt like, sort of humiliated. that's the only way i can describe it, personally, it's like humiliation every time you went in to sign on. itjust knocks your confidence. so are you just living in your overdraft? yeah, waiting for your next payment.

and then you borrow money, then you've got to pay it back. the prime minister hasn't yet confirmed a rise in benefits in line with inflation, but there is a clear message from pallion. she should live on it for a couple of months and see how she manages. no—one is taking it seriously. it's like they're laughing at us, if i'm honest. it really is. i would love for them to be put to the test and try to live on what i'm supposed to live on. and see how they cope. so as those budgets tighten but prices rise, things are difficult for people but the staff here at this and other centres across the town are doing their best to help. i'm joined by a couple of the folks who are key in making that happen. debbie, when it comes to thatjob club you run here, people on benefits are finding it hard to make

ends meet but even those in work are struggling. ends meet but even those in work are strua alian. ., v ends meet but even those in work are strua alain. ., v ends meet but even those in work are struaalain. . �*, ends meet but even those in work are struaalain. ., v struggling. that's right so we offer a service monday _ struggling. that's right so we offer a service monday to _ struggling. that's right so we offer a service monday to friday - struggling. that's right so we offer a service monday to friday for - a service monday to friday for people who come in and we can assess them to see if they need training to find betterjobs, we can upskilled them and create new cvs or update cvs, some people are not computer literate and we can help them do a job search. 50 literate and we can help them do a 'ob search. . , literate and we can help them do a job search-— job search. so a bit of extra trainina job search. so a bit of extra training may _ job search. so a bit of extra training may be _ job search. so a bit of extra training may be gets - job search. so a bit of extra | training may be gets people job search. so a bit of extra - training may be gets people extra jobs or a job at the run up, is that the idea, which helps, just that extra bit of cash. and emma, you deal mainly with younger people, for those leaving care you are trying to help them start out in life and learn to budget. brute help them start out in life and learn to budget.— help them start out in life and learn to budaet. ~ ., ~ . ., , learn to budget. we work alongside reo . le learn to budget. we work alongside people coming _ learn to budget. we work alongside people coming out _ learn to budget. we work alongside people coming out of— learn to budget. we work alongside | people coming out of homelessness and especially young people in sunderland and it's about us not setting — sunderland and it's about us not setting them up to fail and helping

them _ setting them up to fail and helping them budget and eat properly. how difficult is that — them budget and eat properly. firm difficult is that when costs are rising and they are just learning. we are doing batch cooking is sessions _ we are doing batch cooking is sessions with slow cookers, showing them _ sessions with slow cookers, showing them how _ sessions with slow cookers, showing them how to buy and prepare it and freeze _ them how to buy and prepare it and freeze it— them how to buy and prepare it and freeze it for— them how to buy and prepare it and freeze it for later, to enable them to eat _ freeze it for later, to enable them to eat properly in the winter. that's— to eat properly in the winter. that's important for food and bills that they will face for the first time. , ., that they will face for the first time. , . ., ,., that they will face for the first time. , . ., ., time. they are not so lucky as to have parents _ time. they are not so lucky as to have parents sometimes - time. they are not so lucky as to have parents sometimes to - time. they are not so lucky as to i have parents sometimes to support with dad _ have parents sometimes to support with dad and my project helps with that _ with dad and my pro'ect helps with that. ., , ., with dad and my pro'ect helps with that. . , ., . . . . that. karen, you are in charge at the centre _ that. karen, you are in charge at the centre and _ that. karen, you are in charge at the centre and the _ that. karen, you are in charge at the centre and the point - that. karen, you are in charge at the centre and the point is - that. karen, you are in charge at the centre and the point is to - that. karen, you are in charge at i the centre and the point is to make sure there is a warm welcome and a friendly face to say hi. it’s friendly face to say hi. it's important _ friendly face to say hi. it's important we _ friendly face to say hi. it's important we promote warm spaces, somewhere _ important we promote warm spaces, somewhere people — important we promote warm spaces, somewhere people can— important we promote warm spaces, somewhere people can go— important we promote warm spaces, somewhere people can go and - important we promote warm spaces, somewhere people can go and be - somewhere people can go and be treated _ somewhere people can go and be treated with _ somewhere people can go and be treated with dignity _ somewhere people can go and be treated with dignity and - somewhere people can go and be treated with dignity and respect, | somewhere people can go and be. treated with dignity and respect, it doesn't _ treated with dignity and respect, it doesn't matter— treated with dignity and respect, it doesn't matter about _ treated with dignity and respect, it doesn't matter about the - doesn't matter about the circumstances, _ doesn't matter about the circumstances, as- doesn't matter about the

circumstances, as long i doesn't matter about the | circumstances, as long as doesn't matter about the - circumstances, as long as they access— circumstances, as long as they access it — circumstances, as long as they access it there _ circumstances, as long as they access it there will— circumstances, as long as they access it there will beat - circumstances, as long as theyi access it there will beat support and we — access it there will beat support and we need _ access it there will beat support and we need to— access it there will beat support and we need to make _ access it there will beat support and we need to make sure - access it there will beat support and we need to make sure that| access it there will beat support - and we need to make sure that people know we _ and we need to make sure that people know we are _ and we need to make sure that people know we are around. _ and we need to make sure that people know we are around. i— and we need to make sure that people know we are around. [goit— and we need to make sure that people know we are around.— know we are around. i got a good end ofthe know we are around. i got a good end of the deal in — know we are around. i got a good end of the deal in this _ know we are around. i got a good end of the deal in this lovely _ know we are around. i got a good end of the deal in this lovely warm - of the deal in this lovely warm spice, if you fancy coming down after the broadcast of the cattle will be on and you can defrost yourself after being in that glass centre all morning. how many of us can they cope with? does anyone fancy a cup of tea? they are doing a brilliantjob there. talking about warm rooms, this place is very warm because they have these big furnaces they have to heat up to make the glass. there is some stunning work that has been on show made by local artists, beautiful things celebrating the history of the north—east, glass making traditions and future artworks, some futuristic fascinating stuff and it sums up why we are here today,

looking at the heritage and the past and industry but also looking into the future, the months and years ahead and how the north—east can diversify, and just a reminder that if you want tips and explainer is an analysis from our experts about the cost of living crisis, you can find it all on the bbc news website. we are here for breakfast today in sunderland but the bbc is at different locations across the city throughout the day, finding out how the cost of living is affecting you, our special day of coverage on radio and tv and online and this is part of a tour around the country so we will go to other communities in the months ahead and i did all of that moving my arms without smashing anything. i'm worried about these, which arejust at

anything. i'm worried about these, which are just at my wrist level but we are doing all right, the paperweights are holding them down and i tell you if you would like these on the table. carroll would love these glass—blowing pumpkins. we will talk about glass—blowing later. i'm not even going to touch it, carol. you know what i'm like, but is it pumpkin weather as we head towards halloween? it's unseasonably mild, with all your hand movements you would be a brilliant weather presenter. you can see it's a fine start to the day, more cloud in anglesey and what we have at the moment is a fair bit of showery rain from the south—west. some of this has been thundery and will continue throughout the morning as it drifts north. across northern england and scotland we dragged a fair bit of cloud from the north sea, some drizzle from that but western scotland will stay dry with some sunshine and across the east

midlands into east anglia and the south—east we are also looking at sunny spells. temperatures 8—22 , mild for the time of year and a breezy day but gusty winds around south west england and south wales. by south west england and south wales. by rush hour we will still have a fair bit of cloud and showers from the south—west across parts of the midlands three parts of wales, northern ireland and central and western scotland but not so across the outer hebrides. in the east there will be more cloud and do the evening and overnight our first batch of showers moves north, followed by a second batch which could pep up across the far south—east. these are overnight lows, not especially cold, then tomorrow we start off with this arch of rain, some could be heavy across east anglia and can, a hang back of cloud behind its out murky conditions but it should brighten up across northern ireland, wales, the

west midlands and southern england and temperatures of nine in the north to 18 in the south. thank you, carol, we will see you again later in the programme. a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent nhs trust will be published this morning. more than 200 families spoke to an independent inquiry about their experiences. here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. i think that they were negligent. we got to a point where we could say, hang on a minute, the same thing has been going on and on and on. do you believe that she should still be alive? fundamentally, yes. love you, daisy. it's become an annual ritual, a way of remembering daisy, who would now have been eight. but for her family, it is instead a lifetime of what might have been. i was stereotyped, i feel like, i was this young girl, didn't know what i was doing or saying or feeling, so just didn't feel listened to throughout it all. so this was just after you breast—fed, wasn't it?

daisy was born in a poor condition in 2014 after doctors failed to spot she was suffering from pre—eclampsia, a potentially serious condition. daisy only lived for an hour, and a poor investigation by the hospital into what happened means that emma still has no idea why her daughter died. we met this lady, and when she started going through the report, she firstly, like, started saying that babiesjust die and thatjust happens. i can't put it to bed because i haven't got the honest answers that i need. emma robertson hopes today's report into maternity care at the east kent trust will finally give her answers. she's one of over 200 families who have spoken to the inquiry team. many of them feel the trust didn't investigate — covered up, even — what happened. in late 2016, kelly and dunstan, two classic scholars and church volunteers, were expecting their first child. a delayed caesarean section,

however, contributed to their daughter being born in a poor condition, and she died aged just five days. somehow, i'm still stuck in 2016. i think about those months that i was pregnant with celandine and they were beautiful. i had an amazing pregnancy. it was fabulous. the trust didn't treat the death as a serious incident, didn't tell the coroner so there was no inquest, and recorded the baby's death as a stillbirth, even though she'd lived for a few days. the information we have about our daughter is one thing, but actually far worse is that because this wasn't a serious incident, there was no learning that happened from this experience. there was none. the only good that can come - of anything we do after celandine's death is the prevention of future tragedies for parents and babies in the trust and elsewhere. a year after celandine's death, harry richford was born in a poor condition after a series of errors.

he died aged seven days. again the trust say they didn't need to tell the coroner. they said, look, we're going to carry out a serious investigation here, but we don't need the coroner. hang on, there's something not quite right. derek started investigating the trust, scouring the internet for any evidence of poor maternity care. he was appalled by what he found. when i started investigating what had gone on with harry, it very much was the peeling back of the onion. hang on a minute... that can't be right, that doesn't add up. and what i found was up to that point, no—one that i could find, no—one had everjoined the dots. derek's research was instrumental in getting the independent inquiry set up. the trusts say they apologise unreservedly to all the families they failed and that they'll use today's findings to drive forward improvements. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. the commander of russian forces in ukraine says the situation in the southern city of kherson is "difficult" and residents will be evacuated.

a leading russian general said ukrainian troops using rockets were hitting the city's infrastructure and housing. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have said more than a thousand towns and villages have been left without power after recent russian attacks. the rmt union has announced three further rail strikes next month in an ongoing dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. thousands of workers at network rail will walk out on the third, fifth and seventh of november. as part of a separate dispute, london 0verground and underground workers will also strike on the third. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. this hello, good morning, this is bbc london, i'm frankie mccamley. rents in london are at their highest levels with competition driving up prices. data from the trust for london shows the average price for one—bed house now costs a city worker on a middle income, almost half their salary.

renters and estate agents say demand is through the roof. i'd be on the way to the viewing and there would just be a message, room is taken. by the time i had sent it, it would be, someone put the money down this morning and it's gone. and thatjust seemed to happen. so in the end, after about two weeks, i think, i was like, just anything that was available within my price range. just send an e—mail. so it was quite stressful. multiple calls to the same property, you might have 25, 30 viewings for one property. some people even bidding blind on it saying, "i'm having that place," even though they haven't seen it, i mean, that's crazy. the rmt union has announced more rail strikes over pay and conditions due to take place on the third, 5th and 7th november. members on london 0verground and underground will strike on november 3rd. network rail says it has a two year, 8% pay increase deal on the table.

next, islington's little simz has won the mercury prize. she won best album by a british or irish artist. after beating 11 other musicians, the 28—year—old gave a powerful acceptance speech and says she wants her music to make a difference. i just want to make something that's going to shake everything up. i don't know what i'm going to write about or what the music is going to sound like. ijust know i want to cut through the noise, you know what i mean, and i want to make something that stands the test of time. let's take a look at how tfl services are running this morning. now onto the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good morning. plenty of blue sky and sunshine across the capital yesterday and temperatures peaked in the high teens in celsius. lovely day of weather. it is looking cloudy and breezier today, but there will still be some

hazy spells of sunshine at times. now, it is a milder start to the morning then we saw this time yesterday. there are some showers out towards the west, some of these could creep a bit further eastwards across the capital at times, always the risk of that. but for many of us, it should be dry for most of the day. the best of the sunshine in the east and noticeable easterly breeze picking up at times. temperatures at times peaking at the high teens for many. as we head through this evening and overnight, there is a line of showers set to move northward and eastward, some of these showers possibly heavy and thundery, lingering on into thursday morning. a mild start to the day, those showers will clear away through the morning to leave us with a dry afternoon. there will be some sunshine around as well. mild as we head towards the end of the working week but very unsettled again on friday.

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent. jon is in sunderland for a cost of living special, back with him soon. coming up after breakfast today are angela, gloria and julia with rip off britain's cost of living special. when it's hard enough to make ends meet, we're spending this week looking at the unnecessary financial hurdles being put in your way that you could really do without. from unhelpful financial advice to unscrupulous scammers, we're out to navigate you through it. and we're starting with a look at ivas or individual voluntary arrangements. they're meant to come to your aid when you're in serious debt, as aaron here was. my debt amount in its entirety- was about £26,000, which for me on the salary that i'm - on was a horrendous amount and i will never ever pay that back.

but far from helping to clear those debts, aaron, and others have been left counting the cost of their ivas. we'll have advice on how best to manage your debt. plus, did you know it's no longer the case that supermarkets are necessarily the cheapest place to fill up your car? well, i'm going to be chatting to a man who knows all about that and what else you can do to get on top of your fuel costs, and that's simon williams from the rac. and, as all us pet owners know, it's getting more and more expensive to look after our four legged friends, but there are ways you can cut those costs too, like bargain clinics and cheaper pet prescriptions. we'll have those and tonnes of other great tips from vet dr bolu eso. bolu will also be answering your questions, along with consumer rights champion nikki stopford, so please send them in right away. ripoffbritain@bbc.co.uk is the email, or we're bbc rip off britain on facebook. it's a packed show!

this sojoin them, and us, right here at 9:15! see then, thank you. time to catch up with the rickshaw team now, who are on day three of their relay challenge around the country. each day matt baker is joined by inspiring young people who've been supported by bbc children in need funded projects. the team started in sunderland on monday, before heading to warrington yesterday, and today they're in aberystwyth. later this week, team rickshaw will also ride through birmingham and northampton. jayne is in aberystwyth. how are they getting on? they look like they are about to set off! good morning. good morning everybody here, there is a brilliant crowd at this morning in aberystwyth. you are all here to cheer on kai? absolutely brilliant. he is almost ready to go,

but before he does, i want to show you this film because he is an inspirational young man whose life has been turned around thanks to children in need funding, and the project here in aberystwyth. let me introduce kai. think of five words to describe your boy, go. kai's funny. resilient. charming. um... sorry! i'm absolutely appalled. there's got to be i at least five words! kai's funny. he's inspiring. he's resilient. he can be annoying. annoying? i'm a bundle ofjoy, i thank you very much. to meet kai at home in aberystwyth, first you have to get past loki and thor. and the first thing you need to know about kai is that he has cerebral palsy.

you haven't always been in a wheelchair, have you? no, i did walk until the age of seven, but the way i was walking, i'd have my knees come really tight together and they were slowly dislocating my hips. so at the age of seven, kai had extensive surgery to help him walk, but the surgery didn't work. i don't want to say kai gave up, but he... he kind of retreated into himself. can you give us a hand, mum? ijust got hit by reality, and it was like, ok, i'm not going to be the same as i was before. i think emotionally it was very, very draining for him. - he would get angry with his legs and he would hit his legs - because they didn't do - what he wanted them to do.

but thankfully at about 13, i finally broke the cycle. and i think that's been something i'm really proud of. come on, then, give us your best trash talk. oh, you might have me on speed, but i've got you beat on power every time. i'm tallerthan you, i've got a better reach than you. the second thing you need to know about kai is that he took the hardest moment in his life and turned it into an opportunity. you haven't got my brain, though, have you? because that was when kai discovered this. from when kai started, came in really shy, didn't really want to take part. but from being really reluctant and not wanting to have a go, he just grasped it and was an absolute natural

right from the beginning. for me, it was just sort of learning to look at it as a positive side. i looked back on it and everything that i had gone through turned me into the person i am today. it was a massive sense of relief, actually, just seeing a wave ofjoy pass his face as he sort of got himself strapped into the wheelchair and started to move around. kai has represented wales in wheelchair basketball for four years. he also qualified for the commonwealth games. his whole life has been changed by this project, and this project is funded by children in need. being told that he's never going to be playing sport again, to representing your country? that's massive, that's huge for anybody. the children need funding that will receive, it's priceless. changing lives. his coach and this sport have given kai hope, purpose, friendship, a community.

warriors on three, one, two, three, warriors! i can't thank him enough for what he's done for me through the years. he's really helped me, sort of, he's given me a reason not to feel sad about being in a chair. the whole community in aberystwyth with wheelchair basketball has been fantastic. i mean, it'sjust, it's like my second family. good luck, kai. and now a new challenge lies ahead. the rickshaw challenge. come on, kai! kai, rickshaw challenge, 2022, you got this in the bag. - smash it! absolutely brilliant stuff. you guys are getting ready. how are you feeling, kai? t’m are getting ready. how are you feeling. kai?— are getting ready. how are you feelina, kai? �* �* . feeling, kai? i'm good, i'm excited. rarina to feeling, kai? i'm good, i'm excited. raring to go? _ feeling, kai? i'm good, i'm excited. raring to go? he — feeling, kai? i'm good, i'm excited. raring to go? he has _ feeling, kai? i'm good, i'm excited. raring to go? he has had _ feeling, kai? i'm good, i'm excited. raring to go? he has had big - raring to go? he has had big build-u- raring to go? he has had big build-up for— raring to go? he has had big build-up for this, _ raring to go? he has had big build-up for this, i _ raring to go? he has had big build-up for this, i think - raring to go? he has had big build-up for this, i think he l raring to go? he has had big i build-up for this, i think he just build—up for this, i think he just wants— build—up for this, i think he just wants to — build—up for this, i think he just wants to get on the road. matt build-up for this, i think he 'ust

wants to get on the road. matt has been building _ wants to get on the road. matt has been building me _ wants to get on the road. matt has been building me up! _ wants to get on the road. matt has been building me up! he _ wants to get on the road. matt has been building me up! he is - wants to get on the road. matt has been building me up! he is doing l been building me up! he is doing great. been building me up! he is doing areat. ., . , been building me up! he is doing treat. ., ., , ., great. you have been training, haven't you? _ great. you have been training, haven't you? yeah, _ great. you have been training, haven't you? yeah, quite i haven't you? yeah, quite extensively. _ haven't you? yeah, quite extensively. we - haven't you? yeah, quite extensively. we are i haven't you? yeah, quite extensively. we are here| haven't you? yeah, quite i extensively. we are here to haven't you? yeah, quite - extensively. we are here to talk about the difference _ extensively. we are here to talk about the difference children in| about the difference children in need funding makes, it has provided this project, you spoke about how important it was butjust this project, you spoke about how important it was but just to this project, you spoke about how important it was butjust to remind us, without that money, without this project, what would you think your life would have been right? it project, what would you think your life would have been right? it would not have life would have been right? it would rrot have been _ life would have been right? it would not have been the _ life would have been right? it would not have been the same. _ life would have been right? it would not have been the same. before, i not have been the same. before, before finding this place, with all its funding, i was quite isolated. i had never met another chair use up until that point. it was quite lonely. it was a big adjustment period, and ijust felt genuinely quite lost in that time. thankfully, because of children in need, with this place, i was able to finally find my passion again. but! this place, i was able to finally find my passion again. and smash absolutely everything. _ find my passion again. and smash absolutely everything. qualified i find my passion again. and smashl absolutely everything. qualified for the commonwealth games.- absolutely everything. qualified for the commonwealth games. yeah, it was a oaod the commonwealth games. yeah, it was a good experience- _ the commonwealth games. yeah, it was a good experience. amazing. _

the commonwealth games. yeah, it was a good experience. amazing. and - the commonwealth games. yeah, it was a good experience. amazing. and you i a good experience. amazing. and you meet inspirational _ a good experience. amazing. and you meet inspirational young _ a good experience. amazing. and you meet inspirational young people i a good experience. amazing. and you meet inspirational young people all i meet inspirational young people all the time, tell me about this young man? �* . ., the time, tell me about this young man? �*, . ., ., .,, man? it's an honour to be cycling alonaside man? it's an honour to be cycling alongside but _ man? it's an honour to be cycling alongside but represent - man? it's an honour to be cycling alongside but represent their i alongside but represent their country. _ alongside but represent their country, is that unbelievable? what a young _ country, is that unbelievable? what a young man this is. and just hearing — a young man this is. and just hearing the difference the children in hearing the difference the children in need _ hearing the difference the children in need has made, notjust to kai's life but— in need has made, notjust to kai's life but the — in need has made, notjust to kai's life but the life of the family as well, _ life but the life of the family as well, the — life but the life of the family as well, the love and the support that's— well, the love and the support that's out— well, the love and the support that's out there. you are going to feel it _ that's out there. you are going to feel it today, honestly, you will, you will— feel it today, honestly, you will, you will love it.— feel it today, honestly, you will, you will love it. that's what i love about this — you will love it. that's what i love about this place. _ you will love it. that's what i love about this place. it's _ you will love it. that's what i love about this place. it's not - you will love it. that's what i love about this place. it's not very i you will love it. that's what i love about this place. it's not very big| about this place. it's not very big but the support you will get is second to none. the but the support you will get is second to none. . ., , second to none. the community! there is a tracker online _ second to none. the community! there is a tracker online so _ second to none. the community! there is a tracker online so people _ second to none. the community! there is a tracker online so people can - is a tracker online so people can tell us how to do it?— tell us how to do it? every two minutes to _ tell us how to do it? every two minutes to get _ tell us how to do it? every two minutes to get a _ tell us how to do it? every two minutes to get a little - tell us how to do it? every two minutes to get a little flash i tell us how to do it? every two l minutes to get a little flash that shows _ minutes to get a little flash that shows the world where we are. so if you log _ shows the world where we are. so if you log on _ shows the world where we are. so if you log on to — shows the world where we are. so if you log on to the children in need website, _ you log on to the children in need website, all of the details of how you can — website, all of the details of how you can donate is on their as well, which _ you can donate is on their as well, which is _ you can donate is on their as well, which is the — you can donate is on their as well, which is the whole reason that kai is doing _ which is the whole reason that kai is doing it. — which is the whole reason that kai is doing it, to help people who are in the _ is doing it, to help people who are in the position that he used to be in. in the position that he used to be in he _ in the position that he used to be in he has — in the position that he used to be in. he has found his position in

life because of that.— in. he has found his position in life because of that. let's go and chat to your _ life because of that. let's go and chat to your mum _ life because of that. let's go and chat to your mum and _ life because of that. let's go and chat to your mum and dad, i life because of that. let's go and chat to your mum and dad, we i life because of that. let's go and i chat to your mum and dad, we will leave you to have a pep talk. we will come back for the big countdown. let's meet kai's mum and dad and sister, and pudsey! how proud are you guys today to see your boy going off? 50. proud are you guys today to see your boy going off?— boy going off? so, so proud, i cannot put— boy going off? so, so proud, i cannot put it _ boy going off? so, so proud, i cannot put it into _ boy going off? so, so proud, i cannot put it into words i boy going off? so, so proud, i cannot put it into words are i cannot put it into words are delighted absolutely delighted. ll delighted absolutely delighted. it is a big moment? yeah, - delighted absolutely delighted. it is a big moment? yeah, i - delighted absolutely delighted. it is a big moment? yeah, i really l is a big moment? yeah, i really fantastic opportunity _ is a big moment? yeah, i really fantastic opportunity for - is a big moment? yeah, i really fantastic opportunity for kai - is a big moment? yeah, i really fantastic opportunity for kai to l fantastic opportunity for kai to .ive fantastic opportunity for kai to give back to a charity who has given so much _ give back to a charity who has given so much to— give back to a charity who has given so much to him.— give back to a charity who has given so much to him. where do you think that kai would _ so much to him. where do you think that kai would have _ so much to him. where do you think that kai would have been _ so much to him. where do you think that kai would have been without. that kai would have been without finding this place and the coach, lee? ., ., , ., , lee? he would have been a very different place _ lee? he would have been a very different place after— lee? he would have been a very different place after his - lee? he would have been a very l different place after his operation, because _ different place after his operation, because he was in a very low place and that— because he was in a very low place and that was difficult to see. the change _ and that was difficult to see. the change in — and that was difficult to see. the change in him has been amazing, he has found _ change in him has been amazing, he has found his calling, his passion, and he _ has found his calling, his passion, and he has — has found his calling, his passion, and he has got his love of life back — and he has got his love of life back. �* , ., ., . , back. and there is no other club in this art back. and there is no other club in this part of — back. and there is no other club in this part of the — back. and there is no other club in this part of the world _ back. and there is no other club in this part of the world dedicated i back. and there is no other club in this part of the world dedicated to | this part of the world dedicated to providing support for young people with disabilities, and people

without disabilities, everybody comes together on the court, don't they? comes together on the court, don't the ? , , ., . , comes together on the court, don't the ? , , . . , . , they? yes, it is an inclusive club, that is what _ they? yes, it is an inclusive club, that is what nice _ they? yes, it is an inclusive club, that is what nice about _ they? yes, it is an inclusive club, that is what nice about it, - they? yes, it is an inclusive club, that is what nice about it, we - they? yes, it is an inclusive club, | that is what nice about it, we play together as a family. regardless of age or ability. it together as a family. regardless of age or ability-— age or ability. it can beat you, thouuh, age or ability. it can beat you, though. can't— age or ability. it can beat you, though, can't you, _ age or ability. it can beat you, though, can't you, dad? - age or ability. it can beat you, though, can't you, dad? he i age or ability. it can beat you, i though, can't you, dad? he does age or ability. it can beat you, - though, can't you, dad? he does on a daily basis! — though, can't you, dad? he does on a daily basis! where _ though, can't you, dad? he does on a daily basis! where is _ though, can't you, dad? he does on a daily basis! where is coach _ though, can't you, dad? he does on a daily basis! where is coach nate? - though, can't you, dad? he does on a daily basis! where is coach nate? he| daily basis! where is coach nate? he is wavin: . daily basis! where is coach nate? he is waving- -- — daily basis! where is coach nate? he is waving. -- coach _ daily basis! where is coach nate? he is waving. -- coach lee. _ daily basis! where is coach nate? he is waving. -- coach lee. remind - daily basis! where is coach nate? he. is waving. -- coach lee. remind them is waving. —— coach lee. remind them why you would love people to donate, why you would love people to donate, why does it matter? it why you would love people to donate, why does it matter?— why does it matter? it makes a difference _ why does it matter? it makes a difference to _ why does it matter? it makes a difference to anybody - why does it matter? it makes a difference to anybody who - why does it matter? it makes a difference to anybody who is i difference to anybody who is involved with any sport, any club and especially here at aberystwyth wheelchair basketball club. inclusion is the way forward. you are changing _ inclusion is the way forward. you are changing lives. _ inclusion is the way forward. you are changing lives. we _ inclusion is the way forward. you are changing lives. we are, - inclusion is the way forward. you are changing lives. we are, yet. | inclusion is the way forward. you - are changing lives. we are, yet. how lona have are changing lives. we are, yet. how long have we — are changing lives. we are, yet. how long have we got _ are changing lives. we are, yet. how long have we got left, _ are changing lives. we are, yet. how long have we got left, voice - are changing lives. we are, yet. how long have we got left, voice in - are changing lives. we are, yet. how long have we got left, voice in my i long have we got left, voice in my air? we are nearly ready to wave everybody. how long have we got? 0h, not, not ready to go yet! we have

got two minutes left, so let's bring in liam and jack! i sent you off too early then. liam and jack. tell me about this young man we are here for today. he about this young man we are here for toda . , ., ., about this young man we are here for toda . , . . ., , about this young man we are here for toda . , . ., ., , ., about this young man we are here for toda . , . ., .,, ., today. he is amazing, he has got so far in life, today. he is amazing, he has got so far in life. he _ today. he is amazing, he has got so far in life, he started _ today. he is amazing, he has got so far in life, he started from - far in life, he started from walking, had surgery, and now he is in a wheelchair and now he is one of the best players in our club. i have known for so long, he's a part of my life. he known for so long, he's a part of my life. . , known for so long, he's a part of my life. .,, ., _, ., ., known for so long, he's a part of my life. .,, ., ., ., �*, life. he has overcome a lot. it's not an easy _ life. he has overcome a lot. it's not an easy adjustment - life. he has overcome a lot. it's not an easy adjustment to - life. he has overcome a lot. it's| not an easy adjustment to make life. he has overcome a lot. it's - not an easy adjustment to make from being able to walk to not being able to walk. �* ., ., , to walk. i've done the same. i was able to walk _ to walk. i've done the same. i was able to walk maybe _ to walk. i've done the same. i was able to walk maybe five _ to walk. i've done the same. i was able to walk maybe five weeks - to walk. i've done the same. i was. able to walk maybe five weeks ago, an arm in a wheelchair. you able to walk maybe five weeks ago, an arm in a wheelchair.— an arm in a wheelchair. you are smilinu. an arm in a wheelchair. you are smiling- and — an arm in a wheelchair. you are smiling. and smashing - an arm in a wheelchair. you are smiling. and smashing it - an arm in a wheelchair. you are smiling. and smashing it on i an arm in a wheelchair. you are| smiling. and smashing it on the court. let's start the applause. i think we are ready to go. i am ready for the countdown? five,

three, two, one!— three, two, one! let's do this! cheering _ three, two, one! let's do this! cheering- — three, two, one! let's do this! cheering. there _ three, two, one! let's do this! cheering. there they - three, two, one! let's do this! cheering. there they go. - three, two, one! let's do this! cheering. there they go. anl cheering. there they go. an absolutely brilliant pause as well. log on to the children in need website. check out the tracker if you are in aberystwyth or mid wales, you are in aberystwyth or mid wales, you can come down and support them. and if you can, go on there and find out the ways you can donate. then i go. we wish them well. jayne, that is brilliant, we have loved watching these reports. if you would like to support, here are the details.

time now to head back to sunderland and speak tojon, who's continuing our coverage on the cost of living crisis this morning. i hear worrying reports that they have let you loose in the glass factory. have let you loose in the glass facto . �* have let you loose in the glass facto . ., , , have let you loose in the glass facto . ., , factory. don't worry, there is a barrier, factory. don't worry, there is a barrier. a _ factory. don't worry, there is a barrier, a safety _ factory. don't worry, there is a barrier, a safety barrier. - factory. don't worry, there is a barrier, a safety barrier. i'm i factory. don't worry, there is a l barrier, a safety barrier. i'm not getting any closer. look at this, this is fascinating and fantastic to watch. this is matt, who is in the national glass centre here, good morning! here, they have brought back some of the glass making traditions which made the north—east is famous around the world, centuries ago. matt is giving a

demonstration here, as he does most days. this is a free museum. of glass—blowing. the national glass centre, this place, is on the site of a former shipyard. it closed down back in the late 805. and the idea of putting the glass centre here was to revive old skills, and show the future, to diversify, it was about the economy. this is what we are talking about today, the local economy, how it fit into the uk's economy, on the day that inflation figures came out, about an hour that inflation figures came out, aboutan hourago, that inflation figures came out, about an hour ago, 10.1% rise last month. what does that mean for everyone's cost of living? what does

that mean for pensions and benefits? a fragile state of things. maybe not quite as fragile as what matt is doing at the moment. it goes on to the otherfurnace. if doing at the moment. it goes on to the other furnace. if you think your energy bills at home are high at the moment, imagine this place. they have to have the furnaces on 2a hours a day to do this work. we will talk to them in a moment about what that means for their costs because it is a free museum, how do they cover that, what is the cost of living? we have come to sunderland as part of a tour of the uk, tackling it together, we are calling it, to get a sense of how communities are helping one another. what other solutions and what the positivity out there? and i have been, guess where? just down the road. wearmouth colliery. more than 150 years of mining history. the end came in the 19905. in its place, the stadium of light.

home to another proud local institution, sunderland football club. they're looking good. smell good. i've come to the community kitchen right next to the stadium where local families, like natalie scott and their kids, are having a cookery lesson. watch that thumb! we've made the meatballs. mam's cut the broccoli, the carrot, the peppers. 0h, she peels, you grate, you pour them back in. yeah. we've cooked the vegetables, we've grated them, we've peeled things, stuff like that. this all looks really healthy. it is. well, this helps us as a family because buying the ingredients as fresh is loads cheaper. have you noticed that? yeah, yeah, definitely. we've also learned how to budget a bit better because things are getting really tight, especially with the school holidays coming up. having four children with autism, i've learned to maybe adapt to help them cook.

spaghetti's nearly ready. how are you going to know when it's ready? i've got a timer on. 0k, how long have we got left? four minutes. for decades, coal was king on this site. and this winter, damian and his family are still thinking about energy, and how much they use. if i'm honest, i'm a little bit scared. i'm scared of the unknown. i'm waiting for the next bills to come in to see, right, well, we need to cut back again, even though we're already cutting back. and then coming here and cooking together and being able to stand back and just let them join in, that's been probably the biggest thing. all right, so, kids, what was he like, before he started doing this course, what was dad like in the kitchen? oh, if you set foot in the kitchen while he was cooking, you would get kicked out. he seems to be less stressed when he knows what he's going to make and he knows he has everything. so you're a team now, a proper cookery team. there are all kinds of classes going on here, offering solutions to people who might be struggling. this beacon is about aspiration.

it's about inspiration. it's a place for everybody. you might come in and you might bring your child to netball or to football, or you might come into a family learning class, and you might end up on a journey in terms of going on to volunteering. you might go into employability programmes, you might learn spanish. i feel like billy elliot! up on the roof, there are classes to help people keep fit and keep warm this winter. hello, jon. nice to meet you. who do you support? i'm not even going to dare say anybody but sunderland here. obviously! who do you support? sunderland, obviously. how long have you lived here? all my life. has sunderland changed ? well, we're not in the premier league any more. i meant the place, not the club. get your priorities right! it's club first, right? definitely, that's why most of us

came here, because of that. this place is all about positivity in challenging times. some of the guys playing football are former miners. i live alone, so it gives me something to look forward to. tuesday's the start of my week, we normally meet on tuesday morning. do you get lonely sometimes? yeah. it's been six years since i lost my wife. so this makes a real difference to your life? yeah, absolutely. i think this makes my life what it is. worth living? yeah, yeah. and you've seen tough times before, this city has? oh, god, aye. this used to be the biggest shipbuilding city for the size of the town in the world. what do you think the future holds? i think it's optimistic. we have got entrepreneurs in the area, you know, and people... people say, the northeast, oh, it's a dour area. it's not really.

it's not all bleak and pit heaps and whippets and scarf and flat caps! the rich history of this site is never forgotten. the foundation teaches history about the links between mining, football and community. traditionally, it was always said at sunderland, if ever sunderland needed a centre forward, all you had to do was shout down the pitch. at the front of the class, former player peter stronach. sunderland born and bred, he was a winger for the black cats in the 19705, and he says the history of both the club and the city will see people through tough times. without sunderland football club, the people of sunderland wouldn't be the same. this has been around for over 100 years in some form or another, but it gives the people of the city that outlet or that hope. have you got hope this season?

definitely, yeah. positivity back in the kitchen as well. ahead of what could be a tough season this winter. at the end of the day, all i ever worked for was for the kids. aww! so just trying to keep these happy. the stadium of light and the foundation of light charity, just up the road from where we are at the national glass centre. we are getting a free demonstration from matt who is about to make glass pumpkin. it incredibly hot here! matt, took us through, can i ask you, what is you're doing? that matt, took us through, can i ask you, what is you're doing? at the moment, you, what is you're doing? at the moment. i'm _ you, what is you're doing? at the moment, i'm just _ you, what is you're doing? at the moment, i'm just shaping - you, what is you're doing? at the moment, i'm just shaping the i you, what is you're doing? at the i moment, i'm just shaping the glass. we have got to push it into a mould late on to get the ribs, get some colour on, i'mjust late on to get the ribs, get some colour on, i'm just getting my hand and for days with the pumpkin

production for some people who are going to get some expenses today. members of the public and come in? yeah, they get to take away a pumpkin at the end of their experience. i'mjust pumpkin at the end of their experience. i'm just using this metal to cool the glass down, before i can progress the production. there are about 6 — i can progress the production. there are about 6 million _ i can progress the production. there are about 6 million people _ i can progress the production. there are about 6 million people watching you this morning, no pressure! we will keep an eye on that and what he is doing. let's talk to ian and rebecca, thank you for having us this morning. ian, you are a glass blower as well, this site, this city has such a proud tradition. it has. i have been _ has such a proud tradition. it has. i have been doing _ has such a proud tradition. it has. i have been doing it _ has such a proud tradition. it has. i have been doing it all— has such a proud tradition. it has. i have been doing it all of- has such a proud tradition. it has. i have been doing it all of my - i have been doing it all of my career. — i have been doing it all of my career. for— i have been doing it all of my career, for the last 50 years, i started — career, for the last 50 years, i started when i was 15. in a sparse -- space — started when i was 15. in a sparse -- space not— started when i was 15. in a sparse —— space not far away from here, we used _ —— space not far away from here, we used to— —— space not far away from here, we used to blow— —— space not far away from here, we used to blow sheets of glass for a stained _ used to blow sheets of glass for a stained glass windows. there is a little _ stained glass windows. there is a little church up the road, and we

actually — little church up the road, and we actually glaze to the church. there is a lot _ actually glaze to the church. there is a lot of— actually glaze to the church. there is a lot of industry on the river. through— is a lot of industry on the river. through my— is a lot of industry on the river. through my lifetime it has gone to pyrex. _ through my lifetime it has gone to pyrex, which is world famous, and now we _ pyrex, which is world famous, and now we have — pyrex, which is world famous, and now we have got this beautiful building — now we have got this beautiful building here for the next generation. the university of sunderland has a degree show on the other side _ sunderland has a degree show on the other side in glass and ceramic. tatking — other side in glass and ceramic. talking about the next generation, we are talking about the economy and the cost of living, from what you see, what hope do you have about the next generation in sunderland? you macro obviously, everyone is concerned _ macro obviously, everyone is concerned at the moment. it is a bit concerned — concerned at the moment. it is a bit concerned. at the moment you can only hope — concerned. at the moment you can only hope for the best, really. are ou only hope for the best, really. are you feeling _ only hope for the best, really. fife: you feeling it? only hope for the best, really. are you feeling it? it's _ only hope for the best, really. are you feeling it? it's getting - only hope for the best, really. are you feeling it? it's getting harder, it's raettin you feeling it? it's getting harder, it's getting very — you feeling it? it's getting harder, it's getting very hard. _ you feeling it? it's getting harder, it's getting very hard. but - it's getting very hard. but obviously, ten years ago, we have seen _ obviously, ten years ago, we have seen it— obviously, ten years ago, we have seen it coming, not quite as bad as this _ seen it coming, not quite as bad as this we _ seen it coming, not quite as bad as this. we have already converted the furnaces— this. we have already converted the furnaces to — this. we have already converted the furnaces to electricity. that is better— furnaces to electricity. that is better for— furnaces to electricity. that is better for the environment as well

as the _ better for the environment as well as the economics. | better for the environment as well as the economics.— better for the environment as well as the economics. i was going to ask rebecca about _ as the economics. i was going to ask rebecca about that, _ as the economics. i was going to ask rebecca about that, the _ as the economics. i was going to ask rebecca about that, the cost - as the economics. i was going to ask rebecca about that, the cost of - rebecca about that, the cost of running these furnaces, it must be massive and even more at the moment. yeah, like all organisations, there are lots— yeah, like all organisations, there are lots of— yeah, like all organisations, there are lots of very _ yeah, like all organisations, there are lots of very complex _ are lots of very complex constructions _ are lots of very complex constructions and - are lots of very complex constructions and they. are lots of very complex i constructions and they own organisation _ constructions and they own organisation at _ constructions and they own organisation at the - constructions and they own i organisation at the moment. constructions and they own - organisation at the moment. energy, cost of— organisation at the moment. energy, cost of living — organisation at the moment. energy, cost of living in — organisation at the moment. energy, cost of living in everything. _ organisation at the moment. energy, cost of living in everything. our- cost of living in everything. our partners — cost of living in everything. our partners in _ cost of living in everything. our partners in the _ cost of living in everything. our partners in the university- cost of living in everything. our partners in the university of- partners in the university of sunderland _ partners in the university of sunderland are _ partners in the university of sunderland are seeing - partners in the university of- sunderland are seeing increased costs _ sunderland are seeing increased costs across _ sunderland are seeing increased costs across the _ sunderland are seeing increased costs across the whole - sunderland are seeing increased costs across the whole campus. | sunderland are seeing increased - costs across the whole campus. the other— costs across the whole campus. the other factor— costs across the whole campus. the other factor is — costs across the whole campus. the other factor is the _ costs across the whole campus. the other factor is the visitors, - other factor is the visitors, communities— other factor is the visitors, communities really- other factor is the visitors, i communities really affected other factor is the visitors, - communities really affected by surging — communities really affected by surging inflation _ communities really affected by surging inflation which - communities really affected by| surging inflation which changes communities really affected by - surging inflation which changes what people _ surging inflation which changes what people choose — surging inflation which changes what people choose to _ surging inflation which changes what people choose to do _ surging inflation which changes what people choose to do and _ surging inflation which changes what people choose to do and we - surging inflation which changes what people choose to do and we are - people choose to do and we are seeing — people choose to do and we are seeing that— people choose to do and we are seeing that choice _ people choose to do and we are seeing that choice of— people choose to do and we are | seeing that choice of behaviour, people choose to do and we are i seeing that choice of behaviour, if people _ seeing that choice of behaviour, if peopte spend _ seeing that choice of behaviour, if peopte spend in _ seeing that choice of behaviour, if people spend in the _ seeing that choice of behaviour, if people spend in the shop - seeing that choice of behaviour, if people spend in the shop or- seeing that choice of behaviour, if people spend in the shop or the i people spend in the shop or the cafe, _ people spend in the shop or the cafe, it— people spend in the shop or the cafe, it really— people spend in the shop or the cafe, it really changes. - people spend in the shop or the cafe, it really changes. the - people spend in the shop or the| cafe, it really changes. the thing for us _ cafe, it really changes. the thing for us which _ cafe, it really changes. the thing for us which is _ cafe, it really changes. the thing for us which is so _ cafe, it really changes. the thing for us which is so important - cafe, it really changes. the thing for us which is so important is i cafe, it really changes. the thing i for us which is so important is how we maintain — for us which is so important is how we maintain this _ for us which is so important is how we maintain this as _ for us which is so important is how we maintain this as a _ for us which is so important is how we maintain this as a warm, - we maintain this as a warm, welcoming _ we maintain this as a warm, welcoming space _ we maintain this as a warm, welcoming space for- we maintain this as a warm, welcoming space for people | we maintain this as a warm, - welcoming space for people over what welcoming space for people over what we know _ welcoming space for people over what we know it's _ welcoming space for people over what we know it's going _ welcoming space for people over what we know it's going to _ welcoming space for people over what we know it's going to be _ welcoming space for people over what we know it's going to be a _ welcoming space for people over what we know it's going to be a really - we know it's going to be a really difficult — we know it's going to be a really difficult winter. _ we know it's going to be a really difficult winter. and _ we know it's going to be a really difficult winter. and free - we know it's going to be a really difficult winter. and free familyl difficult winter. and free family activities, — difficult winter. and free family activities, low—cost _ difficult winter. and free family activities, low—cost activities i difficult winter. and free familyi activities, low—cost activities for communities— activities, low—cost activities for communities in— activities, low—cost activities for communities in the _ activities, low—cost activities for communities in the city- activities, low—cost activities for communities in the city are - activities, low—cost activities for communities in the city are so l communities in the city are so important _ communities in the city are so important at _ communities in the city are so important at this _ communities in the city are so important at this time. - communities in the city are so important at this time. find i communities in the city are so important at this time.- communities in the city are so important at this time. and it is warm as well. _

important at this time. and it is warm as well. a _ important at this time. and it is warm as well. a lot _ important at this time. and it is warm as well. a lot of - important at this time. and it is warm as well. a lot of people i important at this time. and it is i warm as well. a lot of people will think, a trip down here, they can warm up especially in the winter months. thank you so much for having us, we have learned a lot. matt is still hard at work over there. well done, matt. we are at the national glass centre in sunderland. it is 8:59am.

this is bbc news. i'mjoanna gosling, live today in sunderland. the headlines: inflation in the uk has returned to the ito—year high it hit earlier this summer. the rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, has now hit 10.1% — driven mostly by rising food prices. sometimes i've been left with £30 in the account for over a week, to pay everything and...just don't have it. we're here in sunderland throughout the day on bbc news — talking to people about how they are coping with rising prices.

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