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alison holt, bbc news.e the full force of the law against climate change protesters causing disruption in london. the environmental group, extinction rebellion says it plans to target heathrow tomorrow on one of its busiest days of the year. meanwhile in a bbc documentary broadcast tonight, sir david attenborough says climate change could cause "irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies". this report from our science correspondent rebecca morelle contains some distressing images. cheering blocking the streets, protesters from around the country descending on central london. rebellion! extinction rebellion leading another day of disruption. an attempt to force urgent action on climate change. this is the new wave of eco activism. it's giving climate change attention, but will it bring action? the campaigners here want greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to zero by 2025. scientists say it's a target that's virtually impossible to achieve. the united nations agrees that we n
alison holt, bbc news.e the full force of the law against climate change protesters causing disruption in london. the environmental group, extinction rebellion says it plans to target heathrow tomorrow on one of its busiest days of the year. meanwhile in a bbc documentary broadcast tonight, sir david attenborough says climate change could cause "irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies". this report from our science correspondent rebecca morelle...
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alison holt, bbc news.ighlighted the risks of being obese. it found even slightly overweight people are twice as likely to get type 2 diabetes. public health england says sustained action is needed to tackle the problem. the england batsman alex hales has been dropped from all international squads this summer. hales is serving a 21—day ban for an ‘off—field incident‘ but had been named in the provisional world cup squad earlier this month. the england and wales cricket board said it wanted to make sure the team was free from distractions. stevie chalmers — the celtic forward who scored the winning goal in the 1967 european cup final — has died at the age of 83. celtic have scored! the victory was the first time a british side lifted the trophy — and was one of 12 honours chalmers won during his time at celtic. his death comes after the captain of that 67 team, billy mcneill, passed away last week. technology used by space telescopes is being redeployed to help doctors beat bowel cancer. researchers at unive
alison holt, bbc news.ighlighted the risks of being obese. it found even slightly overweight people are twice as likely to get type 2 diabetes. public health england says sustained action is needed to tackle the problem. the england batsman alex hales has been dropped from all international squads this summer. hales is serving a 21—day ban for an ‘off—field incident‘ but had been named in the provisional world cup squad earlier this month. the england and wales cricket board said it...
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alison holt, bbc news.nction rebellion says it plans to target heathrow tomorrow, on one of its busiest days of the year. hundreds of thousands of people will be flying in and out of the airport for easter. heathrow says it's working with the authorities to address the threat. the police say they've arrested more than 500 people at sites across london this week. tom symonds is at waterloo bridge, which has been blocked all week. sophie, the police attempted to raise the pace of their attempts to clear these protest camps today. this afternoon, about 20 people were arrested but then about 30 protesters took their place and as you can see, the bridge is still closed and this man has been playing a cello where the traffic would normally be. it is a problem for the police. they say they can only use what they call reasonable force to clear the protests and this is a peaceful protest so all they can do is remove the protesters one by one. there has been some messages going around today, a fairly well worked out
alison holt, bbc news.nction rebellion says it plans to target heathrow tomorrow, on one of its busiest days of the year. hundreds of thousands of people will be flying in and out of the airport for easter. heathrow says it's working with the authorities to address the threat. the police say they've arrested more than 500 people at sites across london this week. tom symonds is at waterloo bridge, which has been blocked all week. sophie, the police attempted to raise the pace of their attempts...
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alison holt, bbc news.ish far right campaigners and organisations who it says have been spreading hate and encouraging violence. they include the british national party and its former leader, nick griffin the english defence league, and britain first. the ban also applies on instagram, which is owned by facebook. here's our media editor amol rajan. masters of modern communication they may be, but according to facebook at least of these members of britain's ha rd least of these members of britain's hard right groups and organisations often spread hate or promote violence. the full list includes the british national party and its former leader nick griffin, britain first, its leader paul golding and former deputy leaderjayda fransen, the english defence league and its founding member paul ray, knights templar international, a militant christian group and its promoterjim dowson, national front and its leader tony martin and jack renshaw, a convicted neo—nazi who plotted to murder a labour mp. but a convicted n
alison holt, bbc news.ish far right campaigners and organisations who it says have been spreading hate and encouraging violence. they include the british national party and its former leader, nick griffin the english defence league, and britain first. the ban also applies on instagram, which is owned by facebook. here's our media editor amol rajan. masters of modern communication they may be, but according to facebook at least of these members of britain's ha rd least of these members of...
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alison holt, bbc news.ur today, aimed at breaking the brexit deadlock. among those taking part will be the chancellor, philip hammond and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. it comes asjeremy corbyn is facing more pressure to commit his party to a referendum on any brexit deal. spain's socialist prime minister is hoping to form a new coalition government following the country's general election — which also saw a breakthrough by the far right. pedro sanchez will need the support of other parties after failing to win a majority. the right wing, vox party, has won 2a seats. it's the first time a far right party has entered parliament since the end of military rule in the 19705. emergency measures, banning sri lankans from covering theirfaces in public areas, have come into force. the country's president said the decision was in response to the easter sunday bomb attacks that killed at least 250 people. an announcement said people's faces should be fully visible to allow identification — though the niq
alison holt, bbc news.ur today, aimed at breaking the brexit deadlock. among those taking part will be the chancellor, philip hammond and labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. it comes asjeremy corbyn is facing more pressure to commit his party to a referendum on any brexit deal. spain's socialist prime minister is hoping to form a new coalition government following the country's general election — which also saw a breakthrough by the far right. pedro sanchez will need the support of...
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alison holt, bbc news.in story today, victims of crime, including those alleging rate, are being asked to give police access to their mobile phones and social media accounts, under proposals from the director of public prosecutions to look at the issue of failure of disclosure of evidence. look at the issue of failure of disclosure of evidence. jocelyn anderson, is the chief executive at west mercia rape and sexual abuse centre. shejoins me now from worcester. what are your thoughts on these plans? i think it is a very interesting move when you are looking at rate investigations and child sexual abuse investigations and how they are conducted. there is and how they are conducted. there is a need to gather information. this is new, this is firming up a process that happens already. what the issues are is that it is not proportionate, not fair orfocused on the victim. why did you say it is not proportionate, fair or focused on the victim? if you imagine somebody‘s mobile phone. i have a work mobile, a persona
alison holt, bbc news.in story today, victims of crime, including those alleging rate, are being asked to give police access to their mobile phones and social media accounts, under proposals from the director of public prosecutions to look at the issue of failure of disclosure of evidence. look at the issue of failure of disclosure of evidence. jocelyn anderson, is the chief executive at west mercia rape and sexual abuse centre. shejoins me now from worcester. what are your thoughts on these...
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alison holt, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news.ng asked to give police access to their phones and social media accounts, or risk having their case dropped. spain's governing socialist party has won the most seats in the general election, but prime minister pedro sanchez‘s party doesn't have a majority and will need support from others to form a coalition. new plans to fund social care in england could see the over 50s forced to pay on average more than £300 a year extra in national insurance. and in sport. manchester city are now just two wins away from retaining the premier league. they beat burnley 1—0 in a tense match at turf moor yesterday. sergio aguero with the goal, but onlyjust! pep guardiola's side will win the title if they win theirfinal two games. liverpool defender virgil van dijk has been named the pfa men's player of the year. arsenal striker vivienne miedama won the women's award, on the same day her side won the women's super league. and it was a mercedes one—two once again at the azerbaijan grand prix, as lewis ha
alison holt, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news.ng asked to give police access to their phones and social media accounts, or risk having their case dropped. spain's governing socialist party has won the most seats in the general election, but prime minister pedro sanchez‘s party doesn't have a majority and will need support from others to form a coalition. new plans to fund social care in england could see the over 50s forced to pay on average more than £300 a year extra in national...
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latest in a series of care providers that has run into trouble. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holti say, a very big provider, what will happen to the residents? you can imaginea will happen to the residents? you can imagine a lot of people will be worried by this but the company itself is reassuring patients and staff that although this is important for business, nothing will change for them. the care homes will keep operating in the same way. it is worth saying that if the company was in imminent danger of collapse, the regulator, the care quality commission, would have to issue a warning. i'm told that hasn't happened. let me give you a sense of the scale of four seasons health care. it has 17,000 residents and patients living in 322 care homes across the uk and it employs 22,000 staff. it is a big operation. it's been struggling of debts of more than £500 million for some time and today companies that oversee it have gone into administration, so now the health care company itself will be sold on andy hope is, the expectation is, it will sort out some of its debt issues. why has
latest in a series of care providers that has run into trouble. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holti say, a very big provider, what will happen to the residents? you can imaginea will happen to the residents? you can imagine a lot of people will be worried by this but the company itself is reassuring patients and staff that although this is important for business, nothing will change for them. the care homes will keep operating in the same way. it is worth saying that if the company...
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alison holt, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, with helen willetts. hi. nota hi.s, but there is normally a but, and today it is this weather front, giving normally a but, and today it is this weatherfront, giving drizzly rain for the west of wales. yet it will p9p up for the west of wales. yet it will pep up overnight and get wet through the night and into tomorrow. for many of us, under starry skies, as last night, it will turn a bit chilly. we could see the return of the fog coming off the north sea into the central lowlands, the odd pocket elsewhere to watch out for. it should go quickly, and again, as today, a lot of dry and bright weather. good spells of sunshine coming through. that is where we will see the highest temperatures. for northern ireland, another pretty wet day. it hopefully dries up into the afternoon by that stage, where the afternoon by that stage, where the rain is pushing into the west of scotland, western fringes of england and wales. holding the temperatures up, we could see 16 or 19 in the sunshine further east. we will be seeing 16 and 1
alison holt, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, with helen willetts. hi. nota hi.s, but there is normally a but, and today it is this weather front, giving normally a but, and today it is this weatherfront, giving drizzly rain for the west of wales. yet it will p9p up for the west of wales. yet it will pep up overnight and get wet through the night and into tomorrow. for many of us, under starry skies, as last night, it will turn a bit chilly. we could see the return of the fog coming...
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trapped and at risk of abuse and neglect during their long stays. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt no idea when that will be. the teddy bear she bought her mother. lee has autism and learning difficulties. a year ago she had a crisis, was sectioned and taken to a secure hospital. this was her just before that happened. and 12 months on this is the 43—year—old now. we have been trying so hard to get her back. we know that her anxiety would be through the roof, her longing for her family comes before anything else really. so, every day on the phone when she rings me, ten o'clock, please come home mummy, help me. please, mummy, get everyone to help me. after so many promises to support people like lee in the community, her mother doesn't understand why she is still fighting to get her daughter home. i'm helpless, i'm powerless, every little thing, i think of her, what can i do, what can i do? more reading, more research. in 2011 after abuse was exposed at winterbourne view hospital by the bbc‘s panorama programme, the government said all such places would close. the latest figures for
trapped and at risk of abuse and neglect during their long stays. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt no idea when that will be. the teddy bear she bought her mother. lee has autism and learning difficulties. a year ago she had a crisis, was sectioned and taken to a secure hospital. this was her just before that happened. and 12 months on this is the 43—year—old now. we have been trying so hard to get her back. we know that her anxiety would be through the roof, her longing for her...
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here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt.day tasks like eating, getting dressed and washed is increasing. councils that provide that support have also had their budgets cut. it means the care system is under huge pressure. today's report says the need for reform is urgent, to provide a safety net to end the lottery of who gets state funded care and who doesn't. the report calls for a nationally funded pension style scheme. it proposes a universal care entitlement to provide anyone who needs it with a decent standard of help. people would pay a per supplement on top if they wanted a more expensive level of support. the report also says the underfunding of the current care system must be tackled. we need universal care provision that is better than it is now. so, it will involve spending more taxpayers' money. we'll have to find £7 billion extra a year. we'll have to find £2.5 billion extra a year. but also on top of that, we need to allow people, if they can, and many people can particularly if they own property, they'll be ab
here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt.day tasks like eating, getting dressed and washed is increasing. councils that provide that support have also had their budgets cut. it means the care system is under huge pressure. today's report says the need for reform is urgent, to provide a safety net to end the lottery of who gets state funded care and who doesn't. the report calls for a nationally funded pension style scheme. it proposes a universal care entitlement to provide anyone...