alfred was a lone score in the cheshire regiment, thejoint at the lone score in the cheshire regiment served together initially in training in the uk and we re initially in training in the uk and were posted to different italians, my grandfather went to mesopotamia and india surviving the war and the great uncle alfred was with the 13th battalion and came out here and served and eventually died on the 10th of august 1917 in the battle for westbrook which formed part of the battle of passchendaele. tell us why you are here because there was a ballot for relatives who wanted to come. that's right. it was my wife that applied for the tickets to come. we did not think we would be lucky enough and we did not know what the number of people would be that responded to that, we were thinking in the millions and were very fortu nate thinking in the millions and were very fortunate to get two tickets to come along and some of kate's friends from work also applied about here as well. i know you have read a lot about the battle of passchendaele where your great uncle died, give us an idea of what

even here, in rural cheshire, what happened in london tower block is by no means. rural cheshire, whatou know, it makes you cry. it is emotional even now, just the thought of what is yet to be found, and the people. whether donating an old top or tenner, people have been moved to act. the challenge for the charities is ensuring it all benefits those who have lost so much. for more information on where the grenfell money has gone, you can go to bbc. co. uk/realitycheck, or follow them on twitter @bbcrealitycheck. you are watching breakfast. still to come on the programme this morning: with pride, and some prejudice, matt is at jane austen's house museum in hampshire this morning, where they are remembering the author's life and work 200 years on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. moped delivery drivers are taking their fears over recent acid attacks to parliament this afternoon. they are concerned about the rise in attacks, and are calling for the government to take action. last week, a series of acid attacks on moped riders in london left several with facial i

fue vÍctima al recibir un disparo en la cabeza antes que su vehÍculo se estrecharon el condado de cheshire fiscal de distrito de programa dijo que bianca estaba intentando cruzar de carril antes que el incidente se volvieron mortales. las cÁmaras captaron el vehÍculo de robertson y la camioneta donde se encontrÓ el arma que se usÓ en el hecho. el hombre se entregÓ a las autoridades y estÁ encarcelado sin derecho a fianza. en otras informaciones, la policÍa busca a quien entrÓ en una vivienda. no se sabe si algo fue robado. y en filadelfia, un robo dentro de un mc donalds fue realizado esta madrugada. segÚn los investigadores sospechosos armados entraron demandando el dinero de la caja registradora. en filadelfia los bomberos batallaron con un incendio. las llamas provenÍan de un garage. no se sabe de heridos. las llamas fueron controlados rÁpidamente. al llegar los bomberos la vivienda estaba envuelta en llamas y lograron controlar el fuego evitando desgracias personales. uno de los bomberos sufriÓ insolación siendo tratado en el sitio de los hechos. lo que era una noche para celebrar un f

even here, in rural cheshire, what happened in a london tower block is by no means lost.. it's emotional even now, just the thought of what's yet to be found and the people. whether donating an old top or a tenner, people have been moved to act. the challenge for charities is ensuring it all benefits those who have lost so much. an autistic boy has a rare condition which put them at risk of brain damage and the nhs says the drug is too expensive but if the challenge are too expensive but if the challenge a re successful, too expensive but if the challenge are successful, future funding decisions could be based solely upon the welfare of a child. let's talk to clive coleman at the royal courts ofjustice. tell us to clive coleman at the royal courts of justice. tell us more to clive coleman at the royal courts ofjustice. tell us more about this case because it is a child who has not been named, with a rare genetic condition and doctors say he should get this drug but nhs england says no? absolutely, it's a very unusual case, a very unhappy combination, this child has a cond

the old according to cheshire. look up the modern world come along for the raw data. warhawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks need to fight the battles they don't believe the new socks credit tell you that they'll be gossiping by a file for the fourth day. telling me you are not cool enough to buy their product. these are the hawks that we along with our audience will watch. i do not know if the russian state hacked into john podesta emails and gave them to wiki leaks but i do know barack obama's director of national intelligence has not provided credible to support his claims of russia i also know he perjured himself in a senate hearing planned three months before the revelations provided by edward snowden he denied that the n.s.a. was carrying out wholesale balance of the us. to hyperventilate corporate media has once again proved to be an echo for government claims that cannot be verified you would have thought they would have learned something after serving as george w. bush's useful idiots in the lead up to the big ir

dan whitworth, bbc news, cheshire.esting for when they do these checks? the first thing to say is that drivers who are driving under the influence of drugs are incredibly dangerous. brake, along with other campaigning organisations, really pushed hard for these new laws which came into place in 2015 in england and wales. they look at about 18 or so drugs, illegal and over—the—counter drugs, and set limits for the first time in the amount allowed in the blood. we think these figures out today show that much more needs to be done in terms of enforcement if we are to crack down on this menace. some forces are doing better than others in terms of cracking down on this. forces are doing better than others in terms of cracking down on thislj think in terms of cracking down on this.” think the figures show, the figures we have seen at brake, but where police have done targeted campaigns, for example over christmas, they have been incredibly successful. everything back to 2015 when the new laws came in, over christmas there wa

a red cross sorting centre in cheshire.reen bags will be sold in red cross shops. black bags are for recycling. brand—new items will go straight back to survivors of the fire, or relatives of those who died. it's about turning all of the different donations we've had into cash, which automatically will then go to the appeal. to appreciate the scale of donations, you have to fly through this london warehouse a week after the fire. it's estimated 174 tonnes of stuff was donated. so far, they've sorted half of it. and ten tonnes has gone back to the victims. no amount of money is enough for the loved ones of those who died. research by the bbc shows that several appeals and charities have now raised nearly £20 million. some question why only a small part of that has made it through. you feel that it's betraying the public‘s generosity, because they gave money to help directly those who are affected. and they're not too clear that it's happening, it's like there's a filter, and organisations instead of individuals are getting f

out on patrol with cheshire police.eel. hello, driver. a suspicious car is pulled over. the driver is tested for drugs using a sample of his saliva, and it comes back positive for cannabis. he is arrested, which means a trip back to the station and a blood test. if found guilty, he faces a minimum actual month driving ban, and could be sentenced to up to six months in prison. since the law changed on drug driving two years ago, it is now illegal to have a certain level of up to 17 drugs in your system and get behind the wheel. eight of them are illegal. 0nes like cannabis, ecstasy and cocaine. nine of them are prescription drugs, ones like morphine and codeine. we asked all 43 forces in england and wales how many drug driving arrests they have made since the change, to try and get some sense of comparison between forces. we divided that between the number of officers each one had. some forces made one arrest for every one or two officers, others made one arrest for every 19, 24 or 28 officers. these figures must be trea

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a red cross sorting centre in cheshire.ons in the green bags will be sold in red cross shops. black bags are for recycling. brand—new items will go straight back to survivors of the fire, or relatives of those who died. it's about turning all of the different then go to the appeal. to appreciate the scale of donations, you have to fly through this london warehouse a week after the fire. it's estimated 174 tonnes of stuff was donated. so far, they've sorted half of it. and ten tonnes has gone back to the victims. no amount of money is enough for the loved ones of those who died. research by the bbc shows that several appeals and charities have now raised nearly £20 million. some question why only a small part of that has made it through. you'll feel that it's betraying the public‘s generosity, because they gave money to help directly those who are affected. and they're not too clear that it's happening, it's like this, so... and organisations are getting financial support. charities say the complexity and scale of what happe

a red cross sorting centre in cheshire.relatives of those who died. it's about turning all the different donations we've had into cash, which will then automatically go to the appeal. to appreciate the skill of donations, you had to fly through this modern warehouse and week after the waco. it's estimated tonnes of stuff was estimated. so far, they've sorted half of it. and ten tonnes has gone back victims. no amount of money is enough for the families of the loved ones who died. research of the bbc showed that several charities have now raised nearly £20 million. some question why only a small part of that has made it through. we feel that they are betraying the public's generosity, because the donated to help the people affected. it's mike there's filter, and the individuals are not getting the financial support. charities aid this complexity and scale of what happened here means everything takes time. the thing about this is that we learned from the 7/7 attacks in response to the manchester attacks is that it takes longe

it is quite unsure of exactly, but the cheshire regiment lost 95% of their manning over that period ofbattle, those that we re that started the battle, those that were left were 3081 believe and just in context that great loss of life is huge. why did you feel it was important for you to be here today 100 years on? i think from a family point of view it was very important to be here. we had planned to be here before we knew the service. we had been planning it for about nine yea rs. we had been planning it for about nine years. we had was planned and then luckily we both got the ballot and i was asked to be part of calling the names. anne owen, talk about your fatherjack because the letter he wrote to his wife, like so many soldiers who were either died or are injured or went missing, they wrote to their loved ones before going into battle, what did jack write to his wife lizzie? he told her all about life as it was at the time. he apparently got into some offensive with nine people and only three came out. i might have the figures wrong, something like that. he was going into battle a

this is the grenfell tower fire appeal in action, a red cross sorting centre in cheshire. green bags will be sold in red cross shops. black bags are for recycling. brand—new items will go straight back to survivors of the fire or relatives of those who died. it's about turning all the different donations we've had into cash which automatically will then go to the appeal. to appreciate the scale of donations, you had to fly through this london warehouse a week after the fire. it's estimated 174 tonnes of stuff was donated. so far they have sorted half of it, and ten tonnes has gone back to the victims. no amount of money is enough for the loved ones of those who died. research by the bbc shows that several appeals and charities have now raised nearly £20 million. some question why only a small part of that has made it through. we feel that it's betraying the public‘s generosity because they gave money to help directly those who were affected and we're not too clear that it's happening. it's like there's a filter and organisations rather than individuals are getting the fina

she was attacked at her hostel. 30—year—old tom jackson from cheshire tried to help her. was allowed to enter and see mia's room and the place where she died. and i sat in a cubicle and i thought about mia dying in that room. and she's gone, you know, and it's tough. it's tough to be here. i knew it would be, but i'm so glad i came, because i feel like... ifeel like i owed it to mia. but this isn't only about commemoration. rosie wants to meet other backpackers and learn exactly what kind of a life her daughter had here. every year, 200,000 people come to australia for a working holiday. if they want to stay for a second year, then they have to come and work in regional australia. many, like mia, come to queensland, where the farmers use the backpackers to pick their fruit and tend their fields. an investigation by australia's fair work ombudsman has found many backpackers are being exploited. two—thirds say employers take advantage by underpaying them. some have their passports taken away. djuro, from denmark, has just finished the 88 days of rural work needed to gain a

out on patrol with cheshire police.onth driving ban, and could be sentenced to up to six months in prison. since the law changed a couple of years ago and the drug wipes were introduced, i think they are the single best piece of technology that has been introduced into the police force in my 17 years. since the law changed on drug driving two years ago, it is now illegal to have a certain level of up to 17 drugs in your system and get behind the wheel. eight of them are illegal. 0nes like cannabis, ecstasy and cocaine. nine of them are prescription drugs, ones like morphine and codeine. before the law was changed, it wasn‘t so clear—cut. police had to prove that you‘re driving had been impaired by drugs. we asked all 43 forces in england and wales how many drug driving arrests they have made since the change, to try and get some sense of comparison between forces. we divided that between the number of officers each one had. some forces made one arrest for every one or two officers, others made one arrest for every 19, 2

part of the announcement to date is that it will go through their cheshire brine fields and people haveor hundreds of years because of subsidence. the m6 goes around it but when we told them about the sinkholes their underground movement they said it would not be a problem and it would be fine and it would not cost any more or delay the project and that is their mentality. any criticism whatsoever is just brushed away and it is stored up for a massive increase in the cost of this idiotic project. it is good of you to join us. project. it is good of you to join us. i know you will be watching at 3:30pm and! us. i know you will be watching at 3:30pm and i might get your reaction afterwards. thank you. a man who's terminally ill is challenging the government to try to overturn the ban on assisted dying. noel conway has motor neurone disease, and wants to be able to choose when and where he dies, without putting those who might help at risk of prosecution. the law currently makes it illegal to help someone to die. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports from the royal courts ofjustic

dan whitworth, bbc news, cheshire.d he is 100% certain the us will be able strike a trade deal with the uk after brexit. anthony scaramucci, the white house communications director, told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that mr trump loved the uk, and he highlighted the special relationship between the two countries as a reason why he believed a deal would be agreed. so think about the special relationship we have had since the creation of this great nation. this nation was a group of guys who thought you know what? we are going to break away from the other nation and start our own country. this is a disruptive start up. you know the president is doing? we are going to... does that mean making concessions to do trade with the uk? does it mean you will meet us halfway? does it mean we have to give in to you? no, i don't think so. give in to you? no, i don't think so. he is about reciprocity. he is about fair so. he is about reciprocity. he is aboutfairand so. he is about reciprocity. he is about fair and equal trade. now,

, sergeant william rhodes, cheshire regiment, awarded the distinguished conduct medal.ss than five miles from here, thousands of men, drawn from across britain, france and the commonwealth, attacked german lines. the battle we know today as passchendaele would last for over 100 days. we remember it's not only for the rain that fell, the mud that weighed down the living and swallowed the dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here. the advance was slow, and every inch was hard—fought. the land we stand upon was taken two months into the battle by the third australian division. it would change hands twice again before the end of the war. in 1922, my great—grandfather, king george polona hercog, came here as part of a pilgrimage to honour all those who died in the first world war. —— king george v. whilst visiting tyne cot, he stood before the pillbox that this cross of sacrifice has been built upon, a former german stronghold that had dominated the ridge. once taken by the allies, the pillbox became a forward aid opposed to treat the wounded. tho

some forces for example like north yorkshire, south yorkshire, cheshire, they made one drug driving arrestter manchester police, derbyshire, leicestershire, they made one drug driving arrest for every 18, 19, 20, sometimes 28 officers. we have to take these figures with caution because they are notan figures with caution because they are not an accurate, scientific, like—for—like comparison, but the com plete like—for—like comparison, but the complete her majesty ‘s —— to quit her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, they give us a snapshot into the wider issue of policing drug driving. we spoke to a lady called zoe bird peeling from there about the possible consequences these infants —— zoe billingham. there are clearly forces being extremely proactive in this area, a deliberate decision on their part, and we as an inspectorate would ask other police chief const is to check whether or not they are being as proactive as they should be, but also taking enforcement action in the way they ought to be, and educating young people about the harm, the terrible harm caused by these activities.

she was attacked at her hostel. 30—year—old tom jackson from cheshire tried to help her.. if they want to stay for a second year, then they have to come and work in regional australia. many, like mia, come to queensland, where the farmers use the backpackers to pick their fruit and tend their fields. an investigation by australia's fair work ombudsman has found many backpackers are being exploited. two thirds say employers take advantage by underpaying them. some have their passports taken away. djuro, from denmark, has just finished the 88 days of rural work needed to gain a second—year visa. it was almost like being in prison, rather than being in australia. treatment will be so bad, you're being pushed to your very limit. now, we're speaking about people working in 40 degrees. some of them are 18, 19 years old. and to the amount of capacity that you're working, one or two months, some people collapse, mentally. theyjust break down. the australian government says it recognises migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation. it has set up a task force, but while she is i

if you take parts of cheshire and greater manchester and there are some developments there that are almosty cases, i have seen, they can go up from, so they start at something that sounds reasonable a couple of hundred of pounds a year and then within 30 to 40 years it is £10,000 a year. well, in february of this year our reporter, james longman, exposed what had been taking place on new build developments around the country. a developer builds a house. here it is. it sells that house to mr and mrs smith. here they are. but what is sold is the lease to that house. that's time in it. they haven't sold the ground it's on. that's the freehold and they keep that. this is the crucial bit — a couple of years later, the developer is then able to sell the freehold, that's the ground that it's on to an investment company. here he is, mr investor. it's a way of making money on the same house twice. and here is the other catch — because it's a house and not a flat, the law says that the developer does not have to warn mr and mrs smith that they're going to do any of this and this whole business is wo

she was attacked at her hostel. 30—year—old tom jackson from cheshire tried to help her.s. the hostel is still open and, without the cameras following her, rosie was allowed to enter and see mia's room, and the place where she died. and i sat in a cubicle and i thought about mia dying in that room. and she's gone, you know, and it's tough. it's tough to be here. i knew it would be, but i'm so glad i came, because i feel like... ifeel like i owed it to mia. but this isn't only about commemoration. rosie wants to meet other backpackers, and learn exactly what kind of a life her daughter had here. every year, 200,000 people come to australia for a working holiday. if they want to stay for a second year, then they have to come and work in regional australia. many, like mia, come to queensland, where the farmers use the backpackers to pick their fruit and tend their fields. an investigation by australia's fair work ombudsman has found many backpackers are being exploited. two thirds say employers take advantage by underpaying them. some have their passports taken away. djuro,

robert reed is an estate agent from cheshire. is it tough times out there for estate agents?t is certainty. and what helps is when there is a sense of second wind. there is quite a lot of second wind. there is quite a lot of uncertainty. there was the general election, brexit, the effect it will have, and that will bring about a certain amount of caution. on top of that there are structural issues, first—time homebuyer struggling to get into the market, so struggling to get into the market, so there are wider issues. what about online estate agents? they are direct competitors of yours. aru finding more people are interested injust going finding more people are interested in just going through the online route? we heard the lady say that you route? we heard the lady say that y°u pay route? we heard the lady say that you pay a fixed fee and that is it. no percentage of sale price? are they happy to go online? number one, it is the wrong way to analyse it. it surely should be about the price you achieve at the end and what the agent can add. whether it is online ora agent can a

she was attacked at her hostel. 30—year—old tom jackson from cheshire tried to help her. and, without the cameras following her, rosie was allowed to enter and see mia's room, and the place where she died. and i sat in a cubicle and i thought about mia dying in that room. and she's gone, you know, and it's tough. it's tough to be here. i knew it would be, but i'm so glad i came, because i feel like... ifeel like i owed it to mia. but this isn't only about commemoration. rosie wants to meet other backpackers, and learn exactly what kind of a life her daughter had here. every year, 200,000 people come to australia for a working holiday. if they want to stay for a second year, then they have to come and work in regional australia. many, like mia, come to queensland, where the farmers use the backpackers to pick their fruit and tend their fields. an investigation by australia's fair work ombudsman has found many backpackers are being exploited. two thirds say employers take advantage by underpaying them. some have their passports taken away. djuro, from denmark, has just fini