the company, keurboom communications, made automated unsolicited calls relating to road—accident andmost of us have received them, cold calls offering anything from help with ppi claims or road accidents to investing in some sort of scheme. the cold callers play a numbers game, bombarding people in the hope that some will bite and take up their offers, and the numbers are staggering. this one company, keurboom communications, based in bedfordshire, made almost 100 million automated phone calls in just 18 months. the calls were about a variety of subject, including ppi and road traffic accidents. people got numerous calls, often on the same day, often late at night. companies are allowed to make marketing calls, but only if you have given permission, such as ticking a box on a form. this company didn't have permission, and so got a record £400,000 fine from the information commissioner. you can avoid many nuisance calls by signing up to the telephone preference service. new laws which will allow the directors of cold call companies which breaks the rules to be fined should also mean f

keurboom communications has been issued with a £400,000 fine for making the cold calls. a big problem. it is huge and has been for some time. forfive problem. it is huge and has been for some time. for five years, since we had the power to levy fines, we have been working with others in a concerted campaign to try and do what we can to stamp out this scourge of nuisance calls. last year was our busiest year was 23 fines and although this power fine is the biggest ever, it is not that far ahead the one below are which is for £350,000. this company made almost 100 million nuisance calls in 18 months. is the fine even big enough was to mark the maximum we can hit is 500000 and this is significant. the money is only part of the problem. sorry, part of the solution. this company has gone out of business so they will not be making any more nuisance calls to individuals. how will they pay their fine? it is a challenge to get the money back when companies go out of business. we will do the best we can, insolvency practices and whatever to get money from them but we may not be su

marketing firm keurboom communications made repeated calls, sometimes at unsocial hours, trying to getle to make compensation claims. where do you want me? bouncing on my knee. where do you think i want you? and david beckham makes his big screen debut in king arthur, but his cameo performance gets mixed reviews. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the party has unanimously agreed it is election manifesto. senior labour figures met today to finalise the document, after a draft version had been leaked to the media and that d raft been leaked to the media and that draft included radical plans to renationalise the railways and royal mail, to scrap university tuition fees in england, and to end the public sector pay. mr corbyn has been speaking in the last few minutes and said that there are some amendments to that draft document. vicky young is our chief political correspondent following events for us. correspondent following events for us. asjeremy corbyn was just saying, this was a unanimous decision by the shadow cabinet national executive, surel

marketing firm, keurboom communications, made repeated calls, sometimes at unsocial hours, trying topeople to make compensation claims. where do you want me? bouncing on my knee. where do you think i want you? and david beckham makes his big screen debut in king arthur — but his cameo performance gets mixed reviews. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a draft of labour's general election manifesto has been leaked, and it includes radical plans to renationalise the railways and royal mail; to scrap university tuition fees in england, and to end the public sector pay cap. the long document also includes plans to fund the nhs and social care through an increase in income tax for higher earners. the manifesto is due to be formally launched next week, and is being discussed today by senior labour figures. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. it wasn't meant to be like this. at labour's first election poster launch, they had wanted to focus on attacking the tories. good morning, everyone. instead, it is their leaked manifesto everyone's talking about. a draft version no

keurboom communications made unsolicited automated calls relating to road—accident and ppi compensationging most of us have received them — cold calls offering anything from help with ppi claims or road accidents, to investing in some sort of scheme. the cold callers play the numbers game, bombarding people in the hope that some will bite and take up their offers. and the numbers are staggering. this one company, keurboom communications based in bedfordshire, made almost 100 million automated phone calls injust 18 months. the calls were about a variety of subjects, including ppi and road traffic accidents. people got numerous calls, often on the same day, often late at night. companies are allowed to make marketing calls, but only if you've given permission, such as ticking a box on a form. this company didn't have permission, and so got a record £400,000 fine from the information commissioner. you can avoid many nuisance calls by signing up to the telephone preference service. new laws which will allow the directors of cold call companies which broke the rules to be fined should also m

keurboom communications made repeated calls, sometimes at unsocial hours, trying to get people to makeon claims. all right, where do you want me? bouncing on my knee — where do you think i want you? and david beckham makes his big screen debut in king arthur — but his cameo gets mixed reviews. good morning. it's thursday 11th may. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a draft of labour's 51—page general election manifesto has been leaked and seen by the bbc and a number of other news organisation. the leak came as the document was due to be formally signed off today. the document contains a number of eye—catching policies including: bringing the railways back into public ownership as franchises expire and repealing the 1993 railways act which privatised the network. plans to reverse the privatisation of royal mail "at the earliest opportunity". the reintroduction of maintenance grants for university students and a pledge to abolish university tuition fees. 0n energy — the document includes a policy of creating at least one publicly—owned energy company in every region of th

marketing firm, keurboom communications, made repeated calls, sometimes at unsocial hours, trying topeople to make compensation claims. where do you want me? bouncing on my knee. where do you think i want you? and david beckham makes his big screen debut in king arthur — but his cameo performance gets mixed reviews. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we are going to go straight to central london now wherejohn trickett has come to speak to reporters. their reserve chief political correspondent. fill us in on what has been going on behind you. john trickett, a senior member of the shadow cabinet, has been in that meeting to look at the draft ma nifesto. that meeting to look at the draft manifesto. we have had a leak of it, so everyone knows manifesto. we have had a leak of it, so everyone knows what is in it. they are having to go through it, sign of the things they agree on and leaving other things out. john trickett has come out and said it is an exciting document and it will speakfor the an exciting document and it will speak for the whole country. it will be the basis of the l

keurboom communications called people, sometimes at unsocial hours, to see if they were eligible forince gone into liquidation, but the information commissioner's office said it was committed to recovering the fine. it's the finals of the eurovision song contest on saturday. luciejones will be representing the uk in kiev, but what are our chances of winning this time round? will the uk leaving the european union influence the voting? our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been finding out. love it... or hate it... here's one european institution we're staying in, for now. the eurovision song contest. # the oceans crossed...# it's the final this saturday in kiev. luciejones is flying ourflag, but will brexit mean the uk meets its waterloo? let's face it, in recent years it's been hard enough for the united kingdom to get points from our european neighbours when we've been on speaking terms with them. but now that we're leaving the european union in an atmosphere of acute disharmony, will that condemn the uk to eternal "nul points" in eurovision? they may be excited about eurovis

keurboom communications made automated calls to people encouraging them to make insurance claims. any time of day or night. the call, the click on the line and then the recorded message, about ppi or a car accident. today, kerboum communications was fined £400,000 for making 100 million such calls. 1000 people complained. one said, these calls disrupt my work, cause unnecessary anxiety and make me very angry. another, a victim of stalking, complained, "i am harassed by my ex—partner through calls and text messages, and so unsolicited calls cause me anxiety." companies can only call if they have our permission. kerboum didn't, but made the calls enemy. —— anyway. it has now gone bust, so may not pay the fine. the regulator wants more powers. if the director, who was responsible for the company, were liable, then we think we would have a much better chance of success, and we think it would be a better deterrent. it seems tougher action on rogue cold callers would be a popular move. i think it's rude to call people up and interrupt their day when they're in the middle of something. i