london council would like to build a secure children home therefore 2a places for vulnerable childrene to a shortage of places available which means children face long wait and can move up to 200 miles away from the capital. move up to 200 miles away from the capital-— the capital. some people would sa this the capital. some people would say this is _ the capital. some people would say this is a _ the capital. some people would say this is a good _ the capital. some people would say this is a good idea - the capital. some people would say this is a good idea and - say this is a good idea and need for it. and if it is going to be built anyway, why not here? ~ ., ., , , ., here? we are not experts on the needs for secure _ here? we are not experts on the needs for secure facilities - here? we are not experts on the needs for secure facilities for - needs for secure facilities for children _ needs for secure facilities for children. we are experts on the needs_ children. we are experts on the needs of— children. we are experts on the needs of our local community and we — needs of our loc

london councils would like to build a secure children's home there, for 24 places for vulnerable childrenshortage of places available, which means children face long waits and can move up to 200 miles away from the capital. some people would say this is a good idea and there's obviously need for it, and if it is going to be built anywhere, why not here, as you say, it's a lovely site? we are not experts on the needs for secure facilities for children. we are experts on the needs of our local community and we would argue that this land, the best use for it is for a waterpark. it should be protected from development, it will reconnect the marshes, it will reconnect us with our heritage of the water site. it will bring benefits again to the local community. voice-over: for more - stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. tonight us elections, and shutters take a woman's fly. there is a new one on gender inequality in sport. a group of mp say a lack of kit is holding the sport back. this form england players is the lack of research is worrying. 2 million women and — research i

london council said more than 300 refugees had to sleep rough in january because their claims had been home office was working with authorities to improve the system. a head teacher in south hampton admitted he's disgusted by the state of the food served at his own school. in a despairing letter to parents, jason ashley said the meals pictured here served in the canteen were on acceptable and asked this. how difficult is it to bake a potato? let's turn our attention to what is happening in haiti. the u.s. says it has deployed a team of elite u.s. marines to protect its embassy in the haitian capital. it said the marines antiterrorist and security team would replace the current marine deployment. on monday, the prime minister said he would resign once a transitional council was in place. gang leaders who control large parts of haiti had demanded his resignation for weeks as violence across the country escalated. it is up to the haitian people, who they choose as their leader. let's get up to the latest from port-au-prince and speak to harold isaac, and independent journalist in hai. you

london councils say more than 300 refugees had to sleep rough injanuary because their claims had beenuthorities to improve the system. a headteacher in southampton has admitted he's disgusted by the state of the food served at his own school. in a despairing letter to parents, jason ashley, head of redbridge community school in southampton, said meals served in its canteen were "completely unacceptable" and asked "how difficult is it to bake a potato?" you're live with bbc news. russia has said its had repelled a series of cross—border raids by pro—ukrainian militias. the groups burst into russian territory and claimed to seize control of a village. the fighters are pro—kyiv volunteers made up of russians who oppose the kremlin. moscow said it had fired rockets and artillery to foil the attempted incursion. so what's going on? olga robinson from bbc verify explains. there has been a lot of confusion about a reported incursion by pro—ukrainian armed groups into russia on tuesday. russian officials say all attempts to breach the border were thwarted, but some of these fighters insist th

left homeless in london during a cold snap after being evicted from home office accommodation, london councilffice said it was working with authorities to improve the system. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to haiti next on the united nations says it started evacuating its non—essential staff from haiti although workers who carry out life saving activities will remain. political leaders are negotiating the formation of a transition council set the takeover after the prime minister are a henri stands down. there is hope that following his resignation, the president the levels of violence in haiti will recede. in the meantime, the unitarian situation their worsens with at least 4 million people facing severe food insecurity. we have more now from our central america and creeping correspondence. life at the border crossing between the dominican republic and haiti is taking on a certain rhythm that every day, throughout the day, several trucks carrying undocumented haitian migrants come to this point and deport those migrants back into the country. they are being deported into an impoverish

london councils said more than 300 refugees had to sleep rough injanuary because their claims had beenouthampton has admitted he's disgusted by the state of the food served at his own school. in a despairing letter to parents, jason ashley, head of redbridge community school in southampton, said meals served in its canteen were "completely unacceptable." he asked "how difficult is it to bake a potato?" let's turn to haiti now. the us says it expects a transitional council to be —— the united states says it has deployed a team of elite us marines to its embassy in the haitian capital, port—au—prince, it said the marines' anti—terrorism security team would replace the current marine deployment. on monday, the prime minister, ariel henry, said he would resign once a transitional council was in place. gang leaders who control large parts of haiti had demanded his resignation for weeks, as violence across the country escalated. aus a us state department spokesman said it was up to the haitian people on who they choose as they lead to. —— as their leader. let's cross to port—au—prince to spe

london councils said more than 300 refugees had to sleep rough injanuary, because their claims had beensed zone — the stretch of no—man's land between the two koreas — is one of the most heavily militarised areas in the world. when the korean peninsula was divided in 1953, two villages on either side of the dmz were allowed to remain. taesung — known as the freedom village — in the south, and kijong — known as the peace village — in the north. our correspondent in seouljean mackenzie went to taesung to meet the few people who still live there. we pass through checkpoint after checkpoint on ourjourney into the heart of the demilitarized zone, the strip of land separating north and south korea. freedom main, this is freedom six, over. but beyond the barbed wire sits a deceivingly peaceful village where a tiny community of south koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea, closely guarded by an elite battalion of soldiers. like many of the villagers, mrs kim was born here before korea was even divided. she's now offered some serious perks to convince her to stay. she doesn't pay

homeless in london during a cold snap after being evicted from the home office accommodation for the london councila close look up the home office said it was working with authorities to improve the system. i had teacher in southampton and has admitted he is disgusted by the state of the food served at his own school. in a despairing letter to parents jason ashley head of the redbridge community school in southampton said meals served in its canteen were completely unacceptable. and asked how difficult is it to bake a potato? you're live with bbc news. an israeli hostage who was released by hamas three months ago has told bbc news he didn't think he'd get out alive. itay regev was 18 when he was kidnapped — along with his sister maya and best friend 0mer from the nova music festival. itay and maya were released after 5a days of what he described as — �*horrific�* conditions. 0mer is still being held. in his first uk interview, itay described his experience to our special correspondent lucy manning. itay regev is free, but all he thinks about are the hostages he left behind. the teenager was at the

london council said more than 300 refugees had to sleep rough in january because their claims had beenrove the system. a head teacher in southampton has admitted he is disgusted by the state of the food served at his own school. in a despairing letter to parents, jason ashley, head of redbridge community school in southampton, said meals are served in its canteen were completely unacceptable and asked how difficult is it to make a baked potato? you're live with bbc news. lithuania has blamed russia for attacking a close aide of the late russian opposition figure alexei navalny. the country's president called it a pre—planned assault. this is leonid volkov, a long time ally of navalny. he was assaulted while in his car in the lithuanian capital vilnius on tuesday night. he was left with a broken arm and covered in blood. but mr volkov is not detered. he released this video message blaming putin and urging people to carry on fighting him. translation: thank you very i much for your words of support. it's a bit tough but never mind, we'll get over it. i was pleased to read what you had wr

and in >> speaking of councils, emily a|london lovely segue. and in >> speaking of councils, emily a|london councily siloje. and in >> speaking of councils, emily a|london councily syto startid in a london council is to start removing flags from removing palestinian flags from its infrastructure after receiving hundreds complaints receiving hundreds of complaints from , including jewish from residents, including jewish people distressed by their presence. >> presence. >> now tower hamlets in east london, originally decided against removing the flags which have been hung up on lampposts and in high streets because they didn't to destabilise didn't want to destabilise community but community cohesion. but residents protested and the group uk lawyers for israel threatened legal action unless the council removed them . the council removed them. >> well, the member of parliament, paul scully, last month was accused of islamophobe here for claiming there were no go areas in the borough of tower hamlets. we spoke to him a little bit earlier, now little

london councils say more than 300 refugees had to sleep rough injanuary because their claims had beencanteen were "completely unacceptable" and asked, "how difficult is it to bake a potato?" you're live with bbc news. lithuania has blamed russia for attacking a close aide of the late russian opposition figure alexei navalny. the country's president called it a pre—planned assault. this is leonid volkov, a long—time ally of navalny. he was assaulted while in his car in the lithuanian capital vilnius on tuesday night. he was left with a broken arm and covered in blood, but mr volkov is not deterred. he released this video message blaming putin and urging people to carry on opposing him. translation: thank you very much for your words of support. _ it's a bit tough, but never mind. we'll get over it. i was pleased to read what you had written to me. even more so because while i was reading, i knew i was still alive. they wanted to make me into a schnitzel with a meat hammer right outside my house, in the yard. the attacker hit me 15 times in my leg. surprisingly, the leg is still in one

after the abolition of the greater london council.l capture is unfortunately how too much of the left operates . they much of the left operates. they will take advantage of the good faith of their opponents to smear and silence those with whom they do not agree. it has happened with hope, not hate and the rest of the quangocracy with sir intends sir keir starmer intends to expand. happened the expand. it has happened with the civil service. has happened civil service. it has happened with church of england. with the church of england. it's even some degree even happened to some degree with forces and with the armed forces and unfortunately it's at risk of happening again with standards of this kind that have been announced today, despite the good intentions that may be behind it. as ever. let me know your thoughts. mail margaret gb news. com and i'm joined now by sean irish spokesman just stop oil, my panel of former conservative mp and commentator paul goodman and gb news senior political commentator nigel lawson. now, sean, we're bo

next we'll cross live to east london, where palestine flags are being removed by the council after hundreds of complaints and the threat of legal . action. and the threat of legal. action. and there's an exclusive report from poland, where british and polish forces are working together to plan for any possible attack by russia. and in a gb news exclusive , find out what's exclusive, find out what's happened when australian pop star holly valance met nigel farage and donald trump. and that's all coming up in your next action packed hour . welcome next action packed hour. welcome to the show. it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company. we've also got an exclusive interview today from an oldham councillor who tabled an oldham councillor who tabled a motion for an investigation into the grooming gang scandal into the grooming gang scandal in the town, and it was blocked by two things. first, a 30 minute snack break for ramadan next, a 30 minute debate on a ceasefire in gaza. in oldham council not giving him enough time to table his motion, which he thinks is an absolute scandal. does

what do you feel about your council at the moment? t’m london. ctually in elstree where _ council at the moment? i'm actually in elstree where bbc _ council at the moment? i'm actually in elstree where bbc have _ council at the moment? i'm actually in elstree where bbc have their - in elstree where bbc have their studios — in elstree where bbc have their studios. my tax, my rates at the moment— studios. my tax, my rates at the moment are just over £300 a month. so far— moment are just over £300 a month. so far we _ moment are just over £300 a month. so far we have just had a letter that they— so far we have just had a letter that they will enforce telling us, i had two _ that they will enforce telling us, i had two black beans that would take any waste. _ had two black beans that would take any waste, they now say they will take just — any waste, they now say they will take just one bin a week as opposed to two _ take just one bin a week as opposed to two it's — take just one bin a week as opposed to two. it's every other week they take the _ to t

his special educational needs mean he gets support from havering council in greater london.t on my bus, thank you. including getting him to and from college. for harley, obviously a lot of support around the physical. harley cannot transfer out of his wheelchair, so he needs people around him that are going to guide him and keep him safe. we always have fun in the bus. but havering council has been fighting to stop itself going bust. it's planning cuts and savings, including to special needs transport. parents are angry. the transport is huge, because he wants to be as independent as he can. he's going to college. lewis is cheeky. lewis is absolutely cheeky. yes. he's very sociable. he needs to feel included and part of society, and be able to experience as much as he can, the same as everyone else can. all right, are we all in? fantastic. ijust like being on - the bus with my mates. that's my life now. 0verfive months, bbc panorama has followed havering as it's tried to balance the needs of people like harley, against the council's deep financial problems. cathy freeman is

. >> thank you, mayor london breed and now like to ask council general from ireland to come up this is the month (clapping.) thank you, thank you joanne the state of an the overview of happy st. patrick's day we're celebrating on this we have setting of this great home it is great thourn. thank you. >> today you read the irish side over flag over city hall we celebrate the connections to this great city to a home of a wonderful mix of the people's where there is unit and comfort and diversity and heritage poisoning success and failure and resiliency a city that is long home for the irish a community helped to shape and forge many relationships in this city thank you, mayor london breed i was reminded i remain jealous this year for the lord mayor and i don't think none jealous for any jacket but mayor, i witnessed the work for the people across the city and little irish and thank you for making in day special for st. patrick's day for us in the irish community. and want to thank you to the team miriam and everyone involved in city hall thank you to the supervisors we had a great day not

. >> thank you, mayor london breed and now like to ask council general from ireland to come up this is the month (clapping.) thank you, thank you joanne the state of an the overview of happy st. patrick's day we're celebrating on this we have setting of this great home it is great thourn. thank you. >> today you read the irish side over flag over city hall we celebrate the connections to this great city to a home of a wonderful mix of the people's where there is unit and comfort and diversity and heritage poisoning success and failure and resiliency a city that is long home for the irish a community helped to shape and forge many relationships in this city thank you, mayor london breed i was reminded i remain jealous this year for the lord mayor and i don't think none jealous for any jacket but mayor, i witnessed the work for the people across the city and little irish and thank you for making in day special for st. patrick's day for us in the irish community. and want to thank you to the team miriam and everyone involved in city hall thank you to the supervisors we had a great day not

london. a local council erected fencing around the artwork.t's also sending community officers to the site. so it has been confirmed this afternoon that secretary of state antony blinken will travel to israel later this week, adding a stop to his middle east trip that was not there earlier in the week. that does undeline just how fraught the relationship is between american and israeli leaders right now. this afternoon prime minister netenyahu spoke to republican senators in washington. his request to speak to the democratic conference, was declined by majority leader chuck schumer. the first stop on mr blinken�*s visit wasjeddah. he arrived there this afternoon. the biden administration is hoping it can convince saudi arabia to normalise relations with israel, which they think is crucially important to the wider post war planning. if closer ties with israel can be framed as a way to obtain greater rights for the palestinians, that might allow prince mohammed to limit the backlash there would be in his country, where hostility towards israel i

in and my former council, some of my london borough)lleagues in and my former council, some of my london borough of merton n the london borough of merton were this question were asking this question ten years want to know what crime >> we want to know what crime stats look like in our borough. in fact, remember my then ukip in fact, i remember my then ukip council colleague richard hilton, asking questions of the borough commander on this he borough commander on this and he said, sorry , said, look, i'm sorry, councillor, we don't record these don't have these this data. i don't have this data. shockingly, the cabinet member, the labour cabinet member, the labour cabinet at the time for cabinet member at the time for community safety, suggested that it racist to ask the it was even racist to ask the question. it's not about racist, it's realism . it's about it's realism. it's about national security. so i'm very glad that this is now being discussed. finally, albeit ten years later. interestingly, i also at the time asked the same question about the housing waiting list because this is a

in london, eight councils have waiting lists of over a year. i had to wait longer, i think then you're wondering who is supporting you? who cares? so then you've got a whole host of sort of mental health ramifications coming on top of the grief of having lost your eyesight, which isjust a terrible place for any person to be in. a new exhibition looking at class and costumes is opening in east london. costumes including some from notting hill and hackney carnivals will feature in the london college of fashion's exploration of folk traditions, together with the pearly kings and queens and the capital's club culture. there's more details on our website. let's take a look at the tubes now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning with just minor delays reported on the piccadilly line. now onto the weather with sophia herod. good morning. a cloudy start for many of us today with some mr. today with some mist and murk around in places, but it should stay dry. we have some sunny spells in between the cloud and it will be mild, but things start

. >> thank you, mayor london breed and now like to ask council general from ireland to come up this is the month (clapping.) thank you, thank you joanne the state of an the overview of happy st. patrick's day we're celebrating on this we have setting of this great home it is great thourn. thank you. >> today you read the irish side over flag over city hall we celebrate the connections to this great city to a home of a wonderful mix of the people's where there is unit and comfort and diversity and heritage poisoning success and failure and resiliency a city that is long home for the irish a community helped to shape and forge many relationships in this city thank you, mayor london breed i was reminded i remain jealous this year for the lord mayor and i don't think none jealous for any jacket but mayor, i witnessed the work for the people across the city and little irish and thank you for making in day special for st. patrick's day for us in the irish community. and want to thank you to the team miriam and everyone involved in city hall thank you to the supervisors we had a great day not

. >> thank you, mayor london breed and now like to ask council general from ireland to come up this is the month (clapping.) thank you, thank you joanne the state of an the overview of happy st. patrick's day we're celebrating on this we have setting of this great home it is great thourn. thank you. >> today you read the irish side over flag over city hall we celebrate the connections to this great city to a home of a wonderful mix of the people's where there is unit and comfort and diversity and heritage poisoning success and failure and resiliency a city that is long home for the irish a community helped to shape and forge many relationships in this city thank you, mayor london breed i was reminded i remain jealous this year for the lord mayor and i don't think none jealous for any jacket but mayor, i witnessed the work for the people across the city and little irish and thank you for making in day special for st. patrick's day for us in the irish community. and want to thank you to the team miriam and everyone involved in city hall thank you to the supervisors we had a great day not

his special educational needs mean he gets support from havering council in greater london.a lot of support around the physical. harley cannot transfer out of his wheelchair, so he needs people around him that are going to guide him and keep him safe. we always have fun in the bus. but havering council has been fighting to stop itself going bust. it's planning cuts and savings, including to special needs transport. parents are angry. the transport is huge, because he wants to be as independent as he can. he's going to college. are we all in? fantastic. ijust like being on the bus with my mates. that's my life now. overfive months, bbc panorama has followed havering as it's tried to balance the needs of people like harley against the council's deep financial problems. the council leader is ray morgan of the residents' association. the problem is many people think, well, obviously council tax primarily went to pay for cleaning their streets, repairing their roads, providing libraries and making sure their parks were in good order, trees were maintained. but no, it's not. on av

on the 29th of february, the latest zinus overreach claimed that hissing a council meeting in newan, east london, was an act of antisemitism, since snakes, which are among those creatures that his. have been used in anti-jewish propaganda, three socialist activists were later arrested at midnight for racial harassment under the public order act in a shameful misuse of police time and resources, they deny any hissing. the counselor josh garfield denounced the alleged hissing as attempt to bully him out of public life as a result of his ethnicity. the pathetic level of the victimhood is astonishing. the alleged hissing is audible for no more than three seconds and then there's garfield's response. if members in the gallery want to hiss me, they might wish to speak to my face about the issues they have, but chair, i won't accept it. i'm going to join the meeting for 15 minutes. garfiel is, of course, a card carrying zionist, being a member of the national executive of the racist jewish labor movement, which is formally affiliated to the zinis movement, the mayor of newan. roxanna fayaz, who is a mu

london and to our party. thank you, caroline. and ruth dombey, who is stepping down as leader of certain council after 12 years of remarkable servicecer hub that ruth brought to sutton is europe two number one centre for research and treatment on cancer. that alone is a legacy to be extremely proud of. thank you, ruth. and there are brilliant liberal democrat councillors like ruth in every part of our country stop 600 more of you, thanks to our incredible local election results over the last two years, i am looking forward to seeing many more of you elected this year and we can do it at the general election, too, whenever rishi sunak finally grants it. together we have built what i firmly believe is the strongest campaigning force in british politics. we showed we could do it in chesham and amersham. i know we showed it again! and again! and again! we elected four fantastic local champions who are already making a difference every day for their constituents, four brilliant liberal democrat mps. and now we can do it again in so many part of the country, only we can beat the conservatives, and we must. so, liberal democrat, let's get

her local council, havering and greater london, placed them here.ying to keep strong because there's nothing else. it's either this or being on the street. homelessness has become a major financial pressure for havering, one of the reasons the council has been fighting against going bust. it's had to house 500 families in hotels like this in the past year. five years ago, there were none. let's have a look around the room. you've got a double bed, a single bed and a bathroom. yes, and some closet space there. 0k. forfive months, bbc panorama has followed havering as it struggled to balance the needs of people like jonelle against the council's deep financial problems. kathy freeman, the chief financial officer, has been searching for cuts and savings, but they have a budget overspend of more than £50 million over 12 months. the council leader is ray morgon of the residents' association. it just shows the scale of the problem. it's the most challenging budget that i've seen. but at the end of the day, we do have to consider all of these really diffic

some complications, it is clear that this man is a legend, a powerful figure, and the council will welcome him in londonclear that in addition to the military leadership, the political leadership, he is also known to his relatives... the british, you know, i even on twitter, i liked this comment, the comment that it is unlikely that mr. zaluzhny will have to pay for beer in pubs, that is, he is a really popular personality, that's why, really, i don't understand why they made such an innovation, but his candidacy is a powerful , let's say, a signal to our partners, because britain, especially in the difficult conditions of the difficult situation in washington, is our key player on the european continent. and such a figure, she can positively, let's say, play in the interests of ukraine. you know, i'm not, by the way knew how to answer, i didn't delve into the laws, but i thought that it would not affect, well, there are people who think that this is normal, that they would, for example, elect a hard-working person as president, if he were a candidate for presidents, when we have elections, god will pro

does this show that we are still a very london centric council, especially when it comes now to councila man. a lot of people will be looking at these figures today and absolutely scratching their heads and saying, a band property in saying, for a band d property in the north east of england, you'll now be paying more for the same property worth much more money in london. how on earth is this happening and how does that make you feel as a resident of the north east? >> i'm sure martin, no one in the north east is happy about paying the north east is happy about paying more council tax, but i think we need to remember that council tax hasn't been re—evaluated or reformed in over 30 so it's something 30 years, so it's something that's well overdue. >> and, we do have a higher percentage of lower value homes in the north east, so that has made an impact. >> yeah. but when you look at the numbers, i mean, how is it even fair that you'd be paying £240 more than a property in london? people, you say you've got lower price houses. that is of course true. but also you have lower wages and there