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our home editor mark easton westminster. our home editor mark easto n we nt westminster. ceremonial — the secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves. it is also where ian fleming, working for naval intelligence, created james bond, and down in the basement one discovers a network of secret tunnels stretching beneath westminster, filmed for the first time. there are strange corridors, bunkers with heavy doors and combination locks. the spirit of the cold war lives on in the basement. little is known about who or what happened down here, but we do know about their subterranean billiards room. from the coronation of george v to the queen's diamond jubilee, the arch has spanned the state processional route for 100 years, but in
our home editor mark easton westminster. our home editor mark easto n we nt westminster. ceremonial — the secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the...
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mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house.th the director—general of the bbc who told me that public and the parliament should have a say in the license fee to dig why we announce this now is to dig why we announce this now is to give people one year and we want to give people one year and we want to work with groups representing pensioners, on bringing in this change ina pensioners, on bringing in this change in a years time to dig what is interesting about pension credit is interesting about pension credit is that there are, in fact, approximately 1.5 million people could be getting a pension credit to dig at the moment is about 900,000 to soi dig at the moment is about 900,000 to so i think one of the perverse results of this is maybe the free television licence concession linked to pension credit will lead to more people demanding and getting the thing they are entitled to, namely pension credit. could be an unexpected result of what we announce today and i would have to say a good result in terms of getting to people who
mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house.th the director—general of the bbc who told me that public and the parliament should have a say in the license fee to dig why we announce this now is to dig why we announce this now is to give people one year and we want to give people one year and we want to work with groups representing pensioners, on bringing in this change ina pensioners, on bringing in this change in a years time to dig what is interesting about pension credit is interesting...
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mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house. it is time for the travel show.ny giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now we're moving. feel the wind in my hair. i have spent the last 21 years travelling. i have visited over 120 countries. every continent in the world, including antarctica. my mission is to visit every country in the world. i started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided i'd just start in egypt, the top of north africa, and work my way through several countries to to get to ethiopia. have a try of that. mm, it's good, it's quite sweet. yeah, right? it is my passion, it is what i do. it always makes me happy. it is the biggest challenge i can get. when i'm travelling country to country i usually take public transport. when i get to the city i am visiting, i hear people get ready on a bus. the bus will pull up, stop. i usually wait for most people to get off. i get my backpack, get my stick out. meskel square, yes? bye— bye. bye—bye, thank you. i follow the people. i can hear them so i know they're getting
mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house. it is time for the travel show.ny giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now we're moving. feel the wind in my hair. i have spent the last 21 years travelling. i have visited over 120 countries. every continent in the world, including antarctica. my mission is to visit every country in the world. i started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided i'd just start in egypt, the top of north africa, and work my way...
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our home editor mark easton went to have a look.iliar backdrop to a century of british ceremonial — the secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves. it is also where ian fleming, working for naval intelligence, created james bond, and down in the basement, one discovers a network of secret tunnels stretching beneath westminster, filmed for the first time. there are strange corridors, bunkers with heavy doors and combination locks. the spirit of the cold war lives on in the basement. little is known about who or what happened down here, but we do know about their subterranean billiards room. from the coronation of george v to the queen's diamond jubilee, the arch has spanned the state pr
our home editor mark easton went to have a look.iliar backdrop to a century of british ceremonial — the secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the...
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mark easton went to have a look.iralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves. it is also where ian fleming, working for naval intelligence, created james bond, and down in the basement one discovers a network of secret tunnels stretching beneath westminster, filmed for the first time. there are strange corridors, bunkers with heavy doors and combination locks. the spirit of the cold war lives on in the basement. little is known about who or what happened down here, but we do know about their subterranean billiards room. from the coronation of george v to the queen's diamond jubilee, the arch has spanned the state processional route for 100 years, but in 2012 it was sold for £60 million
mark easton went to have a look.iralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves. it is also where ian fleming, working for naval intelligence, created james bond,...
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mark easton, bbc news, herefordshire.bc news channel. but on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodnight. welcome to bbc london news. hello, this is bbc news. around 100 firefighters have brought a large fire at a block of flats in east london under control. 15 fire engines were called to the flats at de pass gardens near barking, where the fire had engulfed six floors of the building. the cause of the fire is not yet known, and two people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. barking and dagenham council has opened a rest centre and says it will be arranging temporary accommodation for those who need it. 0ur correspondent, leigh milner, was in barking earlier and spoke to the fire brigade's incident commander at the scene. we've had an extensive fire today. the fire service were called at 3:31pm and, at its height, we had 15 fire engines, and a number of our specialist appliances, aerial appliances and fire rescue units. and at its height, we had about 130 firefighters fighting an extensive fire.
mark easton, bbc news, herefordshire.bc news channel. but on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodnight. welcome to bbc london news. hello, this is bbc news. around 100 firefighters have brought a large fire at a block of flats in east london under control. 15 fire engines were called to the flats at de pass gardens near barking, where the fire had engulfed six floors of the building. the cause of the fire is not yet known, and two people have been taken to hospital with minor...
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our home editor, mark easton reports: right, jack, what garbage are we watching today?iggest users of bbc services. since the year 2000, the licence fee has been free for the over 755, but not for much longer. in a year's time, over 3 million people aged 75 and over will have to start paying again, because the corporation believes that to protect services only those on low incomes and receiving pension credit should be eligible. oh, that's the high chaparral! we think that's fair to those over 75, but fair also to all our audiences, for whom there is no appetite for the level of cuts that would have been necessary if this concession had been extended to everybody. some people are going to really struggle. just over the pension credit level, they're going to really struggle with all the bills they've got, now they'll see this as an extra tax. i accept that. but i think the decision around pension credit is one for the government. in 1999, labour chancellor gordon brown announced free tv licences for the over 755. in 2015, conservative chancellor george osborne said the b
our home editor, mark easton reports: right, jack, what garbage are we watching today?iggest users of bbc services. since the year 2000, the licence fee has been free for the over 755, but not for much longer. in a year's time, over 3 million people aged 75 and over will have to start paying again, because the corporation believes that to protect services only those on low incomes and receiving pension credit should be eligible. oh, that's the high chaparral! we think that's fair to those over...
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mark easton, bbc news, admiralty arch. it looks incredible.mmer in the weather this week but with some fairly humid weather over the next few days comes a real risk of severe thunderstorms. not everyone will see them but where you do, an increased risk of flash flooding around. later this week, the sunnier side of summer will return with most places dry, blue skies overhead, but highs to the temperatures will be later in the week, friday into saturday in particular. out there at the moment, fairly humid air with us as this weather system works its way northwards. we‘ve seen some thunder and lightning attached to this rain, pushing into parts of scotland for the morning. some of the rain here could be heavy and persistent with quite a south—easterly breeze to go with it. there could be minorflooding, as i said, and that could give some travel disruption. further south, big puddles left in the wake from the overnight storms. and look at that — temperatures starting the day at around 18 celsius in central london. the atmosphere for monday is fine
mark easton, bbc news, admiralty arch. it looks incredible.mmer in the weather this week but with some fairly humid weather over the next few days comes a real risk of severe thunderstorms. not everyone will see them but where you do, an increased risk of flash flooding around. later this week, the sunnier side of summer will return with most places dry, blue skies overhead, but highs to the temperatures will be later in the week, friday into saturday in particular. out there at the moment,...
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our home editor mark easton went to have a look.e secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves.
our home editor mark easton went to have a look.e secrets of admiralty arch are now being unearthed. we've been granted exclusive access to see what's happening to one of london's most famous landmarks. inside, edwardian opulence and memories of old battles. the ghosts of navy commanders haunt the corridors. winston churchill, louis mountbatten, reminders that admiralty arch was the residence of the first sea lord when britain ruled the waves.
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mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house.everal weather warnings are in place for parts of south—east and eastern england tonight. that is after a month's eastern england tonight. that is after a months worth of rain fell in the space ofjust a few hours today. the met office said flooding and transport disruption were likely. the bad weather is said to continue until later on this week. let us find out more about the weather prospects. right now we can get the forecast. hello there. monday was a day of contrast. sunny spells and a few isolated showers for scotland and northern ireland. rainfor for scotland and northern ireland. rain for england and wales. but it probably came as welcome news for many. if we take a look at this chart issued by the met office for spring, which illustrates average rainfall anomalies, you can see across eastern england from midlands, down into this outcome it has been particularly dry few months. so the rain is welcome news. but it may not be as we move through the week. they will explain more in
mark easton, bbc news, broadcasting house.everal weather warnings are in place for parts of south—east and eastern england tonight. that is after a month's eastern england tonight. that is after a months worth of rain fell in the space ofjust a few hours today. the met office said flooding and transport disruption were likely. the bad weather is said to continue until later on this week. let us find out more about the weather prospects. right now we can get the forecast. hello there. monday...