noor nanji, thank you very much indeed, noor nanji therefore set london euston station.e independent review was ordered after a trainee firefighter took his own life two years ago — his family raised concerns that he'd been bullied because of his race. helena wilkinson reports. misogyny, racism, bullying. a shocking culture which has been uncovered at the london fire brigade. example after example of abuse and poor behaviour at almost all levels of the organisation. i sat with a very senior female officer who said to me in tears, that whenever she goes into a dangerous incident, she is always thinking, "will the men around me protect me, given how much they have treated me as dirt back at the station?" that was not one person, that was many people. other incidents at the london fire brigade include... and women being sexually taunted. the report said the behaviour of some brigade staff left a clear trial of psychological harm. trail of psychological harm. this report has to be a watershed moment when we get rid of the institutional racism, homophobia and discrimination t

our business correspondent noor nanji is here. noor, what's the background to this letter?e have been reports of people finding their direct debits are still going up, so grant chaps said those reports are disturbing and says people's bills should reflect their use. ofgem conducted a review into all of this earlier this year. we've been reaching out to suppliers to ask what action has been taken, but there are a couple of things to note. first, energy bills have been going up, so even if you have been reducing your use, average bills are a lot higher this year than last. secondly, worth noting, there has been mild weather so far, so some firms may have calculated that into their assumptions for direct debit. it is worth also mentioning that people have the right to challenge their direct debit, so if you think you are paying more than you should, you are paying more than you should, you should reach out to your supplier. you should reach out to your su lier. . ~ you should reach out to your summer-— you should reach out to your su lier. . ~' ,, , . let's bring you up to dat

our business reporter noor nanji is here. noor, what's the background to this letter? by the reports and says people's bills should reflect use. 0fgem, energy regulator, conducted a review into this earlier this year. we have reached out to supplies to see what action has already been taken. two things to note. energy bills are already going up. we know that. even if you have reduced use, your bills will be on average higher this year than last year. some firms may have been caught out by the milder weather, calculations could have been factoring in a colder winter. finally worth mentioning, you have the right to challenge your direct debit. if you think you are paying more than you should, you can reach out to your supplier. good advice. thank _ reach out to your supplier. good advice. thank you. _ two 16—year—old boys have died after being stabbed about a mile apart in south—east london. the metropolitan police say they are trying to establish if the stabbings are linked. 0ur correspondent, simonjones, is at the scene of one of the incidents in thamesmead. simon, wha

our business correspondent noor nanji is at euston station. what's the latest?t? at euston, the station is open which _ what's the latest? at euston, the station is open which is _ what's the latest? at euston, the station is open which is because l what's the latest? at euston, the | station is open which is because the tube is running and services are running on the london 0verground after strike action there was suspended. but all other rail services have been heavily disrupted by the action. behind me you can see representatives from aslef the train drivers union behind the strike. they want wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. the government calls strike action disappointing and says this dispute has dragged on far too long. now, there is no doubt this is having a big impact on people's weekend plans. inside the station it's a lot quieter than you might expect on a normal saturday afternoon. this is a big shopping weekend, you've got black friday, people are normally heading into london to take advantage of that. the world cup is also happening

noor nanji, bbc news.work in the north of england. mark harper will be meeting with mayors across the north of england. i'm in contact this morning with andy burnham, and i am absolutely resolute that mark harper has got to offer a rest day work agreement for tranpennine, otherwise we will be agreement for transpennine, otherwise we will be in complete chaos. he talks, rightly, about how the railway industry, the sunday programmes, is too dependent on rest day working. in the north of ringwood, we don't have that at the moment. in the north of england, we don't have that at the moment. i'm all for moving towards a more regular and sensible approach to trade union relations within the rail industry. but at the moment, we don't have what the rest of the country has, the ability for drivers to be trained on rest days. on transpennine express, hit by the pandemic, more drivers than ever before, but it is taking six months longer to train every single driver, because they don't have that rest day work agreement

our business correspondent noor nanji is here, noor what's the background to this letter?king the effort to cut back on energy _ lots of us are making the effort to cut back on energy use, _ lots of us are making the effort to cut back on energy use, but - lots of us are making the effort to cut back on energy use, but bills l cut back on energy use, but bills are still beans soaring. grant shapps said that people's bills should accurately reflect their use. off gem conducted a review into this earlier this year, and we have a supplier is what action has been taken since then. there are a of things worth noting. firstly, energy bills have gone up, so you and if you have been making efforts to reduce you use, the fact remains that energy bills on average this year are a lot higher than they were last year. secondly, it has been quite mild winterfar, so the last year. secondly, it has been quite mild winter far, so the way last year. secondly, it has been quite mild winterfar, so the way in which direct debits are calculated, they were factoring in colder weather into their

ii train companies are affected. 0ur reporter noor nanji sent us this update from euston...uston station, it is open and that is because the tube is running and services on the london 0verground are also still running. that's after strike action there got suspended. but all other rail services here have been heavily disrupted by this strike. behind me, you can see representatives of the aslef union, the train drivers union, who are behind this strike. they want wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. the government has called the strike is disappointing, and says this dispute has just gone on for far too long. but there is no doubt that all of this is having a major impact on weekend plans for people. this is a really busy shopping weekend. it's a black friday sales and normally you would have people flocking into london to take advantage of that. we have also got the world cup going on, so people may have wanted to get together with friends and family to watch those matches. elsewhere around the country, people who are heading to christmas markets and also to major

our business correspondent, noor nanji, has been looking into this for us.s, there have been reports of people finding that their direct debits are still soaring. now, grant shapps said that those reports were disturbing, he said people's bills should accurately reflect their use. ofgem did already conduct a review into all of this earlier this year, and we have reached out to suppliers to ask what action has been taken since then. but there are a couple of things worth noting. firstly, energy bills have gone up, so even if you have been making efforts to reduce your use, the fact remains that energy bills on average this year are a lot higher than they were this time last year. secondly, it's been quite a mild winter so far, so it's possible, because of the way in which direct debits are calculated, they were factoring in colder weather into those calculations, so that could be another factor here. it is worth saying that you do have a right to challenge your direct debit, so if you do find you're paying too much, or you think you are, you should speak to y

our business reporter noor nanji joins us from london's euston rail station.here this afternoon?— what is the picture there this afternoon? ., , afternoon? here at used in the station is _ afternoon? here at used in the station is open. _ afternoon? here at used in the station is open. that _ afternoon? here at used in the station is open. that is - afternoon? here at used in the | station is open. that is because afternoon? here at used in the - station is open. that is because the tube is running, and services on the london 0verground are still running. that is after strike action there. all other rail services here have been heavily disrupted by this strike. behind me you can see representatives of the aslef union, the train drivers union, who are behind the strike. they want wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. the government has called the strikes are disappointing, and says this dispute has gone on for far too long. there is no doubt that all of this is having a major impact on people's weekend plans. this is a busy shopping weekend, the blac

our business reporter noor nanji has been to euston this morning to see how the strikes have impactedwell on the london 0verground. now, strike action had been expected there, too, but that was suspended as union members are considering a new pay offer. but all other rail services here have been heavily disrupted. as you can see behind me, there are representatives there from aslef, the train drivers�* union, who are behind these strikes. and as a result of all of this, it is very quiet in the station today, compared to what you'd normally expect at this time on a saturday morning. and don't forget, this is a very big retail weekend as well. it's a big weekend for shopping because it is the black friday sales. normally, you'd expect people to be heading into london for those sales. it is, of course, the world cup as well. so people might be trying to get together with friends and family to watch those games. now, around the country as well, people have been told to expect disruption if they're travelling, for example, to major sporting events, and also to the opening of christmas mark

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let�*s talk to our business reporter noor nanji. what do we know?ompany funded — happened. this is frazier scrip, the company funded by _ happened. this is frazier scrip, the company funded by mike _ happened. this is frazier scrip, the company funded by mike ashley, . company funded by mike ashley, buying up gieves & hawkes, a historic tale he has been around for turning 50 years. the deal as we understand includes all five of gieves & hawkes�*s uk stores and that includes the flagship headquarters location which is at number one savile row in london. that is when the world�*s most famous fashion addresses, but they are other stores located in places like bath, birmingham, chesterand located in places like bath, birmingham, chester and also winchester. we don�*t know the value of the deal yet. we also don�*t know what this means for the workers at those stores, because as you say this is just broken this evening we are still gathering some of those details coming in, but we do know is that gieves & hawkes is one of the oldest bespoke tailor compani

here's our business reporter, noor nanji.much for your time today. byjanuary, not a lot of thank you very much for your time today. by january, not a lot of time today. by january, not a lot of time to sort this out, is it? it’s today. by january, not a lot of time to sort this out, is it?— to sort this out, is it? it's not. mark harper— to sort this out, is it? it's not. mark harper will— to sort this out, is it? it's not. mark harper will be _ to sort this out, is it? it's not. mark harper will be meeting l to sort this out, is it? it's not. i mark harper will be meeting with mayors across the north of viglen. i'm in contact this morning with andy burnham, and i am absolutely resolute that mark harper has got to offer a rest day work agreement for trans pennine, otherwise we will be in complete chaos. he talks, rightly, about how the railway industry, the sunday programmes, is too dependent on rest day working. in the north of ringwood, we don't have that at the moment. i'm all for moving towards a more regular and sensible

noor nanji, bbc news.a celebrity get me out of here" has been crowned. and the new queen of the jungle... is gel! former lionessjill scott roared her way to victory, with the actor 0wen warner runner up. she has got used to winning this year! the former health secretary matt hancock finished in third place. we are going to review that programme. we should have given you a bit of a spoiler alert if you haven't watched it. it is everywhere, on the front of every single paper. there was a bit of a delay before they said queen! congratulations, jill, where the winner. she is a worthy winner. irate winner. she is a worthy winner. we are winner. she is a worthy winner. - are talking about the weather, sarah joins us this week. beautiful skies but not so pretty in the weather? good morning! it has been fairly mild for much of november, it has been wet and mild, but as we head towards the start of december we are going to see things turning a little bit colder. we have had clearing skies overnight so particularly