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richard westcott reporting.ovide enough money to fund more free childcare for three and four—year—olds. from september, children will be eligible for 30 hours of free nursery education if both parents are in work. but the national day nurseries association say the numbers don't add up. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. from september, all three and four—year—olds in england will be eligible for up to 30 hours free childcare to help working parents. it was a flagship conservative policy in the 2015 general election, and will cost the government an extra £1 billion. however, the national day nurseries association asked 128 local authorities how much they will pay nurseries for subsidised hours from september. the average hourly rate will go up from £3.97 this year to £4.37 next year, an increase of 40p. despite a government proposal that no nursery should receive less than £4 per hour, seven authorities are offering less than that. the association says the rise is too low, and won't cover cos
richard westcott reporting.ovide enough money to fund more free childcare for three and four—year—olds. from september, children will be eligible for 30 hours of free nursery education if both parents are in work. but the national day nurseries association say the numbers don't add up. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. from september, all three and four—year—olds in england will be eligible for up to 30 hours free childcare to help working parents. it was a...
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richard westcott, bbc news. the time is a quarter past six. our top story this evening.e the election, theresa may and jeremy corbyn focus on brexit. and still to come: stars of coronation street pay tribute to the actor roy barraclough, who's died at the age of 81. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, for the second round running at the french open, andy murray survives the scare of losing the opening set as his wobbles on clay continue. tickets for this weekend's one love manchester concert, organised to raise money for the victims of last week's terrorist attack, have sold out within minutes. performers including take that, katy perry and justin bieber are due to appear alongside ariana grande, whose show at the manchester arena was targeted by a suicide bomber. judith moritz reports on a bittersweet moment for those who witnessed the tragedy. confirmation has come through, we've got the tickets. this group of mums and daughters are all friends together. last week they went to the ariana grande show in manchester, it was the first gig the youngest girls had been to. we
richard westcott, bbc news. the time is a quarter past six. our top story this evening.e the election, theresa may and jeremy corbyn focus on brexit. and still to come: stars of coronation street pay tribute to the actor roy barraclough, who's died at the age of 81. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, for the second round running at the french open, andy murray survives the scare of losing the opening set as his wobbles on clay continue. tickets for this weekend's one love manchester concert,...
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the bbc‘s richard westcott spoke to ba boss alex cruz at the time.at since mr cruz took overjust over a year ago, ba has had an image problem because of cost cutting — even down to charging for sandwiches on short—haul flights. there has definitely been a reaction from the buying on—board for example and certainly this event over the last two days have affected the image at we have also committed to over 400 million pounds of investment around the product and beyond and we are going to continue investing in ba, ba is a great airline and has always been a great airline and has always been a great airline and has always been a great airline and we are committed to making itan airline and we are committed to making it an absolutely fantastic airline. under quite a bit of pressure. have you considered resigning? i do think it would make much of it is for me to resign at this particular point in time. i am working closely with my team to make sure, again, that we work on the rest of the disrupted passengers to make sure that we address all of their needs.
the bbc‘s richard westcott spoke to ba boss alex cruz at the time.at since mr cruz took overjust over a year ago, ba has had an image problem because of cost cutting — even down to charging for sandwiches on short—haul flights. there has definitely been a reaction from the buying on—board for example and certainly this event over the last two days have affected the image at we have also committed to over 400 million pounds of investment around the product and beyond and we are going to...
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richard westcott reporting. time for a look at the weather. hello there. july isjust hello there.oday. there will be some patchy rain and drizzle overnight push on its way southwards overnight push on its way southwards over england and wales. most of it arriving in eastern england. cloud breaking in scotland and northern ireland. the cloud should tend to break up, any early rain still clears the south—east. sunny spells developing in many parts of the country. in western scotland and northern ireland, it is tending to cloud over. we should see some rain and drizzle from time to time. 20 degrees in eastern scotland. as high as 2a or 25 in the south of england. some rain to come overnight. it will dawdle for a while in east anglia and the south—east. some showery bursts of rain in the north—west and some sunshine. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm — after weeks of criticism and a stormy council meeting last night the leader of kensington and chelsea council finally steps down. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceiv
richard westcott reporting. time for a look at the weather. hello there. july isjust hello there.oday. there will be some patchy rain and drizzle overnight push on its way southwards overnight push on its way southwards over england and wales. most of it arriving in eastern england. cloud breaking in scotland and northern ireland. the cloud should tend to break up, any early rain still clears the south—east. sunny spells developing in many parts of the country. in western scotland and...
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richard westcott reporting.firming what we we re breaking news, confirming what we were suggesting in our business news a little earlier. we are hearing from the uk civil aviation authority on application by british airways to temporarily leased nine qatar registered aircraft has been approved by the department for transport. this will allow british airways to upgrade during a period of strike action. ba says it is committed to fly all its customers to their destinations during the strike which begins on saturday. ba had applied to use nine planes and staff in an arrangement with qatar airways, which has been a close partner of ba, staff in the mixed fleet crew planned to strike for 16 days over pay and sanctions on employees. it's called a wet lease, which means basically british airways takes the plane, the crew, insurance and maintenance contracts from qatar during its duration. we have not heard a reaction from unions that this plan, which is clearly designed to break that strike. more on that as we get it.
richard westcott reporting.firming what we we re breaking news, confirming what we were suggesting in our business news a little earlier. we are hearing from the uk civil aviation authority on application by british airways to temporarily leased nine qatar registered aircraft has been approved by the department for transport. this will allow british airways to upgrade during a period of strike action. ba says it is committed to fly all its customers to their destinations during the strike which...
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richard westcott, our transport correspondent, is with me. what have we learnt from this interview?more about what actually happened. they are sticking with this line that there was a local power surge, not an it problem but a power problem. why is that interesting? all of the it experts i've spoken to over the last few days, some of them former workers at ba, had said they are sceptical about that. they are sceptical whether a local power surge could wreak this kind of havoc. they know there are back—up systems in place but clearly didn't work. we aren't going to know for a while why this happened and they may never make it public. secondly, what was interesting, he defended the boss of british airways. this is a man who was criticised because he didn't do an interview for three days. he was criticised because virtually eve ryo ne criticised because virtually everyone i spoke to who was stranded, then number one complaint was, we don't know what's going on, no one is telling us anything. he is being defended their by his boss. bearin being defended their by his boss. bear in mind t
richard westcott, our transport correspondent, is with me. what have we learnt from this interview?more about what actually happened. they are sticking with this line that there was a local power surge, not an it problem but a power problem. why is that interesting? all of the it experts i've spoken to over the last few days, some of them former workers at ba, had said they are sceptical about that. they are sceptical whether a local power surge could wreak this kind of havoc. they know there...
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the number of such deaths since the programme started last year. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcottds. the initial shock after 0scar died... you're just numb and then in the weeks and months after you get hit with a tsunami of grief. carmel‘s son 0scar was just 16 when he took his life, in 2015. he was smart, fun, popular at school. there was no clue as to how he was really feeling. you feel like your heart has been turned into glass, shattered. you're so vulnerable yourself and at that point you could take your own life. carmel‘s now starting a charity in 0scar‘s name, going into schools, encouraging children to speak out about their feelings. what we do know is that many people who are suicidal, one of the things they are feeling... you can learn how to help prevent suicide. in recent years, nearly 15,000 rail staff and transport police have been on this ground—breaking samaritans course, showing them what to do if someone looks vulnerable. andy admits he was cynical before the lesson but he soon relied on it to help a man in real trouble. i sat down, i spoke to him, asked him if
the number of such deaths since the programme started last year. 0ur transport correspondent, richard westcottds. the initial shock after 0scar died... you're just numb and then in the weeks and months after you get hit with a tsunami of grief. carmel‘s son 0scar was just 16 when he took his life, in 2015. he was smart, fun, popular at school. there was no clue as to how he was really feeling. you feel like your heart has been turned into glass, shattered. you're so vulnerable yourself and at...
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investigating why it happened and that investigation will take some time. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcottis is people involved in airlines, some of them former workers at ba, have said they are sceptical about that. they are sceptical over whether a local power surge could wreak this kind of havoc, because they know there are back up systems in place that clearly didn‘t work. so that is point one. we‘re not going to know for a while why this happened that made may never make it public, of course. secondly, what was interesting, we didn‘t hear it in there, but he defended alex cruz, the boss of british airways. this is a man who was criticised because he didn‘t do an interview for three days. this is the man who was criticised because virtually everyone i spoke to who was stranded, their number one complaint was, "we don‘t know what‘s going on, no one is telling us anything". well, is being defended there by his boss, interestingly. bear in mind, this happened on saturday. there are still people on holiday now who don‘t have their bags. back to the election. theresa may is campaigning in w
investigating why it happened and that investigation will take some time. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcottis is people involved in airlines, some of them former workers at ba, have said they are sceptical about that. they are sceptical over whether a local power surge could wreak this kind of havoc, because they know there are back up systems in place that clearly didn‘t work. so that is point one. we‘re not going to know for a while why this happened that made may never make it...
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our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports.y feeling. you feel like your heart has been turned into glass, shattered. you're so vulnerable yourself and at that point you could take your own life. carmel‘s now starting a charity in oscar's name, going into schools, encouraging children to speak out about their feelings. what we do know is that many people who are suicidal, one of the things they are feeling... you can learn how to prevent suicide. in recent years, nearly 15,000 rail staff and transport police have been on this groundbreaking samaritans course, showing them what to do if someone looks vulnerable. andy admits he was cynical before the lesson, but he soon relied on it to help a man in real trouble. i sat down, i spoke to him, asked him if i could help, asked him if he wanted to talk. he said to me he was a coward and that he wanted to die. so i asked him if he would come and sit in the van and let me talk to him. at the time it was the only safe place i could think to get him. he says one thing in particular came b
our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports.y feeling. you feel like your heart has been turned into glass, shattered. you're so vulnerable yourself and at that point you could take your own life. carmel‘s now starting a charity in oscar's name, going into schools, encouraging children to speak out about their feelings. what we do know is that many people who are suicidal, one of the things they are feeling... you can learn how to prevent suicide. in recent years, nearly 15,000...
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speaking to the bbc and our correspondent richard westcott.as done everything possible to get them back flying a full schedule as quickly as possible. we apologise to any customers who were disrupted. we know the cause of the problem. it was not an it failure, it was a problem cause bedty failure — by the failure of electrical power. we understand what happened. we are still investigating why it happened and that investigation will take some time. but i think the team at ba did everything they could in the circumstances to recover the operation as quickly as they did and our focus will be on making sure any of our customers who experienced disruption are managed and satisfied with how we handle things and clearly we will do everything we can to make up the disruption that they suffered. our transport correspondent is with me now. he has taken some time before giving this interview, do you think he has deliberately done that, because of the enorty of the problem? deliberately done that, because of the enorty of the problem7m deliberately done t
speaking to the bbc and our correspondent richard westcott.as done everything possible to get them back flying a full schedule as quickly as possible. we apologise to any customers who were disrupted. we know the cause of the problem. it was not an it failure, it was a problem cause bedty failure — by the failure of electrical power. we understand what happened. we are still investigating why it happened and that investigation will take some time. but i think the team at ba did everything...