:00:07. > :00:08.Six people are to be charged in connection with the Hillsborough
:00:09. > :00:13.football stadium disaster, 28 years ago.
:00:14. > :00:17.Following these thorough investigations and our careful
:00:18. > :00:21.review of the evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors,
:00:22. > :00:23.I have decided there is sufficient evidence to charge six individuals
:00:24. > :00:30.The senior police officer at the match - former Chief
:00:31. > :00:32.Superintendent David Duckenfield - will be charged with
:00:33. > :00:39.Relatives of some of those who died at Hillsborough say
:00:40. > :00:47.We've got today everything that we could have asked for.
:00:48. > :00:48.We'll have all the reaction from Warrington.
:00:49. > :00:54.After the Grenfell Tower fire, the Prime Minister tells MPs it
:00:55. > :01:02.appears the cladding used wasn't compliant with building regulations.
:01:03. > :01:10.As of this morning in the cladding from 120 tower blocks across the
:01:11. > :01:14.country in 37 local authorities have been tested and failed the
:01:15. > :01:15.combustibility test. If you don't give me a permanent accommodation
:01:16. > :01:19.and not going to accept it. Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire
:01:20. > :01:21.challenge the Housing Minister And, the end of flu
:01:22. > :01:26.jabs may be in sight - researchers in America develop
:01:27. > :01:29.a vaccine patch. And coming up in the
:01:30. > :01:33.sport on BBC News: Defending champion Andy Murray is
:01:34. > :01:36.named number one seed for Wimbledon. It's the first time in 12 grand
:01:37. > :01:39.slams that the big four Good afternoon and welcome
:01:40. > :02:04.to the BBC News at One. The senior police officer
:02:05. > :02:08.at the Hillsborough disaster, Chief Superintendent David
:02:09. > :02:10.Duckenfield, is to be charged with the manslaughter,
:02:11. > :02:12.by gross negligence, The Crown Prosecution Service says
:02:13. > :02:19.it has enough evidence to charge a further five people in connection
:02:20. > :02:22.with the crush at the FA The former Chief Constable
:02:23. > :02:27.Sir Norman Bettison will face four charges -
:02:28. > :02:30.relating to alleged lies he told in the aftermath
:02:31. > :02:34.about the culpability of fans. A solicitor who acted
:02:35. > :02:37.for South Yorkshire Police is charged with Perverting
:02:38. > :02:39.the Course of Justice The families of many
:02:40. > :02:45.of those who died were told about the decision at a meeting
:02:46. > :02:49.in Warrington - from where our correspondent
:02:50. > :03:08.Judith Moritz sent this report. They've had enquiries, inquests and
:03:09. > :03:13.investigations but the Hillsborough families have never seen in public
:03:14. > :03:18.criminal prosecutions against anyone involved in the 1989 disaster. They
:03:19. > :03:23.have waited almost 30 years for this moment. This morning they arrived
:03:24. > :03:27.full of hope and anxiety to be told that six people are to face
:03:28. > :03:32.prosecution. They include David Duckenfield who was in charge of
:03:33. > :03:38.policing the match. And Sir Norman Bettison who is alleged to have lied
:03:39. > :03:42.about fans after the disaster. There is sufficient evidence to charge
:03:43. > :03:46.former Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield with the manslaughter by
:03:47. > :03:50.gross negligence of 95 men, women and children. He was the match
:03:51. > :03:57.commander on the day of the disaster. David Duckenfield, seen
:03:58. > :04:03.here in 1989, is being charged with the manslaughter of all but one of
:04:04. > :04:10.the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the disaster. We are unable to
:04:11. > :04:14.charge the manslaughter of Tony Bland, the 96 casualties who died
:04:15. > :04:19.almost four years Labour. This is due to time limitations imposed by
:04:20. > :04:23.the law implied at the time. The Liverpool fans were killed when the
:04:24. > :04:30.terraces at the Sheffield ground became overcrowded during the 1989
:04:31. > :04:33.FA Cup final. David Duckenfield ordered the opening of an exit gate
:04:34. > :04:37.through which fans poured into the ground. In the years after
:04:38. > :04:42.Hillsborough Sir Norman Bettison rose through the ranks to become
:04:43. > :04:45.Chief Constable of Merseyside and later West Yorkshire. Given his
:04:46. > :04:50.seniority prosecutors will ask jurors to find he abused the public
:04:51. > :04:54.'s trust. Former Chief Constable Norman Bettison is charged with four
:04:55. > :04:59.offences of misconduct in public office. This relates to alleged lies
:05:00. > :05:04.he told by his involvement in the aftermath of Hillsborough and the
:05:05. > :05:08.culpability of vans. The bereaved families emerged from their meeting
:05:09. > :05:12.with the CPS having worked there will be prosecutions. I am
:05:13. > :05:18.absolutely delighted. We've got today everything we could have asked
:05:19. > :05:23.for. The decisions by the CPS in my opinion were correct, are correct.
:05:24. > :05:28.And we look forward to the due process through a court of law.
:05:29. > :05:32.Graham Mackrell was Sheffield Wednesday company secretary and
:05:33. > :05:35.safety officer in 1989, he is accused of failing to carry out his
:05:36. > :05:40.duties charged under health and safety law and the safety of sports
:05:41. > :05:43.ground act. Peter Metcalf was the solicitor acting for South Yorkshire
:05:44. > :05:45.Police who is charged with perverting the course of justice in
:05:46. > :05:52.relation to amendments made to witness statements. Former officers
:05:53. > :05:56.Chief Superintendent Donald Denton in the middle and DCI Alan Foster
:05:57. > :06:00.who is not shown are charged with the same offence, Donald Denton is
:06:01. > :06:04.said to have overseen the process of altering statements. No one from the
:06:05. > :06:08.Ambulance Service is being prosecuted and no organisation will
:06:09. > :06:12.face corporate charges. It's the culmination of more than four years
:06:13. > :06:15.of work by hundreds of investigators, they have looked
:06:16. > :06:19.through thousands of documents including police notebooks from 1989
:06:20. > :06:23.which were recovered from lofts, garages and offices and comb through
:06:24. > :06:28.page by page. Investigations have cost in the region of ?100 million
:06:29. > :06:34.and expectations of prosecutions were high. Donna Miller lost her
:06:35. > :06:38.brother Paul Carlyle, today is a hard day, her mother did not live to
:06:39. > :06:44.see the prosecutions announced. The fact my mum is not here, this is the
:06:45. > :06:47.first big event she's not here, she died on the 26th of April this year
:06:48. > :06:53.and this was a day she was determined to be here for. So it's
:06:54. > :06:59.sad for me without my mum. The youngest to die was just ten years
:07:00. > :07:03.old, the oldest pensioner. They were all and lawfully killed. There have
:07:04. > :07:07.long been calls for justice, now almost 30 years after they were
:07:08. > :07:08.killed those said to be responsible will face trial and the prospect of
:07:09. > :07:19.jail. Give us more of the sense of what
:07:20. > :07:28.people have been saying to you, as you say after so many years? I think
:07:29. > :07:32.there is an undercurrent here of satisfaction. Quiet satisfaction in
:07:33. > :07:38.some respects and that is because the families know they are at a
:07:39. > :07:40.difficult stage. Nobody wants to endanger the forthcoming
:07:41. > :07:45.prosecutions from a legal point of view so we have heard in the last
:07:46. > :07:48.few minutes in fact from some of the lawyers representing the families
:07:49. > :07:53.who have said to us that they have welcomed these announcements today,
:07:54. > :07:57.that the families always knew they had justice at the inquest but
:07:58. > :08:00.accountability was going to be harder to achieve. They have gone on
:08:01. > :08:05.to say that because they want to make sure they preserve the process
:08:06. > :08:09.which will lie ahead and not endanger it that they will not
:08:10. > :08:16.speculate about the outcome of any trial. It's a similar tone taken by
:08:17. > :08:20.various organisations. We have had responses this morning from South
:08:21. > :08:24.Yorkshire Police for example saying similar things, they understand it's
:08:25. > :08:30.a decision for the Crown Prosecution Service but don't want to speculate
:08:31. > :08:32.or get involved in the detail. Also the lawyer representing David
:08:33. > :08:37.Duckenfield and Donald Denton has said it's not for them to make
:08:38. > :08:44.comment at this time. In terms of wider reaction within the House of
:08:45. > :08:47.Commons, we have heard at Prime Minister's Questions, the Prime
:08:48. > :08:54.Minister welcoming the decision and praising the exemplary campaign by
:08:55. > :08:59.the Hillsborough families and others and also Jeremy Corbyn similarly
:09:00. > :09:03.praising the campaign work. There is reaction to this, it has been
:09:04. > :09:06.welcomed but within careful boundaries. Everybody now having
:09:07. > :09:10.their eyes on these court appearances we heard about today,
:09:11. > :09:15.five of the six dependents will appear before magistrates here in
:09:16. > :09:17.Warrington in early August. -- five of the six defendants.
:09:18. > :09:21.Let's speak to our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman.
:09:22. > :09:28.Let's focus on the charge of gross negligence, this is a charge where
:09:29. > :09:33.the bar is set high. This is a serious criminal offence carrying a
:09:34. > :09:37.maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The prosecution have
:09:38. > :09:40.to prove first of all a duty of care was awed by David Duckenfield to
:09:41. > :09:46.those who did, they have to prove that duty was breached and proved it
:09:47. > :09:50.was breached by gross negligence. What is gross negligence? The bar is
:09:51. > :09:55.set high, it is more than just a bad mistake. In one case it is described
:09:56. > :09:59.as behaviour which is reprehensible but that gives you an illustration
:10:00. > :10:06.of the bar is set. In the past it's proved challenging offence to
:10:07. > :10:08.prosecute. And a thought as well that we are hearing today about
:10:09. > :10:14.individuals, some people might have expected groups, organisations to be
:10:15. > :10:19.involved? Three were considered, Sheffield Wednesday were considered
:10:20. > :10:22.but that company only exists on paper now really, no directors could
:10:23. > :10:30.give instructions or enter a plea. The punishment would have been a
:10:31. > :10:32.fine and it has no assets to pay. Similarly South Yorkshire
:10:33. > :10:36.Metropolitan Ambulance Services cannot be prosecuted because it was
:10:37. > :10:39.part of the Trent regional health authority and that has ceased to
:10:40. > :10:43.exist and the criminal responsibility has not been passed
:10:44. > :10:48.on to the successor organisation so there was no possibility of
:10:49. > :10:52.prosecuting that organisation. The football Association was also
:10:53. > :10:59.considered in relation to health and safety charges but in that instance
:11:00. > :11:02.the CPS said there was insignificant -- insufficient evidence to say the
:11:03. > :11:06.FA was responsible for the breach of a safety certificate at the ground
:11:07. > :11:10.or that the FA contributed to a material risk to safety. Thank you.
:11:11. > :11:13.The government says 120 tower blocks in 37 local authority areas
:11:14. > :11:15.in England have now failed fire safety tests.
:11:16. > :11:18.Theresa May gave the update as she faced MPs in her first
:11:19. > :11:20.Prime Minister's Questions since she lost her parliamentary
:11:21. > :11:30.Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports from Westminster.
:11:31. > :11:37.They say a week is a long time in politics so the eight weeks since
:11:38. > :11:42.the last Prime Minister's Questions must seem like a lifetime for
:11:43. > :11:46.Theresa May. She is putting on a brave face but the Prime Minister
:11:47. > :11:52.has lost majority. Labour gained rather than shared seats, a third of
:11:53. > :11:57.the SNP's contingent have gone and the ten DUP MPs from Northern
:11:58. > :12:03.Ireland hugely influential. But an even more dramatic event dominated
:12:04. > :12:07.things, the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Jeremy Corbyn began by asking when
:12:08. > :12:10.the public enquiry will begin and was told a judge will be appointed
:12:11. > :12:15.soon. The Prime Minister set out the scale of the wider problem with the
:12:16. > :12:20.cladding of tower blocks. The cladding of 120 tower blocks this
:12:21. > :12:24.morning across the country in 37 local areas have been tested and
:12:25. > :12:29.Philby combustibility test. Given the 100% failure rate we are very
:12:30. > :12:31.clear with local authorities and housing associations that they
:12:32. > :12:36.should not wait for test results but get on with the job of fire safety
:12:37. > :12:41.checks and they are doing that. The exchanges became more robust when
:12:42. > :12:47.the Labour leader when the tragedy to spending cuts. Under her
:12:48. > :12:51.predecessor... Under her predecessor fire safety audit and inspections
:12:52. > :12:55.were cut by a quarter. Fire authority budgets were cut by a
:12:56. > :13:01.quarter. Can the Prime Minister give an assurance to the house that the
:13:02. > :13:08.further 20% cuts to the Fire Service planned by 2020 will now be halted?
:13:09. > :13:14.She said it wasn't the issue. The question is why is it despite that
:13:15. > :13:19.we have seen in local authority area after local authority area materials
:13:20. > :13:26.being put up that we see not complying with building regulations?
:13:27. > :13:32.When you cut local authority budgets by 40% we all pay a price in public
:13:33. > :13:39.safety. What the tragedy of Grenfell Tower has exposed is the disastrous
:13:40. > :13:45.effects of austerity. This should be an issue that across this house we
:13:46. > :13:50.recognise is a matter that has been developing over decades, is a matter
:13:51. > :13:56.that has occurred under governments of both colours, under councils of
:13:57. > :14:00.all political persuasions. Jeremy Corbyn's critics will accuse him of
:14:01. > :14:04.politicising this tragedy but he believes it is already highly
:14:05. > :14:07.political, a symbol of social inequality and poor housing
:14:08. > :14:12.policies. This afternoon here in the House of Commons he will broaden his
:14:13. > :14:16.attack, not just asking for more cash for the emergency services but
:14:17. > :14:21.calling for the public sector pay cap to be lifted. The badges worn
:14:22. > :14:25.are from the nurses union calling from a pay rise. Jeremy Corbyn will
:14:26. > :14:28.hope he has caught the mood of a nation but the Conservatives say or
:14:29. > :14:32.maybe can deliver the strong economy necessary to fund public services.
:14:33. > :14:36.Our Assistant political editor Norman Smith is in Westminster.
:14:37. > :14:45.It came across as a pretty charged atmosphere. Yes, I think there has
:14:46. > :14:50.been a reluctance amongst many MP's and main party leaders up until now
:14:51. > :14:55.not to make direct political points are arguments out of the Grenfell
:14:56. > :14:59.Tower tragedy. That came to a shuddering halt this lunchtime and
:15:00. > :15:03.we do seem to be in something of a blame game with Jeremy Corbyn
:15:04. > :15:10.directly suggesting cuts caused Grenfell Tower, saying the tragedy
:15:11. > :15:15.exposed the disastrous effects of austerity, pointing in particular to
:15:16. > :15:19.a 40% reduction in council funding which reduced their ability to cart
:15:20. > :15:25.a odd safety inspection and building regulation. That in turn seemed to
:15:26. > :15:28.sting Theresa May who hit back by almost blaming the last Labour
:15:29. > :15:33.government and Tony Blair saying it was under Tony Blair this cladding
:15:34. > :15:38.had gone up in the first place and it was under his government which
:15:39. > :15:39.the rules were changed on inspections and building
:15:40. > :15:44.regulations, transferring responsibility from the Fire Service
:15:45. > :15:51.to local councils. At that .1 Tory MP got up and said we have got to
:15:52. > :15:55.have a calm, nonpartisan debate. I think Theresa May realised it had
:15:56. > :15:58.got out of hand and said we will not get anywhere pointing the finger of
:15:59. > :16:04.blame. The difficulty is that until this public enquiry gets up and
:16:05. > :16:07.running there is something of a vacuum and in that vacuum inevitably
:16:08. > :16:12.the political arguments and acrimony begins to intrude. But we are still
:16:13. > :16:16.waiting for the judge to be appointed to chair the enquiry and
:16:17. > :16:20.two weeks on we still don't know who that is going to be or when he she
:16:21. > :16:24.will be appointed. Norman, thank you.
:16:25. > :16:26.There were strong exchanges this morning when survivors
:16:27. > :16:28.of the Grenfell Tower fire confronted the Housing
:16:29. > :16:33.Residents told Alok Sharma that authorities had failed to provide
:16:34. > :16:36.adequate accommodation since the disaster.
:16:37. > :16:43.Two weeks ago, the nation looked on in horror at the worst fire
:16:44. > :16:50.It took days for an official estimate of 79 dead to emerge
:16:51. > :16:54.and it is a number most on this estate believe is far too low.
:16:55. > :16:58.The council was overwhelmed, the relief effort too slow.
:16:59. > :17:06.But for the survivors, every day is a new challenge.
:17:07. > :17:09.You receive a call from the council saying your hotel is booked.
:17:10. > :17:12.You go down to breakfast the next morning, they ask you what time
:17:13. > :17:16.You ring them up, no one seems to know what is going on.
:17:17. > :17:19.They have offered us high-rise towers and I have expressed to them
:17:20. > :17:25.that we're petrified, traumatised and so are the kids.
:17:26. > :17:28.It is very hard when you do not say goodbye to someone,
:17:29. > :17:31.but it is even worse when you do not even know you should
:17:32. > :17:35.The Housing Minister met residents today on the BBC
:17:36. > :17:45.If you do not give me permanent accommodation,
:17:46. > :17:49.The government is still struggling to convince survivors
:17:50. > :17:54.Anyone whose home has been destroyed will be housed by next Wednesday
:17:55. > :18:02.in good accommodation and in housing that is acceptable to them.
:18:03. > :18:06.So what we are not going to do is if you're offered a home,
:18:07. > :18:09.you do not like it, and you are still asked to go in,
:18:10. > :18:13.68 families will be housed locally in these apartments,
:18:14. > :18:17.But there are almost 400 households still in hotels.
:18:18. > :18:19.Government money is being distributed, almost
:18:20. > :18:28.Including ?5,000 emergency payments to more than 100 households.
:18:29. > :18:31.Grenfell is a national disaster with national repercussions.
:18:32. > :18:34.It is now confirmed that cladding from 120 buildings in 37 local
:18:35. > :18:36.authority areas has failed fire safety tests.
:18:37. > :18:46.Talks to restore Northern Ireland's devolved administration
:18:47. > :18:50.are continuing, with just one full day left to reach an agreement.
:18:51. > :18:52.Discussions have been taking place between the five main parties
:18:53. > :18:54.and the British and Irish governments to try to restore
:18:55. > :19:00.Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler is at Stormont,
:19:01. > :19:17.In just over 24 hours the Northern Ireland Assembly is supposed to
:19:18. > :19:20.meet, a first and Deputy First Minister supposed to be appointed
:19:21. > :19:23.and months of political crisis supposed to be over. That was the
:19:24. > :19:28.plan but it does not seem like a certainty at this juncture. The
:19:29. > :19:31.Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein are still deeply divided on a
:19:32. > :19:36.range of issues but there is one in particular causing a lot of
:19:37. > :19:42.disagreement. That is about an Irish language act. I is the first
:19:43. > :19:46.language of just over a quarter of 1% of the population here but it is
:19:47. > :19:49.deeply important to nationalists and republicans and as a result they're
:19:50. > :19:53.pushing for official status for it. But the DUP are against that and
:19:54. > :19:58.what a much wider legislation that would look at languages and culture
:19:59. > :20:03.more generally. As a result we had something of a stand-off and last
:20:04. > :20:08.night angry words from Sinn Fein in response to the DUP, talking about
:20:09. > :20:11.having a parallel process, trying to get back into government and
:20:12. > :20:15.continue talking. That gives you no indication that a deal is likely any
:20:16. > :20:19.time soon. But there has been a warning from the Northern Ireland
:20:20. > :20:22.Secretary James Brokenshire today of serious implications for Northern
:20:23. > :20:24.Ireland if no deal is agreed. The clock is ticking was not long to
:20:25. > :20:27.find out if the deadline is met. The supermarket chain Tesco has
:20:28. > :20:30.announced it is to cut 1,200 jobs It comes a week the loss of up
:20:31. > :20:45.to 1,100 jobs was announced Our Business Correspondent
:20:46. > :20:56.Emma Simpson is here. Tesco says it needs to make money
:20:57. > :21:00.and supply business. If you are a retailer one of your biggest costs
:21:01. > :21:05.and staff. So it announced what it calls a significant step by cutting
:21:06. > :21:09.numbers at its headquarters, across all centralised functions from
:21:10. > :21:13.buying and marketing to finance and property. Of course staff at
:21:14. > :21:17.headquarters have faced job losses before because they closed the old
:21:18. > :21:25.HQ so the news today will be very hard indeed. Since in two dozen 14
:21:26. > :21:28.this business has cut at least 10,000 jobs across the board and I
:21:29. > :21:34.do not think this is the end of it because like other retailers it is
:21:35. > :21:38.grappling with a whole host of challenges. Rising wage bills thanks
:21:39. > :21:42.to the new minimum wage, rising costs partly due to the slump in the
:21:43. > :21:49.pound and of course changing shopping habits. It is having to pay
:21:50. > :21:53.the costs and investment in online. So these job losses are happening
:21:54. > :21:56.right across the industry but of course with Tesco, the biggest
:21:57. > :21:59.retailer in the UK, these numbers are pretty big. Emma Simpson.
:22:00. > :22:05.Six people are to be charged in connection with the Hillsborough
:22:06. > :22:08.football stadium disaster, 28 years ago.
:22:09. > :22:11.The senior police officer at the match - former Chief
:22:12. > :22:13.Superintendent David Duckenfield - will be charged with
:22:14. > :22:20.Mixed news for Britain at the World Taekwondo
:22:21. > :22:23.Heavyweight Mahama Cho has guaranteed the British
:22:24. > :22:37.team a second medal, but Lutalo Muhammad is out.
:22:38. > :22:40.If you're not keen on needles, research from the United States
:22:41. > :22:44.Scientists there are developing a skin patch
:22:45. > :22:46.to deliver the flu vaccine - it's similar to a plaster,
:22:47. > :22:48.and contains hair-like needles which penetrate the skin
:22:49. > :22:53.The patch has been described as a potential "game changer"
:22:54. > :22:56.for vaccination campaigns in developing countries.
:22:57. > :23:14.Vaccines save millions of lives around the world but getting them to
:23:15. > :23:17.people in remote parts of developing countries is a major challenge. Some
:23:18. > :23:21.vaccines must be kept refrigerated, and train staff must administer them
:23:22. > :23:28.and needles must be disposed of safely. But what if you could
:23:29. > :23:36.vaccinate people as simply as this. It might look like a plaster for a
:23:37. > :23:39.small cut but zoom in and you will see 100 microscopic hairlike needles
:23:40. > :23:44.containing the flu vaccine. They penetrate the skin surface and
:23:45. > :23:48.dissolve. A small study in the US found that they are just as
:23:49. > :23:54.effective as the regular injectable vaccine. This is potentially a game
:23:55. > :23:59.changer that we have. We have a technology that potentially we could
:24:00. > :24:03.use not just for the flu vaccine but vaccines more generally. We could do
:24:04. > :24:11.away with needles. The vaccines appear to be stable at 40 degrees
:24:12. > :24:15.for a year or more which is really good. So potentially it could be a
:24:16. > :24:20.lot cheaper than current technology and you do not need train staff to
:24:21. > :24:24.administer them. Here in the UK you can get a flu jab quite easily by
:24:25. > :24:27.coming to your local pharmacy but many people still choose not to.
:24:28. > :24:33.Sometimes because they're worried about needles. Some participants in
:24:34. > :24:39.the trial were scared of needles and excited about having a technology
:24:40. > :24:45.that will help them go through their phobia. Most people in the study
:24:46. > :24:49.said that the patch was painless but some experienced mild side effects
:24:50. > :24:53.for a few days such as redness and itching. Researchers at Emory
:24:54. > :24:56.University and the Georgia Institute of technology say it will be some
:24:57. > :24:59.years before the patch is widely available and more studies are
:25:00. > :25:03.needed. The ultimate goal is for people to buy their vaccine
:25:04. > :25:05.off-the-shelf and even immunise themselves.
:25:06. > :25:10.The Co-op Bank has agreed a rescue package with shareholders worth
:25:11. > :25:14.It should mean the bank - which almost collapsed in 2013 -
:25:15. > :25:20.Our Business Editor Simon Jack is here.
:25:21. > :25:27.How secure is its future? This is good news for a bank which had
:25:28. > :25:31.little of that over the last few years, it has been walking would
:25:32. > :25:36.ever since 2013 when it almost collapse, discovering a huge hole in
:25:37. > :25:38.its finances. A bunch of American investors said it then and since
:25:39. > :25:41.then it has been limping along unable to earn its way out of
:25:42. > :25:45.trouble, they could not find a buyer when I wanted to do so those same
:25:46. > :26:01.investors have doubled down and written off some
:26:02. > :26:04.of the money in. That will mean that their shareholding is almost not
:26:05. > :26:12.entirely owned by US investors. The Co-op Group will now own just 1%. So
:26:13. > :26:14.it will be very different, their branding will stay and the ethical
:26:15. > :26:15.values will also stay. But the agreement between the Co-op Group
:26:16. > :26:16.which does Gross restores and funeral services and Co-op Bank will
:26:17. > :26:19.terminate. So it is a big change from 1872 when it was founded. To be
:26:20. > :26:23.almost majority-owned by hedge funds. It will be interesting to see
:26:24. > :26:27.how 4 million of their customers, who have been very loyal, will be
:26:28. > :26:32.when there are no longer part of the group. Simon Jack, thank you.
:26:33. > :26:35.Services which provide support for older people with complex
:26:36. > :26:37.needs face more cuts, even though extra money
:26:38. > :26:40.is being put into the system - that's according to a survey of more
:26:41. > :26:42.than 150 adult social services directors in England.
:26:43. > :26:44.The report found that three quarters of council directors are worried
:26:45. > :26:51.Here's our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt.
:26:52. > :26:54.They are packing the room at the University of the Third Age
:26:55. > :26:59.A third of the population here is aged 65 or over,
:27:00. > :27:01.the highest proportion in the country.
:27:02. > :27:03.Today's report warns despite the growing demand
:27:04. > :27:06.for support as people get older, councils are still
:27:07. > :27:12.I don't think it's a matter of what side of the political
:27:13. > :27:17.But to me the main question is, what's going to happen to me
:27:18. > :27:21.Essentially people have got to pay more taxes.
:27:22. > :27:29.You can't carry on relying on ad hoc sticking plaster solutions.
:27:30. > :27:39.I think it's terribly important that this age group is remembered,
:27:40. > :27:42.I'm not going to say looked after is difficult, because I don't
:27:43. > :27:46.Nearly all of the directors who run council care services in England
:27:47. > :27:54.They expect to make more than ?820 million in savings this year.
:27:55. > :27:56.Most councils had to use their reserves to pay for last
:27:57. > :28:01.Companies providing care are still handing back local
:28:02. > :28:05.And three quarters of council directors worry about
:28:06. > :28:11.Cliff edge, tipping point, I think nearly every organisation
:28:12. > :28:14.that has an interest in social care in the last year has used
:28:15. > :28:20.And certainly in my number of years of working in this industry,
:28:21. > :28:27.I have not seen a situation like this before.
:28:28. > :28:30.This care company provides support for people across the South.
:28:31. > :28:33.Much of it funded by local authorities.
:28:34. > :28:36.The government has put extra money in to ease the pressures,
:28:37. > :28:40.but here they say it is not reaching the front line.
:28:41. > :28:42.We certainly have not seen any material increase in fee rates,
:28:43. > :28:51.In-home care actually in some cases the fee rates have gone down.
:28:52. > :28:54.We have had to hand back further local authority contracts,
:28:55. > :28:57.we are just in the process of handing two more back right now.
:28:58. > :29:00.And we have closed another care home unfortunately.
:29:01. > :29:03.How we pay for support as we get older became a particularly toxic
:29:04. > :29:06.issue for the Conservatives during the election.
:29:07. > :29:09.But in places like this there is an increasing demand
:29:10. > :29:13.Which underlines why this is an issue that
:29:14. > :29:18.The government says as well as additional
:29:19. > :29:21.money in the short term, it will be consulting on how
:29:22. > :29:24.to improve care and put it on a firm financial footing.
:29:25. > :29:47.The creator of Paddington Bear, author Michael Bond, has died aged
:29:48. > :29:57.91. He proved to be a favourite ever since he went into print. We look
:29:58. > :30:03.back at the life of Michael Bond. Paddington, charming, Peruvian,
:30:04. > :30:09.accident prone. The creation of a former BBC cameraman, Michael Bond.
:30:10. > :30:14.And modelled on his father. Good afternoon, he said, coming help you.
:30:15. > :30:19.My father was a very polite man and always wore a hat in case he met
:30:20. > :30:23.someone. And Paddington has a lot of him in it. He wrote the first or
:30:24. > :30:26.after it bought the toy bear. He never thought it would be published
:30:27. > :30:30.but it was just the beginning, millions were sold and translated
:30:31. > :30:37.into more than 30 languages. There was of course the TV programme. 32
:30:38. > :30:47.Winter Gardens. Paddington musical. Paddington film. Mrs Bird made very
:30:48. > :30:50.good stew. Friendly, polite, fond of marmalade. There have been many
:30:51. > :30:59.fictional bearers but none quite like Michael Bond's Paddington Bear.
:31:00. > :31:06.The author Michael Bond who died at the age of 91. Let's turn to the
:31:07. > :31:13.weather prospects. More rain to come. Yesterday I was
:31:14. > :31:18.soaked to the skin. Not because I forgot my umbrella but the car went
:31:19. > :31:24.by and I'm sure other people had similar experiences. A lot of large
:31:25. > :31:27.puddles out there. More rain is on the way but not necessarily in the
:31:28. > :31:33.same places. Let's look at the rain in the past 24 hours, south-eastern
:31:34. > :31:37.and eastern areas got most of that yesterday was an absolute deluge
:31:38. > :31:43.across the south-east. One particular spot in Suffolk got 90
:31:44. > :31:50.millimetres of rain. That is a lot of water, more than a month in under
:31:51. > :31:53.a day. And hence those big puddles. As far as this afternoon is
:31:54. > :31:58.concerned the heavy rain has moved away from the south-east and east
:31:59. > :32:04.Anglia. A little further north. But also some rain communion across
:32:05. > :32:08.south-western areas. It has been raining quite heavily across parts
:32:09. > :32:19.of Cornwall and also clipping parts of Wales. We are seeing most of the
:32:20. > :32:22.rain to the east of the Pennines. But Northern Ireland and Scotland, a
:32:23. > :32:30.different story. It is dry with some sunshine around. Some blue skies off
:32:31. > :32:35.the coast of Aberdeenshire. It looks as though the weather front will
:32:36. > :32:40.painfully slowly overnight move further north. So back into Easter
:32:41. > :32:44.Scotland and into the lowlands as well. The second arm of rain curling
:32:45. > :32:50.backing into central and southern England. So the low pressure if it
:32:51. > :32:54.moves slowly, the rain clouds will move slowly as well. So tomorrow
:32:55. > :32:58.across Scotland, into Northern Ireland, the heavier rain as well.
:32:59. > :33:02.Some of that tipping Wales and the south-west. Across the south east
:33:03. > :33:08.and central areas the weather is going to dry out and maybe even some
:33:09. > :33:12.brightness. This low pressure still with us on Thursday, moving a little
:33:13. > :33:18.further north. Then moving down south again. All that action across
:33:19. > :33:23.these western areas so it is not in a hurry to go. On top of that we
:33:24. > :33:30.have a wind blowing as well, quite strong. Sunshine perhaps developing
:33:31. > :33:34.across the south-east, up to 23 degrees possible but also some
:33:35. > :33:39.showers around. So we still have some more days to go in the week but
:33:40. > :33:40.just like yesterday, I promised some sunshine and I think Sunday is
:33:41. > :33:43.looking good. Thank you very much. A reminder of our main
:33:44. > :33:45.story this lunchtime. Six people are to be charged
:33:46. > :33:48.in connection with the Hillsborough football stadium disaster,
:33:49. > :34:00.28 years ago. Former Chief Superintendent David
:34:01. > :34:01.Duckenfield will be charged with the manslaughter of 95 people.
:34:02. > :34:04.That's all from the BBC News at One - so it's goodbye from me -