0:00:04 > 0:00:09The battles over Brexit laws begin as MPs prepare to scrutinise the key
0:00:09 > 0:00:12piece of legislation that will the way for the UK's departure.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16They will begin pouring over the detail of the EU withdrawal
0:00:16 > 0:00:18bill this afternoon - nearly 500 amendments
0:00:18 > 0:00:25have been put forward.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28With the potential for a rebellion against the Government.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Deeply loyal backbenchers, many ex-ministers, people of real
0:00:30 > 0:00:32standing and credibility, are so cross about this
0:00:32 > 0:00:36that they may well vote against their party's whip.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39We'll be live in Westminster.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Also this lunchtime:
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Theresa May makes her strongest attack to date on Russia -
0:00:46 > 0:00:49accusing it of using technology and fake news to sow
0:00:49 > 0:00:53discord in the West.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56The earthquake in Iran - the death toll rises to 530 -
0:00:56 > 0:00:57more than 8,000 are injured.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Rescuers have given up hope of finding more survivors.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Another rise in food prices last month,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05but inflation remains at 3% - a five-year high.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08What a moment for Sir Mo.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Britain's most decorated athlete receives his
0:01:09 > 0:01:12knighthood from the Queen.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Where does this rank in terms of your achievements?
0:01:15 > 0:01:19It's definitely way up there, close to my Olympic medals, for sure.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And heatbreak and disbelief in Italy - for the first time in 60 years,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27the former champions won't be going to the World Cup.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And coming up in the sport on BBC News...
0:01:30 > 0:01:31A blow for Wales.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Centre Jonathan Davies will miss the autumn
0:01:33 > 0:01:44internationals and the Six Nations with a foot injury.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04MPs will begin their line by line scrutiny of the central piece
0:02:04 > 0:02:07of Brexit legislation in the next few hours.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Hundreds of amendments have been tabled by Labour
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and Conservative rebels.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17The EU Withdrawal Bill aims to bring all existing EU law into UK law.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23Yesterday, the Government announced that Parliament would be given
0:02:23 > 0:02:25a vote on the final deal agreed with Brussels,
0:02:25 > 0:02:26although MPs were told
0:02:26 > 0:02:30that if they voted against the deal the UK would still leave the Union.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Here's our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Pages and pages long. This is the bill that will bring all EU law into
0:02:40 > 0:02:44UK law, ready for the day of departure, so there is no legal
0:02:44 > 0:02:48black hole when we leave. But several MPs are worried about some
0:02:48 > 0:02:54of the detail in this bill. Secretary David Davis. Yesterday,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57the Government gave in and try to offer an olive branch to those
0:02:57 > 0:03:01concerned, promising a new act of Parliament on the Brexit a deal.
0:03:01 > 0:03:10Parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinise and vote on the
0:03:10 > 0:03:12final agreement we strike with the European Union.This future act
0:03:12 > 0:03:15would put the withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU into law
0:03:15 > 0:03:18once it was negotiated, including things like Citizen's rights, the
0:03:18 > 0:03:20financial settlement, and details of any transition period. The
0:03:20 > 0:03:26Government says MPs will be able to examine and vote on the deal when
0:03:26 > 0:03:30both sides to reach agreement.They have said they want to achieve a
0:03:30 > 0:03:34withdrawal agreement deal by October next year. That would give plenty of
0:03:34 > 0:03:37time for Parliament to vote on and discuss this legislation and make
0:03:37 > 0:03:41sure that Parliament has the final say on both the withdrawal agreement
0:03:41 > 0:03:45itself and of the implementation period.So, according to ministers,
0:03:45 > 0:03:52MPs will have a crucial say.Do you think this is a meaningless vote
0:03:52 > 0:03:55being offered?Not all agree with the Government. Their critics say
0:03:55 > 0:03:59take the deal or a week without one isn't a choice at all.Not only does
0:03:59 > 0:04:03it not give MPs the final say because they are being offered a
0:04:03 > 0:04:07false choice, but it could come very late on the 23rd hour, which
0:04:07 > 0:04:10wouldn't give us time to do anything to stop it or ask the Government to
0:04:10 > 0:04:14think again so it is completely meaningless.The Government had
0:04:14 > 0:04:24helped by putting the
0:04:30 > 0:04:33final Brexiteers into law, promising a vote, it would appease MPs with
0:04:33 > 0:04:35concerns.It doesn't seem to have worked. In fact, now there is
0:04:35 > 0:04:38opposition to Theresa May's plan to set the final Brexit date into law,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40with some of her own MPs threatening to vote against her. A lot of
0:04:40 > 0:04:43people, more than I would have imagined, who are deeply loyal
0:04:43 > 0:04:45backbenchers, many ex-ministers and people of real credibility, are so
0:04:45 > 0:04:51cross about this that they may well vote against their party's whip.So
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Parliament is set to become something of a Brexit battle ground.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00This is just the start of complex laws that must be passed. Each one a
0:05:00 > 0:05:02test of the Government's authority.
0:05:02 > 0:05:08Let's speak to our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Who is in Westminster. This will be a long and drawn-out process.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Theresa May has promised a final vote on any deal, but it doesn't
0:05:16 > 0:05:21look as if there will be enough to win over her critics. Just before we
0:05:21 > 0:05:26came on air, a Brexit supporting MP came up to me and said, "Let the
0:05:26 > 0:05:31hand to hand fighting begin." And it seems to be like that. We seem to be
0:05:31 > 0:05:34heading for a parliamentary extra mashed because if Theresa May offers
0:05:34 > 0:05:42another vote to confirm the deal, her critics view it has a gun to the
0:05:42 > 0:05:47head because if they do not accept the deal we will leave anyway, but
0:05:47 > 0:05:52without any deal, which is their nightmare scenario. But huge
0:05:52 > 0:05:57pressure is now coming on Mrs May's Tory critics, who are being told, if
0:05:57 > 0:06:02you help to defeat Mrs May over this bill, you will be doing Jeremy
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Corbyn's work. You may even pave the way for a Jeremy Corbyn Government
0:06:06 > 0:06:10because they defeat over Brexit would be tantamount almost to a vote
0:06:10 > 0:06:15of no-confidence in the Government. At the same time, ministers know
0:06:15 > 0:06:21there are about half a dozen, maybe more, Labour MPs, who are willing to
0:06:21 > 0:06:26support the Prime Minister over this bill. So difficult days ahead. Knife
0:06:26 > 0:06:33edge votes, late night debates. But privately, quietly, the Brexiteers
0:06:33 > 0:06:39believe Mrs May can get through this without significant defeat. Norman
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Smith in Westminster. Thank you.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Theresa May has made her strongest attack yet on Russia,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46accusing it of using technology to undermine the
0:06:46 > 0:06:47international order.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London last night,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54the prime minister said state-run Russian organisations
0:06:54 > 0:06:56were planting stories, meddling in elections and using fake
0:06:56 > 0:06:57news to undermine societies.
0:06:57 > 0:07:05It is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state-run
0:07:05 > 0:07:07media organisations to plant fake stories and Photoshopped
0:07:07 > 0:07:09images in an attempt to sow discord in the West
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and undermine our institutions.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14So I have a very simple message for Russia.
0:07:14 > 0:07:23We know what you are doing and you will not succeed.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25The Prime Minister speaking last night.
0:07:25 > 0:07:31Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg is in Moscow.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34And the response from Moscow? Well, they heard what she was saying, but
0:07:34 > 0:07:38they didn't like it. One Russian senator dismissed these today as
0:07:38 > 0:07:41groundless allegations. Another said that Theresa May had made a fool of
0:07:41 > 0:07:46herself, so the message from Moscow is clear. We don't care what you
0:07:46 > 0:07:50think, we are doing it. Part of the reason the Russians do not care
0:07:50 > 0:07:52about being criticised by the British Government is that Moscow
0:07:52 > 0:07:56views Theresa May as a weak leader. This is a country which invented the
0:07:56 > 0:08:01phrase I related to describe Margaret Thatcher in the 1970s, but
0:08:01 > 0:08:08Putin's Russia does not see Theresa May as a iron lady. It views as a
0:08:08 > 0:08:11weak Prime Minister and it is that weakness which dilutes the strong
0:08:11 > 0:08:15message was trying to get across in that speech. But there's another
0:08:15 > 0:08:18reason the Russians don't care about being criticised. As bizarre as it
0:08:18 > 0:08:23may sound, I think they see a benefit in being criticised by
0:08:23 > 0:08:33countries psych Chas -- such as Britain because there will be an
0:08:33 > 0:08:36image created of Russia as a besieged fortress to rally the
0:08:36 > 0:08:41people around the current President Vladimir Putin, which would get him
0:08:41 > 0:08:43re-elected in the coming vote.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46The death toll from Sunday's powerful earthquake in Iran has
0:08:46 > 0:08:48risen to 530, with more than 8,000 injured.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Officials have called off the rescue operation,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53saying it's unlikely that more survivors will be found.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has visited the affected area.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Richard Lister reports.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01The earthquake shook much of the Middle East,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04but this is where it did most damage.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Hundreds of people in Sarpol-e Zahab lost their lives, tens
0:09:07 > 0:09:10of thousands lost their homes.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Many of these buildings were built by the
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Government as cheap housing after the war
0:09:16 > 0:09:20with Iraq in the 1980s.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22The question some here are asking is why
0:09:22 > 0:09:26did so many collapse in an area long prone to earthquakes?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Visiting the town today, Iran's president
0:09:29 > 0:09:32pledged that anyone who'd failed to follow proper building standards
0:09:32 > 0:09:39would be held accountable but, for now, he's focusing on the survivors.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43TRANSLATION:We'll provide tents for those who need them,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45and give loans and grants to all those whose houses
0:09:45 > 0:09:46were damaged and are unsafe.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48We will give money to everyone who needs
0:09:48 > 0:09:51temporary accommodation.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55An estimated 70,000 people need emergency shelter.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Helicopters are bringing them supplies, while many
0:09:57 > 0:10:00roads are still blocked by landslides.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03The challenge is to keep these survivors healthy as the
0:10:03 > 0:10:09winter temperatures continue to fall.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12This is another challenge for the authorities - the town's only
0:10:12 > 0:10:16hospital was so badly damaged it's unusable.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18More than 1,000 of the injured are being treated at
0:10:18 > 0:10:23hospitals around the region.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25They are far from home and many won't
0:10:25 > 0:10:30have houses to return to.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Across the border in Iraq, hundreds were injured,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34but only a handful were killed.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Aid agencies there say they are ready to
0:10:36 > 0:10:39assist Iran if needed.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42In case of any need from our Iranian...
0:10:42 > 0:10:47Brothers, we will definitely provide, across the border, the
0:10:47 > 0:10:50support they ask for.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Sarpol-e Zahab had to be rebuilt after the war with
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Iraq.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Now it will have to be rebuilt all over again.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Richard Lister, BBC News.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Inflation remained unchanged last month at 3% -
0:11:04 > 0:11:08a five-year high - despite a rise in food prices.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Earlier this month, the Bank of England raised interest rates
0:11:12 > 0:11:15for the first time in a decade to try to deal with the threat
0:11:15 > 0:11:16of higher inflation.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21Our Economics Correspondent Andy Verity reports.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Upward pressure on prices. This Bristol-based manufacturer makes
0:11:25 > 0:11:29high-pressure safety valves used in everything from refrigeration to
0:11:29 > 0:11:33transport. The raw materials it uses that once passed through Bristol's
0:11:33 > 0:11:37nearby docks have to be bought in foreign currencies, from the Euro to
0:11:37 > 0:11:42the dollar. Because of the weaker pound, you need more to buy the same
0:11:42 > 0:11:47amount of copper to make the valves. We have seen a 37% increase in raw
0:11:47 > 0:11:53material prices since January of last year. That is a really
0:11:53 > 0:11:59substantial issue for us. That is about, two thirds of that, is
0:11:59 > 0:12:05weakness of the pound and one third of that is caused by commodity price
0:12:05 > 0:12:09changes, increases.The company can't risk passing on those higher
0:12:09 > 0:12:20costs to its customers, saw its profits being squeezed.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Meanwhile the workers face higher prices on the supermarket shelves.
0:12:23 > 0:12:30Cost of living goes up, cost of things in shops, food etc.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35We do seem to stay at a certain level.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Your paying with the same money than in the
0:12:37 > 0:12:39past.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Spending more.
0:12:41 > 0:12:423% inflation might not seem too high,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45but then you see what is driving it, food and clothing.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47And low income households spend more of their money
0:12:47 > 0:12:50on those items, so they are hit harder in this new bout of
0:12:50 > 0:12:51inflation.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53The overall rate of inflation was 3.0%, slightly less
0:12:53 > 0:12:56than expected, but food and soft drinks rose by 4.1%, the fastest
0:12:56 > 0:13:00rise for four years.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05However, there are some signs that inflationary
0:13:05 > 0:13:08pressure is easing with the raw materials at more than 8% in
0:13:08 > 0:13:11September, but less than 5% in October.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14The reason why inflation rose is principally down to the drop
0:13:14 > 0:13:18in the value after the EU referendum and we do not expect the pound to
0:13:18 > 0:13:28fall dramatically further, not to the same
0:13:28 > 0:13:35extent and what that means is that what
0:13:35 > 0:13:39probably close to the peak inflation as a result of that fall
0:13:39 > 0:13:45in the value of the pound.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Head teachers representing more than 5,000 schools across England
0:13:47 > 0:13:49have sent a joint letter to the Chancellor,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Philip Hammond, warning of inadequate funding.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56They say they are increasingly having to ask parents for donations.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58The government has already promised to move £1.3 billion
0:13:58 > 0:14:00of education funding into schools.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02But head teachers say they need another £1.7 billion
0:14:02 > 0:14:06of new money.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07Evidence from a 'so-called' loyalist
0:14:07 > 0:14:10supergrass will be used against a man accused of murdering
0:14:10 > 0:14:11two Catholic workmen 23 years ago.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Gary Convie and Eamon Fox were shot dead as they sat eating lunch
0:14:14 > 0:14:18in a car at a building site in Belfast city centre in May 1994.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Chris Buckler reports.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Gary Haggerty was a leader within the Ulster volunteer Force, a
0:14:24 > 0:14:27notorious loyalist paramilitary group, responsible for hundreds of
0:14:27 > 0:14:30murders during years when conflict and killings were only too common in
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Northern Ireland. Haggerty was responsible for some of them.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to more than 200 crimes, among them
0:14:41 > 0:14:44shootings and kidnappings, conspiracy to murder and directing
0:14:44 > 0:14:49terrorism. He was given five life sentences for the five murders he
0:14:49 > 0:14:53admitted. But those jail terms will be significantly reduced because
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Haggerty has agreed to give evidence against a former friend, James
0:14:57 > 0:15:03Smith.The reported suspect will be prosecuted for the following
0:15:03 > 0:15:11offences. The murder of Gary Convie, the murder of Eamon Fox.Gary Convie
0:15:11 > 0:15:17and Eamon Fox were shot dead simply because of their religion. They were
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Catholic workmen, murdered in 1994 by the UVF, as they had lunch in
0:15:21 > 0:15:28their car. The case will be what is known as a supergrass trial a case
0:15:28 > 0:15:32where the word of an offender is key to the prosecution. There were a
0:15:32 > 0:15:36series of them here in Belfast in the 1980s. However, the system
0:15:36 > 0:15:40collapsed because of concerns about the credibility of the evidence
0:15:40 > 0:15:46given by the so-called supergrasses. The law was changed a decade ago to
0:15:46 > 0:16:00begin safeguards for these kind of offenders. The evidence is not
0:16:00 > 0:16:06sufficient to prosecute killings by more than a dozen other people.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11Our top story this lunchtime...
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Battles over Brexit wars begin as MPs prepare to scrutinise the key
0:16:15 > 0:16:18piece of legislation that will pave the way for the UK's departure.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Coming up...
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Remembering Paddington creator Michael Bond -
0:16:21 > 0:16:24the author who delighted generations of children
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Coming up in sport...
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Not bothered by the Aussies - Joe Root
0:16:27 > 0:16:31says "bring it on" as he is singled out by Australia ahead of the first
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Ashes Test.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Arise, Sir Mo.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47This morning the Olympic champion went to Buckingham Palace
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and received his knighthood from the Queen.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53He came to the UK from Somalia as a young boy, and went
0:16:53 > 0:16:56on to become Britain's most decorated athlete.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59This summer Sir Mo called time on his track career to concentrate
0:16:59 > 0:17:01on running marathons.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06He's described the knighthood as a dream come true.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Our sports correspondent Richard Conway reports.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12He is Britain's most successful track athlete,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and after a career that has brought four Olympic golds and six
0:17:15 > 0:17:19World Championship medals, today it was time to add
0:17:19 > 0:17:20yet another title...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Sir Mohammed Farah, for services to athletics.
0:17:23 > 0:17:30With the Queen on hand to confer Sir Mo's knighthood.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It is recognition for a career that has scaled the heights.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38Sir Mo is only the second athlete in modern Olympic history to win
0:17:38 > 0:17:42both the five and 10,000 metre titles at successive Games.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44This is definitely way up there.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Close to my Olympics medals, for sure.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51To, you know, to come here to Britain at the age of eight,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54not speaking a word of English, and to achieve what I have
0:17:54 > 0:17:57achieved over the years, and to be knighted, it's just,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59you know, there's no word really to describe.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Well, a moment like this in a sports star's career,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04with a visit to the Palace and a shiny medal normally indicates
0:18:04 > 0:18:06the end of their career.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Not so in this case.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Sir Mo has plans for his future, albeit with a slightly
0:18:10 > 0:18:16different focus.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21She asked if I was retiring and I said no, I am going into the roads.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26She said that as far too long. I said it is. She was like, you have
0:18:26 > 0:18:30been going for too long as well. Something like that. She asked what
0:18:30 > 0:18:34I would like to do when I stopped running and I said I would like to
0:18:34 > 0:18:37help the next generation of kids get involved.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39A switch to the roads and marathons now awaits,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42with the prospect he may compete for Britain at the Tokyo
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Olympics in 2020.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45And having recently split from his controversial
0:18:45 > 0:18:46coach Alberto Salazar, who remains under investigation
0:18:46 > 0:18:50by US authorities, Sir Mo is also returning to live in London.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53It is a city that in 2012 bore witness to his ascent
0:18:53 > 0:18:55to the peak of world athletics, and that now celebrates
0:18:55 > 0:18:58a momentous career.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Richard Conway, BBC News, Buckingham Palace.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05There's been a big rise in the number of people who've had
0:19:05 > 0:19:07bailiffs knocking at their door in England and Wales,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09according to a charity.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11The Money Advice Trust says bailiffs were brought in by local authorities
0:19:11 > 0:19:14to collect debts more than two million times in a year -
0:19:14 > 0:19:19that's a rise of 14% over two years.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21The charity says it's deeply worrying.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28It is upsetting, sometimes frightening.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Bailiffs have the power to seize certain possessions if you let
0:19:31 > 0:19:35them into your home, or if they find a way in.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37You're on my property.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I'm not trespassing, I was sent here by the courts.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Daniel Bostock in Nottinghamshire filmed bailiffs trying
0:19:41 > 0:19:45to enforce parking fines he thought were unfair.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Have a nice day, chaps.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I thought, I'm not paying this.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I've got principles, I've not caused a hazard,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55I've not interrupted anybody's rights of access, I've not
0:19:55 > 0:20:00interrupted the flow of commerce, I've not caused a hazard.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04They usually make two visits, face-to-face visits, the bailiffs.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06And who are the top users?
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Not banks or credit card companies, but councils - up 10%.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Getting bailiffs to enforce council tax debts, that's the biggest one.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Up 27% giving bailiffs parking fines to deal with,
0:20:18 > 0:20:23and bailiffs retrieving overpaid housing benefit, that is up 20%.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26You can imagine a knock on the door from the bailiff,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28especially if you have small children, is distressing.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29We hear about sleepless nights.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32And it's adding to the cost of debts, because the bailiffs' fees
0:20:32 > 0:20:34are simply added on.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36We think councils should be trying more progressive
0:20:36 > 0:20:43ways of collecting debt, as other sectors are doing.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46It's an easy option for councils to send bailiffs to your door.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The fees are £75 for the initial letter, that is added to your debt,
0:20:50 > 0:20:59then £235 for the visit and £110 for selling your possessions.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03But councils say elderly care has to be paid for,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05as well as services for vulnerable children and things
0:21:05 > 0:21:07like collecting rubbish.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10They have a duty, they say, to raise the money they can.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Simon Gompertz, BBC News.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Motorists should be forced to have their eyes tested
0:21:18 > 0:21:20every ten years, according to the Association of Optometrists.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23They say too many people who've been told their eyesight
0:21:23 > 0:21:26isn't good enough are still driving.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Their campaign is being backed by the family of Natalie Wade,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31who was killed by a partially sighted driver.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Ali Fortescue reports.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38If she walked into a room, as the saying goes, she lit it up.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40She enjoyed every moment and was so looking forward
0:21:40 > 0:21:44to getting married.
0:21:44 > 0:21:4728-year-old Natalie Wade died on her way to buy a wedding dress.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50She was hit by a 78-year-old driver with poor eyesight.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53There's always an empty chair, and Christmas, birthdays,
0:21:53 > 0:22:00the day she would have been married, they are still very painful.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02The driver who killed Natalie was blind in one eye and partially
0:22:02 > 0:22:05sighted in the other, but he died before being tried
0:22:05 > 0:22:07for dangerous driving.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10But Natalie is just one of 70 people who are killed or seriously injured
0:22:10 > 0:22:14in similar incidents involving bad eyesight last year.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The legal standard for eyesight involves being able to read a number
0:22:17 > 0:22:19plate from 20 metres, but that's something that's
0:22:19 > 0:22:22only tested when you first take your test.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25At the moment, everyone needs to fill out a form like this every
0:22:25 > 0:22:28ten years to renew their driving license and that involves answering
0:22:28 > 0:22:31a question about their eyesight and if you're over the age of 70,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33you have to fill out a slightly more comprehensive
0:22:33 > 0:22:36form every three years, but it's still a question of just
0:22:36 > 0:22:38putting a tick in a box, there's no requirement to take
0:22:38 > 0:22:40an actual eye test.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44The mechanism of self reporting isn't always reliable.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48We know that vision can change gradually over time,
0:22:48 > 0:22:54so drivers might not be aware of a deterioration to their vision.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56The Association of Optometrists don't have a legal requirement to do
0:22:56 > 0:22:59anything if they're concerned about a patient's driving -
0:22:59 > 0:23:01it's down to the driver.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04More than one in three of their optometrists surveyed have
0:23:04 > 0:23:06seen a driver in the last month who continues to drive
0:23:06 > 0:23:09despite being told their vision is below the legal standard.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Nine in ten of them believe the current sight
0:23:12 > 0:23:13tests are insufficient
0:23:13 > 0:23:16and they want to see a change in the law.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17What we're calling for is vision screening to be carried out
0:23:21 > 0:23:24The Department for Transport say that all drivers are required by law
0:23:24 > 0:23:27to make sure their eyesight is good enough to drive.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29They also say that if a driver experiences any changes
0:23:29 > 0:23:32to their eyesight or has a condition that could affect their driving
0:23:32 > 0:23:34they must notify the DVLA and speak to an optician.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Ali Fortescue, BBC News.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It's time to dig out any old £10 notes, because from March first next
0:23:39 > 0:23:41year they will cease to be legal tender.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43The decision follows the introduction of the plastic
0:23:43 > 0:23:45replacement in September.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48The paper notes can still be spent ahead of the cut-off date,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52but after that must be exchanged at a bank.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53Now have a look at this.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It's the largest diamond of its kind ever to be sold publicly,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59and it goes under the hammer in Geneva tonight.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01It was found in Angola last year.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04It has taken ten months to cut it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07It's 163 carats, and has no flaws.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And, not surprisingly, it's expected to fetch
0:24:10 > 0:24:16an awful lot of money - around £22 million.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Italy is in a state of shock.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21For the first time in 60 years their national team will not
0:24:21 > 0:24:23be at football's World Cup finals.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Last night they lost a play-off to Sweden,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29who beat them 1-0 over two legs.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Our sports correspondent Olly Foster reports on joy for Sweden
0:24:31 > 0:24:37but heartbreak for Italy.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Despair and disbelief - generations of Italian players have
0:24:39 > 0:24:40taken it for granted.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Every four years they go to the World Cup.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Next summer will be strange.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Spaghetti without the bolognese.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50The headlines in Italy today described the team's demise as
0:24:50 > 0:24:53an apocalypse, a disaster.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55A national shame, the fans last night
0:24:55 > 0:24:58had already come to that conclusion.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00TRANSLATION:What can I say?
0:25:00 > 0:25:04We were pathetic, we were terrible.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Italy not qualifying for the World Cup is
0:25:06 > 0:25:09an embarrassment, an embarrassment.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12TRANSLATION:They really played so badly, I've come miles to
0:25:12 > 0:25:21see this match and they lost against Sweden.
0:25:21 > 0:25:28Thanks a bunch! They finished second behind Spain in
0:25:28 > 0:25:29their qualifying group.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Italy had these two play-off matches against Sweden to make it to
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Russia, even after their one-nil defeat in Stockholm last week in the
0:25:35 > 0:25:37first week they were favourites to progress in Milan.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39It was a desperate call this night for the Italians.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44-- a desperate, goalless night. Their manager, John Pierre
0:25:44 > 0:25:47adventurer, has two years left on his contract and is not expected to
0:25:47 > 0:25:50see at the week.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52TRANSLATION:I have to apologise for this result, certainly
0:25:52 > 0:25:54not because of the commitment, the will of the players,
0:25:54 > 0:25:55but because of the
0:25:55 > 0:25:58result, that is the main thing, I know it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Only Brazil have won the World Cup more times than Italy, the Azurri
0:26:01 > 0:26:04lifted their fourth trophy in 2006, a member of that team, Buffon,
0:26:04 > 0:26:11won his 175th cap last night.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12It was his last.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16He described his 20 years of service as a beautiful journey.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Sweden's journey continues to their first World Cup
0:26:18 > 0:26:22since the year Italy last won it.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24An historic night for them when they crashed what was
0:26:24 > 0:26:31supposed to be an Italian party.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Olly Foster, BBC News.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38A memorial service has been held at St Paul's Cathedral this
0:26:38 > 0:26:40morning for Michael Bond, the man who created Paddington Bear.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Hugh Bonneville - who stars in the Paddington films -
0:26:43 > 0:26:46was among the hundreds of guests at the service.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Michael Bond, who wrote more than 200 books, died in June.
0:26:48 > 0:26:56Our arts correspondent David Sillito is at St Paul's.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Michael Bond first started writing when he was in the Army in the
0:26:59 > 0:27:041940s. 13 years after that, one evening, looking for inspiration, he
0:27:04 > 0:27:11looked to a shelf and saw a forlorn little bear he had bought one
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Christmas Eve. 60 years after that evening, St Paul's Cathedral has
0:27:14 > 0:27:20celebrated the life of the creator of Paddington Bear.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Dear friends, we are gathered here in this Cathedral church to give
0:27:24 > 0:27:32thanks to God for the life and work of Michael Bond. So let us give
0:27:32 > 0:27:37thanks for a bear called Paddington, who fitted our world is perfectly,
0:27:37 > 0:27:43because he was different. Generations have grown up with
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Michael Bond's characters, and today some of his most devoted readers
0:27:46 > 0:27:51were here for the memorial service. Amongst the reading is one, of
0:27:51 > 0:27:58course, from... A bear called Paddington, read by his
0:27:58 > 0:28:03granddaughter, Robin.Paddington removed his hat and laid it
0:28:03 > 0:28:07carefully on the table. Michael himself was a gentle, kind,
0:28:07 > 0:28:14polite, friendly man. Not allowed, not boisterous, not like most of us.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20He was a really decent soul, a lovable man in the way that
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Paddington is a lovable, polite bear and raises his hat.
0:28:23 > 0:28:29It is more than a memorial, it is a celebration of bodies. The values of
0:28:29 > 0:28:34a friendly, polite young bear from darkest Peru. -- it is a celebration
0:28:34 > 0:28:42of values. Would you excuse a moment?And from
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Paddington's latest on-screen adventures, a reading of tributes by
0:28:45 > 0:28:49another admirer of the little bear, Hugh Bonneville.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54I love Paddington Bear as much today as I did as a child in the 70s.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58We can all identify with him, we have been a stranger in a strange
0:28:58 > 0:29:04place trying to fit in, in a new school, a new town, a new country.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09Over and above that, his spirit of adventure, his optimism, resetting
0:29:09 > 0:29:14the doughty positive when things go wrong, and they always do, I think
0:29:14 > 0:29:18there is a great characteristic for us to latch onto.
0:29:18 > 0:29:26A memorial and a celebration of both the writer and a polite and
0:29:26 > 0:29:31thoroughly decent little bear from darkest Peru.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Among the tributes today, one caught my eye. It was from a woman who was
0:29:35 > 0:29:39a student in France and when she first arrived there, she said, not
0:29:39 > 0:29:42knowing anyone, I found myself sitting on the pavement with my
0:29:42 > 0:29:47suitcase, feeling very sorry for myself. But then thought, Paddington
0:29:47 > 0:29:51managed it, so shall I. Sophie. David, thank you.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Time for a look at the weather.
0:29:53 > 0:29:53Here's Phil Avery.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Here's Phil Avery.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01I know what it is like not to have many fronts, as a weather forecaster
0:30:01 > 0:30:06of many years standing. Aaah, all together now! Generally
0:30:06 > 0:30:11speaking there is a lot of cloud across the British Isles, much of
0:30:11 > 0:30:14its height, some other just about thinking of two bridges the odd bit
0:30:14 > 0:30:19abuse of rain. You get the odd sense that there will be break this to the
0:30:19 > 0:30:22eastern side of the Pennines, parts of Scotland doing well. The only
0:30:22 > 0:30:26other thing you need to note is the afternoon is not cold, double-figure
0:30:26 > 0:30:31temperatures rule the roost. Not a great deal changes over the evening
0:30:31 > 0:30:35and into the night. You might pick up more rain than through the day
0:30:35 > 0:30:39that it will not ever amount to very much at all, not a cold night
0:30:39 > 0:30:45either, eight to about 11, 12 of 13. My real concern about the night is
0:30:45 > 0:30:50there could be some holes in that cloud, and as a consequence in dense
0:30:50 > 0:30:54fog patches. The word patches is the really relevant one. Just because
0:30:54 > 0:30:58you step out first thing, if you are travelling a distance you might move
0:30:58 > 0:31:04into one of those areas that will see them. My sense could be part of
0:31:04 > 0:31:08East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Southern Wales, some spots in the Midlands
0:31:08 > 0:31:12and perhaps into Northern Ireland, gaps appearing here overnight, parts
0:31:12 > 0:31:16of central and southern Scotland. By that in mind, because after much
0:31:16 > 0:31:20rather dull start, I am hopeful that the day, once it gets going, could
0:31:20 > 0:31:25brighten up quite nicely in one or two spots and with the breeze coming
0:31:25 > 0:31:29somewhere out of the south-west for the most part, it will not be a cold
0:31:29 > 0:31:41day again. Single figure temperatures across
0:31:42 > 0:31:45the north, South, 12 or 13 degrees or so is not too buyer for the time
0:31:45 > 0:31:48of year. For that we have to thank the fact that we are sandwiched in a
0:31:48 > 0:31:51wedge of relatively mild as, with the breeze coming in from the
0:31:51 > 0:31:53south-west, such as it is. Not 1 million miles away towards the
0:31:53 > 0:31:57north-west of us, cold air, becoming a bit of a player as we move into
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Wednesday into Thursday. The feature that introduces that colder air to
0:32:00 > 0:32:06many of us is this cold fronts. The morning works to Scotland and the
0:32:06 > 0:32:10morning, it will feel fresh and the skies will brighten, but the
0:32:10 > 0:32:18temperatures will dip away. Not freezing by any means, but fresher,
0:32:18 > 0:32:23which introduces us to Friday, where all parts of the British Isles have
0:32:23 > 0:32:26a much fresher regime. Windy across