Coming up in the next half hour the government confirms it wont appeal a High Court Ruling on benefit payments for people with mental illness. Labour reckons its good news for ha rd pressed claimants. The cuts that have been brought on disabled people by this government is an absolute disgrace. Also on this programme the former chair of the social Mobility Commission says ministers werent willing or able to put their shoulders to the wheel to tackle the problem. And an mp says its time to put an end to rip off rickshaw rides in london. Charging £200 £300 to go the half mile from Oxford Circus. But first the work and pensions secretary has confirmed that up to 220,000 people could have their benefits restored to a higher level following a High Court Ruling. Ministers announced on friday that they would not appeal against a high courtjudgment on disability benefits. The row is over those with Mental Health conditions and whether they should qualify for higher rates of personal independ
Oui they gave us a leaflet to say that our flights from monarch they gave us a leaflet to say that ourflights from monarch had been cancelled. We were panicking them. What do we do . Everybody is after flights everywhere. It has cost me another £666 to get where i want to go today when i had already paid 1500. Catalan leaders said the region had won the right to go independent after 90 of people who thatis independent after 90 of people who that is abated in the referendum backed independence. Good morning. It is monday the 2nd of october. You are watching bbc news. We will begin with the developing story, the shooting in las vegas. We have heard from police in las vegas at least 20 people have died and more than 100 people have been wounded after a gunman opened fire on people who were attending a Country Music festival. Police say the suspect, a local man who they havent named, opened fire on the outdoor event from the 32nd floor of the mandalay casino hotel on the citys sunset stri
Winds are going to be picking up once again and this area of cloud is oui once again and this area of cloud is our next storm. Its just been named by the irish match service as storm bryan, wet and windy weather in time for the weekend. Things are calm at the moment, we have a lot of wrist and fork which is continuing to lift and fork which is continuing to lift and we could get some brighter skies the mist fog which is continuing to lift. Earlier in staffordshire, very grey and gloomy. Now we have some rain, the wettest weather moving up some rain, the wettest weather moving up across some rain, the wettest weather moving up across east wales, up into the midlands and Northern England and we have this rain in Northern Ireland, given how wet its been recently there may be some flooding. Its turning wet and windy across South West Wales and the south west of england. It is calm in the south east, it should feel warmer. However, we have gales on the way for this evening in the south west
Bringing us tomorrow. With me are barrister and broadcaster Sophia Cannon and political commentator, lance price. The ft leads with Donald Trumps First Press Conference as President Elect in which he criticised the Intelligence Agencies and the media for spreading what he called fake news. The President Elect also features on the cover of the metro after he denied claims russia has Compromising Information on him. The times leads with the accusations by donald trump that spy chiefs acted like nazis by leaking reports about him. The Daily Express cites new research claiming Arthritis Pain can be relieved by 45 minutes of exercise a week. The telegraph leads with a clash between the head of the nhs and number ten over hospitalfunding as the number of a e patients hits a record high. The sun follows the latest trial of rolf harris as he faces accusations of Sexual Assault from seven new victims. Where else can we start but with the tramp . The trump. He gave his First Press Conference for
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