auckland, after three people were killed in severe flooding. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for new hope in hard times: fighting the cost of living crisis you want to piggy back? are you going to be superman or you have either? nobody can afford to keep up with anything. i don t know how to cope. i really don t. it s autumn 2022, and anita s got troubles. troubles from every direction. absolutely. i m constantlyjust lying in bed and just thinking about how am i going to pay this? how am i going to pay that? make it. money is beyond tight. try that, brett. for little brett and his two older sisters. the outside world can feel scary. you need to scare me because there s a much louder. what monster? a huge one. a huge one for his mum. the monsters are getting real. i ve always managed with the money. i get me benefits and the money that i earn from work. i ve always just managed to manage, but ijust can t do it at the minute. it s the gas, the electricity, the bills, an
also hope and help. in a church in benwell. carol rowland is on the mic. it s worry and fear. anything that worries you, anything you re fearful of, please come and talk to us. if the cost of living crisis is a national crisis, the response here in newcastle s west end is local. the other things that we ve got are more kiddies coats, which is fantastic. this place started years ago as a food bank, but it s had to change, adapt and expand to become a community hub to keep up in these hard times. used to be that people don t have sufficient food to eat. we can help them with that. it s now that they don t have enough fuel. they don t have heat. so it is food and help with fuel. but we re here to see much more than that. there you go. of course, pat s work handing out vouchers for access to the food bank is crucial.