good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
michael buchanan has more. after a night on the streets, the need is for heat and food. at this bristol homeless service, they re feeding up to 100 people a day. and numbers are rising. i m not happy. the streets will kill me, or the drugs will. simon gilchrist has been rough sleeping for a fortnight. he lost his flat last year. a hostel place last month. at the heart of both is a long term drug addiction. people say go and get a job or they don t know about addiction or why people take crack cocaine and heroin and alcohol to sustain the feelings. a military veteran, the 48 year old doesn t think he ll see 50. if god can take my addiction away and god can say, look, i want to put you into this place, here s another go, i would go for that. some of the other people using this service scuttle in, embarrassed, driven here by cost of living pressures. we ve seen people that have never been homeless before. people that have lost their
couple who disappeared with their newborn baby several weeks ago had been arrested in brighton, but their child are still missing. a double rapist who changed gender while waiting to stanch real has been jailed for eight years waiting to stand trial. the number of people sleeping rough in england last year increased by more than a quarter, according to figures released by the government. the rise in 2022 comes after four years of decreases those years included exceptional measures for rough sleepers introduced by the government in response to the covid pandemic to take people off the streets. ministers say they re spending £500 million tackling the problem. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has more. after a night on the streets, the need is for heat and food. at this bristol homeless service, they re feeding up to 100 people a day. and numbers are rising. i m not happy. the streets will kill me, or the drugs will.
the streets will kill me, or the drugs will. simon gilchrist has been rough sleeping for a fortnight. he lost his flat last year. a hostel place last month. at the heart of both is a long term drug addiction. people say go and get a job or they don t know about addiction or why people take crack cocaine and heroin and alcohol to sustain the feelings. a military veteran, the 48 year old doesn t think he ll see 50. if god can take my addiction away and god can say, look, i want to put you into this place, here s another go, i would go for that. some of the other people using this service scuttle in, embarrassed, driven here by cost of living pressures. we ve seen people that have never been homeless before. people that have lost their employment and accommodation purely because of the rent increases. it s really frightening for those people that have never experienced