Staff at Paddy Power Betfair, chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. Critics say samaritans shouldnt work with the gambling industry. Dan whitworth, from radio 4s money box programme, has more. If you are sat in the pub, you can tell a guy who is an alcoholic. Lets be honest, you can tell if a guy is on drugs. The man sat in the corner on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it is such a hidden thing. Critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well earned reputation by working with Paddy Power Betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa nys money. The mp, carolyn harris, who chairs the all Party Parliamentary group on gambling related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. She calls it distasteful and appalling. Others on social media, as well as the Charity Gambling with lives have voiced similar
Day tomorrow. Single figures in some rural spots. Tomorrow, day tomorrow. Single figures in some ruralspots. Tomorrow, rain day tomorrow. Single figures in some rural spots. Tomorrow, rain at times to Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England. Patchy rain. East and east anglia staying dry, if not dry. The temperature is head up a little bit as we start the new week. From mid week, they come right back down again. This hello, this is bbc news. The headlines labours brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says mps who want to stop a no deal brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. The cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to commit the government to follow parliaments orders, if no deal legislation is passed. The eus lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth he rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the cit
There are other viruses that are talked about, and when you go for your appointments and other things yourre made aware of. But i dont recall much being said about cmv. Most babies born with cmv dont have symptoms or develop problems. But if this programme proves successful, the team hopes that could pave the way for wider cmv screening in future. She has done great today. You can see how well she is doing. So how do you feel as a mum seeing that . Immensely proud of her. Richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. You can find out more about this story on the bbcs inside out programme in the east this monday night at 7 30pm, and on bbc iplayer afterwards. Some of us are seeing some heavy rain so far today, theres a with system with lots of heavy rain affecting parts of scotland, especially at the north, ticking a band of rain through england as well. This afternoon, the rain turns lighter. Behind all of that, sunnier skies coming through for many of us, with a few showers. The heavier rain
People are expected to return to the streets on sunday, despite the Hong Kong Governments decision to suspend a controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be extradited to mainland china. The proposals resulted in mass protests in the former british colony some of which turned violent. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more
Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. A massive manhunt is underway in turkey for what government Officials Say is the lone gunman who shot his way into a popular, upscale istanbul nightclub and opened fire on hundreds of people celebrating the new year. By the time the indiscriminate shooting was over inside the reina nightclub the attacker had escaped, and at least 39 party goers, security officers, and club employees were dead. Turkeys interior minister said nearly twothirds of the victims were foreign nationals, including citizens of saudi arabia, lebanon, jordan, morocco, libya, and israel. The minister also said early reports that the attacker wore a santa claus costume were untrue. trans