Bruce adamson has said he cant rule it out, as the basic human rights of children are being infringed with the controversial new benefits system. The uk government has insisted universal credit is working. Bbc reporting scotlands Morag Kinniburgh reports. A day of action in the leaf as in other parts of scotland. These protesters want universal credit stopped. They claimed the new all in one benefit is driving more people into debt. Dozens of those in work here also in poverty. I would like to see the government put a pause on universal credit. I would like to see them address the issues with it and rather than thinking of it as a cost saving exercise, which essentially it has been, i want them to look at the impact it is having on people. We want a fairer benefit for people. They say more people are relying on food banks, are being evicted from their homes. The long wait to receive the new benefit has been criticised, as has the complex online only application process. The childrens c
With chris mason and katherine downes. A new drive to help children and young people with Mental Health problems. Ministers want faster access to treatment and specialist support in schools and colleges. Good morning, its sunday the 3rd of december. Also this morning the governments entire social Mobility Commission resigns in protest at what it says is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. Bolstering the blue belt. More stretches of the british coastline get special status to help protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats. In sport, well have the latest from the ashes overnight. England are into the tailenders but australia are still building a big score on day two in adelaide. And darren has the weather. Hello, good morning. A lot of this damp and drizzly weather will clear away this morning, allowing skies to brighten, a bit more sunshine around as well, but tonight could turn a bit colder. Join me laterfor all the details. Good morning. First, our main story. Children will be
Retailer is aiming to help in the battle to cut that waste by continuing to sell food beyond its best before date. The east of England Co Op has 125 stores and will now sell dried and tinned foods for iop when they reach the date they are best eaten by. Our business correspondent, emma simpson has been to one store in colchester. Everything we eat has a shelf life, but would you be willing to buy food which is past its best . Plenty of shoppers at this Small Convenience store did, once they found out the price. They re iop, for a whole bag of pistachios. Oh, my life 10p. Right, yeah. Ill have them. Yeah . Got a deal . Yeah. Heres how it works. Any tinned or dried goods passed the best before date end up in these boxes at a knock down price, instead of going to waste. Labels can be confusing. The use by date tells you when a product is safe to eat. The best before label simply tells you when food is at its best. Its still safe to eat after the recommended date, and too much of it is end
Patchy fog this morning. Chilly out there. Eventually, though, it is going to be a warm afternoon, upper 50s to the mid60s. Here the storm track heading way up to or north, a few high clouds paying the north bay a visit right now but very cold numbers. Check in right now. We will show you fairfield, they are still at 30 degrees, livermore 34, san jose 40 and santa rosa in the mid30s, checking in 35. Also watching this fog bank kind of moving around here and you can see the low visibility reports in novato and up in santa rosa so that fog will continue to move around over the next few hours. Here is our live camera looking out towards San Francisco, out toward the bay bridge and mostly clear skies right now, just a few high clouds will kind of roll into the bay area throughout the morning hours. You can see starting out chilly this morning, 7 00 into the afternoon hours, a nice recovery, upper 50s to the 60s. In fact, our temperature is a nice line here from 60 to 61 to 62, 63 to 64, so
Up next, university of texas at austin history professor Daina Ramey Berry discusses the buying and selling of slave cadavers to medical institutions , and africanamerican grave robbers who supplied the trade. She explores the concept of soul value which she describes as enslaved people developing their own sense of internal value. She is the author of the price for their pound of flesh the value of the enslaved from womb to grave in the building of a nation. The 50 minute event is part of a symposium on slavery cohosted by the university of virginia and the slave dwelling project. Daina good evening everyone. Honored tod and introduce our keynote speaker, professor Daina Ramey Berry. Professor berry is an associate professor of history and african and African Diaspora , and a fellow at the university of texas at austin. Swing the author of. Ircle she is also an awardwinning editor of enslaved women in andica, and encyclopedia, in slavery in savannah. In addition to her written an edit