Hello, welcome to the bbc news at ten. Tens of thousands of people have gathered on the streets of paris tonight to watch the opening ceremony of the 2024 paralympics. 4,400 athletes from 184 delegations will compete over the next 11 days of competition with these games featuring a record number of delegations and of female athletes. Our sports correspondent andy swiss is watching in paris. A perfect parisian evening and a paralympic curtain raiser like no other. Welcome to paris! at place de la concorde an opening ceremony exploring attitudes towards disability. French star christine and the queens with a modern take on an edith piaf classic. And soon it was time for the athletes. Parading down the champs elysees, more than 180 countries united by a commonjoy. And here comes great britain. The british team, led by terry bywater and lucy shuker, were welcomed by the prime minister, sir keir starmer. Paralympics gb have 215 athletes competing here and after finishing second in the med
Asks of you, as well, to accept short term pain for long term good, the difficult trade off for the genuine solution. And i know that after all that you have been through, that is a really big ask and really difficult to hear. That is not the position we should be in. Its not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. Lets speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley, at westminster. What big asks is he talking about . That is the million question, and i think what was pretty clear from keir starmer is that the next few months are not going to be that much fun actually when it comes to government announcements. The most striking bit for me was when he said the budget is coming in october and it will be painful, those with the broadest shoulders will face the heaviest burden. Absolutely clear there will be some really unpopular announcements in that budget, perhaps around attacks, perhaps focus more on people with higher i
Slim pickings britains raspberry season gets under way, but will there be enough workers to harvest them . If you have just joined if You Havejustjoined us, you are very welcome and youre in time to heard about the Travel Industry because the uk is set to review its rules on foreign travel later after a desperate plea from Industry Buses for the green list of destinations to be widened. The Transport Secretary will face members of Parliament Later this morning with an update expected in the afternoon. On wednesday, hundreds of airline crew, helpers, held protests across the uk to talk about the current restrictions. Travel bosses want to see fully vaccinated people exempt from quarantine rules, but in another potential setback, the german chancellor has a suggested that all eu countries should make British Travellers Quarantine on arrival to slow the spread in europe. The Travel Industry is frustrated, and nervous, protesting yesterday around the country, people whose jobs rely on Inte
Slim pickings britains raspberry season gets under way, but will there be enough workers to harvest them . If you have just joined if You Havejustjoined us, you are very welcome and youre in time to heard about the Travel Industry because the uk is set to review its rules on foreign travel later after a desperate plea from Industry Buses for the green list of destinations to be widened. The Transport Secretary will face members of Parliament Later this morning with an update expected in the afternoon. On wednesday, hundreds of airline crew, helpers, held protests across the uk to talk about the current restrictions. Travel bosses want to see fully vaccinated people exempt from quarantine rules, but in another potential setback, the german chancellor has a suggested that all eu countries should make British Travellers Quarantine on arrival to slow the spread in europe. The Travel Industry is frustrated, and nervous, protesting yesterday around the country, people whose jobs rely on Inte
Slim pickings britains raspberry season gets under way, but will there be enough workers to harvest them . If you have just joined if You Havejustjoined us, you are very welcome and youre in time to heard about the Travel Industry because the uk is set to review its rules on foreign travel later after a desperate plea from Industry Buses for the green list of destinations to be widened. The Transport Secretary will face members of Parliament Later this morning with an update expected in the afternoon. On wednesday, hundreds of airline crew, helpers, held protests across the uk to talk about the current restrictions. Travel bosses want to see fully vaccinated people exempt from quarantine rules, but in another potential setback, the german chancellor has a suggested that all eu countries should make British Travellers Quarantine on arrival to slow the spread in europe. The Travel Industry is frustrated, and nervous, protesting yesterday around the country, people whose jobs rely on Inte