They received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise Council Taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5 , to help meet the rising cost of social care. But the local government association, which represents councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. Yes, and youll be fine. This is social care in action. Good girl. And i will be behind you. After several falls, 80 year old Maureen Edwards is being given support that will mean she regains some independence and rebuilds her confidence. It means she and her husband can cope at home. According to todays survey, the sheer demand for this sort of care is the reason why most local authorities in england plan to raise council tax. That was wonderful. Wev
Of reassurance to eu leaders, saying that his country remains committed to continued cooperation. And what a night ahead for non League Sutton united, as they host premier League Giants arsenal in the fa cup. Its five oclock, our main story members of the House Of Lords have begun debating the legislation that will allow the government to begin the process of withdrawing the uk from the European Union. In a mark of the significance of the debate, theresa may was present. The leader of the house, baroness evans, said she was confident the lords would not ignore the result of the referendum and the vote in the commons. Joining me from the House Of Commons lobby is our Political Correspondent leila nathoo. 100 peers want to talk, what have we been hearing . This is a first chance we have heard to hear from been hearing . This is a first chance we have heard to hearfrom peers, a range of views this afternoon, both supporters and opponents of brexit and the governments plans and strategy fo
League title. Hello and welcome. Police in the say a highly toxic nerve agent called vx has been found on the face of kim jong nam, the murdered half brother of north koreas leader kim jong un. Mr kim died last week after two women accosted him briefly in a check in hall at Kuala Lumpur Airport. The nerve agent, vx, is classified as a Weapon Of Mass Destruction by the United Nations. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from kuala lumpur. Last week at Kuala Lumpur Airport someone chose to attack Kim Jong Nam Last week at Kuala Lumpur Airport someone chose to attack kim jong nam in full view of at least half a dozen cctv cameras. It was a very deliberate and very public act of violence. Today we learned what killed him. And its even more shocking. It is the vx nerve agent, which is a chemical weapon. Kim jong nam was walking across this busy Departures Hall last week when he was attacked at this spot. Now we know what was used to kill him, vx, one of the most deadly nerve ag
Round up of the day s news, first it is on his watch. And there and welcome to news watch with me samira ahmed. On this programme, is bbc news doing deals with celebrities . She gets to talk about their new film, they get to ask about the divorce. It was a very difficult time, and, we are a family. And we will always be a family. And we will always be a family. But first has stormed doris battered many parts of the uk on thursday, it could only mean one thing for bbc news reporters, you know what is coming next. Heres alison freeman. We saw you earlier almost unable to stand up, it doesnt look much better now . M isnt rita, we have just watched this storm unfold throughout the morning, as the wind has become more and more powerful. It is so strong at the moment i cant look into it, and the foam that has been blown from the seat is a bit more like being ina from the seat is a bit more like being in a blizzard. But was that piece of broadcasting and location necessary , piece of broadcas
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm at the United Nations in new york where, addressing north koreas recent Missile Tests, the Us Ambassador nikki haley delivered a blunt message to north korea. Flanked by representatives from both japan and south korea, Ambassador Haley warned that all options are on the table when it came to americas response. She also had this to say about the countrys leader kim jong un. We are not dealing with a rational person, if this was any other country we would be talking about that and this wouldnt be an issue, this is not a rational person who has not had rational axe and who is not thinking clearly. What i can tell you as the stance of the us is we are real value in how we can handle north korea Going Forward and we are making those decisions now and we will act accordingly. Malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. The two nations have banned each othe