good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
the first hosepipe ban in wales for 30 years comes into effect, as drought is officially declared in parts of the country. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone s device. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. four out of ten young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies, are spending an unaffordable amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five year high. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it s disheartening because it feels like you
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but the report says without changes like these, and others, patient safety is being put at risk. and doctors agree. no doubt at all, it s a crisis. some practices are remarkably- managing to cope, but most practices are really struggling. they re on a knife edge of notjust being able to provide high - quality personal care, - but actually even being able to provide safe care. the government says it s improving gp services with same day appointments for those in need and no waits longer than two weeks. but mps have said those measures don t go far enough. sophie hutchinson, bbc news, bristol. striking rail workers will be forced to maintain a minimum level of service during industrial action under new rules being proposed by the government. the measures mean that a minimum number of trains would still run on strike days, but unions have slammed the move as autocratic . it comes as thousands of communications workers from royal mail, bt and openreach walk out today in a row
resources on their capacity to pay their bills, and more and more people say they do not think they can pay their fuel bills. people say they do not think they can pay theirfuel bills. we know what that will lead to. it will lead to people turning off their heating. that will lead to more people being cold and more people being vulnerable to illness. so, it is our responsibility. in the end, we are held to account, as we should be held to account, as we should be held to account, for whether the health services able to meet people s needs. and it is our responsibility to be clear about the fact that if extra demand is placed on the health service, in a winter that we already know is going to be extremely tough, it will make it harderfor us to cope. extremely tough, it will make it harder for us to cope. we extremely tough, it will make it harder for us to cope. extremely tough, it will make it harder for us to cope. we know that liz truss harder for us to cope. we know that liz truss