good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i love t
Representation in parliament are all on the list. We will speak to them injusta on the list. We will speak to them injust a moment. The former american soldier, Chelsea Manning, who passed thousands of confidential documents to wikileaks, will be released from a Military Prison today. Well speak to someone who campaigned for her release. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Are you fat and fit . The bad news is there may be no such thing. Some doctors now reckon its impossible to be overweight without increasing your risk of future health problems. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. In a moment well get the latest on Election Campaign here. First, though to the us, where the white house is denying reports that donald trump asked former fbi Directorjames Comey to stop an investigation into alleged links between an advisor and russia. Mr c
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Roadside fire. Firefighters quickly knocked it down no word yet on how it started. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist. Sign of a possible long fire season. Yeah no way around it it will be tough in the next sixth months as we go through our semidry permanent time of year. Were in a drought, but we got rainfall in 2014 and 2015. San jose just over 13 inches. All of that watt near we did have is allowing vegetation to grow to grow. And it could mean quite a bit of fuel. So in just a split second we could see it ignite if again we get these fires here across the bay area. Some of the worst fire danger is across alameda and santa clara counties and those will be the hot spots. Now winds are 10 to 25 Miles Per Hour if is a cooler westerly wind. And the fire danger will be on the rise tonight. The winds will be calming down and the next possible rainfall and that is in 15 minutes. Thank you, jeff. You can keep track of the fire season on our digital platform as were constantly updating ou
Become becomes too involved it will be aggressive. What is troubling is when we hear denials and when we hear city officials who may not want to admit that this is a problem. Reporter the mayor responded with measures designed to increase police accountability. Im proposeding that we accelerate some of our efforts, particularly buying more body cameras, expanding the scope of investigation for many biasbased complaints. We want to be transparent. We are going to be very comprehensive in analyzing the data. Reporter burt says its a start, just like his lawsuit. There has to be a voice, someone that steps forward, takes action and starts the process. They plan to have independent review of the data and have three weeks to 0 respond to the lawsuit. Nbc bay area news. South bay Camp Counselor allegedly caught with child pornography is also facing child Sexual Assault charges. He was working in cupertino. A 010yearold boy is accusing the counselor of molestation. We will have more on the in