Private tenants in england will no longer have to pay letting agents fees when they sign up to rent a property. The new rules have been described as the biggest change to the renting industry in decades. But there are warnings rents are already being pushed up as rental businesses try to claw back income. Our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. Todays changes affect letting agents, landlords and millions of private renters like kirsty. This is what she had to pay on top of her first months rent. Application fee was 300, deposit was 895, i think, so £120 to renew the contract to stay for another 12 months here. The fees charged were fairly typical but for years there have been complaints that some agents have been charging far more and that some of what renters have had to pay simply has not been justified. There is already a ban on fees charged to scotlands tenants and now in england. Charges including application and referencing fees are banned and deposits are capped at fi
Much of india is struggling with an extreme heatwave. Millions are having to cope with drought and there are already reports of dozens of deaths from heatstroke. Temperatures have been exceeding a0 degrees celsius, thats well over a hundred degrees fahrenheit, for several weeks. Kathryn armstrong reports. This woman struggles every day to collect water for her family from this almost empty well. Her village in the indian district of beed in maharashtra, is facing extreme water scarcity. Since all the wells and ponds in her village have dried, the girl has to trek more than two kilometres to fetch water. Translation the road isnt good as it is under construction. I dont have time to study, i dont have time to play, i have to bring water three times a day. I am afraid i will fall into the well. In some parched villages, people are forced to drink untreated water, supplied by tankers. Farmers are struggling the most in these drought stricken regions. This man has seen three crop failures.
My my name is tony giles and i am totally blind and severely death in both ears. Now were moving. I can feel the wind in my hair. Ive spent the last 21 years travelling. I visited over 120 countries. Every continent in the world, including antarctica. My mission is to visit every country in the world. I started off in december planning this recent trip and i decided to start in egypt because it is at the top of africa and work my way through several countries to get to ethiopia. 0k, ive got some fish. Now im feeding the birds. It is my passion, it is what i do, it is what makes me happy. It is the biggest challenge i can get. Ijust want to be normal. Ive got to be strong all the time. It is the only way i can travel. The only way i can cope. I have explored quite a bit of addis andi i have explored quite a bit of addis and i think it is time to move on and i think it is time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. I really want to try
Im here, where the residents behind me are being asked to evacuate because of further risks of flooding. My name is tony giles and iam flooding. My name is tony giles and i am totally blind. And backpacker tony giles visits the cradle of orthodox christianity in africa. Thats in the travel show, in half an hour on bbc news. Hong kongs suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to mainland china. The proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. The government had previously argued that the extradition bill would plug the loopholes so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. But critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to chinas unfair justice system. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam said the priority now was to restore peace and order. After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announced that the government has decided to suspend the legisla
Its my passion, its what i do, its what makes me happy. Its the biggest challenge i can get. I just want to be normal. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. The only way i can cope. Ive explored quite a bit of addis and i think its time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. I really want to try to get to the rift valley and try to visit some of the lakes, get some of the nature and natural ambience. Really get off the beaten track. Were going to the village, its roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa. Its one of the fresh rift valley la kes. And apparently it has lots of birdlife and hippopotami. Hello. Whats your name . My name is arlo. My names tony, im from england. I can hear something. A tractor . A helicopter . A motorbike. Motorbike, yeah. The lakes in this direction . Yeah. The biggest problem for me is, ive got no direction, its just an open field. Theres nothing to follow. And the wind i