at high interest rates, . excessive interest rates. care homes are under pressure like never before. care and finance don t go together. it shouldn t be for personal gain. it s people s homes, it s people s livelihoods. the government s announced more funding. but is it time for more checks on where the money s going? it is the unacceptable face of capitalism. given that the purpose of the sector is to look after literally the most vulnerable people in our society. as the bbc s social affairs editor, i hearfrom too many families worried about the care their elderly or disabled relatives receive and the cost of that care. i m on my way to hear one daughter s experience of her father s care. what was it like growing up around here? lovely, everybody knew everybody. tess grew up in staffordshire. i ve got some beautiful memories there. there was six of us children and my mum had threejobs. my dad was a tyre fitter. money wasn t brilliant, but my dad always said pay your bills,
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. a lot of times, people say, well, police officers sweep things under the rug. this police department responded by absolutely testifying in this trial, that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they worked so hard for the next three weeks, you saw 26 chicago police officers spent 3,000 hours of time, costing this city well over $100,000 for a fake crime that never occurred and by the way, a fake crime that denigr
hello. welcome to the programme. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. unfortunately, that is not the rat we wanted. sometimes that is the wrap that you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100% confident in our client puzzling innocence. from the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it is unfortunate, this is the united states of america, we live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent. 0bviously everyone is presumed innocent. obviously it would s