now on bbc news: the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. is good news breaks out at westminster. our nation, madam deputy speaker is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest immunised pro immunisation programme in the history of our health service. health service. boris johnson is want he health service. boris johnson is want he picked health service. boris johnson is want he picked the - health service. boris johnson is want he picked the wrong l is want he picked the wrong sort of brexit. sort of brexit. the protocol has betrayed sort of brexit. the protocol has betrayed us sort of brexit. the protocol has betrayed us and - sort of brexit. the protocol has betrayed us and made| sort of brexit. the protocol l has betrayed us and made us feel like foreigners in our own country. tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. and a long life well lived. not cut the mustard. and a long life well lived
effective bankruptcy in the next few years unless the funding system is reformed. a report by the local government information unit has found services like parks, leisure facilities and libraries are at risk of being cut, while council tax could rise in some areas. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. yay! well done. alex is about to turn 18, and on top of the regular worries parents have about their children, mum, sylvia also has to think about alex s autism and the extra support he needs to gain independence. support that s under fire for her and other families as birmingham city council struggles with financial difficulties. what you get is families that are on their knees with a trauma presentation, traumatised kids, and they never get decent outcomes. theyjust end up constantly trying to get the basics, which everybody else s child gets naturally. and it s notjust birmingham that s struggling. across the country, councils are warning that front line neighbourhood se
on bbc london. and coming up in sport on bbc news, the london marathon becomes the first in the world to offer equal prize money for its wheelchair and able bodied racers. good evening. almost a week after the sudden death of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, his mother says she has finally been allowed to see his body in a siberian morgue. he died last friday in a remote penal colony where he was imprisoned. the death certificate says he died of natural causes. his mother says the authorities won t release his body and she has accused them of trying to blackmail her into a secret burial. our security correspondent, frank gardner reports. alexei navalny, president putin s facejust alexei navalny, president putin s face just critic, alexei navalny, president putin s facejust critic, dead alexei navalny, president putin s face just critic, dead for nearly a week. , ., ., , , ., , face just critic, dead for nearly a week. , ., , ., , ., week. his mother has been fal
he remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duties as soon as possible. it also goes on to say that his majesty has chosen to share this diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer. a spokesperson for the king has not revealed what type of cancer the king has but says it is not prostate cancer. last week the king was discharged from hospital following surgery for an enlarged prostate, i condition that palace had described as benign. he is back at buckingham palace tonight but yesterday, sunday he was at st. mary magdalen church in sandringham. in fairly good spirits, waving and smiling with crowds of well wishers who it turned out to see the royal couple. let s go live to bbc s former royal correspondent who joins us from getting to them. good evening, jenny, thank you for being with us. your reaction to what you heard tonight. wit