a bbc investigation exposes a culture of humiliation, verbal abuse and bullying at one of the uk s largest mental health hospitals. the us rapper coolio dies at the age of 59. could earlier kick off times keep football clubs in business? a meeting will be held today to come up with a plan to help clubs deal with rising energy costs. rain to clear south west england this morning and then sunny spells and showers. with winds, not feeling as cool as it has in recent days. details later in the programme. it s thursday, 29th september. the treasury has rejected calls to overturn its mini budget plans despite ongoing economic turmoil. it s after the bank of england had to step in to buy £65 billion of government debt when some types of pension funds were at risk of collapse. hannah has been looking at some of the details for us this morning. it is quite complicated, but what the bank of england has said it has done is necessary. yes, hard to overstate the extent of the fallout f
Is ourfamily. My important. The most important thing is our family. My wife does enormous amount to support me. But our Welfare System and i want to make sure everybody gets the support they need with Mental Health challenges. Our society is more open about talking about Mental Health challenges in a way it wasnt ten years ago. They dont risk over medical housing one of the everyday challenges and anxieties of life that you described. When it comes to the Welfare System, we have seen a massive increase since the pandemic and the number of people who are of working age, but they are not working age, but they are not working because they are deemed to be of ill health and it is driven by Mental Health claims. It is causing an enormous increase in the norm numbers, 800,000 people not working on welfare because of ill health, since the pandemic, just in the last few years. The bill is forecast, the bill for these benefits, pit alone is forecast to grow by 50 in the next four years. And we
She has been telling her story to our correspondent nomia iqbal who joins now from la. This is the latest woman who has made this is the latest woman who has made claims against Russell Brand. She chose made claims against Russell Brand. She chose to speak out after 15 years. She chose to speak out after 15 years, following those investigations we have seen, but also because of the discovery of audio also because of the discovery of audio this also because of the discovery of audio. This is the first instance uncovered audio. This is the first instance uncovered of Russell Brand talking about uncovered of Russell Brand talking about alleged Sexual Misconduct on air. I about alleged Sexual Misconduct on air~ i do about alleged Sexual Misconduct on air. I do want to give you a warning that some air. I do want to give you a warning that some viewers may find some of the themes that some viewers may find some of the themes and language of my report disturbing you are listening to bbc radio
in a keynote speech this morning, saying they can trust labour with the nation s finances, security and borders. but the conservatives say he has no clear plan. we re expecting to hear from the labour leader in the next few minutes he s due to give his first major speech of the campaign. let s speak to emma purnell, a political commentator who is currently a member of the labour party. emma, we are expecting search care to appeal to voters that they can trust him? care to appeal to voters that they can trust him? yes, this is clearly a seech can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed at can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed at floating - can trust him? yes, this is clearly| a speech aimed at floating voters. 0n the thing about undecided voters is that they are considering labour, but they haven t yet made the final decision. so the speeches about reassuring any concerns they might have in areas whe