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i live at national league side sutton united. they played giants arsenal. good evening. nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise council taxes in the coming year in order to provide care for people who are elderly or disabled. from april, council tax could increase by nearly 5% in the majority of authorities. but the local government association says that won t be enough and it warns there will have to be deep cuts to other council services. there are 151 councils in england. 147 of them plan to raise council tax specifically to pay for social care provision. here s our social affairs correspondent alison holt. hello, margaret! how are you? bored. you re bored. this is where the pressure on the social care system can at times be seen most clearly. i know you re desperate to go home. yes, indeed i am. 81 year old margaret williams has been in hospital since she had a fall but is waiting for the care she ll need to help her cope at home. and its social ....
of cancer has m m- good evening and welcome to bbc news. the house of lords has begun debating the bill which will pave the way for the start of brexit. the legislation passed the commons with no changes made by mps but the government doesn t have a majority in the lords. 0pposition peers are seeking guarantees about the rights of citizens from other eu countries living in britain. my my lords government is determined to trigger article 50 by the 31st of march. the bill before us is a procedural part of that withdrawal process. i welcome the constructive tone we have heard from the opposition that they will not seek to frustrate this process well of course undertaking the scrutiny role we are here to perform. leaving the european union offers our nation many opportunities. and i am committed to working with all noble lords to ensure that we achieve the right dealfor lords to ensure that we achieve the right deal for britain. this lords to ensure that we achieve the ri ....
of the iran deal: $150 billion. and after iran tested a ballistic missile at the beginning of february he said this. @realdonaldtrump iran has been formally put on notice for firing a ballistic missile. should have been thankful for the terrible deal the us made with them! lyse doucet has been talking with the iranian foreign minister. the nuclear agreement is a reasonable agreement. it is not everything they want it, nor is it everything they want it, nor is it everything we wanted. but it is a reasonable, medium ground. i believe if the previous administration had other options, they would have exercised them. it is not like we are moving into a very friendly relations into a hostile relations. the united states policy towards iran has never been friendly for the last 30 a&e is. our people have shown hostility doesn t receive a positive response from the iranians people. he seems calm and confident in the face of the criticism coming from washington. here s lyse‘ ....
it might be just extraordinarily difficult thing. and it might bejust be on us but if extraordinarily difficult thing. and it might be just be on us but if you look at the votes, we had a very high vote last year in east londonderry, the highest ever in assembly election, and we exceeded that again, another moo on top of last year, in the face of the daily onslaught every day since early december. it was an exceptional result in both constituencies in the north west. result in both constituencies in the north-west. as far as the overall picture is concerned, we have heard from your colleagues, arlene foster is underan from your colleagues, arlene foster is under an enormous amount of pressure but if you come back with around 30 seats and your vote is up around 30 seats and your vote is up a little bit and your share is up, 1.196, a little bit and your share is up, 1.1%, it will not necessarily be far from a bad day at the office for the dup? what happens after that? wel ....
mr. affable warm media savvy younger is nothing if not charming he s been in politics for nearly forty years and his experience is an asset on trips like this one younger is keen to nurture the balkan countries access. and encourage them to implement reforms. bosnia is pinning its hopes on the accession so there s a lot of potential for disappointment. with. but john thought the younger knows how to coach his message in positive terms. of all to hear. i m here to speak he was equal to some of those stiff today i don t want anyone to see me as the strict uncle from brussels coming here to tell you how to behave the emotion as i know that s important. nobody likes constantly hangs on his every word grateful that the e.u. finally appears to be paying the country the attention it s been yearning for. he understands the complexity of the situation and then clegg means that he is really european. has really put he has a little bit cautious approach from the europeans doesn t want to ....