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
the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you re watching bbc news. coming up in a few minutes is the travel show, but first here s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme. harry kane makes history as tottenham stop manchester city from closing the gap to arsenal at the top of the premier league. france fight back in rome to avoid one of the great shocks in six nations history. and after a wait of more than eight decades, can great britain s four man bobsleigh team bring home a medal? hello and welcome to sportsday. totte n ha m tottenham have boosted their hopes for a finish but they have done their north london arsenal. arsenal s lead at the top remains five points, despite their defeat at everton yesterday. after a win at tottenham. spurs took the lead after 15 minutes pierre emile
In iran, more Anti Government protests have broken out in at least five cities. Police say one of their officers has been shot dead which is believed to be the first death of a member of the Security Forces since the unrest began. Iranian state television said that ten people had been killed overnight during demonstrations. The rallies started as a protest against falling Living Standards. But they have become political against the powerful islamic clerics who rule iran. Earlier, president Hassan Rouhani tried to play down the protests, saying they were not a threat. This report from rana rahimpour. The fifth day of protests in iran. Once again, thousands of people have taken to the streets. They are angry at unemployment, rising prices, and what many think is widespread corruption. Its the boldest challenge to the countrys leadership in nearly a decade. The demonstrations began in the North Western city of mashhad, a key base for president rouhanis most outspoken critics. And has quic
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am here in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in beijing, where chinas government has introduced new restrictions on the import of foreign waste much of it dirty or hazardous. The country has been importing large amounts of waste plastic and paper every year from europe, japan, and the United States to be recycled. Its estimated that china accepted 51 of global plastic scrap imports in 2016. But the new ban, ordered by the beijing government, is about to stop most of that, and it could have a Significant Impact on recycling industry worldwide. Robin brant reports from shanghai. China has been recycling for decades. Hes made a living out of bashing, breaking up, and disassembling. Hes been doing it for five years. Its hard work, he tells me. Tiring. But hes not a green warrior. He does it because theres money in it. China needs the raw materials, so much so that Chinese Workers have been sorting through your waste shipped in fro
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and 9am in beijing, where chinas government has introduced new restrictions on the import of foreign waste, much of it dirty or hazardous. The country has been importing large amounts of waste plastic and paper every year from europe, japan and the United States to be recycled. Its estimated that china accepted 51 of global plastic scrap imports in 2016. But the new ban, ordered by the beijing government, is about to stop most of that, and it could have a Significant Impact on recycling industry worldwide. Robin brant reports from shanghai. China has been recycling for decades. Hes made a living out of bashing, breaking up, and disassembling. Hes been doing it for five years. Its hard work, he tells me. Tiring. But hes not a green warrior. He does it because theres money in it. China needs the raw materials, so much so that Chinese Workers have been sorting through your waste, shipped in from abroad. But the government is stopping that