Staff at Paddy Power Betfair, chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. Critics say samaritans shouldnt work with the gambling industry. Dan whitworth, from radio 4s money box programme, has more. If you are sat in the pub, you can tell a guy who is an alcoholic. Lets be honest, you can tell if a guy is on drugs. The man sat in the corner on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it is such a hidden thing. Critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well earned reputation by working with Paddy Power Betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa nys money. The mp, carolyn harris, who chairs the all Party Parliamentary group on gambling related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. She calls it distasteful and appalling. Others on social media, as well as the Charity Gambling with lives have voiced similar
Day tomorrow. Single figures in some rural spots. Tomorrow, day tomorrow. Single figures in some ruralspots. Tomorrow, rain day tomorrow. Single figures in some rural spots. Tomorrow, rain at times to Northern Ireland, scotland and Northern England. Patchy rain. East and east anglia staying dry, if not dry. The temperature is head up a little bit as we start the new week. From mid week, they come right back down again. This hello, this is bbc news. The headlines labours brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says mps who want to stop a no deal brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. The cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to commit the government to follow parliaments orders, if no deal legislation is passed. The eus lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth he rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the cit
Is the process of becoming a british citizen too complicated and costly . Thats the question a Cross Party Group of mps is asking, as the government reviews how the process works. Currently, people hoping to become uk nationals have to pass a test about life in the uk but is it too difficult . Our home editor mark easton has been to wakefield to find out. God save our gracious queen. Around 150,000 foreigners are turned into british citizens every year, often at a ceremonies like this one in wakefield. But becoming british takes at least six years and, typically, can cost between £5,000 and £10,000, making it among the most laborious and expensive in the world. I will be faithful and bear true allegiance. The home office even charges an extra fiver to take the oath . To her majesty the queen, elizabeth ii. The government is reviewing parts of the citizenship process so a good time to ask, how difficult should it be to become british . What does a good british citizen look like . And
There are other viruses that are talked about, and when you go for your appointments and other things yourre made aware of. But i dont recall much being said about cmv. Most babies born with cmv dont have symptoms or develop problems. But if this programme proves successful, the team hopes that could pave the way for wider cmv screening in future. She has done great today. You can see how well she is doing. So how do you feel as a mum seeing that . Immensely proud of her. Richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. You can find out more about this story on the bbcs inside out programme in the east this monday night at 7 30pm, and on bbc iplayer afterwards. Some of us are seeing some heavy rain so far today, theres a with system with lots of heavy rain affecting parts of scotland, especially at the north, ticking a band of rain through england as well. This afternoon, the rain turns lighter. Behind all of that, sunnier skies coming through for many of us, with a few showers. The heavier rain
Up to ten thousand pounds, under new laws in england and wales. It means that anyone responsible for gatherings of more than 30 could be fined. In london, a500 officers will be on duty over the bank holiday weekend, as Police Expect a rise in the number of illegal events. Danny savage reports. A recent saturday night in manchester. In normal times, this house party with a marquee in the garden might not be a problem. But these arent normal times. Police have now banned the tenant from having anybody but themselves at home. This illegal behaviour has been happening across the area and the authorities are fed up. Last weekend we had mutual aid provided by four other Police Forces and that will happen again this weekend. We have got 100 extra officers coming in from other adjacent Police Forces and of course theres a financial cost to that because we have to pay for those additional officers. And this is how the police respond. Face masks on, shepherding people out into the night. Police