They received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise Council Taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5 , to help meet the rising cost of social care. But the local government association, which represents councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. Yes, and youll be fine. This is social care in action. Good girl. And i will be behind you. After several falls, 80 year old Maureen Edwards is being given support that will mean she regains some independence and rebuilds her confidence. It means she and her husband can cope at home. According to todays survey, the sheer demand for this sort of care is the reason why most local authorities in england plan to raise council tax. That was wonderful. Wev
in southeastern oregon right in the middle of a wildfire. a firefighter snapped this picture while battling a blaze over the weekend. it looks like a tornado but it s actually called a fire whirl which is a spinning mass of dust, debris and also hot embers as well. and the coast is still not clear for fire evacuees in northern california. a wildfire burning outside of sacramento is now 45% contained after destroying one home and four square miles. firefighters are hoping to have it fully under control before higher temperatures and strong winds make their return. the fbi has launched an investigation after needles were found in six sandwiches served to passengers on delta flights. the sandwiches were prepared in the kitchen of the catering company in amsterdam and some were served to business class passengers. we ve learned that two of the passengers served those sandwiches were a father and son on different international flights. major new developments this morning in the trayvo
york. and it was a bizarre scene in southeastern oregon right in the middle of a wildfire. a firefighter snapped this picture while battling a blaze over the weekend. it looks like a tornado but it s actually called a fire whirl which is a spinning mass of dust, debris and also hot embers as well. and the coast is still not clear for fire evacuees in northern california. a wildfire burning outside of sacramento is now 45% contained after destroying one home and four square miles. firefighters are hoping to have it fully under control before higher temperatures and strong winds make their return. the fbi has launched an investigation after needles were found in six sandwiches served to passengers on delta flights. the sandwiches were prepared in the kitchen of the catering company in amsterdam and some were served to business class passengers. we ve learned that two of the passengers served those sandwiches were a father and son on different international flights. major new deve
rushing flood waters. chad myers, this is, what, 60 miles north of rio? you know, it s in an area that s very tropical. and this happens. but when you put people in the way of this and they have built so much on top of this, we don t know anything about the little puppy dog that she was holding. thank goodness she made it out. you said one good thing about australia was that the water is going down. right. there is another huge thing about australia that is good. there was a cyclone that was only about 1,000 miles away, and it s not going to hit australia. if you can believe this, if you can believe this, this could have been another devastating blow to australia. here s the country of australia. right there is what we would consider to be a hurricane, although it s in a different ocean so they call it a cyclone. and they call them typhoons in other places, but it s the same thing. it s a spinning mass of water