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[00:00:13] Live from London. This is BBC News.
[00:00:17] News. Baby wards in England are to to get cot Camhs after an inquiry
[00:00:20] inquiry into Nurse Lucy Letby, who who murdered seven children, found
[00:00:24] found that lives could have been
[00:00:27] been saved. The public inquiry found found there was a complete failure
[00:00:31] failure at the hospital to protect
[00:00:34] protect babies. Errors were made made by nurses, doctors and managers
[00:00:37] managers at the time of these events.
[00:00:40] events. There was also complete failure
[00:00:42] failure at all levels to invoke safeguarding
[00:00:45] safeguarding procedures at any point.
[00:00:47] point. The EU chief hits out at Russia's
[00:00:50] Russia's reckless and dangerous behaviour behaviour after a drone is shot down
[00:00:53] down over European Union airspace
[00:00:55] airspace by Nato fighter jets. The
[00:00:58] The United States confirms for the the first time its deployed space
[00:01:01] space weapons. China urges America America to stop preparing for war
[00:01:04] war in space. That's the subject subject of today's big story. Later
[00:01:08] Later this hour. Prince Harry and
[00:01:11] and Meghan's police protection is is to be reviewed as they change
[00:01:15] change their children's school over
[00:01:17] over security concerns. Hello and
[00:01:28] and welcome to BBC News and we start start with that devastating report
[00:01:31] report here in the UK looking at at how Lucy Letby was able to murder
[00:01:35] murder seven babies and attempt to to murder others. It has found that
[00:01:38] that there was a complete failure failure to protect babies at the
[00:01:41] the Countess of Chester Hospital, Hospital, and that lies would have
[00:01:44] have been saved if action was taken
[00:01:46] taken earlier. The inquiry chair
[00:01:49] chair has called for urgent nationwide nationwide changes to protect families
[00:01:52] families and ensure NHS staff can can raise concerns of deliberate
[00:01:56] deliberate harm. Here's our correspondent correspondent Lauren Moss. The offences
[00:01:59] offences of murder and. Attempted Attempted murder have been identified
[00:02:02] identified and you have been identified identified as a suspect of these
[00:02:05] these offences. Lucy Letby, seen. Here on police body camera
[00:02:08] camera footage arrested at her home home on suspicion of murdering vulnerable
[00:02:12] vulnerable babies on a neonatal hospital
[00:02:15] hospital ward in 2015 and 2016. I
[00:02:16] I was at a job that you enjoyed.
[00:02:22] enjoyed. Care of. She would go on
[00:02:24] on to be convicted of murdering seven seven babies and attempting to murder
[00:02:28] murder seven others, making her the
[00:02:30] the UK's most prolific child killer killer of modern times. Now, the
[00:02:34] the findings of an inquiry led by by a senior judge looking into how
[00:02:37] how Letby was able to harm those
[00:02:40] those in her care, has found huge
[00:02:42] huge failures in the NHS trust where where she worked and that babies
[00:02:45] babies may have lived if senior managers
[00:02:47] managers had acted sooner. The report
[00:02:50] report describes dysfunctional management management and governance, a gulf
[00:02:54] gulf between hospital leadership leadership and clinicians and failure
[00:02:57] failure to understand the fundamentals
[00:03:02] fundamentals of safeguarding. Errors Errors were made by nurses, doctors
[00:03:04] doctors and managers at the time
[00:03:06] time of these events. I've set these these out in the report and will
[00:03:10] will turn to this topic later. There
[00:03:13] There was also complete failure at
[00:03:15] at all levels to invoke safeguarding
[00:03:19] safeguarding procedures at any point.
[00:03:21] point. The inquiry has found there
[00:03:23] there was a complete failure to protect
[00:03:25] protect babies on the neonatal unit. unit. There was a failure to understand
[00:03:29] understand the fundamentals of safeguarding safeguarding and that parents of
[00:03:32] of the babies were kept in the dark dark for years over concerns that
[00:03:36] that their babies may have been deliberately
[00:03:39] deliberately harmed. It says the
[00:03:41] the NHS must take steps to prevent,
[00:03:43] prevent, detect and act when deliberate
[00:03:46] deliberate harm is suspected. The
[00:03:49] The inquiry hasn't reviewed Letby
[00:03:50] Letby convictions. Protesters campaigning
[00:03:53] campaigning about Letby innocence innocence gathered outside Liverpool
[00:03:56] Liverpool town Hall ahead of the the inquiry's report. Her legal team
[00:04:00] team asked for the inquiry to be be paused while her case is looked
[00:04:03] looked at by the Criminal Cases Review Review Commission, but that was denied.
[00:04:07] denied. A group of medical experts experts have questioned the evidence.
[00:04:10] evidence. In summary, ladies and and gentlemen, we did not find any
[00:04:14] any murders. The inquiry found clinicians clinicians who'd raised concerns
[00:04:17] concerns about Letby were themselves themselves made the subject of investigation
[00:04:21] investigation and forced to apologise apologise to her. It also found lessons
[00:04:24] lessons from previous scandals, including including the Harold Shipman case,
[00:04:27] case, had not been learnt. Solicitors
[00:04:30] Solicitors representing some of the the families of the babies say the
[00:04:33] the inquiry, which started hearing
[00:04:35] hearing evidence two years ago, has has been traumatic. The legal reality
[00:04:39] reality is that Lucy Letby has been
[00:04:41] been convicted. We have these long,
[00:04:43] long, often long running and often
[00:04:45] often expensive inquiries and they're they're very important for learning
[00:04:48] learning lessons. But often the recommendations recommendations are never implemented.
[00:04:52] implemented. And it's a betrayal
[00:04:53] betrayal not just of the people who've
[00:04:56] who've suffered in these cases, families families like those I represent.
[00:04:59] represent. It's actually a betrayal
[00:05:00] betrayal of the public. The inquiry
[00:05:03] inquiry makes 17 urgent recommendations. recommendations. Lady Justice Thirlwall
[00:05:06] Thirlwall says nothing like this
[00:05:08] this must ever be allowed to happen
[00:05:11] happen again. Well, the health secretary, secretary, Yvette Cooper, says the
[00:05:14] the government is planning to put
[00:05:15] put live streaming monitors on cots cots in neonatal wards. In a statement
[00:05:19] statement in the Commons a little little earlier, she apologised on
[00:05:22] on behalf of the government for the the failures in safeguarding. So
[00:05:26] So let me address the issues for
[00:05:28] for the families and for the parents
[00:05:31] parents directly because the suffering suffering endured by these babies
[00:05:34] babies and their families is impossible
[00:05:36] impossible to comprehend. On behalf behalf of the government and the
[00:05:40] the health service, I am profoundly profoundly sorry for the failures
[00:05:43] failures set out so clearly in this
[00:05:47] this report for the harm, distress
[00:05:49] distress and unthinkable loss for for their families and for the failures
[00:05:52] failures to keep their babies safe.
[00:05:55] safe. On safety and reassurance for
[00:05:57] for parents, Lady Justice Thirlwall Thirlwall recommends the introduction introduction of video baby monitors
[00:06:01] monitors for neonatal units. I agree.
[00:06:04] agree. I have asked my officials officials to urgently develop plans
[00:06:07] plans for cot cams, which can also
[00:06:09] also help parents feel better connected connected to their babies when they
[00:06:13] they aren't able to be with them
[00:06:14] them in person. The inquiry says says the sudden, unexpected death
[00:06:18] death in infancy and childhood guidance guidance must be updated. I agree
[00:06:22] agree that is now under way. It welcomes welcomes the introduction of medical
[00:06:25] medical examiners but said it should should have happened ten years earlier.
[00:06:28] earlier. I agree we will set out
[00:06:30] out further plans to strengthen their their neonatal expertise following
[00:06:34] following the inquiry's recommendations. recommendations. When the government
[00:06:37] government sets out its full response. response. Well, that was the Health Health Secretary a little earlier.
[00:06:41] earlier. Let's speak live to our our correspondent Emer Vardy following
[00:06:44] following this story for us. And
[00:06:46] And Emer, this is an absolutely devastating
[00:06:48] devastating report at every level,
[00:06:51] level, isn't it? Absolutely. The
[00:06:54] The scope of it not only looked at at the missed opportunities at the
[00:06:58] the Countess of Chester Hospital,
[00:07:00] Hospital, but more widely at the
[00:07:03] the culture within the NHS, the hierarchy
[00:07:05] hierarchy of doctors and hospital hospital managers. And there are
[00:07:08] are those practical recommendations
[00:07:11] recommendations like cameras in neonatal neonatal units, cameras on cots,
[00:07:14] cots, restricted access to insulin
[00:07:17] insulin and reports being escalated escalated more quickly and trends
[00:07:20] trends being looked at if there are
[00:07:22] are collapses in babies or unexpected unexpected and unexplained deaths
[00:07:26] deaths like that. That's one practical
[00:07:27] practical side of things, but also
[00:07:30] also she's recommended different different changes in the culture
[00:07:33] culture of organisations and referred referred to the way in which failing
[00:07:36] failing NHS managers are sometimes sometimes simply moved between trusts
[00:07:40] trusts with little accountability accountability and the onus being
[00:07:44] being on avoiding employment tribunals tribunals rather than asking the
[00:07:47] the right questions. So the scope scope of this not only touches on
[00:07:51] on sort of individual day to day day practices in wards, in neonatal
[00:07:55] neonatal units, but on the culture
[00:07:57] culture of NHS management as a whole. whole. Because one of the things
[00:08:01] things that became very clear in
[00:08:03] in the inquiry was this real breakdown
[00:08:06] breakdown and division between nurses,
[00:08:09] nurses, consultants and hospital hospital management. Often there there were consultants raising concerns
[00:08:12] concerns who later said they didn't didn't feel they were listened to,
[00:08:15] to, and then there was division between between them and nurses, some of
[00:08:18] of whom were pushing back against against the allegations. Suspicions
[00:08:22] Suspicions that Lucy Letby was capable capable of harming babies. And it
[00:08:25] it was because of some of this division division that these concerns weren't
[00:08:28] weren't escalated much, much more
[00:08:30] more quickly to police and those
[00:08:33] those opportunities were missed to to prevent further harm and further
[00:08:36] further murders taking place at the
[00:08:37] the hands of Lucy Letby. Now, the the recommendations you touched upon
[00:08:41] upon them, but has the government
[00:08:44] government accepted all 17 of them? them? And what is the likely timeline
[00:08:47] timeline on all of this? Well, I
[00:08:53] I think these will be implemented implemented in different ways in
[00:08:55] in the years to come. But there have have been some hard deadlines that
[00:08:58] that have been set by Lady Justice
[00:09:01] Justice Thirlwall a lot of it by by March next year. She wants to
[00:09:05] to see new guidance being disseminated.
[00:09:07] disseminated. Some of those recommendations recommendations being implemented,
[00:09:10] implemented, particularly guidance guidance on sudden unexpected death
[00:09:13] death in infancy and childhood, saying
[00:09:16] saying that should be distributed distributed that no later than 31st
[00:09:19] 31st of March next year. And really really that relates to the things
[00:09:22] things which arose in the inquiry, inquiry, such as trends that just
[00:09:26] just weren't being looked at and and particularly in this case, for
[00:09:30] for example, the Countess of Chester Chester Hospital, there were three
[00:09:33] three deaths within two weeks, which which in one sense was more deaths
[00:09:36] deaths than they'd had in an entire
[00:09:38] entire year. And certain numbers numbers like that being flagged up
[00:09:41] up and being looked at as an area
[00:09:43] area of concern in a much more serious
[00:09:45] serious way than they had been during
[00:09:48] during the case of Lucy Letby. So So there are things of which the
[00:09:52] the time the clock will start ticking ticking now and will be reviewed
[00:09:54] reviewed again in March next year,
[00:09:56] year, but others are going to be
[00:09:58] be implemented over months and years
[00:10:00] years to come. Because one of the
[00:10:03] the failures that was particularly particularly highlighted in this this inquiry is that there have previously
[00:10:07] previously been very expensive, long long running public inquiries off
[00:10:10] off the back of previous previous
[00:10:11] previous health care scandals, of of which recommendations have not
[00:10:15] not always been implemented. So Lady
[00:10:17] Lady Justice Thirlwall was very clear clear about this not being the end
[00:10:21] end of the story too, and there being being accountability and reviews
[00:10:25] reviews in terms these recommendations recommendations actually being taken
[00:10:27] taken forward so that people can can have confidence that there can
[00:10:31] can be change. Emer, thanks very
[00:10:32] very much. Thank you. Now the EU EU chief, Ursula...
[00:10:36] Now the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen has condemned what she
[00:10:38] she calls Russia's reckless and dangerous dangerous behaviour after Denmark
[00:10:41] Denmark said a Russian frigate fired fired flares at a helicopter and
[00:10:45] and Nato shot down a drone over Lithuania.
[00:10:47] Lithuania. In a post on X, she said said these are not isolated incidents.
[00:10:50] incidents. They're part of a broader broader pattern of Russian aggression
[00:10:53] aggression and provocation against against Europe. Testing our readiness
[00:10:57] readiness and our resolve, Russia Russia will find our resolve only
[00:11:00] only growing stronger, she goes on. on. We are reinforcing our collective
[00:11:04] collective deterrence and defence defence together with Nato, and we're
[00:11:07] we're stepping up the pressure on on Russia. Well, this was the moment
[00:11:10] moment the drone was actually brought
[00:11:12] brought down by Italian Nato fighter
[00:11:15] fighter jets near the Lithuanian
[00:11:16] Lithuanian city of Kaunas. The interception, interception, caught by a security
[00:11:20] security camera. Well, I've been been speaking to Poland's foreign
[00:11:23] foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, Sikorski, about whether he thinks
[00:11:26] thinks this is another sign of Russia
[00:11:29] Russia testing Nato. We need. The
[00:11:32] The Lithuanian authorities to give
[00:11:34] give us their considered view as
[00:11:36] as to whose drone it was. But we
[00:11:38] we had something much bigger entering
[00:11:42] entering Polish airspace 100km a
[00:11:45] a Russian cruise missile in July.
[00:11:47] July. And we are confident that it
[00:11:50] it was a deliberate incursion as
[00:11:53] as both testing our procedures and
[00:11:57] and as attempted intimidation. Now
[00:11:59] Now we're showing the pictures from from Lithuania. But of course it's
[00:12:03] it's only a few days ago since a
[00:12:04] a Russian drone hit a train near
[00:12:07] near Poland's border with Ukraine.
[00:12:09] Ukraine. Do you think Moscow is becoming becoming increasingly reckless? Because
[00:12:13] Because in the last half an hour hour their foreign ministry spokeswoman
[00:12:17] spokeswoman has said that Western Western politicians and diplomats
[00:12:20] diplomats should be soberly assessing
[00:12:21] assessing the risks of travelling
[00:12:24] travelling to Ukraine. Well, thereby
[00:12:28] thereby signalling the intention
[00:12:29] intention which is to cut Ukraine
[00:12:35] Ukraine off from our material support, support, from our financial support,
[00:12:38] support, from our military support
[00:12:39] support and even from visits. I will
[00:12:44] will I can only repeat what I said
[00:12:47] said before going to Kyiv to the
[00:12:49] the same conference from which the the train was travelling. The more
[00:12:53] more they bombed, the more we need
[00:12:56] need to show solidarity. You reference reference what you said. I will just
[00:12:59] just say for viewers who may not not have caught that on social media,
[00:13:02] media, you said in the event of Russian
[00:13:05] Russian aggression against Nato thanks thanks to air superiority, the Air
[00:13:08] Air Force of Nato's European part part would be able to even without
[00:13:12] without US involvement, destroy half
[00:13:14] half of Russia's refineries faster
[00:13:17] faster than Ukraine. There's lots
[00:13:19] lots in what you posted, but do you
[00:13:22] you think we are close approaching approaching that moment where things
[00:13:26] things like that have to be actively
[00:13:28] actively considered some sort of
[00:13:30] of military response? Well, we seek
[00:13:34] seek no conflict with Russia. We We are a purely defensive alliance.
[00:13:38] alliance. And I think I make that that clear. But we can't pretend
[00:13:41] pretend we are not seeing what Russia Russia is doing, first of all, to
[00:13:44] to Ukraine and then to ourselves. ourselves. You've had death squads
[00:13:48] squads in Britain. You've had arsenic arsenic against the Prime Minister's
[00:13:51] Minister's house. You have Russian
[00:13:54] Russian fleet mapping your critical
[00:13:57] critical undersea infrastructure. infrastructure. There have been attempts
[00:14:00] attempts to bring down airliners. airliners. And the latest incident
[00:14:04] incident in Leipzig in Germany, where
[00:14:06] where they've had death squads to. to. There have been arsons in Poland
[00:14:09] Poland they tried to blow up a moving
[00:14:13] moving train and only through their
[00:14:15] their incompetence was nobody hurt.
[00:14:18] hurt. Attacks on border crossings
[00:14:21] crossings against Moldova, Romania Romania drones crossing into Poland,
[00:14:25] Poland, into Romania now Lithuania.
[00:14:27] Lithuania. We found a drone literally
[00:14:31] literally yesterday that was washed washed up on our shore. We think
[00:14:34] think it was some kind of lost drone
[00:14:36] drone in an exercise. We're still
[00:14:39] still working on it, but that's these
[00:14:41] these are not actions of a responsible responsible party. Oh, I forgotten
[00:14:45] forgotten just this morning. I think think they've launched some flares
[00:14:49] flares against the Danish helicopter. helicopter. Given all of that and
[00:14:52] and given everything we've seen over over the last four years, Donald
[00:14:55] Donald Trump over the weekend told
[00:14:57] told President Zelensky to stop hitting
[00:15:00] hitting oil refineries and oil targets targets in Russia. What did you make
[00:15:04] make of that? Again, the emphasis emphasis on pressurising Ukraine
[00:15:08] Ukraine and not Moscow. Well, it
[00:15:10] it turns out that Ukraine has some
[00:15:14] some cards and the damage to oil
[00:15:17] oil refineries has affected Russia's
[00:15:19] Russia's ability to fight and shows
[00:15:23] shows that Ukraine is in a position
[00:15:25] position to say, all right let's
[00:15:28] let's have a at least a partial cease
[00:15:30] cease fire in one section. I also
[00:15:33] also know that Ukraine wishes for for such a ceasefire. I mean, an
[00:15:37] an overall one. But if not, then
[00:15:41] then as regards the shipment of grain
[00:15:44] grain across the Black Sea, there
[00:15:46] there are developing shortages of
[00:15:49] of grain in Egypt, for example, and and the price of grain is rising.
[00:15:53] rising. This is going to become a a problem for the global South. But
[00:15:57] But of course, Ukraine is demanding
[00:15:59] demanding specifics. They don't want
[00:16:01] want to just pause, put aside the the cards that you referenced. They
[00:16:05] They want this to be viewed in a
[00:16:08] a wider viewpoint, don't they, in in terms of any talk of a ceasefire
[00:16:12] ceasefire that the US President has
[00:16:13] has already been floating? Well,
[00:16:16] Well, Putin is not a leader you can can trust, he said. These are not
[00:16:19] not my men in Crimea, he said. I
[00:16:21] I have absolutely no intention of
[00:16:24] of attacking Ukraine. So everything
[00:16:28] everything he says needs verification
[00:16:31] verification and. But I think President
[00:16:34] President Zelensky has said that
[00:16:35] that if Russia stops attacking Ukraine's
[00:16:40] Ukraine's energy infrastructure, infrastructure, he will reciprocate. reciprocate. Just a final thought
[00:16:43] thought because we've seen reported reported over the last couple of
[00:16:46] of days, Donald Trump Junior's wedding wedding celebrations in part being
[00:16:50] being paid for by a Russian oligarch,
[00:16:52] oligarch, a Putin ally. How worrying
[00:16:56] worrying is that, given what is required required here is an honest broker
[00:17:00] broker the US trying to get these
[00:17:03] these two sides to end this war,
[00:17:05] war, but in a fair way. Well, we
[00:17:11] we have politicians in our countries countries which somehow sometimes
[00:17:14] sometimes don't distinguish between between conflicts of interests. I
[00:17:17] I think it's one of the signs of
[00:17:20] of a well-run country that that politicians
[00:17:24] politicians should be on guard against
[00:17:26] against such perceptions. Poland's Poland's foreign minister talking
[00:17:29] talking to me on the programme a a little earlier. We're going to
[00:17:31] to take a short break around the the world and
[00:18:33] for world questions. Nigeria truth,
[00:18:36] truth, trust and fake news on BBC
[00:18:39] BBC News. Welcome back. Now the former
[00:18:46] former England footballer Raheem Raheem Sterling has admitted dangerous
[00:18:50] dangerous driving on a motorway before before he crashed a Lamborghini last
[00:18:53] last May. This is new dashcam footage
[00:18:57] footage provided by the CBS, where where you can see the car wandering
[00:18:59] wandering between lanes in a motorway motorway without indicating Sterling
[00:19:03] Sterling was arrested after crashing crashing near the M3 in Hampshire
[00:19:06] Hampshire on the morning of the 28th 28th of May. The CPS also provided
[00:19:10] provided a body cam footage from
[00:19:11] from the time of arrest. There's There's somebody in the driver's
[00:19:15] driver's seat. You can put that down, down, mate. You can put that down.
[00:19:18] down. Yeah. Lovely stuff. Jump out out the car. It was you, was it?
[00:19:21] it? Yeah. What's your name? Raheem. Raheem. Raheem, what's your surname? surname? Well, the former England
[00:19:25] England winger pleaded guilty to to driving before he crashed the
[00:19:28] the 31-year-old from Berkshire also also admitted possessing nitrous
[00:19:32] nitrous oxide for wrongful inhalation inhalation and failing to provide
[00:19:35] provide a specimen for analysis. analysis. Sterling was given bail.
[00:19:38] bail. He'll appear in court on the
[00:19:41] the 25th of November and has been been disqualified from driving in
[00:19:44] in the interim. Let's return to that
[00:19:47] that news. We brought you about 20 20 minutes ago, Reform UK's Dan Thomas
[00:19:51] Thomas has quit as the party's Welsh Welsh leader after he was arrested
[00:19:55] arrested on suspicion of assault assault and controlling or coercive
[00:19:59] coercive behaviour on Sunday. Dan Dan Thomas said it had been the honour
[00:20:02] honour of his life to have been the the leader of Reform Wales and that
[00:20:05] that with deep regret he was resigning resigning due to personal reasons.
[00:20:09] reasons. He stressed that he was was released without charge and had
[00:20:12] had done nothing wrong. Gwent Police Police said a 45-year-old man in
[00:20:16] in Caerphilly was bailed pending
[00:20:19] pending further enquiries. Now here
[00:20:22] here we've seen the publication of of wage growth data, which means
[00:20:26] means the total state pension is
[00:20:27] is likely to top £13,000 a year.
[00:20:30] year. Wage growth figures are used used in the so-called triple lock.
[00:20:33] lock. The calculation used for the the state pension, which has come
[00:20:37] come under scrutiny because of the the cost. Well, let's get more on
[00:20:40] on this with our cost of living. living. Correspondent Kevin Peachey
[00:20:43] Peachey and Kevin, it's worth starting starting by just telling us a little
[00:20:46] little more of how they get to this this 13,000 figure. Yes, the wage
[00:20:50] wage growth figures of interest to to workers of course, but certainly
[00:20:52] certainly of interest to state pensioners pensioners because this is going
[00:20:55] going to be the defining figure it
[00:20:58] it looks like, for getting to next
[00:21:02] next April's state pension rise. rise. So a reminder the triple lock.
[00:21:05] lock. It is the rise in state pension pension each year. And it's the highest
[00:21:09] highest of average wage growth inflation
[00:21:13] inflation or 2.5%. And as I say it it looks like wage growth is going
[00:21:15] going to be the one still to be confirmed confirmed that that will be the highest.
[00:21:19] highest. But it looks as though that that will mean this state pension
[00:21:22] pension going up for a flat rate rate state pension. So that's someone
[00:21:25] someone who's got the pension in
[00:21:27] in the last decade that will rise
[00:21:32] rise to around £13,000 a year for for the state pension. If you're
[00:21:34] you're on the older one then it will will be around £10,000 a year. And
[00:21:38] And as I said there in the introduction, introduction, there is bound to be
[00:21:41] be more scrutiny on the triple lock. lock. There has been scrutiny for
[00:21:44] for such a long while because of of the increasing cost here. Absolutely.
[00:21:48] Absolutely. I think the key there there is the increasing cost because
[00:21:51] because the state pension is not not going to make you rich £13,000
[00:21:55] £13,000 a year. It's clearly to help
[00:21:57] help those who are really, you know,
[00:21:59] know, on a low income and there are
[00:22:03] are people who get additional pension
[00:22:05] pension income. But the debate is
[00:22:09] is really over that rise, how much much it goes up each year, how that's
[00:22:13] that's calculated with whether it's it's fair compared with workers,
[00:22:16] workers, for example, but also the the cost and the cost to the Treasury.
[00:22:20] Treasury. Many economists say it it could go up by hundreds of millions
[00:22:23] millions of pounds a year. And so so that is putting pressure on the
[00:22:27] the public finances, putting pressure pressure on the Chancellor, the new
[00:22:30] new Chancellor, when it comes to to his spending choices. Just a quick
[00:22:34] quick final thought. What about tax
[00:22:37] tax thresholds? And this sum of 13,000?
[00:22:41] 13,000? Where does that lie with with tax free allowances? Yes, the
[00:22:44] the eagle eared would realise that
[00:22:47] that takes you above the tax free free threshold means that in theory
[00:22:50] theory you would start paying income income tax on that. But the government
[00:22:53] government has confirmed today after after a little bit of back and forth
[00:22:57] forth that that anyone who relies relies solely on the state pension
[00:23:01] pension will not face income tax
[00:23:03] tax from April and indeed until the the end of this Parliament. Kevin
[00:23:07] Kevin Peachey, thanks for taking taking us through all of that. Thank
[00:23:10] Thank you. Now the Duke and Duchess Duchess of Sussex have changed their
[00:23:13] their children's school only days days after they first started over
[00:23:17] over security concerns about the the school run. The children are
[00:23:20] are now at another school and it's it's understood that Prince Harry's
[00:23:22] Harry's publicly funded security security is going to be reviewed.
[00:23:25] reviewed. Here's Ellie Price. Simply Simply the best. It's today's offering
[00:23:29] offering on Instagram. A happy birthday birthday message to Prince Harry
[00:23:32] Harry from his wife Meghan. Family Family snaps shared with the world.
[00:23:36] world. The faces of Archie and Lilibet Lilibet though always hidden. But
[00:23:39] But it comes as a spokesperson for
[00:23:41] for the family confirmed the children children have had to change schools
[00:23:44] schools just a few days after starting.
[00:23:47] starting. It's understood their private private security team were worried
[00:23:50] worried about heavy traffic on the the school run, making travelling
[00:23:53] travelling in convoy too difficult. difficult. Checks on the route are
[00:23:56] are thought to have been made in in the school holidays, when it wasn't
[00:23:59] wasn't so busy. Prince Harry and
[00:24:02] and his wife Meghan lost their publicly publicly funded security when they
[00:24:05] they stepped back from royal duties
[00:24:07] duties and moved to the US in 2020.
[00:24:10] 2020. The Duke of Sussex appealed appealed the decision made by Ravec,
[00:24:13] Ravec, an independent body overseen overseen by the Home Office in the
[00:24:16] the court last May and lost. For For the time being. It's impossible
[00:24:20] impossible for me to take my family family back to the UK. I can't see
[00:24:24] see a world in which I would be bringing bringing my wife and children back
[00:24:27] back to the UK at this point it's it's totally normal. But this summer
[00:24:30] summer the family did come back first first on a holiday where Harry appeared
[00:24:34] appeared at various charity events. events. And now for what's been described
[00:24:37] described as an extended period of of time. As a result, it's understood
[00:24:41] understood the Sussexes will be given given a review of their publicly
[00:24:44] publicly funded security now that that they're full-time residents
[00:24:47] residents rather than visitors. This This was the first glimpse into the
[00:24:50] the new life of the Sussex family, family, released by the Duchess at
[00:24:53] at the weekend. Prince Harry is expected expected to take part in various
[00:24:56] various charity events later this this week and next. The King has
[00:25:00] has made it clear the pair will not not be working royals and will not
[00:25:03] not carry out official engagements, engagements, but their security may
[00:25:07] may yet be stepped up as if they
[00:25:10] they were Ellie Price. BBC News.
[00:25:12] News. Now. Kenya is set to become become the first African country
[00:25:15] country to host the World Athletics Athletics Championships. Its capital
[00:25:18] capital Nairobi, beat off competition competition from London and Rome
[00:25:21] Rome to host the 2029 tournament. tournament. Munich in Germany has
[00:25:25] has been selected for the 2031 event.
[00:25:28] event. Kenya has recently hosted hosted major tournaments and its
[00:25:31] its stadiums are being renovated renovated as it prepares to host
[00:25:33] host next year's Africa Cup of Nations. Nations. Well, Kenya's president
[00:25:37] president described this as Kenya's Kenya's moment, Africa's moment and
[00:25:40] and a victory for generations of
[00:25:42] of athletes who made our nation synonymous synonymous with excellence on the
[00:25:46] the track, on the road and across across the country, the East African
[00:25:49] African country, of course, has produced
[00:25:52] produced numerous Olympic and world world champions. We're about to take
[00:25:55] take a break. When we're back, we we are looking at the US space race
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[00:30:23] it's celebrations across Africa after after Kenya wins the bid to host
[00:30:26] host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, Championships, the first African
[00:30:30] African nation to stage this event.
[00:30:32] event. Until now. We know how to to compete and to win racing outside
[00:30:36] outside Africa. But now we. Now it's
[00:30:40] it's time to are host to organise.
[00:30:42] organise. The rest are here in Africa.
[00:30:46] Africa. Meanwhile, South African African police warn women against
[00:30:48] against walking alone in the eastern eastern part of Johannesburg after
[00:30:51] after the seventh body of a murder murder victim was found around the
[00:30:55] the Kempton Park suburb in a matter
[00:30:57] matter of weeks. It is