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Alison hutchinson is chief executive of the charity pennies. good morning to you, alison. that is a huge amount of money. talk us through how that works and also where it goes.- and also where it goes. yes, aood and also where it goes. yes, good morning. _ and also where it goes. yes, good morning. i— and also where it goes. yes, good morning. ithink- and also where it goes. yes, good morning. i think is- and also where it goes. yes, | good morning. i think is really important at the moment th...

On average, gas and electricity bills will cost an extra £700 a year — a sum charities say millions of households will struggle to pay. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has previously pledged to "take the sting out" of the price rises. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has this report. theres more chances of us going into debt with the rises of the electricity and water bill, the council tax, everything is having a rise, plus the petrol. mum of three qurat is making small changes ...

Some residents stay in makeshift shelters. those who can flee north. nearly everyone who leaves mariupol in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothing at all. and it is to places like this they come, waiting patiently for the very basics, food, clothes, and medicines. children get hand—me—down toys. their mothers, the bare essentials. here they avoid talking too much about what people have gone through. it�*s too soon. it�*s also an effort dealing with so many despera...

Talks but says his people are ready to lay down their lives to defend capital. meantime, in western ukraine russian mys missiles hit a military base just 10 miles from the border with poland. at least 35 people were killed at the base which housed american rooms just last month. the white house said no u.s. forces were stationed will at the time but warned any russian attack on nato could trigger a defensive response. and an american journalist is killed by russian troops on the front lines in i...

>> say that one more time? >> british veteran airy professionals to ukraine. >> every little bit is going to help. >> do those animals come back to the uk? or are you supporting them in the country. >> we are working on charities, there are a lot of charities to donate director. doing fantastic work, multinational groups working on ukraine and also on. we will have to leave it there, but when the speed, but we are going to do is catch up with you later on in the week and maybe contests show some...

Talk about things. i work for the homeless, and you can only be charitable through action. if you can afford to give money to people, that is phenomenal. but i really think charities are affected by hands—on action, and i have done that all my life. i would rather be involved in the issue itself than talk about it. i dont know if i call myself an activist but i like to have my feet on the ground, understanding whats happening. i think a lot of things people are confused by, because they may no...

Going out to charities, to schools, to womens refuges, to food banks. lets talk to susie who is doing some sorting. you are in charge here. give me a sense of how things have changed in the last two years. the change has grown enormously. in 2019 we were one warehouse for the whole of south west, we sent out enough food for 1 whole of south west, we sent out enough food for1 million meals, last year, we now have three warehouses, and we sent food for 5 million meals. permanent infrastructure we ...

Just as grid prices are going through the roof. so both practically and financially now, solar could be coming home. here is a way of making your gadgets greener by using sustainable energy. a firm providing an alternative to satellite imagery by using drones has just broken the guinness world record for collating the largest digital album of aerial photography in the uks lack national fraud centre is warning about fake e—mails pretending to raise money for victims of the war. fortnight player...

Philip over 70 years ago. i think the service we see today will be the service they would have liked to have had for his fun lals year but couldnt as a result of the pandemic. we wont forget that stark image as she sat in a pew by herself in a chapel with less than 35 people i think it was and no singing. today will be different. well see hundreds of people arriving to westminster abby. people from overseas, friends, hundreds of people that represent all the charities and organizations that prin...

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