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The Charity Samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year Long Partnership with a gambling company. 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 ...

At the vatican this morning that hed been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes and had to freed by firefighters. Apparently there had been a power outage as he was making his way up in the lift. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben. Hello. It is the first day of september. The first day of autumn as far as meteorologists are concerned and so it seems apt that there is quite a cool fail that there is quite a cool feel to our weather today. Sunshine at times, but also some showers, some ...

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 wa...

On any other day, wednesdays spending plan would have been the big story at westminster. The chancellor, sajid javid said hes turning the page on austerity as he promised to raise public spending by more than £13 billion next year. Extra funding has been announced for schools, defence, and preparing for britains exit from the european union. Our economics correspondent andy verity has been looking at the numbers. The last time spending rose this fast, by more than 4 , was back here in 2004, and...

I think my views are well understood. The relationship is fantastic with the prime minister. A trial date is set for Khalid Sheikh mohammad, who is accused of playing a leading role in plotting the 9 11 attacks in 2001. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. The first of eight premier league games today is just about to get under way at southampton take on manchester united. Southampton looking to make it back to back wins after beating brighton while united are aim to bounce ...

Joshua keith and it was so well received by the australian public, they were the nations sweethearts at the time and they went all the way to the finals. It was done so perfectly. Corney didnt always dance as a drag queen, sometimes it was a male as well. Does a drag act equate to a same sex dance . was a male as well. Does a drag act equate to a samesex dance . I think it is that god that courtney was actually a man. So it was nice to see what i did with a tango. I think because it was so well ...

Iran says it has breached yet another condition of its 2015 International Nuclear agreement. Protesters in hong kong are marching in another large demonstration against chinas increasing control over the territory, greeks are going to the polls to elect a new parliament, with opinion polls suggesting defeat for the left wing government. The Jodrell Bank Observatory in cheshire which has been at the forefront of Astronomical Research has been declared a unesco World Heritage site. Now on bbc news...

Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, its our birthday. We are 1,000 episodes young, and to mark it, we are making the bbcs first interactive, multi choice tv show. There will be flowcharts, elephants, flowcharts, data, flowcharts, and wizards. Theme music. A warm welcome to click. Welcome to click. Welcome to click, im spencer kelly. Finally we have reached a very special milestone. We have been on air every week of every year, without a break, since we launched in the year 2000, whic...

The Terror, one of AMC’s hit franchises, is returning to the network more than five years after its last season. The network has ordered The Terror: Devil in Silver as the third installment in the anthology series.

‘True Detective’ season four, ‘Night Country,’ is part of a terrifying tradition of horror at the poles. Here are 12 more movies or shows about arctic or antarctic scares, including ‘The Thing,’ ‘The Terror,’ ‘Fortitude,’ and more.