Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20170929 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20170929

Their new logo is attracting criticism for its similarity to the branding of the premier league. The aviation minister says ryanair has behaved disgracefully towards its passengers, for the way it handled the cancellation of thousands of flights. Also today the trial of three former tesco executives begins. They are accused of involvement in an accounting scandal which wiped two billion pounds off the supermarkets value. And good morning everyone, welcome to the exciting new sound of radio 1. And we say happy 50th birthday to radio 1. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has given another strong hint that Interest Rates will rise this autumn for the first time in a decade. The base rate was cut to a record low of a quarter of 1 after the eu referendum. Mr carney told the bbc that a rise was likely in the relatively near term. But new official figures for the three months tojune showed the economy growing at a slower pace than previously estimated. Our correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. It looks like the cost of money, the Interest Rate on the cash we borrow, is about to go up, because this man, the canadian mark carney who runs the bank of england, has wasted no opportunity to ram home like he did again this morning that the banks base Interest Rate is on the rise. What we have said is that if the economy continues on the track it has been on, and all indications are that it is, in the relatively near term we can expect that Interest Rates would increase somewhat. The history is that the Bank Base Rate last went up in 2007. Then, after the financial crisis in 2009, it was cut to 0. 5 . And in the wake of the eu referendum, it was reduced again to an emergency low of 0. 25 to calm nerves. Now theres another concern inflation. Prices are rising by an average of nearly 3 a year and that is way above what the bank of england is supposed to allow. And traditionally, the way it deals with inflation is to raise Interest Rates, to increase the cost of money, discourage people from spending so much. So, in a couple of months time, just as Christmas Shopping gets under way, we may have higher rates so more costly mortgages to contend with. So we think Interest Rates will rise by 0. 25 in november. That will take the base rate back up to 0. 5 where it has been for the past seven years or so. The crucial thing now is what the bank of england does around communication, communicating to businesses and consumers whether this is one and done, just a reversal of the emergency cut post the eu referendum, or whether this is the beginning of a series. This was mr carneys firmest indication yet that he would vote for a rate rise in november, though it is the whole of the bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee nine people including independent economists who will be taking that decision. One of the alleged kidnappers of british model chloe ayling should be extradited to italy to face trial a judge at Westminster Magistrates Court has ruled. Thejudge said i have rejected all of your challenges, i find the request is proportionate and does not amount to abuse, and went on to say i have decided you should be sent to italy to face trial for her kidnapped. You remember that chloe went to italy earlier this year in july. She alleges to police there that she was attacked by two men who then drugged her, and then she said they kidnapped her. But thejudge today has said this polish national can be extradited to italy. 0ne today has said this polish national can be extradited to italy. One of the arguments from his legal team was that the case may have been made up, that it was a complete sham, but thejudge here this up, that it was a complete sham, but the judge here this afternoon said that that wasnt his job. His job isnt to look into the allegation of kidnap, his job is isnt to look into the allegation of kidnap, hisjob is simply isnt to look into the allegation of kidnap, his job is simply to isnt to look into the allegation of kidnap, hisjob is simply to honour that request from the italian authorities to have him extradited back to italy. We do know though this isnt the end of it. His legal tea m this isnt the end of it. His legal team have said they will appeal this decision. They have seven days to make that appeal but they have said they would, so theres a new date at they would, so theres a new date at the high court for the 2nd of 0ctober the high court for the 2nd of october when the appeal would be put tojudges there. So october when the appeal would be put to judges there. So this isnt the end of this story. Helena lee, thanks. The aviation minister, lord callanan, has accused ryanair of behaving disgracefully towards its passengers for its handling of the cancellation of thousands of flights. The Civil Aviation authority accused the airline of persistently misleading passengers about the kind of compensation they can claim. Ryanair says it will fully comply with its legal requirements. Earlier i spoke to a flight delay compensation solicitor, who explained what legal rights ryanair customers have for cancelled flights. The law is extremely clear, it is simple. If your flight has been cancelled and a passenger has less tha n been cancelled and a passenger has less than 14 days notice, they are entitled to compensation. As long as it wasnt caused by the extraordinary circumstances. Rya nair have admitted this is not an extraordinary circumstance so they should be paying compensation, but they are disputing they should have to re route passengers on other airlines. The law is clear they should be re routing passengers on any airline and making sure those passengers get to their destination at the earliest available opportunity. If someone is watching this who was booked on a ryanair flight this who was booked on a Ryanair Flight that has been cancelled, what should they do . The first step is to contact rya nair to make should they do . The first step is to contact ryanair to make sure they can get on a replacement flight. I suspect they will be offered in the first incidents a Ryanair Flight, but that could be a week later and it wont be convenient for them so they should first ask ryanair to put them on another flight perhaps with another airline. They could even suggest the train journey if that achieves the same goal. If ryanair is still not playing for the replacement paying for the replacement paying for the replacement flight, they can book it themselves and insist to be refunded by them. A former senior Civil Servant has urged the government to pause the roll out of its universal Credit Scheme, which merges six benefits into one. Dame louise casey who was honoured for her work in government helping families and Vulnerable People told the bbc that the time it takes to deliver the payments could push claimants into dire circumstances. I think they should pause on it. I dont say that lightly. I completely agree that we all should be wedded to the principle and therefore the overall policy that work should pay. Where they are ending up is that benefits will punish, and i dont think that is the intention of anybody here. And it is about delivery, so the overall strategy might be right, the overall intention might be right, but the fact of the matter is the actual delivery of it means some people because of the waiting time before benefit kicks in will end up in dire circumstances. More dire than i think we have seen in this country the years, and that we have to stop. And i think it is ok occasionally to say we didnt get the implementation completely right, lets pause and see what we can do. At the moment everybody is holding outwith, were pressing on, were pressing on. Its likejumping over a cliff. Once people jump they end up at the bottom, and we dont want that to happen. Lets talk to our correspondent. Tell us more about the universal Credit Scheme and when it was due to be rolled out. It was one of the big ideas that came out of the coalition government. The aim was simply to make the system simpler, combining six benefits into one. It began rolling out in 2013. Its a hugely complex piece of work, theres been lots of problems with it, but at the moment its affecting Something Like 500,000 people. Why louise casey has spoken out now is that it is due to be accelerated to 15 new places and the aim is to have it completely rolled out and in effect by 2022. So why is she calling for a pause . There has been research by various places including citizens advice suggesting one in four claimants are waiting up to six weeks to receive the first payments, some are being forced into debt, some being forced to borrow money. A lot of landlords are finding arrears are going up enormously the those in receipt of universal credit so her concern is and this is a woman with huge experience who has advised four different Prime Ministers over 18 yea rs on different Prime Ministers over 18 years on issues of social exclusion and her concern is that in the rush to push this out, others will fall through the net. She said this makes her hair stand on end, she said some people will end up in dire circumstances. Whats very interesting as it appears to come on the same day we are getting reports that 12 backbench conservative mps have written to the government to request the same thing, to request a pause. Any response from the government . At the moment it shows no sign of backing down. We have a statement saying universal credit lies at the heart of our commitment to help people improve their lives and raise the incomes. Angus crawford, thank you. Theresa may has said she wants to see eu negotiators respond in kind to the proposals she set out in her speech in florence last week in order to unlock the brexit talks. Speaking at a summit in estonia, the Prime Minister said she had seen signs to suggest her intervention had broken the deadlock in the negotiations. But, the head of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker warned he didnt think sufficient progress had been made and he said it would take a miracle for trade talks to start next month. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee sent this update from the estonian capital, tallin. I think there is an attempt to make sure it isnt overshadowed by brexit, and that is the point that theresa may, she is nimbly dancing on the sidelines of this party because emanuel macron came here last night to give his vision that he had outlined in paris earlier in the week for a more integrated europe. He had said he felt the ten years there had been lifeless eu which had he said David Cameron to call for a referendum which he said he believed David Cameron did not properly call for. It was that yes but stay in referendum, as he called it. It is about the future, the Digital Future as well. Theresa may was briefed by donald tusk, to say dont talk about brexit. She was brex zipped. And today she has brief conversations with Angela Merkel about the fact that in three weeks time she will have to find out is there significant progress so far. This is what theresa may had to say when she arrived earlier this morning. I have set out in my florence speech the progress we have made on a numberof the progress we have made on a number of issues and the vision i have for the deep and special partnership that we can develop with the European Union in future. Im pleased the negotiations have been making progress and i look forward to developing that deep and special partnerships with the eu because i think it is in the interests of the eu as well as the uk. As all the leaders arrived earlier today, some of them did talk about brexit. I managed to have a word with Jean Claude Juncker. It is managed to have a word with jean claudejuncker. It is worth saying this is a man who was a conduit for these talks, hes the boss of michel barnier, involved in every round of these talks. He also has a pinball machine, known as an amateur pinball player, which comes to this reference this is what he had to say on progress so far. There will be no sufficient progress from now until october unless a miracle happens. Do you feel it is going in the right direction . We are making progress. So i think even know these talks are about Something Else today, it is a good point is it being overshadowed . In three weeks they will meet again in brussels with the lithuanian president. Negotiations are behind schedule and we are already facing the necessity of transitional or additional period for brexit and this is the message, we need to be openly acknowledging to each other that the brexit negotiations are out of shape. there anything else you want to see thats not quite there yet for you . For lithuania we dont have individual interests, it is all european interests and i think european interests and i think european nations and british interests, we need to find the joint solution, good for all. We know from the talks this morning with Angela Merkel and theresa may, according to downing street Angela Merkel praised theresa may for the florence speech she made last week when she said britain will stay in the eu for another two years until 2021, to be able to get themselves out smoothly the eu leaders have to agree to that, but this is about by the way diplomacy. Either way, you are talking about the future, can we briefly talk about brexit, because theresa may knows they have an important vote in few weeks. Jean Claude Juncker thinks a miracle would need to happen. Lets update you with the headlines on bbc news. The governor of the bank of england gives his clearest signal yet that Interest Rates are set to rise for the first time in ten years. Sidelined at the summit. As theresa may meets other leaders in estonia, the Eu Commission says not enough progress has been made to start trade talks. The government is urged to halt the roll out of the universal credit benefits system amid warnings families could be left homeless and destitute. In sport Pep Guardiola confirms Sergio Aguero has sustained a broken rib following the car crash in holland last night and will miss this weekends game against chelsea. Injury woes at Manchester United too, paul pogbas hamstring injury is long term, putting him out of contention for several weeks. And tom curran is making his one Day International debut in englands fifth and final 0di against the west indies. The west indies 145 3 after two overs. More on those stories up 3 30pm. Three former tesco executives are in court over their alleged role in a multi Million Pound accounting scandal. The supermarkets former managing director, its finance director and food commercial director are accused of helping to inflate the companys profits in 2014. All three men deny charges of fraud by abuse of position, and false accounting. Emma simpson reports. Chris boucher is now accused of abusing his position to grossly inflate the retailers profit. So too is carl rogberg and john scouler, all accused of massage in the figures. In 2017 it confirmed it had vastly overstated what it expects to make in profits. There was a shortfall of £250 million. The accounting scandal was headline news, billions wiped off the value of the company. The prosecution alleges the three men were the generals, who worked in a position of trust, paid huge compensation to safeguard the Financial Health of the company. Not only did they encourage the misrepresentation of figures, they prized others under their control. The three men deny their control. The three men deny the charges, in a trial that set to last at least three months. Ukip is set to announce its fourth leader in just over a year after a contest that has again divided the party. The party also unveiled a new logo. Anne marie waters is the favourite to win the leadership contest, despite warnings that many of the pa rtys despite warnings that many of the partys 20 meps will resign if she succeeds. She faces a strong challenge by the partys deputy leader Peter Whittle. Alex forsyth is at the conference in torquay, who will be picked alex . There are seven candidates and we are expecting to get the result in the next couple of hours. It is pretty fair to say it is quite wide open. You mentioned Peter Whittle has been named as one of the bookmakers favourites along with anne marie waters but there are five others who, just Walking Around the hall talking to delegates today, seem to have attracted support. What is interesting about this leadership contest is that it is the third in just over a yearfor contest is that it is the third in just over a year for ukip and many are seeing it as a battle for the direction, the purpose of the party. There are people here who think despite the eu referendum, the success ukip hard, there is a place in the political debate for ukip to be making a strong case for brexit. There are others, particularly anne marie water, who think ukip needs to take a brand new radical direction. She said ukip needs to be brave and take on subjects others wont but it has attracted a lot of criticism with some members suggesting it is the wrong direction for ukip. Some telling me today it would mean the end of the party in the political mainstream. This is a really important leadership contest for the party. 0ne really important leadership contest for the party. One that feels like a possible make or br

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