24/10/2014

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Changes to the EU budget that mean a top-up payment from Britain of £1.7 billion before the end of the year have turned into a political nightmare for the prime minister. David Cameron was in Brussels last night arguing against the increase, characterised by Eurosceptics as a surcharge for economic progress. Chris Morris reports.

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An end to the ban on parents taking their children on holiday in term time could be in sight after council leaders in England called for head teachers to be able to take a common sense approach. The BBC's Education Correspondent is Alex Forsyth.

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Plaid Cymru's annual conference begins today in north Wales...and the nationalists say there is a "window of opportunity" after the Scottish referendum to "rebalance wealth and power in the UK". Leanne Wood is the party leader.

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More than a million people over 50 have been pushed out of the workplace involuntarily, and they could be contributing a huge amount to the country's prosperity - according to one of the prince of Wales's charities. Jessica Stone is director of policy at the Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise.

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The International Development Secretary Justine Greening has been in Sierra Leone this week to see how the aid given by Britain is helping to combat Ebola. Travelling with her was our Global Health Correspondent Tulip Mazumdar, who's been reporting on the impact of the virus on communities in West Africa.

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December the 1st is the date on which Britain will have to pay an extra 1.7 billion pounds towards the EU budget - a top up contribution resulting from the increased pace of growth in the UK - and probably the last thing David Cameron needs at a particularly sensitive time of domestic debate over Europe - apart from the Rochester by election coming up, he also faces a potential backbench revolt over opting in to EU justice and policing measures. Syed Kamall is leader of Conservative MEPs and Jonathan Arnott UKIP Budget's spokesperson and a member of the budget committee in the European Parliament.

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The first case of Ebola is being treated in New York, the fourth in the United States. Dr Craig Spencer returned a few days ago from Guinea, where he'd been working for the charity Medecins sans Frontieres and became ill yesterday. Mark Levine is a New York City Council Member ,whose district includes West Harlem where Dr Spencer lives.

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Business news with Justin Rowlatt.

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The Metropolitan Police has agreed to pay more than four hundred thousand pounds to a woman who had a child with an undercover officer, unaware of his true identity. She is one of a group of women who have taken legal action against Scotland Yard after they unknowingly had relationships with police spies who had infiltrated campaign groups. This is the first case to be settled. Home Affairs Correspondent June Kelly reports.

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Holidays during term time - a headache for head teachers. Last year in England the rules for schools were tightened - presenting heads for being able to grant families ten days term time leave a year. Instead there have to be "exceptional circumstances". A system of fines was also introduced. Now the local government association - representing councils - wants the changes reversed because they say they're unfair. Peter Kent is the President of the Association of School and College Leaders and a headteacher at the Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby and David Simmons is the Chair of the Local Government Association's Childrens and Young People's Board.

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A wartime MI5 agent who posed as an undercover Gestapo officer based in Britain has been identified through files just released at the National Archives in Kew. His undercover name was Jack King and his task was to monitor - and control - the activities of Nazi sympathisers in Britain. Professor Christopher Andrew is the former official historian for MI5.

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The new chairman of the BBC Trust, Rona Fairhead, has been in her post for a matter of weeks - and has a few months to go before negotiations begin in June on her central task - the BBC's next 10 year royal charter and the future of the licence fee. The Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has already said alternative funding arrangements will be considered - if the licence fee model is replaced it will be the biggest shakeup since the BBC was founded in 1922. Rona Fairhead will be in the studio for her first broadcast interview since taking up her role.

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The UK has been ordered to pay an extra £1.7 billion to the European Union budget within weeks. The European Commission has demanded a surcharge because Britain's economy performed better than expected in the years since 1995. A Downing Street source said it was not acceptable for the fees from previous years to be changed and then demanded back at a moment's notice. The bill is due for payment on December 1, just days after the Rochester and Strood by-election. Gavin Hewitt is our Europe editor. Patrizio Fiorilli is spokesperson for the EU Budget

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The Chapman brothers became known as the 'enfants terribles' or the 'Brothers Grim' of the British art scene during the 1990s - with controversial pieces of work including the depiction of mutilated bodies.. Now they have created a show that's been called their 'biggest baddest yet' - and it opens this week in Hastings which is where they grew up. We speak to Jake Chapman.

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It was while reading a newspaper in 2012 that a woman being identified only as 'Jacqui' learned of the true identity of the father of her son. The man had vanished from their lives years before, and turned out to have been an undercover police officer, Bob Lambert - who was married with two children when he began their relationship as part of an investigation into animal rights activists. Jacqui's is the first case to be settled by the Metropolitan Police and she has received a 400 thousand pound payout. Her solicitor is Jules Carey and Peter Franci is a former undercover Met officer.

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Yesterday the new Chief Executive of NHS England Simon Stevens set out a five-year plan to address growing demands on the service, and in doing so put the service at the heart of next year's general election campaign. So how will this all go down with patients? Our chief correspondent Matthew Price explains from a GP's surgery near Chelmsford in Essex.  

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Most of Ukraine will go to polls this weekend to elect a new parliament: an election overshadowed by the ongoing military conflict in the east of the country. Areas controlled by the pro-Russia rebels will not be taking part - they're planning their own elections in a week's time. One of the features of this parliamentary election is the number of candidates from the military who are on the ballot. From Kiev, Steve Rosenberg reports on how Ukrainian soldiers are moving into politics.

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Lord Saatchi's Medical Innovation Bill reaches the committee stage in the House of Lords today - it would give legal protection to doctors who want to try new treatments for patients where other options have been exhausted - unlicensed drugs for example for people dying of cancer. Lord Saatchi began his campaign after his wife died of ovarian cancer in 2011. The bill has received government support but one of those against it is pharmacologist Professor David Colquhoun from University College London.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of a seminal work on the media. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. It was written by 60s media icon Marshall McLuhan. He was famous for slogans such as "The medium is the message…" and "global village". But how relevant is he now? Was he really nothing more than a quick witted catch-phraser - a lot of hot hair put on a platform by the counterculture movement? Jean Seaton is Professor of Media History at Westminster University and Peter Preston is media commentator for The Guardian.

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