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Waste Charges, Hurricane Matthew & Bottle Flip Challenge

Start your day with the latest news and updates, with Jim and Jo at breakfast.

Its already caused an uproar in Leicestershire but now a controversial move to charge people to get rid of their rubbish might be introduced in the city too. Leicester City Council is considering billing residents who want to dump their household waste at tips.

The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in almost a decade has carved a path of destruction across Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We speak to one Leicester man, who has family and friends who have been affected by the storm in Jamaica.

A head teacher from Kent is making the news today after he banned children from carrying water bottles around his school. Alan Brookes, headteacher of Fulston Manor school in Sittingbourne said he was tired of the 'unintended consequences' produced by the latest teenage craze. But, does Jim have the technical ability to pull off the "Bottle Flip Challenge"?

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Last on

Wed 5 Oct 2016 06:00

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  • Wed 5 Oct 2016 06:00