you get to play like little learning games, like maths learning games, english learning games. so it s really fun. before the session, i was feeling really nervous. i would be like, what if i don t do it right? or something like that. but now i feel i ve got confidence again. for these children, it s been a success. but the bbc has learned that over £200 million ringfenced for the national tutoring programme has gone back to the treasury. that s around a third of the £591; million allocated to it. as of january, it s estimated that two thirds of schools in england have taken part in the scheme this academic year. and there s concern that this flagship recovery scheme hasn t reached as many pupils as it should. the national tutoring programme may have reached some of its targets, but it s fundamentally missed the point in terms of getting young people the academic help that they need. take somewhere like london and, any given year, about 40% of 11
they started the day on 386 for 4, but went on to reach 591 for 6, before declaring. an innings that included unbeaten centuries from dinesh chandimal and sadeera samarawickrama. in reponse, ireland have struggled against the sri lankan spin, with prabath jayasuriya taking five wickets, as they ended the day on 117 for 7. philadelphia eagles quarterback jalen hurts will become the highest paid player in nfl history after signing a contract extension. hurts had a year remaining on his original rookie deal, but will now earn $255 million over the next five years. he was drafted in the second round in 2020 and has since developed into one of the league s best quarterbacks, leading the eagles to last season s super bowl where they lost to the kansas city chiefs. you can get all the latest
on his back in the first quarter and will be assessed ahead of game 2 on wednesday. faith thomas, the first aboriginal woman to play cricket for australia, has died at the age of 90. thomas, renowned as one of the fastest bowlers in the women s game, played her one and only test for australia against england in melbourne in 1958. thomas, who was a survivor of australia s stolen generations, remains one ofjust four indigenous players to have test cricket for her country, alongsidejason gillespie, ash gardner and scott boland. sri lanka have made inroads on ireland after scoring a big first innings on the second day of the first test in galle. they started the day on 386 1; further centuries from dinesh chandimal and sadeera samara wickrama helped them reach 591 6, before declaring. in response, ireland lost two early wickets
one of four indigenous players to have played test cricket for her country, alongside with jason gillespie, ash gardner and scott boland. they started the day on 386 4, and unbeaten centuries from dinesh chandimal and sadeera samarawickrama help them reach 591 6 before declaring. in response, ireland have struggled against the sri lankan spin. they have taken five wickets as they ended on 117 7 at the close of play. and that is all from the world of sport for now. back to you, matthew. thanks very much, paul. straight to the house of commons and the uk health secretaryjust taking an urgent question. thank you, mr speaker, i m grateful to the honourable memberfor his question, and turning to the first
helped them reach 591 6 before declaring. in response, ireland have struggled against the sri lankan spin, prabath jayasuriya taking five wickets as they ended on 117 7 at the close of play. and that s all the sport for now. back to you. thanks very much. let s return to the story involving the uk prime minister rishi sunak and the investigation that has been announced. in what our political correspondent talking to a while ago but the pm s spokesman returning to it are saying rishi sunak is happy to co operate with the parliamentary commissioner for standards who is looking into whether mr sunak gave a full declaration of his interests concerning his wife s shareholding in a childcare company. the spokesman said the commissioner was investigating whether mr sunak was not clear that he had dual obligations to declare the connection as a ministerial interest, and also to declare it when speaking to mps about the issue. clearly this is something the commissioner has indicated they will,