Start your Monday Morning. A little bit of rain for some, even some Thunderstorms Mist and rain to start your Monday Morning. Good morning, its Monday 2nd september. One or two word 0fsted Inspection Grades for englands schools are being scrapped with immediate effect. Last year an inquest found an 0fsted Inspection had contributed to the suicide of primary headteacher Ruth Perry, leading to widespread calls for change. Headteacher Ruth Perry, leading the government said the overall grades werent fair or accurate, but the change was criticised by the conservatives for removing a vital indicator for parents. Heres our Education Editor Branwen jeffreys. After an inspection, Caversham Primary was but yes, its this. A relief, really, that no other Head Teacher will have to go through what ruth went through. So from today, overall Inspection Grades are scrapped, like good or inadequate. School inspection standards remain the same. And from september 2025, there will be a new Report Card for
with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonna s good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives of more than 50 countries are discussing the co ordination of stronger military support for kyiv. president zelensky called on the allies to agree the delivery of tanks and other advanced weapons as a matter of urgency. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard two tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. for western defence chie
He got beat out by mayfield for the preseason. Final six minutes plus. Ross again. Close to the sticks. Trevor knight the mvp. Alabama got knocked out by auburn in the de facto sec west title game. So a lot of people thought they were dragging a little bit going into the ball game. If they were dragging, they took full advantage with four touchdowns and 348. Kelly one of the sharpest, most efficient performances ive seen out of a quarterback. Trevor knight was unreal. It elevated the expectations going into 2014 at a level they werent ready to ascend to. They fell off in 2014. Adam knights keeps it first down. Times last year. Texas tech had a hot start to the year and a cold finish. They go 48. Oklahoma had won ten games or more, end up going 85 after they got off to a good start. There was a lot of disappointment in these two programs at the end of last season. You got the feeling they felt they could bounce back. When you talk to the coaching staffs they felt like it could be a bigg
And we could see the first snowflake potentials around 11 00, midnight. Well talk more about that and of course the redskins forecast and the seven day. All that is coming up in a few. All right, chuck. Thanks. The next 24 hours might seem like an eternity as the entire town waits for the biggest game in five years. Tomorrows battle with seattle marks the return of the playoffs to d. C. , and players say fans could be the difference maker. Carol maloney is here with a preview of the game. Good saturday morning. The skins are 10 all time at home at fedex field. So theres not a lot to go on historically if youre trying to predict what kind of advantage the skins will get this weekend. What we do know is the current playoff bound skins are counting on having the 12th man. The postseason pandemonium really started at fedex field last weekend versus the cowboys. Skins are riding a sevengame win streak, four straight at home. The burgundy and gold have to like this. Skins are 132 all time at