For a major Renovation Programme are approved. And British Cycling admits not paying sufficient care and attention to the wellbeing of its athletes. Good morning. Its friday 10th march. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Schools in england are being forced to cut gcse and a level courses in an effort to balance the books, according to a Head Teachers union. The association of school and College Leaders has warned Budget Pressures causing them to cancel things like school trips. This recent data from the Department For Education shows a dramatic rise in the number of secondary School Children in england being taught in classes with 36 or more pupils. Our education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports. Peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it but partly because it saves money for the school. The only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money from last year. And if the government stick t
I want to apply myself more to make up i want to apply myself more to make upfor i want to apply myself more to make up for what i have lost. A train carrying British Goods will leave essex this morning for a 17 point 5000 mile trip to china. In sport, Sergio Garcia pips justin rose to win the masters. The spaniard beats rose on a Play Off Hole for his maiden major title on his 74th time of asking. What a day of golf and weather. And carol has the weather. Yesterday, the temperature in cambridge was 25. 5. Today in cambridge, more likely to be 13. Temperatures are warm, but coming down today. Settled but sunny spells. Sunshine in Northern Ireland and parts of eastern england. I will have more details later on. Thank you, carol. See you later. Good morning. First, our main story. The funeral of Pc Keith Palmer, who was murdered in the Terror Attack in westminster last month, will be held later today. The 48 year old was stabbed to death by Khalid Masood as he stood guard outside the Pal
Airlines sent out a news statement apologizing to the customer promising a thorough review. 86 million passengers, united denied boarding to 3700 people because of overbooking. More than 60,000 voluntarily gave up their seats. Kenneth moat en, abc news new york. Today new Jersey Governor Chris Christie asked elaine chao to suspend regulation which allows airlines to overbook flights and to remove passengers. Christie specifically cited the incident involving david dao as the reason. The question from united is how do they recover from what is a huge Public Relations disaster . Kristen sze is here with more. The hashtag continues to go viral today. Take a look at some of the memes out there. Southwest, we beat our competitors, not you. How about this one. If we cannot beat our competitors, we beat our customers. Others are posting pictures of the cut up frequent flyer card. Take a look at this, because Even White House Secretary Sean Spicer is weighing in and criticizing united. Clearly
Is a shakeup coming in the white house . An abc news exclusive. The first interview with the United Airlines ceo responding to what he calls that horrific event. The video of a passenger being dragged off a flight. Now the new footage showing what happened just moments before. I am not going. I am not going. Calls to boycott the airline. Should the ceo keep his job . What he is saying only on gma. We do say good morning, america. On this hump day and we have a lot of news to get to. We sure do. We have that exclusive interview with uniteds ceo, thats just ahead. Hes responding to that International Outrage over the video of that doctor being dragged off one of their planes one of many stories breaking overnight, and also this morning, secretary of state Rex Tillerson in moscow right now. Hes meeting with the Russian Foreign minister with tensions high over syria and president putin next on his agenda. Overnight President Trump places an urgent phone call to chinas president about the N
Foams used to contain toxic chemicals linked to cancer are no longer manufactured. In fact, firefighters at san jose and San Francisco airports now use environmentally friendly foam, as you can see here. The epa is concerned about past use of foam and wants to know if toxins ended up in our water. We reviewed data from 2013 through 2015, and found 28 positive hits in Drinking Water supplies here in california. But we should note, water managers say just because toxins are found in our water, it doesnt mean they pose a health risk. All right. Do you want more foam . Head over to our website. We have posted the raw video of the blob, along with the slide show as that sea of foam was growing. Youll find it at nbcbayarea. Com. Now to a live picture of San Francisco. We have clear skies at the moment, but be prepared. Rain is headed our way. Lets turn to chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri, for a look at the forecast. Jeff. That storm system right now is currently in view, producing some rain