Coming up on bbc news, england Quarterfinal Opponents will be columbia who got the better of jamaica and the womens world cup of a i jamaica and the womens world cup of a i 01 jamaica and the womens world cup of a i 01 victory. Hello. Thousands of people, including politicians and pop stars have turned out, to pay tribute to the singer, Sinead Oconnor. The private Funeral Service took place in her hometown of bray in County Wicklow, with well wishers lining the streets, as the cortege passed by. She died in london last month, at the age of 56. Colin paterson has the story. They had come in their thousands to pay tribute to that woman they loved. My mother is 93 and she wanted to come out here. It was your mums idea . Yes. She was a woman that spoke what she wanted, you know . Yeah. For the people. She was a warrior and a weapon standing up to the powers that be before anyone else was. I Sinead Oconnor lived on the Sea Front In Bray County Wicklow for 15 years. She loved the town. We lo
engagement with students, teachers, families, support staff and communities that rely on our education system. we remain committed to investing £1 billion over the course of this parliament over the course of this parliament over to tackle the poverty related attainment gap. this long term targeted investment improves targeted investment im proves outcomes targeted investment improves outcomes for our children and young people and helps break the cycle of poverty, with recent statistics showing record levels of literacy and numeracy attainment and primary school level and improvement in secondary. as part of this, £130 million of people equity funding will continue to empower head teachers across scotland to invest in the best approaches to improving literacy, numeracy and health and well being of the children and young people in their schools. we will continue to provide £1455 million to councils to maintain teachers in the system and enable councils to offer permanent c
wales. it looks pretty messy for the weekend with some longer, heavier spells of rain and then sunday or monday, look what happens there. we start to pick up a northerly wind and temperatures plunge right the way across the uk. spring has not properly set up shop yet. you have been warned, thank you, susan. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 18th of april. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the police investigation into snp finances widens. another arrest on the day the new first minister hoped to set out his stall to scotland. is the snp now in freefall and, if it is, what, or who, can stop it? can humza yousaf the snp continuity candidate distance himself from the previous sturgeon regime, when he wa
it s not rwanda in 2018, and there may well be some sunshine it s rwanda in 2023 and onwards, and that s quite different. in northern ireland, but the cloud will build up, bringing more showers but the problem, through the day, particularly across northern england. for the south, as i said, rwanda. wales and the midlands, a dull day, rwanda is not a free country. misty over the hills in the what happened in 2018 can south west, light rain or drizzle, happen also in 2023, because as of today. temperatures not changing very much. it is going to be a chilly week i can tell example. we are politicians, ahead, early frost before the cloud we are in opposition. increases, that will lift the temperatures by the end of the week for example, we cannot express our mind without we are labelled just a little bit, but bringing the enemies of the country. chance of some rain. huw. 16 members of my political party thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at ten are in prison today, on monday 24t
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex