i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. marches
charges of second degree murder, are all black. amber sherman, who has spent years campaigning for police reform, says she s not surprised. yeah, i mean the system of policing is inherently white supremacist, racist and anti black. but these were black officers that were involved. the fact that someone who is black joined that system doesn t mean that they re going to remember that they re black, or they re going to put that first. they put being an officer first. the brutal death of tyre nichols has shocked america and reignited the debate about racialjustice, with talk of change and reform, but little hope that anyone can truly say this will never happen again. now, there is a built in washington which aims to try to increase police accountability, it is named after george floyd, but it has stalled in congress because it cannot get