Since he government scrapped Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. And the conservatives will start voting on chosing their next party leader. Lets speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. I dont know whether the Prime Minister himself got a Summer Holiday, he had to scrap its plans. But he is facing a big political autumn with a lot of legislation to push through and a Budget which he has signalled very firmly is going to be tough. He has signalled very firmly is going to be tough to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at all to be tough. He did not have a Summer Holiday at all having l Summer Holiday at all having postponed his Summer Holiday to deal with the riots taking place across england, he cancelled it in The End altogether. He certainly might be hoping he managed to rest at some point when he starts to think about the things he will confront as Pa
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
Asks of you, as well, to accept short term pain for long term good, the difficult trade off for the genuine solution. And i know that after all that you have been through, that is a really big ask and really difficult to hear. That is not the position we should be in. Its not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. Lets speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley, at westminster. What big asks is he talking about . That is the million question, and i think what was pretty clear from keir starmer is that the next few months are not going to be that much fun actually when it comes to government announcements. The most striking bit for me was when he said the budget is coming in october and it will be painful, those with the broadest shoulders will face the heaviest burden. Absolutely clear there will be some really unpopular announcements in that budget, perhaps around attacks, perhaps focus more on people with higher i
Belong in the History Books is cnn Breaking News . Good morning you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin this hour with Breaking News out of the middle east israels military says it has rescued a hostage held in gaza since the hamas Terror Attacks on october 7 of last year, this man, a father of 11, had spent the last 326 days because as Prisoner Areas in the hospital, a short time ago, reuniting with his brother cnns Jeremy Diamond is following this Breaking News for us. Hes live in tel aviv. Jeremy what can you tell us whats the latest . Its a remarkable story and the details just coming in without a doubt, jim, and were only just starting to get some of the details, but they are indeed remarkable. The Israeli Military, its Special Forces carrying out an operation in southern gaza, rescuing this man caught eid farhan alqadri, a 52yearold father of 11, from a tunnel in some other gaza. This is the first time that the Israeli Military has successfully res
The drive to get more laptops to children to help them with Home Schooling. And how all these lockdown video calls from home have prompted an unexpected boost in business for books. And coming up on bbc news. West bromwich albion Contact Police over alleged online racist abuse of romaine sawyers. Hes the Third Premier League player to receive abuse this week. Good evening. Yet another new vaccine has been shown to be effective in major trials in just 2a hours. The latest is the janssen vaccine. Its 66 effective overall and only needs a single dose. And crucially its 85 effective against severe disease. Last night novavax announced uk trials had shown its vaccine to be 89 effective. And crucially that vaccine protects against the new more contagious uk variant. If approved the uk has millions of doses of both vaccines on order though they wouldnt be available until later in the year. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Covid Vaccine Trials keep delivering results beyond all expecta