Lets speak to pepe diiasio whos General Secretary of the association of school and college leaders. Thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. So tell me, it is this guidance your members have been crying out for . I this guidance your members have been crying out for . Crying out for . I think it is fair to say that crying out for . I think it is fair to say that we crying out for . I think it is fair to say that we have crying out for . I think it is fair to say that we have been crying out for . I think it is fair. To say that we have been wanting this guidance for some time, for a period now, we found ourselves between a difficulty with parents who are saying, what are you delivering and when and in what form are you delivering sexual relation education . And at the same time, not having some level Playing Field that the government can share with us about what their expectations are and their guidance. So we can point to that to say to parents, we are following what the gove
Good morning. A swathe of cloud across eastern england, through the midlands, Northern England come into the south west and that is producing a bit of rain at the moment and either side of that is sunshine and a few showers today. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its wednesday the 15th of may. A major manhunt is under way in france after two Prison Officers were killed in an ambush on a police van. The attack happened at a toll booth near rouen in normandy, and police said the man who was freed has links to a gang in marseille. Our europe correspondent, nick beake, has the latest. An unremarkable tollbooth in northern france, and the scene of a swift and brutal ambush. Cctv Footage Shows the Moment A Dark Car Veers into a white prison van, and at least two masked attackers start shooting. Terrified passengers on a passing bus throw themselves to the ground as the bullets ring out. One assailant is seen strolling calmly among the other vehicles on the motorway. Then
President joe biden has increased tariffs on 18 billion worth of imports from china. Hes accused the country of unfairly subsidising its Clean Energy Sector and flooding International Markets with cheap goods. From new york, the bbc s erin delmore reports. It is not often we find former President Trump and current present biden in agreement but President Biden is not only keeping tariffs enacted by Spread Assessor but increasing them. They focus on the key technologies that power the green transition and include a 100 tariff on all chinese made electric vehicles imported into the United States. That is up from 25 . And a doubling of the levy on solar cells to 50 and a doubling of the Levy On Semiconductors to 50 . President biden says they are designed to protect us manufacturers from being undercut by china in the industries of the future from ev to solar cells, semiconductors, steel and illuminance and even Health Equipment like gloves and masks. , equipment like gloves and masks. I,
Yes, she absolutely did. Over the last three weeks, that is how long the uk Covert Inquiry has been sitting here in belfast. We have heard a lot of talk about political dysfunction and how much that affected the decision made in Northern Ireland dealing with a pandemic. Just remind you why that was the case, the executive, here in Northern Ireland, the devolved government, it hadnt been sitting for three years in the build up to the pandemic. It had collapsed and was only up and going again for a matter of weeks. Whenever the covert case was detected. Politicians and Political Parties were not in a good place, to say the least. There has been a lot of questioning during the inquiry about leadership, but he was making the decisions on who was plotting Northern Irelandpath. As we have heard from Arlene Foster, she has said that as First Minister that she took responsibility for how the executive handled things. But, she did say that she thought Northern Ireland should have locked down so
They focus on the key technologies that power the green transition and include a 100 tariff on all chinese made electric vehicles imported into the United States. That is up from 25 . And a doubling of the levy on solar cells to 50 and a doubling of the Levy On Semiconductors to 50 . President biden says they are designed to protect us manufacturers from being undercut by china in the industries of the future from ev to solar cells, semiconductors, steel and illuminance and even Health Equipment like gloves and masks. China heavily subsidised these products which china produces more of than the world can absorb and then dump the excess on the market. Driving other manufacturers around the world out of business. China has criticised the plans and vowed to take all necessary actions in response. But since the imports targeted represent less than 5 of total us imports from china the move could carry more symbolic weight and could be a move to attract voters, november. The tariffs will hav