Gb news. But first its the news with addison. With ray addison. Thanks, emily. Good afternoon. 1 01. Our top stories this hour. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, education secretary Gillian Keegan said the government had no choice but to order the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools and colleges as labour is planning to force a vote to compel the pm to publish a list of all of the schools at risk. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson saying the government should have acted sooner to appreciate that lots of parents across the country will be concerned because sadly, many children are not going to be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because of the risk that this kind of crumbling concrete is going to pose. It all feels very last minute and what were calling on
White. Scotlands labour leader. So scotlands labour leader. So id say yes. Also 250 people a week die in a e. The strike cant have helped. But why dont nhs managers get the blame on my panel tonight it is political commentator Suzanne Evans, journalist Benjamin Butterworth and express Political Editor sam lister. Oh and this takes road rage to the next level. Im looking for somewhere. Why are you doing what are you boxing gloves on me . Yeah. Ive got. Yeah. Go on, try some. Get ready. Britain. Here we go. Illegal migrant tent cities. Illegal migrant tent cities. Could be coming to your town. Next. Good evening. The top stories. Campaigners in edinburgh delivered a coffin outside the Scottish Parliament today, symbolising what they say is the death of free speech. Its after the introduction of a new hate crime law, which makes it a crime to stir up hatred against people with protected characteristics that includes disability, age , sexual disability, age, Sexual Orientation or people wh
Criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. But reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines to Homeless People. The uk has Homeless People. The uk has dropped seven tonnes of aid into gaza as part of continuing airlift relief efforts. The latest round of aid drops takes the total amount to 35 tonnes. Parachuted into the palestinian territory over the last week, the defence secretary posted on x , saying its part of a x, saying its part of a sustained effort to provide relief to civilians as several countries have resorted to airdrops to deliver aid to ease the humanitarian crisis in gaza. This latest effort coming as Israeli Forces left Al Shifa Hospital in gaza city after a two week operation which reportedly left several dead and wounded. The idf said it raided al shifa because hamas had regrouped there. And rishi sunak regrouped there. And rishi sunak said the government was delivering on
Resources should be directed towards front line policing. Towards front line policing. Plans to find rough sleepers are provoking outrage , with more provoking outrage, with more than 40 conservative mps said to be preparing to rebel, the new criminal justice bill would allow police to fine or move on. So called nuisance rough sleepers. It was intended to sleepers. It was intended to replace the vagrancy act from 1824, which currently criminalises both rough sleeping and begging. But reports suggest the new bill has been paused while ministers negotiate with mps who are concerned about the consequences of issuing fines to Homeless People. The uk has Homeless People. The uk has dropped seven tonnes of aid into gaza as part of continuing airlift relief efforts. The latest round of aid drops takes the total amount to 35 tonnes. Parachuted into the palestinian territory over the last week, the defence secretary posted on x , saying its part of a x, saying its part of a sustained effort to