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
people to pay the bill. she s the fourth tory prime minister in six years. the face at the top may change, but the story remains the same. as liz truss s cabinet takes shape theresa may uses prime minister s questions to highlight diversity at the top of government. for the first time in british history, none of the offices are held by a white man. the question being asked in government is just how diverse is this government, a point raised by teresa may. i how diverse is this government, a point raised by teresa may. i asked m riaht point raised by teresa may. i asked my right honourable point raised by teresa may. i asked my right honourable friend, - point raised by teresa may. i asked my right honourable friend, why . point raised by teresa may. i asked l my right honourable friend, why does she think it is that all three female prime ministers been conservative? and i mjane hill in the studio our other headlines this afternoon. the former manchester united football
the country is on fire, what can i do to reduce the heat? that picks up on everything we see from the donald, that s classic trump. the former president is not somebody that will reduce the heat simply because he can or should, as a leader, an elder statesman. instead, trump back channels a nefarious message that sounds like a threat and a transaction. he was saying, in effect, according to this report, i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. only it seems that merrick garland did refuse trump s offer, and since thursday, he has done nothing to reduce the heat with predictable consequences. on thursday, unarmed trump supporter who attacked the fbi field office, in cincinnati ohio was killed after a six hour standoff. and just this morning, a man that crashed his car into a barricade outside of the u.s. capitol before firing shots into the air from his burning car, and then turning the gun on himself. he turned the gun on himself. and breaking tonight, a new joint inte
joe, you don t think that ron desantis, the rhonda santas figure, the tom cotton figure, the things we can finally use this against trump that might work? no, they all jumped on trump s bandwagon this week, desantis, and cotton, and pence. what did they all do? they all attacked the fbi. they all said, which hunt again, that this is what happens in a banana republic. they are like neutered right now, mehdi, all of these republicans, because they can only stand with him. the voters are with him right now. olivia, one last quick question. a double question, linked. one, do you agree with joe than the strength and him within the old party? and, two are we close to a trump indictment after this week, or no? it pains me to agree with joe, because i think that he is right.
double question for you. moldova is stepping up its security measures after a series of explosions. do you think there is a risk of spillover of the conflict to moldova? my second question is, after this big meeting about arming ukraine, are you concerned that they will become restless and threaten again to use a nuclear weapon? on the issue of spillover to moldova because of what we ve seen here, the recent violence, we re still looking at the cause of that, still doing analysis there. not really sure what that s all