Its been a testing first day back after the Summer Recess for the government, now mired in the controversy over crumbling concrete. Ministers say a list will be published this week of all the schools affected in england, as rishi sunak rejected claims he oversaw budget cuts as chancellor that meant Raac Concrete couldnt be replaced in as many schools, as the Department For Education had wanted. Its also been a testing day for the Education Secretary, who had to apologise for her frustration, expressed in salty language, after being questioned over the governments handling of the situation. And remember, in the middle of all this are thousands of children, still unsure whether their schools will be fully open for the start of the new term. We will talk to parents and teachers and analyse the finances around School Maintenance and rebuilding. But first chris mason In Westminster on the politics of crumbling concrete. You probably hadnt heard of it until the other day but this stuff, conc
For donald trump. In the last few hours he met withjordans King Abdullah ii. Thats the two of them with their wives in the oval office. Its a big deal, but its overshadowed on thursday. Chinas president xijinping. He is visiting. That will happen at the president s Golf Resort Maralago in florida. He has been plenty of times taking office. It could be awkward. This is a private members club, the New York Times is telling us about this man, this businessman who is a staunch critic of the Chinese Government and also a member at the golf club. He might bump into the leaders. Remember this photo . This was mr trump and Japanese Pm Shinzo Abe being briefed after a north Korean Missile launch. Both men were briefed in front of the members of the club. The photo was taken by a member of the resort. Unusual environment. Rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington. It is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this . If we talk about the dipl
For donald trump. In the last few hours he met withjordans King Abdullah ii. Thats the two of them with their wives in the oval office. Its a big deal, but its overshadowed on thursday. Chinas president xijinping. He is visiting. That will happen at the president s Golf Resort Maralago in florida. He has been plenty of times taking office. It could be awkward. This is a private members club, the New York Times is telling us about this man, this businessman who is a staunch critic of the Chinese Government and also a member at the golf club. He might bump into the leaders. Remember this photo . This was mr trump and Japanese Pm Shinzo Abe being briefed after a north Korean Missile launch. Both men were briefed in front of the members of the club. The photo was taken by a member of the resort. Unusual environment. Rajini vaidyanathan joins us from washington. It is fairto it is fair to say that xi jinping has not done much diplomacy in an environment like this . If we talk about the dipl
Britons have been warned of long delays on their Easter getaways with more than 14 million journeys expected on the roads, airports prepared for a record number of passengers, and engineering works on key rail services.
Nigeria Police Force have arrested five suspects in connection with the diversion of bags of wheat belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme