spurs lose to aston villa, and have now won only two of their past seven matches. good morning. and happy new year. today is a cold start for many. it will be a sunny one when we lose the showers. the outlook for the rest of the week remains fairly changeable. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, january 2nd. senior doctors are warning that some a&e departments are in a complete state of crisis because of the extreme pressures facing the nhs this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it s impossible to provide the best standard of care, and there is no doubt that patients are being harmed. louisa pilbeam has the details. patients lying in a&e corridors. .ambulance delays, and staff who say they re at breaking point, and surging flu cases, all at a critical time for the nhs. the diagnosis from a leading emergency care doctor? unless there s more investment in services, patients are at risk. there is no doubt that when we are trying to tre
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of children leaving primary school to reach expected standards in reading, writing and maths. in 2019, that figure was just 65%. the aim is for the national average gcse grade to rise from lt.5 to 5 a strong pass by 2030. and schools will have to offera minimum 32.5 hours teaching a week. education unions have criticised the plans, saying they lack ambition and won t do enough to help disadvantaged children. here s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. we are going to have a look first of all and what histograms are. ilustith all and what histograms are. with gcses on the all and what histograms are. with gcses on the horizon, school has got serious but across england, some teenagers have struggled to return. get started straightaway. get started straightaway. ministers will cive get started straightaway. ministers will give councils get started straightaway. ministers will give councils stronger - will give councils stronger powers and attendance. ilustith will give council
study, a measure in and a measure out and it showed that across the gcse ages, it actually increased the outcome by a whole gcse grade. and across all of the ages, it was around 6.9% increase in their development in english and maths. so, a really outstanding amount for what is essentially online provision in a home setting. what was also really powerful is some of the stats around the uptake. so, this was 96% of state school children were engaging with these lessons, and 26% of their were those that were otherwise on free school meals. and an amazing 80% of those who were able to uptake these lessons were actually from the bame community, so, that is a really strong indicator and support of our levelling up agenda. just indicator and support of our levelling up agenda.- indicator and support of our levelling up agenda. just a final thou~ht, levelling up agenda. just a final thought. i levelling up agenda. just a final thought, i know levelling up agenda. just a final thought, i kn