We back well be talking to we come back well be talking to the lawyer of david hunter who has now been released from prison so called prison after that so called mercy killing of his wife. Very emotive it. Emotive topic. Lets do it. Patrick, thank you. Patrick, thank you. Good afternoon from the gb newsroom. Its 3 01 members of the uks largest Teaching Union have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise for teachers in england. The for teachers in england. The National Education union says. National Education Union says. 86 of its members voted to accept the latest pay offer, with a 60 turnout. It comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in a dispute over pay education secretary Gillian Keegan has welcomed the decision as good news for teachers. Parents and children. The Prime Minister children. The Prime Minister says the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the nonh oil and gas drilling in the north sea is entirely consistent with the gover
Is entirely consistent with the uks target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Rishi sunak said that even by then the uk would need its oil and gas for 25 of energy needs. The prime 25 of energy needs. The Prime Minister says its better , minister says its better, therefore to source that fuel from britain rather than shipping it in from around the world. The decision has been criticised by environment groups, saying its dangerously inconel consistent with the governments climate policies. Governments climate policies. Teachers in england are no longer on strike as all four teaching unions accept. Longer on strike as all four teaching unions accept. A 6. 5 teaching unions accept. A 6. 5 pay teaching unions accept. A 6. 5 pay rise that means all industrial action is now being called off following walkouts in state schools since february in a dispute over pay. The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, welcomed comes the decision, saying it brings to an end a disruption for the classroom.
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at a single university to one of the biggest internet platforms in the world today. hello, it s laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and it s chris in belfast. i just think it s absolutely fabulous to see you on this in a way, you two created the newscast. there were others involved. there were katya and adam are dearfriends, yes. does it all come back to you? because brexit was one of the big dividing lines in the whole of northern ireland. that s why you re there, chris. yeah, true. yeah, no, absolutely. and actually, the last couple of days covering this story here and then in london before it did take me back, in fact, at one point i was talking to katya on the television and it really took me back to the brexit days of trying to, particularly as far as the northern ireland element of the story is concerned, untangle which is what all of this has been about the complexities of northern ireland politics and the complexities of brexit. throw those two together