Its thursday, the 13th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has said that she wants a new model of Grammar Schools in england which are open for everyone. She says she particularly wants to ensure that there are much stronger educational outcomes for ordinary Working Families, and notjust the privileged few. But new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places go to more affluent families. Lets here little of whatJustine Greening has been saying in the past few minutes. The final part of the plan for britain is a Fairer Society. A society based on merit. Delivering a Fairer Society should start with education and our schools, making sure that our children and young people can do their very best, and reach their potential wherever they are growing up. That is the means by which we build a better country, its how we deliver the plan for britain. In short, we are the means, our countrys people, each
Oil reserves in the world is in economic meltdown. Venezuelans queue for hours for bread. The sick cant get the medicines they need. Violent crime is thriving in the chaos. Caracas is now the worlds most dangerous capital. Hugo chavezs Socialist Revolution has lost its charismatic leader, but not yet its grip on power. Opposition to chavezs successor, Nicolas Maduro, is mobilising. The National Assembly is at war with the government. Venezuela is on the brink of a terrifying descent into darkness. Can anyone pull it back from the brink . Foreign journalists are rarely welcome in venezuela, so we charter a small plane to the countrys caribbean island of margarita, where overseas visitors can still slip in with little fuss. This used to be a buzzing, prospering tourist town. Now, the flow of people, money, and jobs has dried up. Many local businesses have closed down. More are likely to follow. The beaches have not lost their allure, but venezuela has. A broken economy, Inflation Spirall
There are calls for an enquiry into whether parliament was misled. That is shocking. We need an immediate enquiry to look into exactly who knew what when. Last week, two Barclays Bankers walked free from court. How are you feeling . Delighted. But what about the bankers accused of conspiring with them whove been jailed . Barclays just threw us to the wolves. They get off with their fine while we rot in jail. We ask, should they have been prosecuted 7 you know, its my opinion that if this was available last year, the result might have been very different. How are you feeling . Delighted. Last week, two former Barclays Traders, ryan reich and Stylianos Contogoulas, walked free from court, cleared of Conspiracy To Defraud by rigging Interest Rates. It was the end of a long battle to clear their names. Im very happy obviously. This has been 5. 5 years of my life and ijust want to go back to my family. Thats it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Sometimes i look at it and i think im in a bad
Oil reserves in the world is in economic meltdown. Venezuelans queue for hours for bread. The sick cant get the medicines they need. Violent crime is thriving in the chaos. Caracas is now the worlds most dangerous capital. Hugo chavezs Socialist Revolution has lost its charismatic leader, but not yet its grip on power. Opposition to chavezs successor, Nicolas Maduro, is mobilising. The National Assembly is at war with the government. Venezuela is on the brink of a terrifying descent into darkness. Can anyone pull it back from the brink . Foreign journalists are rarely welcome in venezuela, so we charter a small plane to the countrys caribbean island of margarita, where overseas visitors can still slip in with little fuss. This used to be a buzzing, prospering tourist town. Now, the flow of people, money, and jobs has dried up. Many local businesses have closed down. More are likely to follow. The beaches have not lost their allure, but venezuela has. A broken economy, Inflation Spirall
Its a 2 trillion business that just keeps accelerating. But is the global car industry changing gear fast enough . We report from the new York Auto Show. Plus, airbnburglary the home rental giant says its tightening security after users advertised their homes, which then got robbed. We have a special investigation. Welcome to World Business report. Im aaron heslehurst. We have got that friday feeling which means it is good friday which means you are probably not watching you are probably in bed if you are watching, i have an exciting snapshot for all of the news for you, will start in new york with annual auto show opened its doors the public. The car business had a bit of a bumpy ride during the financial crisis but today, its bigger and more profitable than ever. Let me show you how big. According to the swiss bank ubs, the global Auto Industry is now worth this. Over 2 trillion a year. Thats more than the entire economy of italy or brazil. And heres why last year, more than 88 milli