at least 38 people, many of them children, have died after a man carried out a gun and knife attack on a nursery in thailand. he opened fire on a teacher who tried to stop him getting in, and on a parent, then went in where the children, many of them very young, where having a nap. for children, many of them very young, where having a nap. where having a nap. for the first time, where having a nap. for the first time. nurses where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the - where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the uk - where having a nap. for the first time, nurses across the uk are l where having a nap. for the first - time, nurses across the uk are being asked whether they are prepared to strike in a dispute about pay. and, shaken and stirred the prince and princess of wales take up a cocktail challenge, on a visit to northern ireland. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we get the lat
you. urged to do more for students with mental health problems. they should be obliged to contact relatives, carrots or friends if they have concerns about the student s well being. we can talk to someone who worked alongside universities uk on this advice and that is the ceo of a young suicide prevention. good afternoon. you ve worked with universities uk to come up with this guidance, talk us through the main elements of it and how you hope it will work? . , elements of it and how you hope it will work? ,, , , ., will work? sure, this is a good new sto ust will work? sure, this is a good new story just listening will work? sure, this is a good new story just listening to will work? sure, this is a good new storyjust listening to the - storyjust listening to the interview before me, this is statistically fewer deaths in the student population than they are in the general population for every suicide is a tragedy. we must do
government has promised reforms, it says they are on the way, it has promised extra funding, it says it will introduce a cap on care costs for an individual to limit how much they have to pay. but right now there are significant problems for there are significant problems for the whole system, the shortages of staff, and councils have today described it as a perfect storm of financial pressures and workforce pressures. so this story will reflect the struggles and fears of many families. it is a care system thatis many families. it is a care system that is on its knees, and the question those families will want to do now is, how soon candy changes be made so that they can have someone to turn to, a system that supports them, when they are facing the sort of really difficult life struggles that we saw there? of really difficult life struggles that we saw there? alison, thank ou, our that we saw there? alison, thank you. our social that we saw there? alison, thank you, our social affai
two ukrainian counterattacks have russian forces in retreat. and so perhaps russia is lashing out any way it can, firing missiles and drones into cities across ukraine. it feels desperate and dangerous. paul adams, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. returning to the story in northern thailand, a former police officer has killed dozens of people. i m joined now byjanine phakdeetham, a journalist in bangkok, who s been covering the story throughout the day. good afternoon to you, janine. our correspondent in bangkok was talking about the complete shock that people are feeling at this attack. yes.