the country s biggest children s short story competition 500 words is back for the first time in three years. it will be supported by camilla, the queen consort. welcome to the bbc news channel. a postmortem examination is to be carried today out on the body of a baby found by police searching for the missing child of constance marten and mark gordon. the couple disappeared in earlyjanuary and were arrested earlier this week. in earlyjanuary and were they are currently being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the news comes after a days long search by police of a 90 square mile area near brighton, which ended with a baby s body being discovered near to where the couple was arrested on monday. vincent mcaviney has more. yesterday, at locations from newhaven to brighton, the search for the missing baby was in full swing over a 90 square mile area. officers from the sussex force were joined by those from the metropolitan police and volunteer experts in search an
of a baby were found in the search for their missing child. the pair are being held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the government has published a plan to improve learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities in england. it includes ending postcode lottery support. the duke and duchess of sussex have been asked to vacate their british home, frogmore cottage in windsor. the couple s spokesperson has confirmed the request. the duke and duchess of sussex have been asked hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 43 people are now confirmed to have died in greece s worst ever rail crash. a passenger train collided head on with another carrying freight near the city of larissa late on tuesday night. the station master accused of causing the crash is due in court, amid rising public anger at the failure to prevent the disaster. nick beake reports. the aftermath of greece s worst ever rail disaster. a station master in
at the heart of that concern they have towards the way they are treated by government right now. and what is at the bottom of this is trust. if what is at the bottom of this is trust. u, , , what is at the bottom of this is trust. , , , ., trust. ifi can ust interrupt you for the trust. if i can just interrupt you for the second, trust. if i can just interrupt you for the second, i trust. if i can just interrupt you for the second, i want - trust. if i can just interrupt you for the second, i want to - trust. if i can just interrupt you for the second, i want to come j trust. if i can just interrupt you - for the second, i want to come back to the issue of trust, so you say that gavin williamson, then education secretary in the uk, was always very keen to tell you he had the utmost respect for teachers, so when you saw these whatsapp messages where he talked about teachers complaining about a lack of ppa to have an excuse not to teach, some teaching unions dojust have an excuse no
journalist isabel oakeshott, who helped mr hancock write his recent book. other messages seemed to show matt hancock and sir gavin williamson discussing teachers. in may 2020, sir gavin appeared to stress that they had access to ppe, adding, some willjust want to say they can t so they have an excuse to avoid having to teach. in a message from october 2020, matt hancock congratulates sir gavin on a cracking announcement on exams and adds, what a bunch of absolute arses the teaching unions are . one head teachers union labelled this an appalling lack of respect. sir gavin williamson has said his comments were about unions, not teachers, who he has the utmost respect for. a spokesperson for matt hancock said, these are partial accounts, obviously spun with an agenda. they show matt was focused throughout on saving lives. the right place for a full
provided in a statement. he is denying he said anything menacing. on those disparaging comments about teachers and unions, that presents a very different private face to the public face, to what the two ministers, then ministers, were saying in public. what problems do you foresee this causing? will there need to be an apology? possibly. it is a bit embarrassing for gavin williamson and matt hancock. i don t think they made any bones about criticism of some of the unions in private, but it was pretty clear some of the language being used was not the sort of language ministers would want to get out in the public domain, clearly slightly at odds with the praise of teachers we saw at the time. and one of the things that is most fascinating reading some of the exchanges published by the telegraph is just how