engagement with students, teachers, families, support staff and communities that rely on our education system. we remain committed to investing £1 billion over the course of this parliament over the course of this parliament over to tackle the poverty related attainment gap. this long term targeted investment improves targeted investment im proves outcomes targeted investment improves outcomes for our children and young people and helps break the cycle of poverty, with recent statistics showing record levels of literacy and numeracy attainment and primary school level and improvement in secondary. as part of this, £130 million of people equity funding will continue to empower head teachers across scotland to invest in the best approaches to improving literacy, numeracy and health and well being of the children and young people in their schools. we will continue to provide £1455 million to councils to maintain teachers in the system and enable councils to offer permanent c
a celebrity news agency has said it will launch a thorough investigation into an alleged car chase between prince harry and meghan, and members of the paparazzi in new york. some of the photographers were acting as freelancers for back grid usa during the incident. the couple say the pursuit lasted for two hours and involved multiple near misses. the news company says that isn t true. police in new york have confirmed an incident took place. nada tawfik reports from new york and a warning that this report contains flashing images. tuesday night in manhattan, the duke and duchess of sussex are filmed leaving an awards ceremony in midtown with meghan markle s mother doria ragland before the incident in question. earlier meghan had been recognised for her advocacy on behalf of women and girls. it was the first time the couple appeared in public together since the duchess s absence at the king s coronation. not long after leaving in a black suv, they claimed they were involve
could hospitals in england see more scenes like these? senior doctors are voting on whether to take industrial action over pay. hello and welcome. we start in the uk where ukraine s president has made a surprise visit the latest stop on his tour of european capitals to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. prime minister rishi sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence missiles and long range attack drones but stopped short of sending jets. rishi sunak tweeted this picture welcoming president zelensky when he arrived at chequers the prime minister s country residence the pair in a bear hug, the caption reading: welcome back . volodymir zelensky had earlier described rishi sunak as his friend . there were then handshakes on the doorstep before the pair held bilateral talks, lasting around two hours. ukraine s president says the pair discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he calle
the lowest incomes. a manchester city masterclass. they dominate real madrid to reach the champions league final in their pursuit for a remarkable treble. good morning. a cloudier start to the day to day that we will see sunny spells developing. a few showers across southern, eastern and central england. another front bringing rain across western scotland and northern ireland later. all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday, the 18th of may. water companies in england have made an unprecedented apology for failing to do enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. water uk says it will invest £10 billion over the next decade to put things right, promising the biggest modernisation of sewers since the victorian era. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, reports. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways, and that profit has been put before the health of our rivers and beaches.