An independent investigation. With me are robert fox the defence editor of the Evening Standard and ruth lea economic adviser at arbuthnot banking. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. An emotional reunion for a mother and son on the front of the Financial Times which says a prisoner swap between ukraine and russian rebels raises hopes for a final truce. The new years honours data leak which saw the addresses of around 1000 people including high profile celebrities being published online could cost tens of millions of pounds thats according to the i. The daily mail investigates what they call a £10 billion rogue pensions scandal saying thousands have lost their nest eggs in schemes sanctioned by the government. Another pension story in the daily express albeit more positive. The paper says that thanks to the re election of borisjohnson as Prime Minister that Retirement Funds will boom. Farfrom home the guardian claim critically ill children are being rushed from one part of e
Polly middlehurst. Michelle, thank you. Good evening to you. Well, the top story tonight on gb news is that teachers are no longer on strike. All four teaching unions in england have accepted a 6. 5 pay in england have accepted a 6. 5 pay rise, meaning all industrial action has been called off. Now it comes after Union Members staged eight days of strike action in state schools since february in their dispute over pay february in their dispute over pay the education secretary, Gillian Keegan welcomed the decision and explain where the money for the pay rise was coming from within the School Budgets with the 2 billion extra that we already got when i was very first in the job at the end of october last year, there was a 3. 5 that schools had budgeted for a pay increase for teachers within that, obviously the strb came back at 6. 5. So the extra 3 is being funded by the department for education. Education. The Prime Minister says the planned expansion of oil and gas drilling in the north
News the licences will help britain meet its net zero pledge. Were announcing these new licences in the north sea with more to come , which will ensure more to come, which will ensure our Energy Security moving forward. It means well be less reliant on hostile foreign actors for our energy baseload, for the fossil fuels that were going to be relying on. For some years come, which will mean years to come, which will mean that will be reducing our c02 that we will be reducing our c02 emissions not importing those emissions by not importing those fossil fuels. But the announcement on future and further Carbon Capture and storage projects means that well be taking that Carbon Dioxide of atmosphere dioxide out of the atmosphere and it onto the north and storing it onto the north sea, means that getting to sea, which means that getting to net zero will be more achievable i k m an k man has been a british man has been released from prison in cyprus after sentenced for the after being sentence
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
eighth in the premier league and face a first season without european football since 2009 10. the final elements of the deal are being finalised before an announcement. and postecoglou may well be without his best player. that s because harry kane is thought to be top of real madrid s wanted list this summer. the england captain only has a year left on his contract and is undecided on his future. there an emotional farewell from zlatan ibrahimovic as he retired from football at the age of 41. the ac milan striker had already announced that he would leave the club this summer and brought the curtain down on his career after their final league game against monza. the swede is the all time top goal scorer for his country and scored 511 goals for clubs including paris saint germain, manchester united and both milan sides, winning league titles in four different countries. to the french open now, where the women s defending champion iga swiatek set up a mouth watering quarterfinal