From the newsroom. Birmingham city council has effectively declared bankruptcy in a statement, the council said its issued a section 114 notice which prevents all but essential spending. It says its part of spending. It says its part of plans to meet its financial liabilities relating to equal pay liabilities relating to equal pay claims. The council also says its facing a financial gap within its budget currently standing in the region of £87 million. Finances related to protecting Vulnerable People and Statutory Services remain in place. However all other new spending will cease with immediate effect. The schools immediate effect. The schools minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools and has been issuing guidance to schools since 2018. In speaking to gb news nick gibbs, comments come after the education secretary apologised for using Strong Language while expressing her frustration at the situation. Both rishi sunak and Gilli
In, she says vapes are a gateway for young people into smoking. We know theyre there to try and woo people off smoking. Go to a vape shop. I like the flavours, you should. They should be prescription only if its meant only in my opinion if its meant to you off cigarettes, then to get you off cigarettes, then lets do they targeted lets do that. They are targeted to children is working. To children and it is working. Let thoughts this let us know your thoughts this morning. Gb at gb views morning. Gb views at gb views. Com is the email as always, particularly if your kids are going be affected youre going to be affected and youre to going affected maybe your to going be affected maybe your grandchildren these grandchildren by these School Closures touch this closures do get in touch this morning. Of all, though, morning. First of all, though, heres in the heres Tatiana Sanchez in the newsroom. Newsroom. Bev, thank you very much and good morning. This is the latest from the newsroom. Rish
Yesterday. And also, if youre to going anybody at to going headbutt anybody at football, really dont want football, you really dont want it to be roy keane, do you. 7 it to be roy keane, do you . Well have your latest and well have your latest Weather Forecast on duty this morning. Alex burkill , hello. Morning. Alex burkill, hello. A little bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise plenty of sunshine and temperatures even and temperatures rising even further as we go through the week. Ill have more later. So it was first day back at school yesterday. Well, not for school yesterday. Well, not for school kids really, but for mps at the houses of parliament and Gillian Keegan amongst the stories fighting to keep her cabinet position this morning after she apologised for claiming she was doing a good job. But she said stronger than that actually. But she was that actually. But she was unaware that she was being recorded. I just want to say , recorded. I just want
Us know your thoughts this morning. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the as always. The email address as always. First, though, heres alison with. News for thanks. With your. News for thanks. Thanks, guys. Good morning. Its 931. Our top stories. Israel intensified airstrikes on gaza overnight, israel intensified airstrikes on gaza overnight , rejecting calls gaza overnight, rejecting calls for a ceasefire. The military says it targeted hamas infrastructure following one of the deadliest days for palestinians. There are growing concerns , signs that the concerns, signs that the conflict could spread across the region. This morning, the leaders of terrorist groups reportedly met to discuss the so called resistance axis against israel. Lebanons against israel. Lebanons hezbollah leader is said to have held talks with the head of hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad. The United Nations warns jihad. The United Nations warns the crisis in gaza is deepening , the crisis in gaza is deepening, with more th
Is packed in a really dense and where youre seeing it. It gets low visibility really quick. So dont be deceived. You might be leaving the house to give yourselves whats shown talking about. Its blue. Next minute youre in this is what we got in san jose where it is very great down there as well. We are starting to see that fog at least lifting in the south bay. So that means less visibility issues. Still some pockets that are bad, though. We are starting to see about half of the east bay cleared out. The closer you get to the hillsides there. Oh, its nice and sunny, then you drop down close to the bay shore and all the sudden it gets real great. Real quick. Also through the carquinez, some dense fog there and up into the north bay down in the valleys, you head up into the hillsides and its abundantly sunny, then down into the valleys. It is very foggy. Same out towards the coastline. We are going to see clearing towards the afternoon really towards late morning. It will clear really qui