With chris mason and katherine downes. A new drive to help children and young people with Mental Health problems. Ministers want faster access to treatment and specialist support in schools and colleges. Good morning, its sunday the 3rd of december. Also this morning the governments entire social Mobility Commission resigns in protest at what it says is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. Bolstering the blue belt. More stretches of the british coastline get special status to help protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats. In sport, well have the latest from the ashes overnight. England are into the tailenders but australia are still building a big score on day two in adelaide. And darren has the weather. Hello, good morning. A lot of this damp and drizzly weather will clear away this morning, allowing skies to brighten, a bit more sunshine around as well, but tonight could turn a bit colder. Join me laterfor all the details. Good morning. First, our main story. Children will be
And australia are taking control in adelaide theyve declared on 410 8 and put england into bat under the floodlights. It had all started so well for england on day two of the second test. Stuart broad trapped Peter Handscomb lbw in the first over of the day. But, wickets were few and far between. A century from shaun marsh took australia past 400. And with twilight coming and the hope that the ball would swing under the lights the aussies declared. England are batting and still have more than an hour to go before the end of day two. Australia are well on top and favourites to go two up in the five match series. Ben stokes is back in action. Dont get too excited though, hes not in adelaide but in new zealand where his much anticipated return to cricket with the bat was disappointingly brief for canterbury. He was dismissed forjust two runs. The all rounder, whos suspended pending a Police Investigation for an alleged assault, didnt take any wickets either. And if you think it might be d
Think it was about getting some the education secretary went on to defend the governments record. Were seeing standards in our schools rise. Critically, were seeing the attainment gap in schools narrow. The attainment gap in this is the difference in outcomes between disadvantaged children and their better off peers. The social mobility commissions most recent report described britain as a deeply divided nation. Two thirds of the areas where young people face the brightest prospects are now in london. While many coastal, rural, and former Industrial Areas are being left further behind. And former Industrial Areas are it singled out the midlands as the worst performing area in england. Deprived areas registered some of the highest support for leaving the european union. Of the highest support the government is now facing criticism that it is so focused on the process of brexit that it is ignoring some of the reasons that led people to vote for it. Jonathan blake, bbc news. People to vot
Captain steve smith nears a ton as he leads the australian fightback on the second day of the vital third ashes test in perth. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Relatives of the four children who died in a house fire in salford have said they dont know how they will be able to tell the childrens mother, who is in a medically induced coma and likely to remain that way for several weeks. 15 year old demi pearson, brandon, aged eight, lacey, aged seven, and three year old lia died following the fire on monday, which police are calling a targeted attack. The child rens grandfather says the family had been harrassed before and the police had been called on sunday night but left. The house was set alight a few hours later. Three people have been charged with murder. Judith moritz has been speaking to the family. This is the most harrowing of cases. Yes. Its impossible to some it up. I spent an hour this afternoon with the pearson family, with mike pearson, whose grandchildren
On in the ashes . They need at least a draw to avoid a series defeat. Coming up in sport on bbc news, britains number two tennis player, aljaz bedene, switches back to slovenia in a bid to play at the next olympics. Good evening. Relatives of the four children who died in a housefire in salford have said they dont know how they will be able to tell the childrens mother who is in a medically induced coma and likely to remain that way for several weeks. 15 year old demi pearson, three year old lia, lacie aged seven, and brandon who was eight died following the fire on monday, which police are calling a targeted attack. The child rens grandfather says the family had been harrassed before and the police had been called on sunday night but left. The house was set alight a few hours later. Three people have been charged with murder. Judith moritz has been speaking to the family, and is at Police Headquarters in manchester tonight. Judith. Yes, fiona, ispent yes, fiona, i spent the afternoon