midday, thousands and thousands of messages of thanks and support have been posted and in the last few minutes, what has happened is that instead of local people from the community, we have had people coming from all over the uk, some coming from all over the uk, some coming from london, from birmingham, as far as ireland have come to show support. at the moment there is an antiracism group which is also protesting with the occasional chant everyone around here sees marcus rashford as a local hero, notjust the footballer but this mural was because of his social enterprise work. remember, he successfully campaigned to have free school meals for primary school kids, and every now and again there is applause and someone telling a story of how marcus rashford has helped them and given them hope. 0n the wall there is stuff that says role model, hero, and thank you, marcus. and i think everyone around her, knowing he grew up everyone around her, knowing he grew up here, to see a boy done goo
school meals for primary school kids. every now and again this applause and someone telling a story about marcus rashford has helped them and given them hope. borisjohnson s government has seen off a conservative rebellion over the plans to cut the foreign aid budget. several senior tories, including his immediate predecessor theresa may, voted against the plan, which will wipe almost £4 billion off the aid budget. some of the biggest charities said the result was a disaster. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. britain has long given humanitarian aid like this to the world s poorest people, but the government is cutting that aid. and what was promised to be temporary has now become much longer term and all, the prime minister says, to save money. we are doing this in the midst of a terrible crisis, when our public finances are under greater strain than ever before in peacetime history and every pound
all about tests, all about the mechanics of passing regular assessments, but i wonder if there s something else going on, too, which isn tjust about schools and teaching butjust the way in which we live our lives? we see two and three year olds now who have become used to swiping with their fingers on screens. we see primary school kids who have smart phones. could that be something to do with the fact children aren t engaging with books, perhaps, in the way that they used to? it could be. actually, the description you ve just given, i ve seen toddlers in their buggies with phones and looking at things in one sort or another. there s a very strange thing going on, culturally speaking, which is that we re giving children a level of autonomy, we could argue how much it is but even so, handing them things like screens and playing with them and so on, at the very same moment that classrooms are in a sense being asked, whether they do it or not is another matter, but being asked to close do
the mechanics of passing and irregular assessments and i think if there s something else going on, schools and teaching, just the way we live our lives. you see two and three year olds who have become used to swiping with their fingers on screens, we see primary school kids who have smartphones. could that be something to do with the fact that children are not engaging with books and apps in the way they use to? it with books and apps in the way they use to? they use to? it could be. the description they use to? it could be. the description you they use to? it could be. the description you have - they use to? it could be. the description you have given, l description you have given, i ve seen talkers in the buddies with phones and looking at things in one form or another. it s very strange thing going on culturally speaking which is that we are giving children a level of autonomy, you can argue how much it is, but even so, handing them things like screens and playing with them and