An extra hour in school for some pupils in wales as heads try out changes to the Academic Year. The Winter Olympics torch relay kicks off in beijing as chinas capital gears up for the games. Good morning. Quite a lot of Cloud Producing Light Rain in the north and east. Not as windy as it has been but it is still going to be mild. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 2nd of february. The government will today set out its long delayed Manifesto Plan to level up the lives of millions of people across the uk. The proposals include a series of pledges to improve education, Public Transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. Labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker reports. We are a government committed to levelling up. It is absolutely what levelling up is all about. What were doing is levelling up. Level up across the whole of the uk. Ministers have talked about
By the senior tory mp tobias ellwood. Soaring energy bills. A large part of the rise in the cost of living. Well look at where help is being provided. Schools not out in wales, with a trial to lengthen the school day by five hours a week. And the start of the Winter Olympics torch relay heralding the official start of the games in two days time. And coming up on the Bbc News Channel how green is your club . How tottenham and liverpool find themselves top of footballs sustainability table. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The government is this lunchtime announcing its plans to close the gap between rich and poor areas of the country, as part of its so called levelling up agenda. The policy, which the Prime Minister has described as a defining mission, will take until 2030 to deliver, and aims to tackle regional inequalities and help overlooked communities. There are 12 missions or targets which include. Increasing regional devolution with plans to create more mayors w
Guilty of the murder of seven babies. She was also convicted of the attempted murder of six others between june 2015 and june 2016 at the countess of Chester Hospitals neonatal ward. The 33 year old will be sentenced on monday. The government has ordered an independent inquiry into the case. Crown prosecutor pascal jones described libbys attacks as the complete betrayal of the trust placed in her little of those working alongside her. Know that there was a murderer in their midst. She did utmost to conceal her crimes by varying the ways in which youre repeatedly harmed babies in her care , she sought to deceive her care, she sought to deceive her colleagues and pass off the harm she caused as nothing more than a worsening of each babys existed. Vulnerability. Existed. Vulnerability. Police investigating the murder of a ten year old in woking say theyre looking for her father. Sarah sharifs body was found at her home last thursday after Police Received a call from her dad, believed to b
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Was found at her home last thursday after Police Received a call from her dad, believed to be in pakistan just before 3 00 in the morning. Detectives say theyre now seeking irfan sharif , along with the childs stepmother and her uncle. Its believed they travelled to islamabad the day before her death was discovered. Police death was discovered. Police have revealed their investigation , saying the loss investigation, saying the loss of an officers laptop and notebook, which fell from a moving vehicle yesterday. Meanwhile the psni have arrested a man in connection with last weeks data breach in which the details of 10,000 Police Officers and staff were published online by mistake. A published online by mistake. A 50 year old man has been detained under the terrorism act and is being questioned. Another man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists. Gb news can to terrorists. Gb news can reveal more than 25,000 migrants have crossed t