british steele is considering cutting 800 jobs at the plant in scunthorpe. in premises questions keir starmer questions prime ministers claims regarding document rob. a search onjoe biden delaware home as a part of investigation into classified documents. it s thought to be the biggest day of industrial action, according to unions, in more than a decade across the uk, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to be on strike, in disputes over pay, jobs, and conditions. teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university staff, bus drivers, all are on strike, in different parts of the country, with teachers in the national education union, the largest group of workers on the picket lines. it s estimated up to 85% of schools are affected. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been speaking to some of those on strike, in liverpool. cheering. from london to stoke, from cardiff to aberdeen, teachers are out on strike across britain. at chesterfield high in crosby, th
and i will see you very soon. hello, and welcome to this big, green open space. never before have we appreciated outdoor spaces and parks like we have since lockdown. yeah, unfortunately, though, lockdown also saw an increase in something that s threatening to turn some of our green and pleasant lands into brown and unpleasant landfill, and that is the illegal dumping of rubbish. there ve been well over a million fly tipping incidents in the uk over the past year, and paul carter s been to see how ai is hoping to help us find the fly tippers. like many countries, england s seen a surge in the illegal dumping of rubbish during the pandemic. some people pull up and dispose of their waste, while others, well, they literally do it on the fly. here on the outskirts of london, a number of councils have turned to tech to combat the issue. cameras, but not as you know them. these use al to catch fly tippers. since february, over 80 smart cameras have been installed at known dumping h
that we ve seen behind me and you ve had that come through to your phone as an alert. yep. can i have a.? can i have a look? yes. so, we get a notification on our desktop, laptop, whatever device we ve got. so, you ll be able to see pretty much in real time almost someone dumping something? yes, 100%. oh, there i am! oh, look at that bang to rights! and it s very clear, crystal clear. so, literally, we can see the person, we actually can see what the items are on that trolley. is that important sometimes to actually be able to identify what it is that they re dumping as well? very important, because our crew really we want to know what they re going for. if it s got asbestos related, if it s got anything that is also a health and safety concern. given these cameras are operating in busy urban environments, they re often triggered over 100,000 times a day. the captured footage could just show a passing car or pedestrian. so why, then, aren t the councils getting thousands of