after 19 children are killed in a school shooting as the debate over gun control intensifies. the king of clay, rafael nadal, cruises through round three at the french open, while emma radacanu is now focusing on wimbledon as she reflects on her defeat, ending british interest in the women s singles. it s in the women s singles. a bit windy today across th uk, it s a bit windy today across the uk, especially illinois. some rain at times in the west but as we head towards that weekend things are looking drier. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 26th may. our main story. every household in britain is set to receive hundreds of pounds in additional support from the government to ease the cost of living crisis this winter. the £200 loan on energy bills, announced in february, could now be doubled and replaced with a grant that will not have to be paid back with further measures expected for those on low and fixed incomes. the £10 billion package is
state patrol here in our immediate background, but you go even further down the road to the school itself, and there were dozens of law enforcement vehicles, lights and sirens when we pulled up here earlier. i spoke with one of the law enforcement officials who was here, just trying to get a sense of what was going on when we pulled in here about an hour ago, and all he could say to me with this pained look on his face is that this was a situation that was in his words not good. he could not tell us about what the current status of the shooter was, only that this was no longer an active shooter situation. thankfully they have the scene locked down. but, again, you can just feel the palpable tension when you show up to school shootings like this, we have seen this unfortunately time and time again in this country, and i think what i was talking to this mother about, the conversation that we have frankly every time you see circumstances like this arise, this mother said she never thought
just to remind viewers about our coverage of this story bbc news has a remit to report impartially on the wider corporation. we will have more on this story later. a teacher is in hospital with suspected stab wounds and a teenage boy in police custody following an incident at tewkesbury school. the school has been placed into lockdown. its head teacher described the incident as serious and has reassured parents that all pupils were safe and well. 0ur bbc radio gloucestershire reporter edwad rowe is in tewkesbury and sent us this update. i am in dobie s car park, which is just about a ten minute walk from from the school itself, dobbies car park garden centre.
about one mile away from where the wimbledon tennis championship is going on, but both our correspondence at the scene and the local mp, telling us it is in a secluded area of wimbledon, near the common. we now know that nine people have been injured. two adults and seven children. crucially, we don t know yet how seriously they have been injured. however, we spoke to stephen hammond who is the local mp for the area earlier and he said it was his understanding that somewhere in a critical condition. but, as i say, we have not had that confirmed by the authorities the moment. the school itself, as i say, is a private prep school for girls aged between four and 11. it is the study prep school. the building that the land rover crashed into, we
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