our overheads have increased, and unfortunately that funding amount has remained the same, and so that means that we are just in a deficit. we should not be having to close our doors, and we should not be leaving children without provision. this nursery is the victim of a nationwide problem. and one leading childcare charity says more than 5,000 providers have closed in the last year. i have never witnessed such a difficult time for parents to find a place for their child, and it will not get better, this will get considerably worse, unless there is adequate investment, make sure the infrastructure is strong, but it has never been this bad. in a statement, the department for education says it recognises the financial pressures faced by parents and providers. it says it has spent more than £20 billion over the past five years to support families with the cost of childcare and provided unprecedented support to protect all businesses from high energy prices. but it has not been
by a metropolitan police firearms officer in south london six months ago, has called for urgency in the handling of the investigation by the police watchdog. 24 year old chris kaba died in september after being shot through a car windscreen. the family say they ve been given little or no information as to when the iopc will complete their investigation. 0ur correspondent, greg mckenzie, spoke to the kaba family as they held a candlelit vigil at the scene last night. a family and a local community coming together. six months to the day since 24 year old construction worker chris kaba was fatally shot by metropolitan police firearms officer on a south london residential street. holding back tears, the kaba family say the last six months have been extremely difficult. everything stopped.