at the port of dover uk authorities apologise, and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend let s return to some breaking news this hour and schools in england face fresh strikes this spring after members of the national education union rejected the government s pay offer. rejected the government s pay teachers have been gathering for the union s annual conference in harrogate, where pay and workload are among the issues being discussed. ministers say the pay offer is fair and reasonable . live now to our uk education editor branwen jeffreys who is in harrogate. bring us up to date. the government says the pay offer is fair but the unions do not agree. i says the pay offer is fair but the unions do not agree. unions do not agree. i have ust ste ed unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out fl unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out of i unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out of the i unions do not agree. i have just stepped out of the c
good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
news of another cyber this time affecting several large london hospitals, being described as a major cyber attack. services including the delivery of blood transfusions have been affected, according to memos are sent to nhs staff. we know that the king s couege staff. we know that the king s college hospital and guy s and saint thomases are amongst the hospital is experiencing problems, with some operations reported to have been cancelled or redirected. we will talk to one of a health correspondence about this shortly. more on that story, the breaking story coming up for you. let s continue with the general election campaign. the big news today is rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in their first televised debate of the general election campaign tonight. the hour long programme on itv will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. it comes as the conservatives have promised to introduce a yearly cap on the number of migrant visas, while labour has accus
danjohnson, bbc news, portsmouth. nigel farage has had a drink thrown over him as he campaigned in clacton, we understand. this was as he left a pub where he carried out interviews. we understand a woman threw a drink over him with the liquid landing on his suitjacket. the women told the bbc that she had not come to the launch to throw the liquid woman. she said nigel farage did not stand for her. no pictures at the moment of this actually happening but that is what we are hearing from the nigel farage campaign. this is a list of the candidates standing in the clacton constituency. we have a complete
interest. kevin spacey while he was inside quite was in the dock, he was wearing a pink tie, a blue shirt and a suitjacket, and he was asked to stand. the court clerk asked him are you kevin spacey fowler? that is his full name, to which mr spacey replied i am. he is facing 12 sexual offence charges relating to four male complainants. the allegations between 2001 and 2013. one of the charges that he is facing carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. what happens earlier on in court one today was the jury was selected and sworn in, and the judge told them after that process orjust before the jurors were sworn in, thejudge said i am sure the