Concerned parents, children and teachers are and i want to start by assuring them that the government is doing everything it can to fix this quickly and minimise the disruption to childrens education. We make no apology for acting decisively in the face of new information and let me provide the house with an update on where we are. Of the 22,000 schools in england, the vast, vast majority wont be affected. In fact, in two thirds of inspections of suspected schools, raac is not actually present. And to tackle the 1 of schools that have been affected so far, the 1 , we are assigning each of those schools a dedicated caseworker and providing extra funding to fix the problem. In the majority of cases, children will attend school as normal and the mitigations take typically just days or weeks to complete. We will do everything we can to help parents, support teachers, and get children back to Normal School life as quickly as possible. Lets listen to what the Leader Of The Labour Party had t
Its virtually all over for england at the Cricket World Cup. Jos buttler s side suffer yet another humiliating defeat to all but end their defence of the trophy. And we have some dense fog around this morning, particularly towards the east this morning, particularly towards the east. That should clear away by mid morning. Still unsettled the heavy mid morning. Still unsettled the heavy downpours and blustery winds. That continue the next few days. More that continue the next few days. More details for you coming up shortlx its friday, the 27th Of October. Our main story. Eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow aid into gaza, ahead of a vote on an immediate ceasefire at the United Nations today. Overnight, the us military has carried out airstrikes in Eastern Syria against two facilities it says were being used by iran to target american forces. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell reports. Keeping hope alive. The families of the 200 plus
League football grounds. We are here at staff at rangers, sir keir starmer wrapping up his visit behind me Stafford Rangers. He was talking to a handful of voters who said they voted conservative last time and were considering Voting Labour at this one. There are a number of Labour Campaigners here as well. The focus for him today was the economy, he is making the accusation that under the conservatives, britain has got poor. Rishi sunak also focusing on the economy, he is making the case is planned for the economy is working keir starmer alleges that under the conservatives, britain has become poorer. Conservative mps in particular are Stepping Down, among them michael gove. I asked Keir Starmerfor his Reaction Them michael gove. I asked keir starmer for his reaction to that decision. Michael gove is Stepping Down and i obviously michael gove is Stepping Down and i obviously wish him well but i think its significant he is Stepping Down because its significant he is Stepping Down becau
Years in parliament. But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mp5 Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mp5 walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Joining me now is lizzy buchan,
Than 200 people could have been inside the diy store. The mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. Earlier this month, Russian Forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. Heres one of the shop workers explaining what happened. Translation i was at work in the Furniture Section when there was the first hit. Me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. There was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. We were covered in it, our faces, too. We started to dig our way up to the top. There, the Extinguishing System had started working. We grabbed a few people and an Emergency Service guy who was shopping saved us. He was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. Me, my colleague and another boy as well, a shopper, and his girlfriend made it out. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen is at the scen