In the past decade, ten us states have given parents an option on school choice. If they choose to they can opt to send their children to Private Schools and in return they will get some tax relief to help offset those fees. That gives countless families says jo, particularly those who live in inner cities with underperforming schools the chance to attend a Private School. Makes it more affordable. But this side of the pond, the opposition wants to go the other way. Labour say they will add vat to Private School fees and wont strip schools of their charitable status, which would deny them the 80 relief they got on business rates. That Change Say Labour would generate up to £1. 5 billion in additional revenue. The daily mail says today that will unfairly punish the smaller independent schools. Good one for this for one panel. Joe supports it. And since leaving parliamentjustine has campaigned for social mobility, equality of opportunity. So lets see how they view this. Why is offering
Hello and welcome to the programme. The us soldier travis king, who was being held in north korea, is due home in the coming hours. He was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. Private king entered north korea by running across the Demilitarised Zone from south korea injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. North korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private kings release. Jean mckenzie reports. Jean mackenzie reports. This is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the Demilitarised Zone. The us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. The north koreans have kept his whereabouts a total
Samira hussain reports. Protests, rubber bullets, tear gas. This latest flare up is the largest since Ethnic Violence began back in may. These protesters were marching in the capital when they were met by Security Forces. Several dozens have been injured an internet ban imposed, a controversial Anti Insurgency law in effect, giving Security Forces full control of the state. This comes after photos emerged of the two teenagers who had been missing sincejuly. The bbc spoke with the girls father just last month he was hopeful to the end. Translation i the end. Translation ,. , translation i expected that she would come translation i expected that she would come back, translation i expected that she would come back, with translation i expected that she would come back, with this translation i expected that she would come back, with this hope, l translation | expected that she j would come back, with this hope, i keep living even though there is so much sorrow. For the kind of person she is
Where the Tv Channel Gb News has suspended two of its main presenters after comments made on air on tuesday. The broadcaster described the remarks about a female political journalist as completely unacceptable. Our Entertainment Correspondent David Sillito reports. Lets move on to the bbc. Dan wootton, gb news presenter, talking to act and regular contributor laurence fox in their discussion about a debate that had taken place on the bbc featuring the journalist ava evans. Laurence fox was asked what he made of it. We are past the watershed. Show me a single self respecting man who would like to climb into bed with that woman ever. He went on to repeat the comments, but in rather more blunt language. This time with laughter from dan wootton. Look, she. Ava evans said she is second by the exchange and, ava evans said she is sickened by the exchange and, looking back at the broadcast. Shes a very beautiful woman, lawrence. Dan wootton says he regrets his on air reactions and has appointe
Shaken loose some of the Senior Executives whove been at the trust for many years. The longtime ceo of uhb announced his retirement from the nhs on the day the first review was published. In the few days before the latest publication, the trusts chief legal officer, david burbridge, and the chief medical officer, simon ball, both abruptly announced their departures. Im jonathan, nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. But the trust ceo jonathan brotherton, brought in to help change the culture of the trust, is still in place. Although he was only appointed to the top job injuly, he has been a Senior Manager at uhb since 2014. It was he who responded on behalf of the trust to todays report. But clearly the experiences that people have shared with the Culture Review Team demonstrate that there are. There are unacceptable behaviours in this organisation and there are really poor Working Practices in some areas, and those are the areas that we now need to go after. And were really grateful