for a major renovation programme are approved. and british cycling admits not paying sufficient care and attention to the wellbeing of its athletes. good morning. it s friday 10th march. welcome to bbc newsroom live. schools in england are being forced to cut gcse and a level courses in an effort to balance the books, according to a head teachers union. the association of school and college leaders has warned budget pressures causing them to cancel things like school trips. this recent data from the department for education shows a dramatic rise in the number of secondary school children in england being taught in classes with 36 or more pupils. our education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it but partly because it saves money for the school. the only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money from last year. and if the govern
The national housing shortage and support local communities. tenants of the new properties which will be built on sites owned by the chain will have the choice of renting fully furnished with john lewis products or using their own. i can now speak to vicky spratt, who s housing correspondent for the i newspaper. vicki, lovely to have you with us here on bbc news this evening. what do you make of this announcement? across the country, we do have the housing emergency. there are not enough affordable homes, and there isn t enough social housing, but 10,000 really won t make a dent in that emergency, and i suppose what we have to wonder is, will these homes be affordable in terms of rent? at what point in the market will the rent be set, and who will they be aimed at? whether they are furnished or unfurnished, that is kind of by the by. 0bviously, john
Enough social housing. but, 10,000 really won t make a dent in that emergency. and i suppose what we have to wonder is, will these homes be affordable in terms of rent? at what point in the market all the rent be? and who will they be aimed at? i think whether they are furnished or unfurnished, that s kind of by the buyer. 0bviously, john lewis having suffered a bit of a financial hit, due to the pandemic and other revenue streams, but when it comes to housing, we really need affordable homes that people can actually afford to live in. and it will depend on where they are, too. if they want to build them on car parks, for instance, well, will that work? will they be in places where there is enough infrastructure? i ve visited some buildings around the country over the past few years, when i ve been reporting on the housing emergency, where homes have been built on the site of former office blocks, for instance, and there just isn t