Shell be celebrating seven decades on the throne. And whos afraid of the Big Brown Bear . Not this american teenager, who fought it off to save her three pet dogs. Coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel, on the Bbc News channel, fans return to lords. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Theres a row this lunchtime over the governments plans to help School Children in england catch up on Education Theyve missed out on because of the pandemic. The government is promising to spend eli; billion on Tutoring Sessions for pupils who have fallen behind. But Teaching Unions have descibed the plans as a Damp Squib and hugely disappointing. Its understood the Treasury Baulked at a more ambitious plan costing about £10 billion. Our Education Correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports. These are our reception children. This is our Screen Community primary and halifax. Some of the children have missed nearly a year in school learning. 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Children coming in, and there are struggles, arguments, fights, parents, carers, physically abusing and emotionally abusing them. This School Sa S and emotionally abusing them. This school says that and emotionally abusing them. This school says that it needs more money for an additional social worker. Today, the government in england has announced eli; billion for tuition and training. Teaching unions say the money is well below the amount needed for children to catch up. The Department For Education says its doing its best in difficult times to stop the most disadvantaged children falling further behind. I dont think the prime Minister Or Chancellor wanted to be in a situation where we are waiting for a complains of Spending Review to get money out of the door in order to be able to have a positive impact in terms of childrens lives. Labour has criticised the funding and says young people must be a priority. Children cannot learn well if they are worried and anxious, if they are not having time to play and develop so we are suggesting support for extracurricular activities, play, drama, art and so on, and of course in putting mental Health Support in schools, so that if children are struggling at home with well being, there is someone on hand to help. This Head Teacher says schools need to be given more funding and the flexibility to be allowed how to spend it. If you do not put that time into think, 0k, if you do not put that time into think, ok, i if you do not put that time into think, 0k, iwant if you do not put that time into think, ok, i want that child to be brilliant in maths but first i have got to make sure that his family is ok, that they are ok emotionally, if you dont see all of that, then you are not going to get anywhere with these children and what you will end p these children and what you will end up with is people at The End of it to say, do you know what . Did we give the best for these children . Well we did the best that we could with the means that we had, but there means that we had were not enough. There means that we had were not enou h. , there means that we had were not enou h. , enough. The Education Policy Institute estimates enough. The Education Policy Institute estimates that enough. The Education Policy i institute estimates that todays announcement amounts to £310 per pupil in england. It calculates that wales has announced a similar amount and existing funding for scotland and existing funding for scotland and Northern Ireland is £200 per pupil. Catching up wont be quick, easy or cheap. For schools like this one, at the heart of the community, there is a long road to recovery. Elaine dunkley, Bbc News in halifax. Lets speak to our political correspondent ben wright. The Education Secretary says this is a hefty amount of money, 1. 4 billion. His critics says this is catch up teaching on the cheap. Thats right, ben. The government talks about Levelling Up, closing the economic gap between wealthy and disadvantaged parts of the country, but the pandemic has clearly widened the Learning Gap between children who have had lots of help with studies at home, you have the resources, and other children that dont. In March Borisjohnson said tackling this would be his biggest priority, and now we are getting to measure that rhetoric against action. We have got £1. 11 billion of extra money announced today. That is not a small amount of money. But as we have just heard, not a small amount of money. But as we havejust heard, labour, Teaching Unions, Education Policy experts, say that it is just not enough, doesnt begin to cover the scale of the problem and the interventions that are now needed. I think there has been a discussion in the last few days between government departments, specifically the Department For Education and the treasury, about increasing that significantly. A figure of £10 billion has been talked about behind the scenes. In The End in terms of this announcement, the treasury balked at that and thought they could not commit with spending restrictions are tight at the moment because of the pandemic, to that sort of commitment at this stage, i have a full review of Government Spending that is due in the autumn, and that is the time that you would expect money of this sort of scale to be signed off. The wrangle between the Department For Education and the treasury is going to continue and intensify over the next 23 continue and intensify over the next 2 3 months as we head into that Spending Review. Today the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said this was a process. He spoke about other interventions the government may introduce including a longer school day, Something Teaching unions look set to resist. The Governments Education Recovery head so Kevin Collins said more would be needed but this is a test of the governments Levelling Up slogans. Thank you, ben wright, our political correspondent. Paramedics in england are to be offered Body Cameras after a rise in violent attacks on frontline ambulance staff. Thousands of them are assaulted each year, and theyve even been attacked when responding to Emergency Calls during the pandemic. The nhs is hoping to issue the Body Cam Equipment by The End of the month. Heres our Health Correspondent, anna collinson. Its three years since Gary Watson was attacked by a patient he was trying to help. The paramedic� s physical injuries have now healed, but the painful memories are with him for life. I had quite a bad rotator cuff injury, so torn ligaments down my right shoulder. I had significant bruising to one side of my face, scratch marks, gouge marks, yeah, just bruises, pretty much, up and down my body. My wife noticed maybe six months after the incident, a change in personality. Quite an angry person at home. Come to work, put on a smiley face, come home, you know, not quite the same. Stories like garys are unfortunately on the rise. Data shows that more than 3,500 Ambulance Workers were physically assaulted last year. Thats a 32 increase over five years. But its hoped that wearing Body Cameras could help. At a glance, you may not even notice them. Nhs england is rolling out these cameras to all ten of its ambulance trusts, in the hope they will de escalate the potentially violent situations. From spitting, biting, and verbal abuse, to kicking, Head Butting and punching. Its after a successful trial in the north east. Sadly they are needed, because our staff are being assaulted. Assaults have increased dramatically over the last few years from the public, on staff. So, we need to have that method of Recording Evidence for prosecuting, and its also a good deterrent, if somebody sees the camera, they are less likely to actually be aggressive and assault our staff. In london, there were also Body Camera trials. So, to start the shift, they have made it really easy for us, byjust coming in and using our id card, and it registers a camera to our card. It flashes to tell me what camera to take, withdraw the camera, place it on the person, and thats ready to go and to activate whenever you need it. Some Ambulance Crews expressed concern about privacy, but they have been told that they can choose whether to wear Body Cameras. Services in wales and Northern Ireland say they are also considering introducing them, but the scottish Ambulance Service declined to comment. What would be your message to anyone watching who has maybe lashed out at a worker like yourself in the past . When you see someone in uniform, you see the uniform, but theres obviously a person thats wearing it. Every time a call comes down on the radio, you do think, is it going to be another one of thosejobs or is it going to be the normal day to dayjob . You just never know. Anna collinson, Bbc News. A Government Adviser says the uks latest Coronavirus Data looks encouraging amid continuing debate over whether to end all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st Ofjune. Sirjohn Bell Part of the Governments Vaccine Taskforce said we cannot scamper down a Rabbit Hole every time we see a new variant. New data from the Office For National Statistics shows the lowest proportion of Virus Related Deaths in england and wales for eight months. And yesterday the uk announced no Covid Related Deaths at all for the first time since the pandemic began. Our Health Correspondent Naomi Grimley reports. The good weather might be helping to make life feel more normal again but theres still a lot of uncertainty surrounding whether the final stage of Loosening Restrictions will go ahead. The scientific community is split, with some urging the Prime Minister to delay the next step on the 21st Ofjune in the face of new variants and others arguing for a more pragmatic approach. Today, one of the governments most high Profile Expert advisers said there needed to be balance to the discussion. If We Scamper down a Rabbit Hole every time we see a new variant, we are going to spend a long time huddled away, so i think we do need to get a bit of balance in the discussion and keep our eyes on the serious disease that we are trying to prevent. This disease is here to stay, probably forever, but we do need to move on and try and make sure we suppress the disease as much as possible around the world because otherwise we are just going to sit here and get slammed by repeated variants as they come in the door. Yesterday, scotlands First Minister squeezed the brake on the easing of lockdown for 13 local authority areas, including edinburgh. They are to remain in their current level of restrictions instead of taking the next step out of lockdown next week. I do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary, but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through this. Yesterday marked a milestone as there were no covid deaths announced by the government, for the first time since last march. But those urging Caution Point to case Numbers Nudging up again, with younger people still unvaccinated. All this has to be weighed up as we adapt to a life living with a virus which has changed all our lives. Naomi grimley, Bbc News. The australian state of victoria is extending its lockdown by another week as Authorities Battle to control a growing virus outbreak. Officials say people have been catching the virus from fleeting encounters in a Melbourne Outbreak of the b. 1. 617. 1 strain, now named the Kappa Variant by the world health organization. Australias second most populous state will now be locked down until the 10th ofjune. After 12 years in power, it looks like the long rule of israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could finally be coming to an end. 0pposition parties are finalising plans for a new government that would remove him from office and they have until midnight to reach an agreement. There are reports that the centrist politician tasked with pulling together the coalition, Yair Lapid, hopes to make an announcement soon. 0ur diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports. Israels parliament met this morning. The country now has a new president but it is a ceremonial position and a much bigger question remains unresolved when will israel have a new government . The recent fighting in gaza brought coalition talks to a grinding halt after yet another inconclusive israeli election, the fourth in two years, the countrys longest serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was clinging on by his fingertips. He had already tried and failed to cobble together his own government. That task now fell to his opponents. They make an odd couple. Naftali bennett is from the hard nationalist right, opposed to a palestinian state. He has served in several netanyahu governments but says israel can ill afford yet another election. Translation the political crisis in israel is unprecedented on a global scale. We can move to a fifth, sixth, tenth election to dismantle the walls of this Country Brick by brick until our house will collapse on us. It is possible to stop the madness and take responsibility. Yair lapid is from the centre. He believes in a two state solution. His secular views have sometimes pitted him against israels powerful ultraorthodox establishment. Translation this is the moment of truth. | it eventually comes down to two options, a large coalition or a government of darkness, Racism And Homophobia which will take the money of those who work and give it to those who dont. There are plenty of ideological battles ahead but, for now, opposition to Mr Netanyahu is what binds the two hopefuls, and they are getting close. They have a Midnight Deadline and it seems they are on the path to finalising these coalition deals. Already several have been reached and there are several more that need to be finished before the deadline, so the prospects look good but still there are some obstacles and issues that could upset the negotiations. Issues Mr Netanyahu is working hard to exploit. After 11 years in power, the man supporters love to call Bb King of israel has formidable political skills. He has outwitted opponents before. He could just out with them again. But he knows the time is running out. His long reign may soon be over. Lets speak to our middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell whos injerusalem. Is it really over for Benjamin Netanyahu . It is too soon to say. The clock is ticking and we know Yair Lapid has which deals with several small parties but crucially has yet to reach a final deal with naftali bennett, the man who would beat the future Prime Minister in this prospective government in a Rotation Deal with Yair Lapid. We know as well as the ministerialjob is to be carved up there are also bells on key government committees. And with negotiation so tight many israelis are wondering if the Coalition Government can really work because it would bring together parties from the far left to the far right and potentially bringing arab and israeli parties into the government for the first time. It will have to avoid many sensitive issues in politics related to the palestinians, areas where politics and religion come together. And all the time Mr Netanyahu and his party are appealing especially to right wing politicians not tojoin this alliance and they do have some time as even if Yair Lapid manages to meet them Midnight Deadline there would still be most likely a week before the new government is sworn in. If he doesnt meet the deadline than the issue goes back to the parliament and they have three weeks to choose a new Prime Minister. If they are not able to do so than the country would go to yet another election, the fifth in two years continuing an unprecedented period of political stalemate. Of political stalemate. Thank you very much of political stalemate. Thank you very much our of political stalemate. Thank you very much. Our top of political stalemate. Thank you very much. Our top story of political stalemate. Thank you very much. Our top story this very much. Our top story this lunchtime. Government plans to help schoolchildren catch up on Education Theyve missed out on during the pandemic. And on during the pandemic. Coming up im at lords fc international and coming up im at lords for international cricket is back on the fans are here to see it. Coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel, britains Diving Team is announced for the tokyo games, where Tom Daley will finally look to add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles he has previously won. Across england, there have been efforts to tame traffic in towns and cities. Many communities are also seeing new restrictions on cars to create low Traffic Neighbourhoods . Our chief Environment Correspondent Justin rowlatt has been to oxford where a group of pedestrians have gone the extra mile to uphold the law by becoming human traffic bollards. Heres a question for you when is a pedestrian not a pedestrian . Were bollards and bollards dont say anything. When they have become a human bollard. What are you going to do . Run us over . Ive got a place to be. Can you move . Horns blare you cannot go down the high street. So this road is supposed to be blocked between 7 30am and 6 30pm but the bollards arent working and nor are the Number Plate Recognition cameras, so drivers know they can come through without being fined, which is why the oxford Pedestrians Association decided to. Step in. I dont feel anxious or afraid, ijust Feel Something has to be done and im doing the right thing in the right directions. Bizarre, i wouldnt have expected it. Im not like normal vehicles, you dont know that. What, are you speechless now . Yeah, so ill be reversing down here in a second. Thank you. One Delivery Man managed to bamboozle the activists into letting him through. I pay taxes to the council to be able to go through here so im an authorised vehicle, i the same as the county council, mate, the same as buses, i can go through the cameras. The Delivery Company Dpd told Bbc News the response from the Driver Wasnt acceptable and it said it will brief all drivers again on the restrictions. We will find out. The Road Closures here in oxford are part of a nationwide effort to calm traffic in our Town And City centres. So what we are trying to do is to rebalance our streets, make them friendlier for pedestrians, encourage them to be able to walk more short trips, and that actually helps free Up Space for people who need to drive, for people carrying heavy loads. But, rachel, freeing Up Space for pedestrians means taking space away from motorists, doesnt it . It means. Very often, they are the same person, very often there is a person who is driving to the local shop who could walk to the local shop, not always. Enfield In London is one of many English Councils that has blocked roads and introduced charges to create new low Traffic Neighbourhoods, or ltns, during the covid pandemic. So, this low Traffic Neighbourhood came completely Out Of The Blue and it has made our lives impossible. The restrictions here in enfield are similar to oxford, except you are fined £130 if you drive through. Everywhere ive been going, ive been blocked to try and get down here. It is bloody ridiculous. Sue sanders says she has never been involved in local politics before. I see it as undermining democracy. There has not been a proper consultation. We see the ltns as a fait accompli, as something imposed upon us, and i actually genuinely see it as alienating people from the green agenda, it is actually undermining the green agenda. We asked Enfield Councilfor comment but it did not respond. Hi, guys, you know it is illegal for you to go through here . No, its not, mate. It is. The truth is, if we want safe, clean cities and to tackle climate change, we do need to coax some people out of their cars. And if they think they will be punished, most drivers do obey the law. Justin rowlatt, Bbc News, oxford. A 19 year old man in singapore has pleaded guilty to sending Death Threats to the Premier League Footballer Neal Maupay on social media. Derek ng is the first person outside the uk to be charged and convicted of such an offence. Nick marsh reports from singapore. The Premier League said it hoped todays ruling would serve as a powerful deterrent to would be abusers no matter where they are in the world. They thanked the singaporean authorities, as did Neal Maupay, and Brighton And Hove albion in securing this landmark conviction. 7000 miles away, and the first of its kind outside of the uk. Now, derek mg, 19 years old, pleaded guilty as expected today in court to sending these explicit Death Threats to Neal Maupay. He will be sentenced next month and he can expect to receive a hefty fine of up to £10,000. He may also receive a Jail Term of up to two years. Now we all know how much abuse is levelled at players on a daily basis from within the uk. But given footballs global appeal it is also clear that an awful lot comes from outside the domestic borders too. This is where things get tricky. Because the footballing authorities then need to enlist the help of foreign Law Enforcement agencies. They need Police Forces around the world to start investing their time, their effort and their resources into securing convictions like this. Now today they will argue that what has happened in singapore can serve as a bit of a watershed moment. They think it will be a sort of template in ensuring that online abuse, no matter where it happens in the world, can be tackled and people can be brought to justice. Nick marsh, Bbc News, singapore. Next year the queen will become the first british monarch to celebrate a platinumjubilee she will have been on the throne for 70 years. And its been announced this morning that therell be year long Platinum Jubilee celebrations throughout the united kingdom, the commonwealth and around the world culminating in the Platinum Jubilee weekend next june one year from today. Lets speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. Just talk us through these plans. Anotherjubilee. Weve had Gold And Diamond and now it is the Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of the queen on the throne and a special four day public holiday beginning one year to date on what will be thursday the 2nd Ofjune 2022 and it will begin with trooping the colour, or the queens birthday parade. All being well but will return to Horse Guards Parade Next Yearfor the first time since 2019 and then on friday the 3rd Ofjune we will have a service of thanksgiving at St Pauls cathedral and on saturday the 4th Pauls Cathedral and on saturday the 11th Ofjune the queen will attend the derby, always a highlight of the yearfor her and later the derby, always a highlight of the year for her and later that saturday there will be one of the highlights of the weekend. It has been described as the Platinum Jubilee party at the palace and heres what the palace said about it. The bbc will stage and broadcast a special live concert from Buckingham Palace bringing together some of the biggest entertainment stars in the world. Members of the public will be invited to apply for tickets and the Ballot Details will be released in due course. Then on Sunday The 5th Ofjune you cannot have a jubilee without a Street Party so the big Jubilee Lunch will be taking place and an opportunity to share friendship, third and fun with neighbours according to the palace and all concluding with the Platinum Jubilee pageant. 5000 people outside Buckingham Palace combining street art, theatre, music, circus, carnivaland art, theatre, music, circus, Carnival And Costume and commemorating the service of many people during her Majestys Rain according to Buckingham Palace. They hope it will be a very forward looking event after the bumpy few months that the queen and the Royal Family have enjoyed and this will be an opportunity for those who wish to come out and celebrate and mark their respect for the monarchy. Now england are back at lords for the first Test Match of the summer. Theyre taking on New Zealand and there are 7,500 lucky fans watching. At lunch its finely poised with New Zealand on 85 for one. Laura scott has been watching. Jerusalem plays a fanfare to greet the return of international cricket and the fans. For some, the start of summer is the 1st ofjune, others a trip to the beach or a pub garden, for the 6,500 here, it is a Test Match. It feels really emotional, actually. Just coming off the tube and the trumpets are playing jerusalem, it really brought it home to me. I couldnt get to sleep last night, i was just so excited to get back and watch. Ijust feel so lucky to be here. Its the first time england have played at home in front of spectators since 2019. Today here at lords it will be only a quarterfull for what promises, on paper, to be a tight game. England are number three in the world when it comes to test cricket, one place below visitors New Zealand. Two debutants named in the Home Side showed a desire to build for the future, yet as play got under way with new Zealand Batting first, Joe Root turned his most established names to take up the bowling attack. A confident start by New Zealands openers with their first timer Devon Conway taking a starring role. So, time to see how one of englands new faces could cope on this prestigious stage. When Ollie Robinson stepped up for his first over in test cricket, support came from those who have done it for years. Keen to get going, maybe a bit too keen overstepping with his first ball but then finding his stride. The tourists looked comfortable ticking past the 50 Mark But Tom Latham Onlyjust escaped a tempting delivery from stuart broad. Not easy for the skipper to watch. But minutes later this was the new boy delivering for him. Latham catching the Inside Edge and back onto the stumps. And look what it meant to Ollie Robinson. In the London Sunshine New Zealand pushed on before lunch to head in 85 for one despite Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood bumping up the bowling speed. Forthe Mark Wood bumping up the bowling speed. For the fans here theyre supposed to be no singing and cheering me on a much quieter atmosphere than when these two countries last met for the 2019 World Cup final here. Play is to resume in the next 15 minutes on the pitch behind me. A Teenagerfrom California has decribed the moment she fought off a bear to protect her pet dogs. Hailey moreeneeco, whos 17, didnt hesitate when she saw the Mother Bear on the wall of her Back Yard with two cubs, fighting with her three dogs. Home cctv shows hailey running outside, pushing the bear off the wall, before rounding up her pets and Running Back inside. The teenager sprained her finger but otherwise was unscathed. I run over to the bear, and the first thing i think to do is to push the bear off the ledge its standing on