katherines primary academy, in harlow in essex, won't open next week. parents are asking why the warning was so last—minute. seems a bit frustrating because it just seemed to be last—second that they decided to go, "oh, no, the building is not safe." this school in south london has been partially closed. i have two children. one of my children is in key stage two so her building is this one here which will be closed, and she will be relocated to another site about 20 minutes that way. my son is in year two, so he will stay in the building that is still safe and usable. so, i will have a double drop—off and a double pick—up. the government says it is acting now because the guidance changed after a raac beam collapsed in a school last week. the beam had previously been thought safe. raac was used in public buildings from the 19505 to the mid—1990s because it was quicker to manufacture than traditional reinforced concrete and easier to install. as you can see, it is fairly lightweight, and you can probably see the air bubbles through the concrete itself, which is part of its name. it is reinforced. you can see the groove within the concrete itself, which is reinforced with rebar. one of the main issues can occur when water can actually get inside the concrete itself. it passes through these air pockets and can get to the rebar which is obviously metal and, over time, can rust. 0bviously, metal that rusts is weak and that is what can cause the panels themselves to actually fail and fall. the concrete was only designed to last for 30 years, and the dangers of raac in public buildings has been known for years. in 2019, an expert committee issued an alert on raac. by 2020, the government promised to remove it from nhs buildings by 2035. in 2021, school safety was rated critical by the department for education. the government rejects the accusation that it has been slow to act. we did act sooner, to be fair. so, there was a collapse of a school ceiling back in 2018. we immediately, together with the local government association, provided a warning notice to schools, which is pretty detailed, about what they should do to assess and manage the concrete in the ceiling. in scotland, the government says that 35 schools contain the concrete, but measures are in place to protect pupils�* safety. in wales and northern ireland it is not yet clear whether raac is causing problems. it's notjust schools where this concrete poses a risk. other public buildings are— the courts, for example, and more than a0 nhs buildings. zoe conway, bbc news. earlier we spoke to sarah skinner. she is the ceo of penrose learning trust in suffolk, which controls eight schools— three of which are affected. she says the change in policy is going to have a major impact on the schools. around find temporary accommodations incredibly challenging. tell us more about those challenges. what has the department of education asked you to do and how difficult is it going to be to to achieve that? well, we had our own surveys done in 2019 and identified some raac. we had plans in place to work through. much of our concrete was deemed safe. so we started on areas that that were were less good. obviously, the change in policy last week now means that i have three schools. some of those schools have areas identified as red, which means we can't access those those facilities at all. in two schools, i had an undetermined areas, which is problematic in itself because i don't know whether they are safe or not. in one of those schools, we managed to get a surveyor out yesterday and thankfully those areas are now green and we can use them. and i have a surveyor going to the third school on monday, so on monday i will know more for that school, but it's quite considerable even taking the areas that are deemed red alone. so how are schools and classes being affected by this on a practical level? so i've actually yet to write to parents fully. we sent them a letter yesterday alerting them that we had some issues. i am working through the detail with my head's today to get letters out today and in one school i have ten rooms and a staff room that i can't use. my second school, 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets, and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it's quite considerable in terms of now rooming, working out who can come in, getting temporary accommodation and logistically organising all of that. yes, a big logistical puzzle. and just briefly, do you have any timelines that you're working with? because it sounds like there are still quite a few unknowns. yes, so, we we had two staff training days on monday and tuesday. we're going to extend that by a day just to ensure that we can get room and resources, because obviously we have a number of resources in the in the areas we're not allowed into. so we're looking at whether we can get the contractors who will be doing the work to go in and retrieve resources for us. so we've allowed an extra day. we will have students back on each of our school sites on thursday in the schools that are affected with more rooms, we may not be able to have all year groups back thursday and friday while we sought temporary accommodation. but until monday, we won't know how quickly we can get those additional classrooms in. the billionaire businessman, mohamed al fayed, who went from selling soft drinks in egypt to owning harrods and the paris ritz, has died, at the age of 94. his eldest son, dodi, was killed alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris, 26 years ago. an inquiry into mr al fayed's business dealings led successive governments to refuse him british citizenship. michael cole the former bbc royal correspondent who went on to work for mohamed al fayed as director for public affairs at harrods, spoke to me on mr fayed's last days. well, i think it's worth saying that he died on wednesday, which was the day before the 26th anniversary of the tragic deaths in paris of his eldest son, dodi, and the family's dear friend diana, princess of wales. and he was entombed in a private mausoleum in the grounds of his surrey estate yesterday, the day after that anniversary. so whether there was an element of kismet, a wonderful arabic word forfate, in all that, i do not know. but it wouldn't surprise me at all. mohamed was a remarkable man in many, many ways. he owned the most celebrated department store in the world. he owned the most glamourous hotel ever known, the ritz in paris. and he owned a very iconic football ground, which is many people's favourite second team, the fulham football club, down by the river thames at craven cottage. the people who knew him, who worked for him, who were his customers, who were the fans of his club, knew him well and they liked him. he was, as you say, controversial. but one thing i think ought to be said is that he didn't yearn to be part of society. he hated nightclubs. he never went to smart restaurants. he was interested in his family and his firms and his customers and his staff. and it's not true that he took revenge on the british government. what happened was, after he'd made, at his own expense and to great cost to himself, revelations about sleaze at the heart of thejohn major conservative government, four months after those revelations came out in the guardian newspaper, it was the british government that turned down his application for naturalisation as a british subject four months later. so, if anybody was taking revenge, it was the british government on mohamed, but he took it all in his stride, and contrary to what your reporter thinks, he didn't yearn to be part of or want to be part of the royal family. yes, he loved diana as a daughter. and he was very close to her father. and for a0 years, he was close to raine spencer, her stepmother, who was a director of harrods. he hoped the best for his son, dodi, and diana. and he thought they were going to have a wonderful future together. it was of course— i'm sorry tojump in— but he was, of course, greatly affected by the death of his son. just your reflections on that and how it affected the trajectory of his entire life, really? well, of course. i mean, he was very stoic. he was very strong and steadfast and courageous during that terrible week. wednesday or thursday without sunshine. temperatures even across scotland and northern ireland in the low 20s. i will start to break down i will start to but i could tell, because i knew him quite well, that he was he was not the same person. i could see the sadness at the back of his eyes always. but he said to me, you know, i've got 7,000 staff, i've got a family, i've got to show leadership. i can't walk around with a long face. and he had to smile and he had to carry on. but nothing was ever really quite the same, because he'd lost his first—born son and now he is in this tomb, lying alongside him for eternity. rail passengers in england are facing a second day of disruption as thousands of rmt union members go on strike. some journeys into scotland and wales will also be affected. train drivers with aslef walked out yesterday, as both unions continue disputes with rail operators and the government over pay. let's get a report on that. today's rail woe shifts from the working week to leisure travel. whether it is trying to visit friends or family over the weekend or travelling to a sporting fixture, would—be rail passengers are likely to be disappointed. up to 20,000 rail workers at the rmt union, typically station staff or guards, are on strike for 2h hours. it is part of a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working practices. the rail delivery group, which represents more than a dozen operators, has offered a 5% backdated pay rise and a pay rise of 4% this year if changes to the way staff work can be agreed. we would have to agree to these draconian cuts in ticket offices. we would have to agree to cuts in catering, engineering and other grades. we simply can't do that. i'm not going to get my members to vote for their own demise. at the moment, there is no stand—alone pay rise for us or any of the other grades in the industry or any of the other unions. they are all dependent on us accepting these drastic cuts to service and cuts to jobs. fewer than half of rail services in england are expected to run today, although it will vary in different parts of the country. some services into wales and scotland could also be affected. all of this follows a 24—hour strike by train drivers at the aslef union yesterday. they took to the picket lines in their dispute over pay. drivers are back to work today but are refusing to do any overtime. the rail company and government said the pay offer to unions is reasonable and should be put to members for a vote. no fresh negotiations are planned, so after more than a year of industrial action, there is still no end in sight. mark ashdown, bbc news. the uk's home secretary has order a review into police impartiality after accusing officers of being involved in political activism. suella braverman has said there has been an "unacceptable rise" in the number of police "taking sides on controversial issues" with more on this now, i'm joined by our political reporter, tony bonsignore. as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this — as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is _ as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is very _ as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is very familiar - as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is very familiar ground. j yes, this is very familiar ground. she is long been critical of some elements of the police getting involved in things like political marches and parades and, for example, taking the knee or getting involved in issues of gender when it is politically contested, she would say. what she has done today, she has written to his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, this is the body that inspects policing on behalf of the government and the taxpayer and said, look, on behalf of the government and the taxpayerand said, look, it on behalf of the government and the taxpayer and said, look, it wants to look into these issues. it wants, she wants it to look specifically at a couple of things. one whether it is diverting attention away from what she would say is, she calls it common sense policing, day—to—day policing, investigating and responding to crimes. and also she says she wants to looking at whether it is affecting public confidence in policing. she has also written to chief constables, the heads of all these forces at the same time, too, and she wants this body to report by the end of march. it is familiar territory, there is, for the government and for suella braverman in particular who is well—known for getting involved in these kinds of issues but she has gone the step further now by ordering this review. so what has this response been to this, politically, especially? at the majors this morning we have started to get the first bits of response in. labour are that, actually, suella braverman has attacked what she calls the politically correct preoccupations of some police forces. labour say, no, no, it is her political obsessions, this is what it is about. labourare obsessions, this is what it is about. labour are saying, obsessions, this is what it is about. labourare saying, look, obsessions, this is what it is about. labour are saying, look, this isn't about actually making policing better, by helping victims are stopping crimes in the first base or the serious issues that there are with policing. this is all about politics, they say. and it is inevitably about politics. the whole issue of what some might call culture wars but the whole issue of policing as well. very, very hotly debated and likely to feature very, very heavily in the run—up to the next election in the uk which is likely almost certainly going to be next year, probably later. so i think we will hear the sorts of arguments rehearsed again and again. just in the last few minutes i've had from the police federation. mow. had from the police federation. now, the are had from the police federation. now, they are the — had from the police federation. now, they are the body _ had from the police federation. now, they are the body that _ had from the police federation. firm-h", they are the body that represents rank—and—file officers and they are not impressed. they say the government constantly changes the goal pace. 0ne government constantly changes the goal pace. one minute they say they want a police officer to be more involved, the next day say they want them to act like robots. so, as they say, this, ithink, will feature very, very heavily in the long run up very, very heavily in the long run up to the next election.— very, very heavily in the long run up to the next election. tony, thank ou ve up to the next election. tony, thank you very much _ up to the next election. tony, thank you very much for — up to the next election. tony, thank you very much for those _ up to the next election. tony, thank you very much for those updates. i tony, thank you very much for those updates. the uk government's proposed shake—up of the country's cosmetics industry has been opened for public consultation. under the proposal— unlicensed providers will be banned from administering cosmetic procedures including botox and filler injections. industry heavy weights say it's the biggest overhaul in a generation. i'm nowjoined by dr catherine fairris president: british college of aesthetic medicine. great to have you on the programme. just how significant is this consultation?— just how significant is this consultation? , ., ., just how significant is this consultation? ., ., , consultation? this consultation is incredibly significant. _ consultation? this consultation is incredibly significant. it _ consultation? this consultation is incredibly significant. it has - consultation? this consultation is incredibly significant. it has been | incredibly significant. it has been a long time coming. the current aesthetics market has significant numbers of people practising without any regulation, which put significant risks to patients. there is a high risk involved in many of the procedures that are offered street and many of the people offering these procedures are not accountable to any regulations or regulatory bodies. 50. accountable to any regulations or regulatory bodies.— regulatory bodies. so, is it so important. — regulatory bodies. so, is it so important. why _ regulatory bodies. so, is it so important, why has _ regulatory bodies. so, is it so important, why has it - regulatory bodies. so, is it so important, why has it taken l regulatory bodies. so, is it so| important, why has it taken so regulatory bodies. so, is it so - important, why has it taken so long to happen? i5 important, why has it taken so long to happen? is a important, why has it taken so long to ha en? ,., ., important, why has it taken so long to happen?— to happen? is a great question. certainly. _ to happen? is a great question. certainly. the — to happen? is a great question. certainly, the british _ to happen? is a great question. certainly, the british college i to happen? is a great question. certainly, the british college of| certainly, the british college of aesthetic medicine who i represent have been lobbying for many years for better regulation. the availability of aesthetic treatments has become so much more accessible and that has seen a significant rise in treatment being offered and, as a result, regulation or lack of regulations have sort of been overlooked and now the government is finally doing something about it and we applaud that and we welcome that. 0k, and what recommendations would you get to fix what is broken? weill. you get to fix what is broken? well, first thing to — you get to fix what is broken? well, first thing to say _ you get to fix what is broken? well, first thing to say is _ you get to fix what is broken? well, first thing to say is that _ you get to fix what is broken? -ii first thing to say is that doctors and other clinicians practising our already very heavily regulated. but we would like to see is better regulation for people who currently do not have any regulation. we would like to see stringent controls on treatments that are, for example, involving prescription medications and treatments that are very dangerous, surgical treatments, for example, breast augmentation, things such as the brazilian but to left or augmentation offered in high street. we would like to see them being restricted to only be offered by clinicians, medical professionals. and we would like to see better regulation of the premises that people are operating from to ensure a minimum standard of care and to promote patient safety. at the minimum. promote patient safety. at the minimum-— promote patient safety. at the minimum. �* , , ., ~ minimum. and interestingly, talking about this earlier, _ minimum. and interestingly, talking about this earlier, one _ minimum. and interestingly, talking about this earlier, one of _ minimum. and interestingly, talking about this earlier, one of the - about this earlier, one of the dimensions is that you can find so much information on social media, some a bit misleading. it is not a concern for you as well? that some a bit misleading. it is not a concern for you as well?- some a bit misleading. it is not a concern for you as well? that is an incredible concern. _ concern for you as well? that is an incredible concern. social- concern for you as well? that is an incredible concern. social media i incredible concern. social media isn't very heavily regulated in the way that people who are not medical professionals can advertise and promote many different treatments and what we would like to see is, essentially, better patient education. in the majority of the treatments being offered, the patients themselves are not aware of who should be offering them and who can offer them safely. the regulation will allow for a more streamlined process and better information. patients were no exactly where they can go for treatment and who can be offering these type of treatments.- treatment and who can be offering these type of treatments. thank you so much for — these type of treatments. thank you so much for helping _ these type of treatments. thank you so much for helping us _ these type of treatments. thank you so much for helping us understand l so much for helping us understand why this consultation matters. thank you. why this consultation matters. thank ou. ., ~' why this consultation matters. thank ou. ., ~ , ., thank you. india has launched its first observation mission to study the sun in the latest success for the burgeoning space power. the rocket carrying the aditya—l1 satellite blasted off from the sriharikota space centre. the probe is now begining its one—point—five million kilometre journey to its planned vantage point, the mission�*s aim is to work out what drives space weather, and gather a better understanding of the dynamics of solar wind. last week india became only the fourth countryto touchdown successfully on the moon. sandhya ramesh is the science editor at theprint, a digital news portal. tell us what the goal is here. what did the scientists hope to achieve? absolutely, thank you for having me. the primary objective of the mission is to study and understand the sun, the different layers of the sun, the outer three layers and understand how the sun interacts with the earth's atmosphere and the solar wind which emanates from the sun and its interactions with the earth. so we are just aiming to understand the son better as well as the interactions of the sun with other objects in the solar system. so interactions of the sun with other objects in the solar system. ob'ects in the solar system. so what is objects in the solar system. so what is understanding _ objects in the solar system. so what is understanding that _ objects in the solar system. so what is understanding that better - objects in the solar system. so what is understanding that better help - objects in the solar system. so what is understanding that better help us| is understanding that better help us with here on earth? so to speak. what is the significance of what for the world? the what is the significance of what for the world? , , _, , ., , the world? the sun is constantly streamin: the world? the sun is constantly streaming out — the world? the sun is constantly streaming out a _ the world? the sun is constantly streaming out a jet _ the world? the sun is constantly streaming out a jet of— the world? the sun is constantly streaming out a jet of particles, | streaming out a jet of particles, ions and electrons charged particles and these interact with our earth's atmosphere and when there is too much of that, it could add to the potentially knock out our satellites in the form of a geomagnetic storm, for example, so these are the things that we are hoping to understand how these processes work so are able to predict the solar weather better and understand how solar flares can also be predicted. fik. understand how solar flares can also be predicted-— be predicted. 0k. india has earned tuite a be predicted. 0k. india has earned quite a name _ be predicted. 0k. india has earned quite a name for _ be predicted. 0k. india has earned quite a name for itself _ be predicted. 0k. india has earned quite a name for itself for - quite a name for itself for cost—effective space research, doing things on a budget. what is the budget for this exploration and how does it compare to what other countries have spent or are spending?— countries have spent or are spending? countries have spent or are s-tendin ? ~ , ., , spending? well, the budget for this is 400, so i — spending? well, the budget for this is 400. so i am _ spending? well, the budget for this is 400, so i am not _ spending? well, the budget for this is 400, so i am not able _ spending? well, the budget for this is 400, so i am not able to - spending? well, the budget for this is 400, so i am not able to convertl is 400, so i am not able to convert it in my head of course other space agencies have spent much more depending on the mission. as the level of maturity of the space agency. nasa has appropriate now which is near the sun physically understudying the sun and, of course of the budget for that i believe, is a billion. so, yeah, this is the first mission from india to study the sun and therefore it is almost like a technology demonstrator. without too many sophistication. so does a low—budget mission. flat without too many sophistication. so does a low-budget mission. not long ato does a low-budget mission. not long a . 0 we does a low-budget mission. not long ago we were — does a low-budget mission. not long ago we were watching, _ does a low-budget mission. not long ago we were watching, you _ does a low-budget mission. not long ago we were watching, you know, - ago we were watching, you know, another mission take off to the men. india seem an obvious in the field of space research. is this boosting the economy or is that impact going to be felt that?— to be felt that? absolutely. i think that every space — to be felt that? absolutely. i think that every space programme - to be felt that? absolutely. i think that every space programme and i that every space programme and advancements you do see spin off projects that help boost the economy. and that is the hope. we hope it will get there. it is really exciting because you can see the indian space research organisation is now moving on from just commercialflights to is now moving on from just commercial flights to our bit, to interplanetary science, research, projects and spacecraft so that is pretty exciting. projects and spacecraft so that is pretty exciting-— pretty exciting. exciting is definitely _ pretty exciting. exciting is definitely the _ pretty exciting. exciting is definitely the word. - pretty exciting. exciting isj definitely the word. thank pretty exciting. exciting is - definitely the word. thank you so much. the science editor for the indian digital news portal, the print. great to have you on the programme. print. great to have you on the programme-— print. great to have you on the ”roramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. pleasure. ecuador�*s national prison service says that fifty— seven guards and police officers who were taken hostage by prison inmates on thursday have been released unharmed. the government believes the prison riots were coordinated by criminal gangs angry at attempts to curb their power. it's also blamed the gangs for two car bombs, that went off near police buildings in the capital, quito. experts say the latest attacks show the increasing power of the country's drug trafficking gangs, and raise fears of further violence ahead of 0ctober�*s presidential election. manchester united's 21—year—old striker mason greenwood is joining spanish laliga side hetafe on a season—long loan. last month, united said the 21—year—old would leave the club by mutual agreement after a six—month internal investigation. charges against the player, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped in february. a woman from knoxville, tennessee, has earned the title of the world's longest mullet for a female. tami manis sports a flowing mane that is 5 feet 8 inches long. she's had a mullet since the 19805 — when she was inspired by a country music video — and hasn't had a hair cut in 33 years. a mullet is commonly referred to as being "business in the front and a party in the back". now that is what i call commitment. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we started off this morning with a bit of patchy mist and fog, but much of that is starting to clear away, and for many of us, we're looking at some warm, sunny spells into the afternoon. that was the scene this morning in gwynedd, a lovely calm start to the day there across the sea. now, this is the satellite image. you can see we've got quite a bank of clouds to the far northwest of the uk, but generally speaking, across the uk, this is where we've got the clearer skies, the finer weather as we go through this weekend. so, still a bit of cloud across some central areas continuing to clear away, and we could catch just the odd shower across the far south of england and across wales. but really, for most of us, it's going to be a dry day with those warm, sunny spells, temperatures getting up to about 21 to 24 degrees celsius quite widely, about 15 to 18 degrees further north and west across scotland where the cloud will thicken later in the day. tonight, there'll be some patches of mist and fog developing mainly across southern areas of england, the midlands, towards east anglia as well, that cloud thickening in the far north and west of scotland. some outbreaks of rain here, but a milder night to come across scotland compared to last night. temperatures last night down close to freezing in the northeast but tonight 13 to 15 degrees. throughout sunday then, still that cloud and that rain across the far northwest, any of that mist and fog across southern areas clearing away and lots of sunshine expected during sunday. and with light winds across england and wales, that's going to feel really quite warm, breezier across scotland and the far northwest, really, with that cloud, that rain, that brings temperatures to probably more like about 15 to 17 celsius, but towards eastern scotland, 23 degrees celsius there in aberdeen, 24, 25 degrees, the further south we come. 0n through next week, high pressure will move its way a bit further eastward. but what it does, it keeps things relatively settled. and with that, a southeasterly wind will bring in much warmer conditions. so, this is the air mass picture. there's a lot of orange here in the map and that's just showing us that we've got this warm air coming in from the south east. temperatures will rise throughout the week, particularly for england and wales, 25 to 28, perhaps 30 degrees on wednesday or thursday with that sunshine. temperatures even across scotland, northern ireland in the low—to—mid 20s. it will start to break down a little bit though by the end of next week. bye— bye. bassil a whole yes incredible this is bb incredible c news. the headlines: ministers in england are facing calls from labour to arrange assessments of public sector buildings potentially at risk because of a lightweight concrete. more than one hundred schools and colleges have been forced to shut or partially close because of concerns about collapses. the billionaire businessman, mohamed al fayed, who went from selling soft drinks in egypt to owning harrods and the ritz hotel in paris has died at the age of 94. his eldest son, dodi, was killed alongside princess diana in a car crash in paris, 26 years ago. india launches its first observation mission to the sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the moon's south pole. the studies will help scientists understand solar activity. now on bbc news, women in beirut: hitting the mark. hello and welcome. i'm kim chakanetsa. and today i'm in beirut, the capital of lebanon, to meet two athletes who help promote women's participation in sports.