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and scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. investigations are also under way in schools in wales and northern ireland. ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam reports. from the midlands to suffolk. and london. more than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. the problem crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. sarah, a mum of two who didn t want to be on camera, told us. the main issue for me is we don t have any certainty about when the children are going back to school. the lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. the school haven t been that specific about the actual meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said. the government has been criticised for not a ....
hour as yourfriend. we will stand with you in solidarity, we will stand with your people. this is not merely our battle. it s batlle of entire civilized world. aid agencies warn gaza is in need of far more aid than promised so far. the un humanitarian chief says, about 100 lorries will be required every day. frustration as trucks loaded with supplies remain stuck at the border crossing point with eygpt. the families of some of the hostages make another appeal. israel s military says 203 people are now thought to have been taken by hamas. they are innocent civilians, innocent they are innocent civilians, innocent children, in hard conditions, they need to be released, and released now. more on all of that in a moment or two, but first, let s catch up with the business news of the day. good afternoon, lukwesa. thank you, matthew. we start in the us where the head of the central bank, is due to speak in the next hour and markets will be the next hour and market ....
are you hoping to hear from toyota today? toyota today? in terms of earnings. toyota today? in terms of earnings, we toyota today? in terms of earnings, we expect - toyota today? in terms of| earnings, we expect sweet results but in terms of actual results but in terms of actual result and march 2024, toyota guided roughly 4.2 9 million operating profit but we expect them to exceed that profit. in terms of this fiscal year guidance for march 20 25, i would not be surprised if they provide a full time earnings, and that is something we are expecting for the result, under guidance. i koji sato has been in the chairand guidance. i koji sato has been in the chair and the chief executive chair for over a year. executive chair for over a ear. ., ., , , executive chair for over a ear. ., . ,, , ., executive chair for over a ear. ., ., , ., ., year. how easy performing and what are people year. how easy performing and what are people saying - year. how easy performing ....
a reliable indication of the support of the parties that the candidates are representing but also they are affected by the personal support of those candidates in the metro mayoral elections so one of the things i will be looking at later on is notjust the mayoral election contest but also the pcc contest and if we discover that labour have won the pcc contest as in 2021 that will add to the doubts that the conservatives focus on the mayoral contests in the belief that this shows things are not so bad for the tories after all is perhaps somewhat misplaced. tories after all is perhaps somewhat mislaced. , ., ., ., ., misplaced. john, we are going to brin: misplaced. john, we are going to bring everyone misplaced. john, we are going to bring everyone the misplaced. john, we are going to bring everyone the liverpool - misplaced. john, we are going to i bring everyone the liverpool count, we ll come back straight to you for your interpretation of we see. we ll come bac ....
rival, richard parker. votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. the number of votes recorded for each. we ve waited all day for this moment. it s happening now. the result. and i do hereby declare that richard parker. cheering. this is the most important thing i will ever do. - this week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive . difference in this region. where do i go? a winner and a loser and the finest of margins. mr street, commiserations. what do you put your loss down to? very straightforward, chris, isn t it? we didn t persuade enough people across the west midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. i ve always said it was my campaign and we didn t get over the line. very straightforward. bluntly, is rishi sunakto blame? no, this was my campaign. idid it. the famous words. i did it my way, and it was ....