At ten news of a major data breach, involving thousands of Police Officers and staff in Northern Ireland. Personal information about more than 10,000 individuals, has mistakenly been made public, including their surnames, ranks, and where theyre based. We are operating in an environment at the moment where there is a Severe Threat to our colleagues from Northern Ireland related terrorism and this is the last thing anybody in the organisation wants to be hearing this evening. The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland says the data breach is of monumental proportions. Well have the very latest. Also tonight. Wildfires cut a devastaing path across southern portugal, heading to the popular algarve region. How best to protect the Amazon Rainforest South American leaders meet to discuss a plan of action. This was the famous Crooked House pub in the west midlands. Now bulldozed after a fire, the local mayor wants it rebuilt, brick by brick. And a finalfarewell to Sinead Oconnor.
Coming up on bbc news, england Quarterfinal Opponents will be columbia who got the better of jamaica and the womens world cup of a i jamaica and the womens world cup of a i 01 jamaica and the womens world cup of a i 01 victory. Hello. Thousands of people, including politicians and pop stars have turned out, to pay tribute to the singer, Sinead Oconnor. The private Funeral Service took place in her hometown of bray in County Wicklow, with well wishers lining the streets, as the cortege passed by. She died in london last month, at the age of 56. Colin paterson has the story. They had come in their thousands to pay tribute to that woman they loved. My mother is 93 and she wanted to come out here. It was your mums idea . Yes. She was a woman that spoke what she wanted, you know . Yeah. For the people. She was a warrior and a weapon standing up to the powers that be before anyone else was. I Sinead Oconnor lived on the Sea Front In Bray County Wicklow for 15 years. She loved the town. We lo
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experience for me. relief for some, anxiety for others who don t don t have the results that they need. the scottish education secretaryjenny gilruth visited a helpline line centre which opened today offering support to students who might be wondering what happens next. the scottish government will face questions about its aspiration to close the attainment gap between young people in the most affluent and least affluent areas. they insist that the situation has improved since 2019. but education experts say it is much more complicated than that. so the attainment gap, the poverty related attainment gap, has increased year on year from this year to last. and also the attainment gap is slightly lower than year than it was in 2019 immediately before the pandemic. it is at that same stagnant level of unacceptably high levels of inequality in the years that we saw that led up to 2019. ministers are making
has increased year on year from this year to last. and also the attainment gap is slightly lower this year than it was in 2019 immediately before the pandemic. it is at that same stagnant level of unacceptably high levels of inequality in the years that we saw that led up to 2019. ministers are making millions of pounds available for disadvantaged pupils. teachers know change will not happen quickly. it s for individuals who possibly haven t had the best start in life and we are looking to level that playing field and make the difference for them. so every school is taking forward that agenda, that s early years, primary schools, as well as secondaries and we get to the sharp end of it, we are, it needs to come out the other side in terms of better outcomes. the scottish education system has taken some hard knocks in the last few years. the question now, what shape is it in as it emerges from the covid crisis? james shaw, bbc news, hamilton.