sunny spells but, for scotland, northern ireland, north west england, the pennines, north wales and the peak district, some longer spells of wet weather and some snow at higher ground stop western scotland brightening up in the afternoon and, for south wales and southern england, much of the day will be dry. it is blustery, and these are average speeds. gusts around western coasts around a0 bath panel. a0 mph. for saturday evening, some showery rain in south wales and southern england. for part two of the weekend, a chilly start with a touch of frost on sunday. eastern areas have showery rain, which might nudge further west during the day, and parts of eastern england might brighten up. the lion s share of the dry and sunny weather will be in scotland, northern ireland and wales and western england. temperatures next week will be no better than this and it looks like another spell of wet and windy weather could be heading our way midweek. that s all from the bbc news at si
found a collective failure in planning, and said people could have died. a booster shot of pfizer or moderna the best all around according to the latest medical trials. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. will be talking about abortion, the threat of deathtraps in covid. welcome to bbc news. a woman has beenjailed for life for murdering her partner s six year old son after months of abuse. emma tustin has been told she will serve at least 29 years in prison for killing arthur labinjo hughes at their home in solihull. the boy s father, thomas hughes, has been jailed for 21 years for manslaughter. thejudge at coventry crown court said it had been one of the most distressing cases he d dealt with and described the couple as spiteful and sadistic . phil mackie was in court. today arthur was described in court as a happy, joyous and exuberant little boy. as a happy, “oyous and exuberant
On the psyche of those who might be brilliant potential social workers? 0n the money coming in and coming into the profession who are perhaps discouraged by these kinds of cases. well, there are two factors one is the busyness in terms of what they re being asked to do not having they re being asked to do not having the time to do all. secondly is the blame that they know is in a pile in on them as someone at the daily mail if something goes wrong, they have to be blamed for in this case the terrible life that arthur had. the consequence of that is at the social workers, the students in the courses are really fired up, the really enthusiastic but two or three years in they are beginning to think we cannot do thejob in they are beginning to think we cannot do the job we thought we were going to be doing. and they start trying to find other routes to help families and children and move out
It s who s seen, heard or read about it. it s unlikely anyone will easily forget the little boy with the infectious smile. i m joined by rayjones, emeritus professor of social work at kingston university and a former director of social services in wiltshire. 0ne one of the other things you had to do is conduct inquiries after the deaths of young people. and indeed adults who have been in care. what are your. what strikes you most about this case? i m are your. .. what strikes you most about this case? about this case? i m really angry, really horrified about this case? i m really angry, really horrified in about this case? i m really angry, really horrified in terms about this case? i m really angry, really horrified in terms of - about this case? i m really angry, really horrified in terms of what i really horrified in terms of what happened to arthur. i m angry because we now are in a less strong projection children and we were ten years ago and the impact of the cuts, health
This is bbc news. the headlines. the couple who killed six year old arthur labinyo hughes have been jailed. arthur s father faces 21 years in prison his girlfriend life in prison, with a minimum term of 29 years. the judge said the couple s actions were spiteful and sadistic, and that arthur was subjected to the most unimaginable suffering . child preotection agencies say lessons must be learned. we are all still struggling to come to terms with what arthur interred before he was killed their sentencing marks the first stage in achieving some sort ofjustice for arthur. achieving some sort ofjustice for arthur. the euro 2020 final is branded a day of national shame after 2,000 ticketless, drunken thugs got into wembley stadium.