From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. Its saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The World Health Organization is asking countries with Mpox Vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic Of Congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter Leigh Milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or thre
what are they doing to try and make sure that classes start as planned next week, rowan? it sure that classes start as planned next week, rowan? sure that classes start as planned next week, rowan? it really depends on where you next week, rowan? it really depends on where you are next week, rowan? it really depends on where you are in next week, rowan? it really depends on where you are in the next week, rowan? it really depends on where you are in the country - next week, rowan? it really depends on where you are in the country and i on where you are in the country and what sort of situation your school is facing. if it is an issue with raac. some of them are bringing in temporary classrooms to put on site. others, where they have had to seal off parts of the school or bits of it, are using other parts of the school. some are using other buildings outside of the school, other community resources to hold lessons in and some, if they are part of a chain of schools, a
figure in the organised attempts to forcibly overturn presidentjoe biden s 2020 election victory. another leader, zachary rehl, recieved 15 years. here s our correspondent, peter bowes. these are some of the longest sentences imposed on anyone tried and convicted for their involvement in january the six attacks and in the case ofjoe biggs he was seen as one of the leaders, one of the leaders in the crowd to encourage people to move into the capitol building, the very moment event vice president mike pence was certifying the results of the 2020 election. and we now know that of course that trump had spoken to crowd earlier in the day. he had discouraged strongly mike pence from certifying the election and encouraged the crowd to move to the capital building. we know that there are being the scores and scores of trials, more people to be sentenced under some cases are still ongoing, but in the case ofjoe biggs and zachary real they have now been sentenced, both men appeared in
urgent action, critical. a warning notice in 2018 because of an episode in a school in kent that alerted schools to how to identify rac and to be aware of it. more guidance was issued in 2021 and 2022 about how to manage rac. and the expert advice at that point was that if it s not in a critical condition, then it s safe to use continue to use rooms that have provided the rac isn t in a critical condition. cas evans is headteacher at a primary school in leicester. her school was closed back in may, due to concerns about the concrete. she s been telling us it was one of the hardest things to deal with in her career, and described some of the disruption. it took away all the toilets and kitchen and dining rooms so we had to think about catering and there as the sudden rush to get as much out of the rooms as possible as well as the rush to find accommodation for 250 children, six classes. let s get more now from our correspondent helen wilkinson who s at a school in south london
there was a warning notice in 2018 because of an episode in a school in kent that alerted schools to how to identify rac and to be aware of it. more guidance was issued in 2021 and 2022 about how to manage raac. and the expert advice at that point was that if it s not in a critical condition, then it s safe to use continue to use rooms that have provided the raac isn t in a critical condition. so just what is different about the type of concrete at the centre of all this? raac to give its full name, is reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. it s a lightweight concrete that was used in roofs, floors and walls sacross floors and walls across europe between the 1950s and 1990s. raac is a cheaper alternative to standard concrete because it s aerated, or bubbly . however it s less durable with a limited lifespan of around 30 years, and its structural behaviour differs significantly from traditional reinforced concrete. the health and safety authority says raac is now beyond its