More than 870,000 more than 870,000 16 to 2a year olds in the uk 16 to 2a year olds in the uk are not working or studying. Thats a rise of 7a,000 compared to last year. Today the Youth Futures foundation, which aims to reduce Youth Unemployment in england,has published a report looking at employment and education. Of the 2,500 young people they surveyed, more than 40 said a lack of skills or training was the biggest barrier to entering the workforce. 0ur Education Correspondent Elaine Dunkley has been speaking to young people about their experiences. This is the Warren Centre in hull, a place where young people who feel alone can come together. What have been some of the challenges . I met skylar, like many who come here, shes classed as neet, not in education, employment or training. When people go into care, you get bullied and people think that its your fault. Being taken into care at the age of 13 was traumatic. Ten years on, shes struggling to get her life on track. I didnt get th
At 10 o clock, well be here with a full round up of the days news. First, newscast. I Canno T Believe that a Press Conference about covid ended up as a sort of Rap Battle between chris whitty, that is still the rules for us, that is still part of our winter plan. I dont know, actually, that could take us quite a long way to the rest of the year, and of course and the thing about winter in the nhs, do you remember Whenjeremy Hunt told us on newscast at the mentor in the nhs lasts until april the next year. Its only september, weve been talking about it all day. Something big happened stop at the base chapel, and its pretty much nearly done as we were recording this on thursday evening, but lets recap the big winners, because whats been happening today on thursday as the lower runs of the latter, the top runs were done on wednesday that big winners are liz truss, foreign secretary and then nadeem, probably rewarded for it the vaccine route. A big challenge about how to get everyone caugh
The east, we have had some Thunder Storms in eastern Scotland And North england and lincolnshire. On the whole the showers will move out into the nith sea tonight. It gets quite wet in the north tonight. A warm night and perhaps some drizzle around Irish Sea coasts. Grey and misty first thing. Some fog over the Hills Int misty first thing. Some fog over the hills in t north. A soaking for parts of scotland, northern scotland. But for many areas, fewer shows, just fleeting in england and wales. More cloud and a breeze for northern ireland. Still a few showers. Temperatures on the the way down, freshening with that northerly wind. Which then pushes our front south and it will weaken. It heads into the north of england. We have the great North Run on sunday. For me running, this would be ideal conditions, but im not rung. Patchy cloud and rain, not a conditions, but im not rung. Patchy cloud and rain, nota bad conditions, but im not rung. Patchy cloud and rain, not a bad day. Scotland and
As just days after arriving following his evacuation from kabul, Afghanistans Hossain Rasouli competed in the long jump. He finished 13th, but merely being here was a victory in itself. Andy swiss reporting there. Time for a look at the weather. Good afternoon. No drastic changes over the next few days. That means more scenes like this, with extensive cloud across many parts of the uk. For the rest of the week, expect a lot of cloud which will be thick enough to produce the Odd Spot of drizzle. Equally thin enough to break up and give a bit of sunshine. High pressure is sitting to the North West with the wind is flooding in this clockwise direction, dragging cloud towards our shores. There are some breaks in The Cloud. Some across parts of Northern Ireland, central and western scotland. And a beautiful scene from the isle of mull, Blue Skies overhead. Some parts seeing the best of the sunny spells through the afternoon with a few breaks in The Cloud across england and wales, particular
Now on Bbc News the media show. Hello. From countdown to Big Brother to its a sin, Channel 4 has long been a fixture on our gogglebox. But could the channel a whole generation has grown up with be about to change . This week, the government announced another consultation into whether Channel 4 should be privatised. So would that mean an influx of cash to compete with the streaming giants or a change of focus perhaps less unreported world, more naked attraction. And would flogging our third biggest broadcaster bring in as much cash as the government expects . Joining me to discuss this is Alex Mahon, Chief Executive of Channel 4, and chris curtis, editor in chief at broadcast. Also with me, Danielle Lux, Managing Director of cpl productions. And, danielle, youve got a very broad slate, havent you . Give me a sense of the shows youve got on air at the moment. Well, we just finished life rhymes, which is our Entertainment Show on Sky Arts. We are in production on married at first sight, i