mother with an ironing board was the norm. if this inquiry is capable of opening some of that truth, this is a good thing. cash for some schools in england looks likely to be tighter than even according to head teachers who are warning of bigger class sizes and cuts to staff. the government says school funding is now at its highest level on record. can they both be right? hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. we are going to talk late in the programme about disability benefits, in particular personal independence payments, and whether they should go to, quote, really disabled people, not those taking pills at home. those are the words of one conservative mp who is being urged to apologise. norman smith will look in detailfor you at to apologise. norman smith will look in detail for you at the further cuts planned at what it might mean for you. do get in touch about those stories today. if you are texting you will be charged at the standard network
mislaid more than half a million pieces of confidential medical correspondence, including cancer test results and treatment plans. we will bring you the story. here sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today s news. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in england and wales will hold its first public hearings today, more than two and a half years after it was set up by the government. it will begin by examining the mistreatment of british children in care orfrom poorfamilies who were sent to australia in the years after the second world war. the inquiry will be told that the scale of abuse they suffered was much wider than previously thought. organisers of this year s oscars say they re still trying to work out how the ceremony ended in chaos, after the wrong film was named best picture. the hollywood musical la la land was mistakenly revealed as the winner, but during the acceptance speeches it was discovered the award should have gone to moonlight, which
further evidence about the manner in which of supervision and after care of child migrants, and the debates and grounds are concerned within volu nta ry and grounds are concerned within voluntary organisations. during that hearing you will hear from representatives of the key institutions and organisations involved in the child migration programmes. we expect you will hear further evidenced in part two from oliver cosgrove and david hill and octagon free is, who will give further evidence about what she has described as early warnings and missed opportunities and doctor humphreys. the experts will also impart to provide more evidence about reports of sexual abuse at several specific institutions, about issues of knowledge and response more generally. turning briefly to some logistical issues about the evidence, as you have said it is anticipated some evidence will be live, someone will be read, someone will be by video link. it is anticipated the majority of questioning of
is going on in the weather notjust today but throughout this week, low pressure is close by and around the area of low pressure we have drawn colder air back in across the uk, so remember the start of last week got as high as 18 celsius, we will not see that this week, eight for some today if you are lucky. you can see all of the showers across england and wales, perhaps noble sum across parts of southern scotland and northern england. it is quite windy into southern england and south wales with the showers, drier, brighter moments in between, but hey, thunder and lightning for some of these as well and if you get wid of these as well and if you get wid ofa of these as well and if you get wid of a shower it may not be long before another comes along and the risk of longer spells of brain for southern scotland and northern england. one or two showers into northern ireland but also sunshine and elsewhere in scotland lighter winds, sunshine and it doesn t feel too bad for some.
been overshadowed in the last couple of hours. the inquiry s had to apologise for a data breach. we ll have more on that later in this half hour. the government faces calls from its own mps to scrap plans to limit access to a key disability benefit. i m maxine mawhinney, also in the next hour, driving up the cost of insurance. industry experts say that the average price of premiums could increase by up to £75 as a result of a government ruling. calls for the chancellor to prioritise schools in the budget and all mixed up; claims household recycling levels are too low because council schemes are too confusing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it was all down to a mix up over a couple of envelopes. price waterhouse coopers has apologised saying the wrong envelope was give tonne the stars announcing the award. what should have been the climax of the glitziest night in tinseltown turned into a hollywood farce. warren beatty was about to announce the academy award for be