attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since - tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since last - had this trial ongoing since last summer here in chester. thejury began listening to evidence back in august. they retired to consider their verdicts just before christmas and have been back for nearly two
it s been a testing first day back after the summer recess for the government, now mired in the controversy over crumbling concrete. ministers say a list will be published this week of all the schools affected in england, as rishi sunak rejected claims he oversaw budget cuts as chancellor that meant raac concrete couldn t be replaced in as many schools, as the department for education had wanted. it s also been a testing day for the education secretary, who had to apologise for her frustration, expressed in salty language, after being questioned over the government s handling of the situation. and remember, in the middle of all this are thousands of children, still unsure whether their schools will be fully open for the start of the new term. we will talk to parents and teachers and analyse the finances around school maintenance and rebuilding. but first chris mason in westminster on the politics of crumbling concrete. you probably hadn t heard of it until the other day but t
this came after the prime minister rejected suggestions that he oversaw budget cuts that meant that crumbling concrete in schools in england was not replaced. it comes after claims from a former senior civil servant that rishi sunak halved the money available for the safety work while he was chancellor in 2021. this afternoon the education secretary apologised after her frustration boiled over during questioning about the way the government was handling the situation. it all comes as thouands of school children mainly in england start the new term not sure whether their schools will be fully open or not. we start tonight with our political editor chris mason on a busy first day back for mp5. fight night good evening, sophie. certainly they fight night good evening, sophie. certainly they see fight night good evening, sophie. certainly they see as fight night good evening, sophie. certainly they see as mp5 - fight night good evening, sophie. certainly they see as
and scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. investigations are also under way in schools in wales and northern ireland. ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam reports. from the midlands to suffolk. and london. more than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. the problem crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. sarah, a mum of two who didn t want to be on camera, told us. the main issue for me is we don t have any certainty about when the children are going back to school. the lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. the school haven t been that specific about the actual meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said. the government has been criticised for not acting
uk and underneath that area with light winds, temperatures in parts of the highlands could get close to freezing and they could be a touch of frost on wednesday morning but still some warmth across the east coast, 15 or 16 degrees to start the day. probably the driest and brightest day of the week for many although later on we will see cloud and rain and a strengthening wind in northern ireland and western scotland, 14 21 . a lot of uncertainty about the this programme continues on bbc one. exclusive: an nhs whistle blower tells newsnight she was persecuted by hospital bosses for raising a matter of a life and death at the world famous christie hospital in manchester. the whistle blower is here live. rebecca white s been accused of lying today by the ceo of the christie, her former boss. and we ll talk to sir robert francis who chaired a five year inquiry into up to 1,200 preventable deaths of elderly people at stafford hospital. also tonight are spies infiltrating the moth