some of you yesterday, today it is dry and bright with one or two showers but heavy rain tonight, full details coming up. it s thursday the 28th of september. our main story. a murder investigation is continuing in south london after a 15 year old girl was fatally stabbed on her way to school. a boy aged 17 was arrested shortly after the attack in croydon yesterday morning, and police say he may have known the victim. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest. behind these screens overnight, forensic experts search for evidence after a teenage girl was killed. stabbed in the neck on a busy street on her way to school. this bus had been full of schoolchildren at 8.30 yesterday morning on one of the main roads through the london borough of croydon. the bus driver and passers by tried to save the 15 year old. witnesses said there had been an argument with a boy who tried to give her or her friend flowers. the girl, who has not been named by police, died before she could be take
and on newsnight at 10:30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. there are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at home learning online? but now it s clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the children s commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. at least one in five pupils in england is now persistently absent meaning they re missing 10% or more of their lessons that s double the rate, before the pandemic. a committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a national roll out of attendance mentors to work with families. new guidance on the standardisation of
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