in religious instituations in northern ireland. 11 children and two adults have been taken to hospital, after a ceiling collapsed at a primary school in south east london. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. as the investigation into the explosion in a taxi outside liverpool women s hospital continues, the uk s terror threat level has been raised from substantial to severe meaning an attack is highly likely. yesterday s explosion has been declared a terrorist incident by police, though counter terror officers said they don t yet have a clear idea of a motive for the attack. four people have now been arrested under the terrorism act in connection with the incident. a male passenger in the cab who has not yet been named by police was killed in the blast. officers believe he had built an improvised device. speaking in the last hour, the prime minister said the uk will not be cowed by terrorism . this report from our correspondent danny savage contains images that you
leg of h52. a public enquiry and compensation for umarried mums forced to give up their babies for adoption in religious instituations in northern ireland. and coming up in around twenty minutes, we ll bring you live coverage of the prime minister s speech at the lord mayor s banquet in london. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the man killed in the taxi explosion outside a hospital in liverpool has been named as emad al swealmeen who was 32 years old. officers suspect that the passenger made the explosive device, but so far the motive is unknown. the uk s terror threat level has been raised to severe, meaning an attack is considered highly likely. the blast happened outside liverpool women s hospitaljust before 11 o clock yesterday morning. raids were carried out in the afternoon on sutcliffe street and rutland avenue. emad al swealmeen has been connected to both addresses. four people have been arrested under terrorism laws and are being questioned today. the driver o
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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
the man who used to be the department for education s most senior civil servant reckons he did. i was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the school rebuilding programme down from 100 a year to 50 a year. the chancellor, of course, was at the time? rishi sunak. so, what does the prime minister make of that? i think that is completely and utterly wrong. actually, one of the first things i did as chancellor in my first spending review in 2020 was to announce a new ten year school rebuilding programme for 500 schools. now, that equates to about 50 schools a year that will be refurbished or rebuilt. and if you look at what we ve been doing over the previous decade, that s completely in line with what we ve always done. this secondary school in county durham was meant to open for the new term tomorrow, but it can t because of dangerous concrete. in both 2020 and 2021, the government promised 50 schools a year would be rebuilt. in 2019, th