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i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. m ....
in the commons, conservative mps have started voting for and against their leader. numberten. how much damage is this inflicting on boris johnson? the prime minister needs 180 votes to win and stay on. the result is expected at nine o clock this evening. also tonight. are the world s promises to reduce carbon emissions being kept? we look at the pledges more than six months on from cop 26 in glasgow. families hope for answers as a public inquiry begins into a catalogue of alleged abuse of vulnerable adults at a home in northern ireland. and fancy a four day week but on no less pay? how this brewery is among dozens of companies trying it out in a uk wide experiment. heather watson and harriet dart both get off to the best possible start at the nottingham open, but will eradicate new weight heather watson in the next round? emma raducanu. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six live from downing street. borisjohnson s future as prime minister is in the hands of ....
So yeah, i was worried how i was going to feed them now for this week until i got my money on friday. and this is why it s happening now every month. you come to like the last week and all, and i vejust got nothing, you know, it s a really bad situation at this moment in time. the uk government says it s committed to eradicating poverty and has already increased benefit payments by over 10%. but for many here, that money simply isn t stretching far enough. hywell griffith, bbc news, cardiff. and if you are looking for more information on help with the cost of living you can go to the bbc website at bbc.co.uk/news and look at the tackling it together section which contains articles on help with bills including how to cut the cost of your food shop. alcohol related deaths in england and wales have reached another record high, according to data seen by bbc newsnight. figures rose sharply during the pandemic ....
In this challenging time. the industry hopes to arrange fresh talks next week. ultimately, any new offer needs approval from the government, which says it s facilitating reasonable conversations. separately, the rmt union is gathering feedback from its members on the offers it s received so far before deciding what to do next. katy austin, bbc news, in kent. thousands of workers in wales and across scotland have been striking today. we ll hear from hywell griffith in cardiff in a moment, but first our scotland editor, james cook, in edinburgh. well, scotland has been experiencing school strikes for quite some time. in november, teachers unions staged the first national walk out over pay since the 1980s. and now we re in a series of rolling strikes today. teachers are out in aberdeen and clackmannanshire. they want a 10% pay rise. ....
To education workers and to health workers. but so far they ve failed to satisfy the unions. so, as things stand, there will be another wales wide teaching strike on february the 14th. but there is one glimmer of hope here with the nu in wales saying they have been talking again to ministers today and there are more talks scheduled for later this week. that was high well griffith and james cook before that in edinburgh. changing terms, conditions and working practices are all factors in these disputes, but at the heart of them all is pay. average basic pay, particularly in the public sector, is nowhere near keeping up with the rising cost of living. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here. direct question from lots of people, is the government s reluctance to move further to do with economics and finance all to do with ideology and finance all to do with ideology and politics? you and finance all to do with ideology ....