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
it all went horribly wrong. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn t. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. david willis now, on a twist worthy of any hollywood blockbuster. 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 best picture. and the academy award. but seemed confused. .for best picture. in the end, faye dunaway made the announcement. la la land! and la la land s producers were midway through their acceptance speeches when on came the man in the headphones, frantically trying to clear the stage. it turned out that la la land hadn t won the oscar after all it belonged instead to the producers of moonlight, the low budget underdog. this is not a joke, moonlight has won best picture. moonlight, best pict