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concerned parents, children and teachers are and i want to start by assuring them that the government is doing everything it can to fix this quickly and minimise the disruption to children s education. we make no apology for acting decisively in the face of new information and let me provide the house with an update on where we are. of the 22,000 schools in england, the vast, vast majority won t be affected. in fact, in two thirds of inspections of suspected schools, raac is not actually present. and to tackle the 1% of schools that have been affected so far, the 1%, we are assigning each of those schools a dedicated caseworker and providing extra funding to fix the problem. in the majority of cases, children will attend school as normal and the mitigations take typically just days or weeks to complete. we will do everything we can to help parents, support teachers, and get children back to normal school life as quickly as possible. let s listen to what the leader of th ....
it s wednesday, the 3rd of april. three british aid workers who died in an israeli air strike in gaza have been named. john chapman, james henderson and james kirby were amongst seven others who were killed. the men were part of a security team working for the charity world central kitchen. there s been international condemnation of the strike, with israel saying it was unintended . graham satchell reports. the pictures tell their own devastating story. the team from the charity world central kitchen was travelling in a convoy of three cars you can clearly see their logo. each car was hit in what looks like a precision targeted attack. the charity has now paid tribute to the seven workers who lost their lives including three british nationals. 57 year old john chapman who is believed to have served in the royal marines was working for the charity as a security adviser. james henderson, who was 33, is also understood to have served in the marines. james kirb ....
our international editor, jeremy bowen has the latest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. he was the senior iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried out by the zionist enemy. these attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the palestinian people and further resistance whether in iraq ....
then suddenly, she was gone. a mystery illness that baffled even her doctors. she shook like someone with the start of parkinson s. what had killed her? something at home? something at work? household items? that s a possibility. listen carefully. in this case, the most important clue of all just might come from the victim herself. this just seems like there is some suspicion things that have occurred. could this be murder? do you think that someone might be trying to poison you? that s an unpleasant way to die. yes. and could she help solve it? your disk are griping kind of a murder and should slow motion. yes, rather diabolical. it s a mind-boggling. hello, and welcome to dateline. linda curry was thriving with a dream job and a dreamy new husband. then she got sick and doctors were stumped. but was started as a medical mystery soon took a sinister turn. a lab test result veal that one piece of the puzzle, but it would take investigators ye ....
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 a ....