Thousands of people have been taking part in anti crushed chin antique oi part in anti crushed chin antique or rough chin protests across russia. After a call from the Opposition Leader. Pictures from moscow show people being detained and scuttles breaking out. The police say that nearly 500 people have been arrested in the capital alone including the Opposition Leader. They are thought to be the biggest in five years. Demonstrated here and in more than £100 in cities across the country called for the Prime Minister to resign, the protest, ahead of president ial elections next year with President Putin expected to seek a full time in office. From moscow he was our correspondent. Here on Pushkin Square in the Centre Of Moscow and the crowd is chanting, we are russian. There several thousand people who have covered here. The russian Authorities Say that this Anti Corruption protests is illegal. But people have come onto the streets anyway. There is a very heavy police presence. A short
Of sunshine there have been, and more. Someone has been taking all these measurements here every day for over 200 years. Its my responsibility now, im the one doing it now, i have been doing it for 18 years. These are just as accurate as digital thermometers and there is no significant difference in them, really. So the old way is as good as the new way, really, you know. An automatic Weather Station will provide more data, more often, and ensure the record goes on if someone cant be found to follow in shanes footsteps. And what a record it is. With those first readings still stored at the observatory. Well, youve got some history there, havent you, michael . I certainly have, yes. These are the first readings of weather here at armagh observatory. This is the first sheet of measurements, it goes back, lets see, 27th Of December 179a. And its very simple measurements, just three things. Its the inside temperature, the outside temperature, and the barometer. This is the start of measure
By introducing some selection based on the results of a test. The move comes as ministers seek to lift the ban on new Grammar Schools. 0ur education editor, Bra Nwen Jeffreys reports from the unions annual conference in cardiff. Grammar schools have a long history. In altrincham, 100 years of tradition. Then, almost 20 years ago, new Grammar Schools were banned. Now, some comprehensives Offera Grammarstream for many, a way of stretching the brightest. But could this also be used to get around the law . So today, a warning of legal action. They fear ministers could encourage more of this. The schools where wed have an issue around this is a school thats advertising a grammar stream, that is putting children through tests for it, and where we get the sense from documents and other things that children stay in that stream, that its actually a selective system that is being introduced. Thats what we would want to challenge. Is this essentially a Shot Across The Bow of the government, to sa
Of everton footballer ross barkley to that of a gorilla. The mayor of liverpool has called for the newspaper to sack mr mckenzie for making what he called racial slurs. From goodison park, Frankie Mccamley reports. The footballer in the centre of it all, everton midfielder ross barkley, whose grandfather was nigerian, compared here to a gorilla. And the man who wrote it, kelvin mackenzie, now suspended. He also claims the only other people in liverpool earning as much money were drug dealers. Ive reported it to Merseyside Police and theyre investigating the complaint. I have also written to the press complaints commission. The comments, i believe, were overtly racist. The club reacted quickly, banning the sun, stating the newspaper has to know any attack on this city is not acceptable. It follows a long running hatred towards the newspaper who blamed fans for the Hillsborough Disaster that left 96 dead. With applause at todays match to mark the 28th anniversary. The suns Publisher News
Then not need to be a formalised process of stopping it . Yes, and i think this is where we need to have more training for gps and medical professionals, people who are interacting with the older drivers who can see somebody has a problem. There mechanisms at the moment it you can phone dvla and tell them about somebody who has a problem on the road and dvla can take their licence away until theyve had a medical but that is a Fairly Extreme measure. We would like to see that the more formalised way to talk it is about having this discussion. This petition is useful and stimulating that discussion but compulsion, not at the moment but i think a lot more information, advice and access to voluntary assessment will help older people to make a really good, informed decision on the right time to give up. Thank you. Steel cloud around for most of us. A Strea K Of Steel Cloud around for most of us. A streak of cloud across the Heart Of England and wales. Further north, another front coming in