Two years ago. 0ur correspondent, henry zeffman, explained the difference between the schemes. Its not what weve been talking about for the last couple of years. This is a rwanda scheme, but its not the rwanda scheme. The government for two years, under three Prime Ministers and more Home Secretaries than i can count, has been committed to forcibly relocating people who arrive in the uk in small boats across the English Channel to rwanda. What happened on monday was not that. It was a separate scheme, which weve only known about for a couple of months, whereby they want to offer, and, crucially, that is the word offer people whove applied for asylum here but been rejected the opportunity to move to rwanda should they wish and to do so, the government is willing to pay them up to £3,000. And, on monday, according to the sun newspaper, that happened for the first time. So, a man who had made an Asylum Application here, which had been rejected, was paid around £3,000 by the government t
My kids have seen mary poppins once, theyve seenjungle cruise once, and thats a one and done thing for them. Its the way it should be. Thing for them. Your kid just wants you in your sweat pants at home, held together with duct tape. Good morning. We are looking at some low cloud, mist and fog in eastern areas this morning with some showers which will burn back towards the east coast then it is a day with variable cloud, some sunshine, a few showers but still warm. Its wednesday 1st may. The Emergency Services have been praised for their incredible courage in the way they responded to a man armed with a sword, who attacked people in North East London. A 14 year old boy has died, and four other people, including two Police Officers, were injured before the suspect, who had been leaping over Peoples Garden fences, who had been leaping over garden fences, was cornered and tasered. The metropolitan Police Federation said the attack yesterday morning was a sad reminder of the dangers office
South Yorkshire Police giving us those details a little earlier. The weapon involved is understood to be a broken bottle, rather than a knife. That detail fare from the pa news agency. Sojust knife. That detail fare from the pa news agency. So just to recap, knife. That detail fare from the pa news agency. Sojust to recap, a 17 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of Attempted Murder after three people were injured at that secondary school, which then went into lockdown. This is the the Birley Academy in sheffield on wednesday, and we were told to expectjust wednesday, and we were told to expect just a wednesday, and we were told to expectjust a brief wednesday, and we were told to expect just a brief statement from the police then, which we got, no questions from the media allowed or taken and short statement then from the head teacher as well outside. But this has clearly been a shocking incident and a shocking moment this morning. At about 8 50am, police were called. That is
Multiple occasions where fireworks were thrown inside the camp. We dont have any handle yet on the number of injuries or the number of arrests or the seriousness or nature of any damage but you can see clearly at large groups of people involved in those protests. We will be keeping across those images, as well as what has been happening in Columbia University through the night, which is in new york. Lots and lots of arrests as the police went into one of the University Buildings after the university called the police in because they said it was an escalation to far to be occupying a building. Arrests have been made. The demands of the pro Palestinian Groups of students in universities right across the us is, of course, their primary focus is, of course, their primary focus is what is happening in gaza but also demanding their own universities take actions on things like untangling any financial or academic links they have with israel. Also want an amnesty in many cases for anyone invol
one of the most devastating legacies of the covid lockdowns has been the impact on vulnerable women, children and men suffering domestic abuse. the lockdowns saw a steep rise in the number of cases, with around a third more people seeking help, and those numbers have stayed high right the way through the cost of living crisis. the domestic abuse commissioner is warning of a growing funding emergency for services set up to help both victims and perpetrators. for this special report, i was given rare access to see how children who are victims are helped. i spoke to people who ve inflicted abuse and to those who ve survived it. i was scared to be in the house and scared of what he would do to me. i didn t dare leave a child alone with him. driving through the yorkshire countryside to meet a woman who is educated, professional, successful. abuse knows no bounds and can happen to those who least expect it. we re keeping her anonymous for her own protection. constantly looking ov