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for poor performances in training. good afternoon. the new school year begins in england this week with more than 100 schools completely or partially closed because of fears about crumbling concrete, known as raac. a former top civil servant has accused the prime minister rishi sunak of cutting the money for school repairs when he was chancellor mr sunak says it s utterly wrong to blame him. in scotland, 35 schools are affected and checks are under way in wales and northern ireland. ellie price reports. school is back. sort of. but not for those affected by the wrong kind of concrete. for many, it has meant a partial closure of school buildings and a mad scramble right at the start of a new school year, to find alternatives. we at the start of a new school year, to find alternatives. at the start of a new school year, to find alternatives. we have three com anies to find alternatives. we have three companies coming to find alternatives. we have three companies coming out
and it is important once it had that that the government acted on it i as swiftly as possible. of course i know thei timing is frustrating. but i want to give people a sense of the scale - of what we are grappling with here. there are around 22,000 schools. in england and the important thing to know is we are expecting 95% of those schools will not - be impacted by this, i around 50 schools have already been mitigated. another 100 are in the process of being so. . 0ur expectation is in a matter- of weeks the bulk of the remaining schools that will have this issue will be identified as well. - also an important context to know is that in many cases this could be limited to a single classroom i for example, so people should have a sense of scale of what might be happening as well. earlier, a former top civil servant at the department for education accused mr sunak and the uk treasury of refusing to fund school repairs adequately, despite being warned that lives were at risk f
sancho says he s been made a scapegoat at the club. it s after manager erik ten hag didn t pick him in his squad yesterday due to his performances in training. but sancho has hit back, saying please don t believe everything you read. i wont allow people saying things that are completely untrue. before adding, i ve been a scapegoat for a long time, which isn t fair . former united striker dwight yorke has had his say. he s been left out because apparently he s not been training particularly great. and he comes out saying he s been doing exactly what he needs to be doing in training, so we don t know what s going on there. it s hard to start pointing your finger and to know the exact details. i ve been in that situation, so i kind of understand how it works. but it s a bit strange at the minute, i have to say. just four days to go until the start of the rugby world cup in france, and as the preparations for that epic opening match between the hosts and new zealand enter th