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in the moments before he accidentally killed a crew member on set. a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays, in order to get rid of them. and the coastal town that s received a £41 million donation from the woman behind fisherman s friend cough sweets. a leading teaching union is calling on the government to introduce tougher covid measures in england s schools and speed up the vaccination of children, amid rising infections. the association of school and college leaders says the first half of the autumn term has left some schools on their knees , as staff tried to prevent the virus spreading among pupils and teachers. mask wearing stopped being compulsory in england s schools in may, and the requirement for pupils to be separated into bubbles also ended. pepe di lasio is president of the ascl and the head teacher of wales high school in rotherham. it is fair to say this has been the hardest half term that i have ever faced as a teacher and in
he accidentally killed a crew member on set. a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays, in order to get rid of them. and the coastal town that s received a £41 million donation from the woman behind fisherman s friend cough sweets. a leading teaching union is calling on the government to introduce tougher covid measures in england s schools and speed up the vaccination of children, amid rising infections. the association of school and college leaders says the first half of the autumn term has left some schools on their knees , as staff tried to prevent the virus spreading among pupils and teachers. pepe di lasio is the association s president. it s fair to say this has been the hardest half term that i have ever faced as a teacher and in my years as a leader, it s the most challenging. we have had a very long eight weeks that started back in august when we were doing mass testing and ended yesterday with us vaccinating another 200 300 students
with our families. the warning comes as two of the biggest teaching unions have called for tougher covid measures in schools in england to combat a rise in infections. a welcome from england s city regions outside london for an announcement of nearly £7 billion to improve their transport networks but they say more money is needed. a warning that some dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays in order to get rid of them. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. no gayle force, as england blow away the west indies to win their opening match at the t20 world cup. mounting a title challenge mason hits a hat trick as chelsea put seven past struggling norwich. and a clean sweep across the channel. england s men s and women s rugby league teams brush aside france. hello there and welcome to the programme. england produced a ruthless performance at their opening t20 world cup match today. they bowled west indies
to be reckoned with. but england had the answer, in the form of david miller s catch. 31 for 4, and it quickly turned into catching practice. the west indies all out forjust 55 in 14 overs. over to you, england. jason roy understood the assignment. roy goes over extra cover. excellent batting! the west indies needed something special. akil hussain provided it. jos buttler snuffed out any thoughts of a comeback, steering his side home. the best possible start for england. a day to forget for west indies. earlier, australia beat south africa by five wickets in the opening match of the super 12 round of the tournament in abu dhabi. neither of the sides has won this competition and south africa didn t get off to the best of starts when quinton de kock dismissed himself in bizarre fashion forjust seven runs. aiden markram top scored with a0 as south africa set australia a target of 119. it ended up being a tight contest with marcus stoinis clinching the victory with just two balls