nearly one in ten schools had to close today. we ll the latest on the impact of the strikes. also on the programme. the funeral is about to take place of 29 year old tyre nichols, who died in memphis after being beaten by police. the little girl who died after a dog attack yesterday, it is believed she was killed by the family pet. and why a theatre in oldham that launched the careers of comedy greats and hollywood stars is having to cancel all its shows. coming up on the bbc news channel. no trophy since 2017, but can manchester united make the league cup final tonight? they take on nottingham forest at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. up to half a million workers have walked out in what is being described as the biggest single strike day in a decade. marches and rallies have been held in a number of cities across britain. the various disputes are mainly about pay. the national education union claims up the national education union claims up to
Teacher in essex, says he did fill in the survey, but the governments policy on raac changed mid way through the process. I will tell you my comment about yesterdays comment. Its, well, hey, we arent all monks, are we . Weve probably all had our own discretions at times, but they arent always recorded. However, i quite like a compliment when i cook a nice dinner for my wife, but i usually fish for the compliment at the end of the meal, not before ive finished cooking it. So lets wait until we are at the end of this crisis and then well decide who deserves a thank you at the end. Thats really my take on it. With regard to the more recent comment that you just spoke about, well, i dont think that thats aimed at me particularly because i am a school that did fill out the questionnaire that then was then put in touch with the dfe and then the dfe kindly surveyed the school for us and kindly commissioned a report. That report is what identified the fact that we had raac. However, i think th
Daughter at home, that does have a massive impact on my working day so i ve had to call on family, on my father. . , ,. , father. her daughter s school is in a minority being father. her daughter s school is in a minority being completely - father. her daughter s school is in | a minority being completely closed but many more opened for only a few pupils. the government says it is listening to teachers but it won t give what ministers argue are inflation busting pay rises. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, essex. it s not just it s notjust schools, university staff have also been on strike over pay and pensions. staff at glasgow and dundee were among those who walked out on the first of 18 days of industrial action in february and march that s taking place at 150 universities in the uk. rail services have also been significantly disrupted today, with more than 12,000 train drivers staging their first of two days of action this week. some operators ran no trains at all today. they ll stri