and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools, the department of health said 2a hospital sites like hitchin brook hospital in huntington had weak concrete, known as raac. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for nine months. labour is calling for an urgent audit of all public buildings. it doesn t always need an expensive inspection, but an audit. ..some of it would be a desk audit, if you like, done on paper. some of it would then require further inspection, further audits by structural engineers and others. so we do need to know the scale of the problem. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record, although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that s not public information. so we know about that risk in sch
pledge to stop small boats crossing the english channel, and comes as a barge, set to house hundreds of asylum seekers, approaches portland harbour in dorset. our west of england correspondent danjohnson is there. how dan johnson is there. how danjohnson is there. much longer until the barge expected how much longer until the barge is expected to arrive there. flat how much longer until the barge is expected to arrive there. not much loner. it expected to arrive there. not much longer- it is expected to arrive there. not much longer. it isjust expected to arrive there. not much longer. it isjust off expected to arrive there. not much longer. it is just off the expected to arrive there. not much longer. it isjust off the coast - longer. it is just off the coast here. we can see it from our other camera. it is being towed from falmouth where it has been having a refit to get the capacity of the accommodation from 220 up to 500. there is nobody aboard the ship at the mome
ofjunior doctors strikes. emma runswick has a life at the age ofjust 28 of causing trouble for causes that she believes passionately in. she is shaped also by her experience, an experience shared by so manyjunior doctors, of working on the front line of the nhs during the pandemic, of seeing so many people die so traumatically. emma runswick, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. you are called many things and have been since you took up this post. militant is one that keeps coming up. is that a badge of pride or is it an insult from the tabloid press? in some ways, it s a badge of pride, because what they mean by militant is organised, consistent. it means that i am one of the many standing up for doctors and patients in this country against a government and an nhs situation which is very, very difficult. so it s not something that i might necessarily choose for myself, but i m not offended by it in any way. there are other phrases. ringleader of a caba
at the age ofjust 28 of causing trouble for causes that she believes passionately in. she is shaped also by her experience, an experience shared by so manyjunior doctors, of working on the front line of the nhs during the pandemic, of seeing so many people die so traumatically. emma runswick, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. you are called many things and have been since you took up this post. militant is one that keeps coming up. is that a badge of pride or is it an insult from the tabloid press? in some ways, it s a badge of pride, because what they mean by militant is organised, consistent. it means that i am one of the many standing up for doctors and patients in this country against a government and an nhs situation which is very, very difficult. so it s not something that i might necessarily choose for myself, but i m not offended by it in any way. there are other phrases. ringleader of a cabal of far left medics. hmm, interesting. i mean, i d
all the events so far. on friday, 19th may, according to the sun newspaper, the young person s family complained to the bbc about one of its presenters. on thursday, 6thjuly, allegations of a different nature were put to the bbc, according to director general tim davie. the next day, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. on saturday, 8thjuly, the sun on sunday publishes more details of the presenter s alleged actions. and today, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police, with the met confirming an initial contact has been received. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has answered some of the questions about this case. effectively, if you go on social media this weekend, there have been two burning questions. firstly, has there been a crime that s been committed? and secondly, why hasn t this individual been named? so let s go through these in turn has an