do you work in education do you have children in school? are you worried how this will affect their studies and wellbeing? let me know by getting in touch with your comments and questions on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. millions of people in the us prepare to head to the polls and vote in the midterm elections. new research suggests over half of young people between 11 18 are navigating a world outside of school that is increasingly isolated and home based. and the purr fect home? how one family turned their house into a cat rescue centre. thank you forjoining us at the bbc news channel this morning. new allegations of bullying have been made against the government minister sir gavin williamson claims which he denies. he s already facing two investigations a conservative party one and a parliamentary one after sending abusive text messages to the former chief whip, wendy morton. sir gavin williamson is currently minister without portfolio
eastern areas, cloud, light rain in the south east and a cool wind along the south east and a cool wind along the north sea coast. more later. it s tuesday the 23rd of april. asylum seekers who enter the uk illegally could be sent to rwanda after a government bill finally made it through parliament in the early hours, after months of delays. it declared the african country to be safe. the bill will become law within the next few days and the prime minister has said the first flights will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. human rights groups described the plan as shameful. our political correspondent ben wright has the details. long after most people had gone to bed, parliament carried on working, wrestling with the issue of sending asylum seekers to rwanda. the government s plan had faced strong resistance in the house of lords. they voted for changes mps kept rejecting. my lords, this bill has now been scrutinised a number of times. the government have rejected this amendment
to frontline politics and will run as a candidate in the general election for the reform uk party, which he will now also lead. he s to contest the seat of clacton in essex, his eighth attempt to become an mp, having previously said he wouldn t run in this election. but he s changed his mind because he said he didn t want to let millions of people down. he also predicted that labour would win the election, and that as a member of parliament, he could provide more of an opposition to sir keir starmer than the conservatives, whom he claims are incapable. lucy manning has all the details. mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t - mr farag, are you standing? we will find out in the moment, won t we? | find out in the moment, won t we? why have you changed your mind? who says why have you changed your mind? who says i why have you ch
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