juggernauts contending for the top prize. hello, welcome to verified live. tata steel will push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces in its south torbert plant in wales, and it is expected to lead to the loss of over 3000 jobs talbot. the gmb union says it has alternative proposals aimed at saving jobs. a reminder of what we are saying, the bbc understands that tata steel is going to press ahead with plans to close blast furnaces at its plants at port talbot in south wales and that threatens the loss of more than 3000 jobs. the decision follows a meeting between tata steel executives and the wider community and unions in the meeting happened at a hotel in london today. and the meeting. the company will replace blast furnaces which produced new steel from iron or with a modern electric arc furnace which will produce usable steel from scrap metal, and it will be more environmentally friendly to operate but crucially it will require a smaller workforce. but crucia
the second worst school shooting in american history, 19 children and two teachers slaughtered, while police waited outside. the us justice department has just published its long awaited report into the mass shooting at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. we will get reaction to that. our panel this evening from california, the republican strategist lanhee chen, and in glasgow the former labour leader kesia dugdale. also in our programme. only 10% of voters under 50 would support the conservatives at the next election. that s is the lowest level of support for the tory since the last days of liz truss. and this hour, we will keep an eye on the failed lunar lander peregrine which is about to burn up over the south pacific. good evening. the families of those who died in the uvalde shooting nearly two years ago, don t need a report to know that law enforcement failed them. for over an hour, the children were locked in a school classroom with an active shooter, while
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Its a relief for Prime Minister rishi sunak who hopes that, barring any last minute legal objections, flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. Official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year. To more than 50,000 a week ago. Well be live in downing street, calais and at the uk Port Of Dover in the next few minutes but first, lets speak to our africa correspondent Barbara Plett usher, whos in the rwandan capital kigali. Barbara . We have actuallyjust barbara . We have actually ust received a fi barbara . We have actually ust received a statement barbara . We have actually ust received a statement from h barbara . We have actuallyjust received a statement from the | received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. The government spokesman said we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have known to be true, that we
North sea coasts, six to nine celsius, pretty cold for the time of year. This evening and overnight a few showers into north sea coasts and more of a breeze, we have a clear skies further north and west where we will see that lowest temperatures, A Touch Of Frost for Northern England into scotland, two to 5 degrees in the cloud. For wednesday, the best of the sunshine towards northern and western areas, more cloud down the north sea coast, one or two showers, even a wintry element in the Higher Ground towards the north east of england. Single figure values here, further west, into the mid teens or close to the mid teens with plenty of sunshine. Subtle changes on thursday, two areas of low pressure began to close in, increasing the cloud amount and the shower activity. The air is cold enough for some sleet and snow over the hills of Northern England and scotland through thursday, would you believe, but the northern ireland, england and wales, a mixture of bright spells and rain showers,