The fabulous work you re doing. as the cost of living crisis deepens, there s increasing pressure on school funds. this is westley methodist primary school in wigan. headteacher, mrs mcgregor, is worried about the future of the school if things continue the way they are. we ve seen our energy bills at the moment increasing by up to 50%. we ve put in the budget for this year about £40,000 to cover the cost of gas and electric. we re heating the schooljust enough to keep us all warm. but then, you know, we ve got to be really, really careful. currently, we re seeing an increase to teachers pay and support staff salaries. we re looking at spending over £1 million on staffing this year, which is phenomenal. for these two trips, the one where we need and contribute the most. at least once a day, she checks in with the school s finance manager. paper has gone from 1.99 to 3.19 a ream.
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Open a bank account. purchase anything. our children could not go to school. so, so many of our children in our community dropped out of schooljust because they didn t have a birth certificate or anything which can help them to continue with their education career. for most of the people from the shona community, life has onlyjust begun. their expectations in this election are very high, hoping for a better future in a country they can finally call home. akisa wandera, bbc news, nairobi. being part of a conversation can be problematic for those who are hard of hearing or deaf. so, imagine how amazing it would be if they could actually see what people are saying, real time subtitles if you like. well, with the help of new glasses and an app, that could be possible
The bbc s pumza fihlani has more. we have just come across a community that are apparently trying community that are apparently trying to community that are apparently trying to rebuild a bridge that was washed away here a few days a-o. was washed away here a few days age they was washed away here a few days ago. they told us that this has been ago. they told us that this has been here ago. they told us that this has been here for many decades, but so far been here for many decades, but so far because no help has coma, so far because no help has come, they have decided to come out and come, they have decided to come out and try come, they have decided to come out and try to put whatever infrastructure they can to try and infrastructure they can to try and hold infrastructure they can to try and hold it into place. now the reason and hold it into place. now the reason for and hold it into place. now the reason for that is there is a school reason for that is there
Hundreds of people have died, and dozens are still missing. our correspondent pumza fihlani has travelled to the worst affected region, and just sent this report. we have just come across a community which are trying to rebuild a bridge that was washed away a few days ago here, and they said this has been here, and they said this has been here for many decades but because no help has they have decided to come out and try to put whatever infrastructure they can to hold it infrastructure they can to hold it in place, and the reason for that is that there is a schooljust across from where we are standing, primary school, and they are worried that in a few weeks time when schools reopen, children won t be able to go to school. another reason why they have decided they don t trust the authorities to do this, just on my right here, there is a bridge that was last constructed in about 2016, and they say if this bridge had been standing, that people here would not have to come out and it woul