Also on the agenda a ban in england and wales on so called conversion therapy covering sexuality and gender identity but a consultation will happen first. Have you gone through conversion therpay what was it like? have you carried it out why are you doing it? do let me know. The other headlines. A 21 year old man is due in court in kent charged with the murder of the police community support 0ficer, julia james. At least 11 people have died during a shooting at a school in the russian city of kazan. Many of the victims are children. A dramatic escalation of violence as israel launches bombing raids on military targets in gaza. Used to being someone you loved. It s the brit awards tonight in front of a live audience at london s o2 arena with no masks or social distancing required. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Good morning. Borisjohnson is promising a skills revolution for england, as one of a host of policies set to be announced in
A 21 year old man has been charged with the murder of the police community support officer, julia james. Breaking news this hourfrom russia where there are reports of a shooting at a school in the city of kazan it s thought eight children and one teacher have died. 11 11 people have died. A dramatic escalation of violence as israel launches bombing raids on military targets in gaza. More easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland where it s likely people will be allowed to meet in each other s homes in limited numbers from monday. A dramatic escalation of violence as israel launches and. It s the brit awards tonight in front of a live audience at london s 02 arena with no masks or social distancing required. Good morning. Borisjohnson is promising a skills revolution for england, as one of a host of policies set to be announced in today s queen s speech, which sets out the government s programme for the next year. It s part of the state opening of parliament, a usually pr
in sicily the former italian interior minister and right wing leader matteo salvini has gone on trial. he s charged with holding migrants at sea in 2019. he denies accusations of kidnapping and dereliction of duty after a boat carrying 147 migrants was refused permission to dock on the island of lampedusa for nearly three weeks. a number of other ex government ministers as well as hollywood actor richard gere are expected to give evidence. mark lowen reports. in august 2019, a spanish ngo boat rescued 147 migrants crossing from north africa to europe and asked to dock in the southern italian island of lampedusa. the hard line anti migrant matteo salvini was then interior minister and deputy prime minister and his trademark policy was to close ports to migrant rescue boats. screaming and crying for almost three weeks, they were kept on board in boiling heat and terrible conditions. prosecutors say that amounted to kidnapping and deprivation of their rights. mr salvini said the
sunday is looking mild. a bit of rain in the forecast but sunny spells on the way too. it s sunday the 24th of october. good morning. our main story: ministers are to formalise their committment to a skills revolution in england with a series of measures to be unveiled in the chancellor s budget on wednesday. in his autumn statement, rishi sunak will announce £1.6 billion to roll out new t levels for teenagers and £550 million for adult skills. college leaders say the funding is welcome but doesn t go far enough. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. what we want to see is a high wage, high skilled economy. the government high skilled economy. the government says high skilled economy. the government says it - high skilled economy. the government says it wants to change the way the uk economy works, moving to higher skilled, more productive workforce which earns more money. in this week s budget, the chancellor will have the task of setting out more about how