he accidentally killed a crew member on set. a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays, in order to get rid of them. and the coastal town that s received a £41 million donation from the woman behind fisherman s friend cough sweets. a leading teaching union is calling on the government to introduce tougher covid measures in england s schools and speed up the vaccination of children, amid rising infections. the association of school and college leaders says the first half of the autumn term has left some schools on their knees , as staff tried to prevent the virus spreading among pupils and teachers. pepe di lasio is the association s president. it s fair to say this has been the hardest half term that i have ever faced as a teacher and in my years as a leader, it s the most challenging. we have had a very long eight weeks that started back in august when we were doing mass testing and ended yesterday with us vaccinating another 200 300 students
a billion pounds to support families in the budget, but the labour party calls it a smokescreen . court documents reveal that alec baldwin was told a prop gun was safe moments before he accidentally killed a crew member on a film set. a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays in order to get rid of them. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a prominent adviser to the government on covid 19, is urging the public to do everything possible, to reduce transmission of the virus. professor peter openshaw, says infection and death rates are currently unacceptable and he s very fearful there could be another lockdown christmas. the government maintains that at the moment, there s no need for stricter covid measures, and is encouraging all those who are eligible, to get their boosterjabs. yunus mulla reports from the wirral. as covid 19 infection rates continue to increase sharply in england and wales and remain a high across the uk, the heart of
but they say more money is needed. ministers promise half a billion pounds to support families in the budget, but the labour party calls it a smokescreen . court documents reveal that alec baldwin was told a prop gun was safe, moments before he accidentally killed a crew member on a film set. a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays, in order to get rid of them. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a prominent adviser to the government on covid 19 is urging the public to do everything possible to reduce transmission of the virus. professor peter openshaw says infection and death rates are currently unacceptable and he s very fearful there could be another lockdown christmas. the government maintains that, at the moment, there s no need for stricter covid measures, and is encouraging all those who are eligible to get their boosterjabs. yunus mulla reports from the wirral. as covid infection rates continue to increase sharply in england an
a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays, in order to get rid of them. the chancellor, rishi sunak, is promising nearly £7 billion to improve transport outside london in england s city regions. it s one of a number of spending pledges to be unveiled in wednesday s government budget. he says a transport revolution will bring public services around the country in line with the capital. political leaders in england s city regions have welcomed the chancellor s pledge to improve transport links outside this feels like a breakthrough today. we have put forward a powerful case for a london style public transport system and this is a big downpayment on it. it is not everything we need, so this is the money for the infrastructure, we are also being invited to bid for money for services, more frequent bus services and crucially lower fares and that bid is still in with the government but if we get that, as well, and i hope we will, we have got everyth
are police officer and even shows her a wind card. in a sense, he s not out of line, dare i say with what a lot of the people in power were saying. the what a lot of the people in power were saying- what a lot of the people in power were sa inc. ~ ., ., , ~ were saying. the kind of groupthink, that incredible were saying. the kind of groupthink, that incredible metropolitan - were saying. the kind of groupthink, that incredible metropolitan police . that incredible metropolitan police defensiveness and closing ranks whenever defensiveness and closing ranks whenever there is criticism of cressida whenever there is criticism of cressida dake. they seem to have written cressida dake. they seem to have written that out with the reaction so far. written that out with the reaction so far. but written that out with the reaction so far, but i think things will change. so far, but i think things will change, and it s interesting to say about change, and it s interesting