Start your Monday Morning. A little bit of rain for some, even some Thunderstorms Mist and rain to start your Monday Morning. Good morning, its Monday 2nd september. One or two word 0fsted Inspection Grades for englands schools are being scrapped with immediate effect. Last year an inquest found an 0fsted Inspection had contributed to the suicide of primary headteacher Ruth Perry, leading to widespread calls for change. Headteacher Ruth Perry, leading the government said the overall grades werent fair or accurate, but the change was criticised by the conservatives for removing a vital indicator for parents. Heres our Education Editor Branwen jeffreys. After an inspection, Caversham Primary was but yes, its this. A relief, really, that no other Head Teacher will have to go through what ruth went through. So from today, overall Inspection Grades are scrapped, like good or inadequate. School inspection standards remain the same. And from september 2025, there will be a new Report Card for
Believe we are still living in the United States. The america i grew up in was a place we dont put our political opponents in prison, we let Voters Decide who is best to lead the nation. Nor did we politicize differences, that is what they do in. A Russian Court finding him guilty of founding and funding extremist organization. Laura after i read the latest indictment of trump, i found myself asking, how can we really say that were any better than what were seeing in old former soviet union . Well get to the legal farce that is the indictment in a moment. Right now, all of you need to know something important about the liberal da in Fulton County, fani willis. After dragging this out for 21 2 years, she was suddenly in this huge rush, desperate to get the indictment out there, so much so, she took the rare step of keeping a new grand jury after regular business hours. She did this for one reason and one reason only, for Maximum Pr Effect in prime time, no less. I cant believe this. Thi
He faces four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States and to deny voters the right to have their ballots counted. Live now to tim heaphy, former lead investigator for the house january 6th select committee. Thank you so much forjoining us. I think for people who perhaps havent covered every twist and turn of the story, just explain to us why that january 6th select committee was so crucial to what we are seeing now . Facts are what makes cases and determines outcomes, and the select committee uncovered the core facts here. Congress created the select committee to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the attack on the capitol, and thats what we did through a series of hearings and ultimately and 845 page report. The committee set forth the core allegations that remain allegations against mr trump, he and his Co Conspirators specifically intended to prevent the transfer of power. So the indictment is built on a determination of fact by the select committe
hello, i m matthew amroliwala welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with two big political stories on the move today in the uk, the first regarding the current home secretary, the second concerning borisjohnson. the british prime minister rishi sunak says he believes suella braverman did not breach the ministerial code. the home secretary, one of mr sunak s senior ministers, was accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid taking part in a group speed awareness course after she was caught speeding. mr sunak says he has consulted with the independent adviser on ministerial interests and was advised that on this occasion, further investigation is not necessary. as for borisjohnson, he s ditched government appointed lawyers for his submission to the covid inquiry. it follows the news yesterday that the former prime minister faces a new police probe for potential breaches over covid lockdown restric
new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid