From the newsroom. Birmingham city council has effectively declared bankruptcy in a statement, the council said its issued a section 114 notice which prevents all but essential spending. It says its part of spending. It says its part of plans to meet its financial liabilities relating to equal pay liabilities relating to equal pay claims. The council also says its facing a financial gap within its budget currently standing in the region of £87 million. Finances related to protecting Vulnerable People and Statutory Services remain in place. However all other new spending will cease with immediate effect. The schools immediate effect. The schools minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools and has been issuing guidance to schools since 2018. In speaking to gb news nick gibbs, comments come after the education secretary apologised for using Strong Language while expressing her frustration at the situation. Both rishi sunak and Gilli
In, she says vapes are a gateway for young people into smoking. We know theyre there to try and woo people off smoking. Go to a vape shop. I like the flavours, you should. They should be prescription only if its meant only in my opinion if its meant to you off cigarettes, then to get you off cigarettes, then lets do they targeted lets do that. They are targeted to children is working. To children and it is working. Let thoughts this let us know your thoughts this morning. Gb at gb views morning. Gb views at gb views. Com is the email as always, particularly if your kids are going be affected youre going to be affected and youre to going affected maybe your to going be affected maybe your grandchildren these grandchildren by these School Closures touch this closures do get in touch this morning. Of all, though, morning. First of all, though, heres in the heres Tatiana Sanchez in the newsroom. Newsroom. Bev, thank you very much and good morning. This is the latest from the newsroom. Rish
Of the fiercest in the game live from glasgow. First, heres ray to kick us off with the news headunes. Headlines. Thank you both. Good thank you both. Good afternoon. 12 01. Our top stories. The chancellor is stories. The chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk, unemployment rose by 0. 1, reaching 4. 3 in july. Meanwhile Job Vacancies fell to below a million. Jeremy hunt says that remains, quote, below many of our international peers. Meanwhile the average growth in pay meanwhile the average growth in pay remained at a record high of 7. 8. Shadow Business Employment and levelling up secretary Justin Madders says more needs to be done. There are strong economic headwinds that have been troubling the economy for some time, but i think one of the things were very clear about is the only way we are going to get out of this this mess weve been in really for 13 years now. Weve with stagnant growth is to actually turbo ch
Ready for tomorrow. Jim meanwhile, bin martin can finish off whats been a very difficult day with backtoback birdies. Nick tough putt. Cant give this a go. Put it out a foot good foot, 18 inches left and just coax it down the hill. Just like so keep going. Jim just like that. So that makes two nice putts coming in. To shoot 74. And now this for 68. Peter, youve been down onen the green. Is there anything there he needs to try to find . Peter no, and doesnt need to be looking for anything either right now. Just keep it pretty much inside the hold firm and were all good. You jim there you go. Played it inside right and center cut. Juan Sebastian Martinez amaya. Goes by Sebastian Munoz out here on the tour. He has gone so far all alone at the top for three Straight Days and well be following him tomorrow. 3 00 eastern time. For sir nick and all the crew. Lance barrow, steve milton, our fantastic production and technical team, jim nantz saying so long from the greenbrier until tomorrow. Li
Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in philadelphia, this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. Stunned. Scared. Worried. Tonight at 11 oclock, thats exactly how residents in one northeast Philadelphia Community feel after a body was discovered burning in their neighborhood. Philadelphia police are now investigating that gruesome discovery as a homicide. Good evening everyone, im Natasha Brown. Eyewitness News Reporter alycia nieves joins us live outside of Police Headquarters with the very latest on this ongoing investigation. Alycia. Reporter well, natasha, Police Believe the person who was killed and then set on fire was shot at least eight times and may have even been mutilated. Authorities have not made an arrest tonight leaving people in the community where this happened resting uneasy tonight. A Homicide Investigation under way in the bridesburg section of northeast philadelphia. At 5 00 in the morning just outside this recycling and garbage facility, a body was discovered on fire. Its very s