it s thursday, the 13th april. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the education secretary, justine greening, has said that she wants a new model of grammar schools in england which are open for everyone. she says she particularly wants to ensure that there are much stronger educational outcomes for ordinary working families, and notjust the privileged few. but new analysis from the government shows a majority of selective school places go to more affluent families. let s here little of whatjustine greening has been saying in the past few minutes. the final part of the plan for britain is a fairer society. a society based on merit. delivering a fairer society should start with education and our schools, making sure that our children and young people can do their very best, and reach their potential wherever they are growing up. that is the means by which we build a better country, it s how we deliver the plan for britain. in short, we are the means, our country
for many of us, things are looking dry. some sunshine in southern and eastern parts. further north west, slightly cloudy conditions through the afternoon, but it should remain largely dry for the bulk of south west england and wales. perhaps just the odd light shower in the midlands, but looking dry towards the south east. temperatures in england and wales, about 9 13. a bit fresher further north, especially if you are exposed to that westerly wind. some cloud in northern ireland and scotland. we will continue to see showers towards the north west, filtering east. through this evening and overnight, we will see the cloud increasing, bringing with it further patchy rain. for northern ireland, southern scotla nd rain. for northern ireland, southern scotland and wales, that is. to the south, largely dry. a bit milder thanit south, largely dry. a bit milder than it has been in recent nights. for the easter weekend, things are staying on the cool side, but there will be some sunsh
home to some of the most spectacular sailing ships. we will show you the riverside view. and the continuing appeal of the roller coaster 200 years after it took to the tracks for the first time. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. syria s president assad has given his first interview since last week s suspected chemical weapons attack. he s said reports of the attack by his forces are 100% fabricated. he s also claimed that syria s military has given up all chemical weapons. so there was no order to make any attack. we don t have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal two years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn t use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happened? as i said, the only source is al-qaeda. we cannot take it seriously, but our impression is that the west, mainly the united states, is hand in glove with the terrorists. the fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack. it wasn t an attack b
we ll show you the riverside view. and the missing link scientists find a lost fossil which could shed new light on the evolution of dinosaurs. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. syrian president bashar al assad has given his first interview since last week s suspected chemical weapons attack that killed 89 people. he said reports of the attack by his forces are 100% fabricated. president assad also claimed that syria s military has given up all chemical weapons. so there was no order to make any attack. we don t have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal two years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn t use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. so what happened? as i said, the only source is al-qaeda. we cannot take it seriously, but our impression is that the west, mainly the united states, is hand in glove with the terrorists. the fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack. it wasn t an attack because of w
accommodation to young, vulnerable people in exchange for sex. and hold on tight, as we mark 200 years of thrills since the opening of the first roller coaster. our main story at five. the syrian president bashar al assad has said claims that his armed forces were behind the chemical weapons attack on the town of khan sheikhoun are a 100% fabrication . the us launched missile strikes against an airbase in retaliation for the attack, which it blamed on the syrian government. in his first interview since the chemical weapons attack, president assad claimed that that the us worked hand in glove with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext for the american air strikes. theresa may said the evidence against assad s regime was clear. keith doyle reports. he s been in powerfor 17 years. he says he is fighting terrorists. the us, the uk and their allies say he is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. in his first interview since the ch