Families should get vouchers for Free School Meals over the summer after a campaign headed by the Manchester United and england footballer Marcus Rashford. Lets speak to our political correspondent, helen catt, whos in westminster. There is a certain inevitability about this. There is, it seemed as soon as Marcus Rashford the england footballer got involved in this it took the air of a u turn in rating. He isa took the air of a u turn in rating. He is a popular well liked figure with a very emotional story detail and a personal reason for backing this. Up until than the government had been holding firm on a sign that it wasnt going to be giving Free School Meal vouchers over the Summer Holiday which it doesnt normally do. It said it was going to be giving money in other ways like £63 million for councils to help those in need. And it was sticking to that line. That involvement from Marcus Rashford did it seem to change that and then the question became among a lot of conservative mps
Religious and freedom of conscience i mean , i conscience than ever. I mean, i remember when there was remember a time when there was significant bigotry between catholics and protestants in Northern Ireland and in scotland, and there was significant anti semitism. Significant anti semitism. But before all of that, its the news with rory smith. Thank the news with rory smith. Thank you very much, emma. The met office is warning of a possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. A yellow warning for unseasonably windy weather is in place for southern parts of the uk. That runs until 8 00 tonight. A Yellow Thunder storm warning is in place until 10 00 for the south east of england and east anglia will. Meanwhile, and east anglia will. Meanwhile, a number of people have been evacuated from their homes in nonh evacuated from their homes in north yorkshire. Thats due to north yorkshire. Thats due to flooding where the journalist nathan wroe explains the conditions. Wind
Storm anthony are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55mph inland. Its not the strongest storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year, the leaves, the time of year, the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf andifs the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are off. And where its going to be hitting the impact of this storm hitting today is likely to be greater than had the same sort of thing happened later the year. Later in the year. Two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants near calais. Around 60 people threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers launching a small boat. Gb news can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats. Thats since the start of the year and down more than 2500 on the same period last year. Pakistans former Prime Minister imran khans party is calling for peaceful protests after a Court Sentenced him to three year
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