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Under the current law, independent schools can register as charities if they can demonstrate they make places available for those of more modest means usually through scholarships and bursaries. In return they get tax breaks on their annual profits. There is a logic to this u turn, which im going to set out. You can amend rules in a finance bill and they could do that in the first year of labour government, removing charitable status is a much more complex affair. Probably open to legal challeng...

Some of you yesterday, today it is dry and bright with one or two showers but heavy rain tonight, full details coming up. Its thursday the 28th of september. Our main story. A Murder Investigation is continuing in south london after a 15 Year Old Girl was fatally stabbed on her way to school. A boy aged 17 was arrested shortly after the attack in croydon yesterday morning, and police say he may have known the victim. Our reporter Louisa Pilbeam has the latest. Behind these screens overnight, For...

Martin griffiths, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Not so long ago, you said something very striking. You said, the state of the world is terrifying. And i suppose that one of the terrifying elements for you is that the scale of need so far outstrips your ability at the un to offer assistance. And also to be funded, to get the income you need to meet those needs. So, this year, 2023, we have. Over 350 Million People in the world need humanitarian assistance. Which is substantially more ...

Them. Its now ten years since the publication of a major report into deaths caused by asthma in the uk which made several recommendations to save lives. Since then, however, asthma has killed more than 12,000 people. Thats a rise of nearly a quarter. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Warren was just ten years old when he died of asthma. He had been playing on a trampoline when he asked for his inhaler and, within minutes, hed stop breathing. His mum, belinda, said nothi...

Then we did much better in 2020. They had to tell you. We did much better. We are going to swamp them. We are going to swamp them. We actually did much better, including in michigan. They ended obamas war on american energy. We had a war on american energy. Gas prices plummet and soon reached 1. 87 a gallon. How does that sound . Now it is over five and six and even 7 a gallon in some places and it is going up higher and higher. And some places and it is going up higherand higher. And i think th...

The transition to Electric Vehicle is the focus. It could mean less job security. Michelle fleury visited lordstown. Stretching across 64 acres, the factory is far from the picket line. But this site, a partnership between General Motors and a korean battery supplier, lg, is at the forefront of the United Auto Move to electric does. A Maintenance Technician here at the only american Battery Plants to be represented by a union. Seeing those machines move and make a sale. It was like a kid in the ...

Who is hoping to be selected for fridays foursomes. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The bbc has uncovered more than 150 instances of Police Officers in england and wales misusing their Body Worn Cameras by switching them off when force is used, and deleting or not disclosing footage. The cameras were introduced across the uk to improve transparency and trust in policing. The National Police chiefs� council said most body worn video shows good policing but admitted the failur...

Life back on track after years when he found the pressures of daily life too difficult. He started struggling with his Mental Health aged 15 when stressed by exams. It led to a decade of moving in and out of hospitals. You are used to seeing the same things every day and then once you leave the units and you are going out into the real world, its like, whats going on . Sort of thing. Todays report says daily stresses like finding housing, paying bills and Cost Of Living pressures are tipping too...

In sport. Its dutch defeat for the lionesses as the netherlands grab a last minute winner to beat england. Its the Calm Before The Storm because star magnus is coming our way today bringing heavy rain and gales, even severe gales with exposure in the west. The south and south east least affected. All the details later. Its wednesday the 27th of september. Our main story. Theres a warning that the number of children missing school in england is now at a crisis that needs to be tackled with bigger...

To develop one of the largest untapped oil and gas fields in uk waters. Rosebank which is about 80 miles west of shetland is one of the largest untapped discoveries in the region. Experts say it contains up to 350 Million Barrels of oil. Production could start in 2026 with extraction continuing until at least 2030. Its thought that around 69,000 barrels of oil could be produced every day. That would equate to around 8 of the uks total output. And there would also be natural gas with around 44 mi...