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
Vaccination programme In Gaza is progressing well. People in Eastern Germany are voting in regional elections with a far right Anti Immigration party on track for a landmark win. And back to the old rule book. European airports That scrapped carry on liquid restrictions are made to reintroduce them today. Hello. We will find you and we will settle the score with you. The hostages and missing Families Forum has again urged the israel Prime Minister to agree to a ceasefire to secure the release of the remaining hostages. They plan a major protest On Sunday to reinforce their call. 97 people taken on the 7th October are still believed to be held In Gaza. It is thought 64 are still alive, although hamas claims this number is lower, with 33 reported by the idf to be dead, but still In Gaza. The remains of 37 hostages have been recovered from gaza. 117 hostages have been released or rescued. Our correspondent in jerusalem, jon donnison, outlined the differing views within israel over any dea
Hersh Goldberg Polin, just 23, who was also an american citizen. With broken hearts, the Goldberg Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their son and brother, hersh. They thank you all for your Love And Support and ask for privacy at this time. Just a few days ago, his mother, rachel, had called for his release. Hersh, we are working Day And Night and we will never stop. But she will never see her only son alive again. Israels military says the six bodies were found in a Tunnel Under Rafah in the south of gaza. Its chief spokesperson, daniel hagari, said they had recently been brutally murdered by hamas. The islamist Group Today denied that, saying they were killed in israeli strikes. But in a video statement, israels Prime Minister was clear who he thought was to blame. We saw the unimaginable cruelty of the hamas killers on the 7th of october, and we saw it again in the tunnels under rafah. But Mr Netanyahu is under pressure. Last night, there again were protests from H
Single year since 2007. But we have taken spending decisions and believe you me, iam proud of them. We are spending hundreds of millions of pounds to lift children out of poverty. Through the scottish Child Payment we are putting £26 a week directly into the hands of low income families for each eligible child, a measure described as the most significant intervention in tackling inequality in europe since the 1980s, that is what youre Snp Government is doing. And labour, the Labour Government is pushing tens of thousands of children in scotland into poverty by keeping the tory, now at the labourer, to child, by sticking to Tory Debt Rules and by extension forcing the whole of the uk to do the same. Labourer appeared to want us to abandon low income families, to abandon children in poverty. Delegates, we are not going to do that. Up lets instead resolved together it to abandon the whole rotten westminster system, that is what we should be abandoning. Applause conference, next week i wi
As we cAn see here And Tel Aviv in An effort to put pressure on the isrAeli government to bring the remAining hostAges home. The funerAls for some of the hostAges hAve been held. These pictures Are from rAAnAnA, just north of Tel Aviv, where A service hAs been held for Almog sArusi. The isrAeli Prime Minister, BenjAmin NetAnyAhu, blAmed hAmAs leAders for the killings, sAying they showed hAmAs did not wAnt A deAl. The Opposition LeAder YAir LApid Accused Mr NetAnyAhu of deciding not to sAve the hostAges. Jon donnison reports from jerusAlem on whAt we know About the isrAeli hostAges. Six more deAd isrAeli hostAges In GAzA. CArmel gAt, who wAs A0. AlexAnder lobAnov, 32. Almog sArusi, Aged 27. Eden yerushAlmi, 24. Ori dAnino, who wAs 25. And the youngest, hersh Goldberg Polin, just 23, who wAs Also An AmericAn citizen. With broken heArts, the Goldberg Polin fAmily is devAstAted to Announce the deAth of their son And brother, hersh. They thAnk you All for your Love And Support And Ask for p