here although it is chilly outside if you are just stepping out. for many of us it will be a dry start and a sparkly one with a weather front coming in from the south west introducing some rain later on. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: facebook‘s procedures for vetting content on its pages have been strongly criticised, after a bbc investigation found it was failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. the chair of the commons media committee, damian collins, has said it casts grave doubts on the effectiveness of facebook‘s systems. our correspondent angus crawford reports. the rules are simple. facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. but our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swa p paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. we informed the police, and this man was sent to prison for four years. facebook told us it had improved its syst
and a fatty liver. and taking flight, how pigeons are becoming the latest way to tackle air pollution in our cities. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. facebook has been strongly criticised after a bbc investigation found it is still failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. after a series of sexually suggestive pictures and comments were reported to the social networking site, more than 80% of them still remained online. the nspcc described facebook‘s response as appalling . facebook says it takes the matter extremely seriously and is continuing to improve its system of removing such content. our correspondent angus crawford reports. the rules are simple. facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. but our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. we informed the police, and this man was sent to prison forfour years. facebook told us it had improved its systems, so
in tomorrow s budget for new school places in england. the money will help meet the costs of setting up more than a 100 schools, some of which could be grammars. labour says the government is failing to address the current funding pressures faced by schools. but theresa may insists it s part of her plan to make a good education accessible to every child. well, of course we have protected the core schools budget. but, crucially, what we re announcing is £500 million of investment in schools, £320 million of which will be new schools. that will create around 70,000 new school places. what this is about is ensuring that people can know that their child will have a good school place, and all the opportunities that that provides for them. well, what do head teachers make of the plans? john tomsett is the head teacher of huntington secondary school in york, which has around 1,500 pupils. he says he welcomes more investment in education, but it needs to be done in the right way. a
meet jake the terrier who chases seagulls by day and sings sea shanties by night. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. £320 million will be set aside in tomorrow s budget for new school places in england. the money will help meet the costs of setting up more than 100 schools, some of which could be grammars. labour says the government is failing to address the current funding pressures faced by schools. but theresa may insists it s part of her plan to make a good education accessible to every child. well, of course we have protected the core schools budget. but, crucially, what we re announcing is £500 million of investment in schools, £320 million of which will be new schools. that will create around 70,000 new school places. what this is about is ensuring that people can know that their child will have a good school place, and all the opportunities that that provides for them. well, what do head teachers make of the plans? john tomsett is the head teacher of huntingto
than to cheat a friend # and waste a chance that i ve been given # so i m never gonna dance again and a coroner has ruled that the singer george michael died of natural causes, including heart and liver disease. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has suffered another defeat in the house of lords over the process of leaving the eu. peers have voted for an amendment to the brexit bill which calls for parliament to be given a meaningful vote on a final deal. here s a taste of the debate. our chief political co respondent, vicki young is at westminster. it is worth remembering we are only going through this process because the supreme court ordered the government that it had to have a bill to trigger article 50, to formally start those brexit negotiations. the government didn t wa nt to negotiations. the government didn t want to do any of this and maybe late at night we can see why, another defeat inflicted on the government by the house of lords by 366-266 g