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was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a car factory. now, that was a springboard, as well hear, for a very successful business career. she went on to become the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called travelport. her boss, now, rishi sunak, says a good education is the closest thing we have to a silver...

and also donald trump all take their campaigning to pennsylvania. and thousands gather in seoul to remember the halloween crush victims — many are demanding the president resign. you are watching bbc news. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. in a new cabinet dominated by public schoolboys and oxbridge graduates, the ne...

Hi there, everyone. Its now 4 00 in new york. We have major developments both here in the u. S. And abroad. In just a few hours, President Joe Biden will deliver an address to the nation from the oval office about the hamas Terror Attacks in israel that killed more than 1,400 people as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. It is his second address from the oval office since becoming president , and it is part of his push for a 100 billion aid package. Well have much more on that later in the broad...

Apprenticeship changed lives. so, you know, people love them. but weve got to focus on the 90 odd percent who dont get to go to them. so given all that youve said, you knew in the job, moneys short. the amount of time youve got before the next election is short, what is the key thing youll want to look back on and say, even if i only ended up with a year and a half in thisjob, and you hope for longer, but its that, ive done this? its the reform of our technical education and making sure everybod...

4 billion for schools and weve got a big increase in skills as well. that will disappear because of inflation. well, but that showed at the time that there was a real recognition that we you know, we really did need to invest in education. and the school standards have gone up massively since 2010. so you say about the money going down, but the standards have gone up massively. so its not all about money. money is important, but it is about the teaching. and our teachers are fantastic and they j...

Anywhere near knowsley. someone will find one now, but i didnt know of it if it existed. what im focused on is the 90 odd percent who will go to comprehensive education like i did. im not against them. i think that people who went to the grammar school will see them as a life changing moment. and they have changed lives like my apprenticeship changed lives. so, you know, people love them. but weve got to focus on the 90 odd percent who dont get to go to them. so given all that youve said you kne...

Has announced his cabinet this is the 1st since the military ousted president omar al bashir in april that includes 4 women and as part of a power sharing agreement between the military and the pro-democracy movement on the oxford artes to tackling the economy and reaching peace with armed groups. this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come the british prime minister is insisting the u.k. leave the european union by october 31st and says he quote rather be dead in a ditch the nasty you f...

With all the negativity in this campaign, this is a bit of a surprise to me. i thought maybe this would be higher. only 25% of voters today say theyre making their choice because they dislike the opponent. with these negatives really high on both trump and clinton, two very unliked candidates, i thought maybe more people would be voting for their opponents. but no. a plurality of people out there, 42%. say theyre voting today strongly in favor of the person theyre voting for. wolf. >> what you s...

What can america do about it. >> largely the erosion of family and marriage in particular is the result of cultural and social changes that have occurred in our country for which government has a limited role that it can play. i think what government can do is serve as a catalyst for recognition. look, the statistics are unquestionable. 70-some odd percent of families with children living in poverty are not headed by married couple. and there is patrol car particular it call reasons for that mar...

When 50% of the american people, households in america dont pay taxes anymore. >> thats right. >> and if our tax rates going to go from what, 43 to 50-some odd percent, doesnt it include your state income tax or sales tax were up to net 70% of what some people will make in new york and new jersey. >> we are. >> and one of the basic themes of the first part of this book, the stakes, which well talk about in a second, is that we havent seen nothing yet. the permanent outcomes that will eventually ...