In 43 years. As. In 43 years. As. As always, we to love hear from you. This show is nothing without you. We especially want to hear about what you make of labours plans for compulsory toothbrushing in schools. Is that a good idea or is it a step too far for teachers who have too far for teachers who have too much on their plates already . Big question. Yeah big question. Yeah gbviews gbnews. Com. But first, get a news bulletin first, lets get a news bulletin with. Tamsin with. Tamsin elly thank you and good morning from the gb newsroom. Its 931 so sir keir starmer is celebrating what hes describing as a sign mic win for labour in the rutherglen and Hamilton West by election i declare that Michael Shanks is elected to serve in the United Kingdom parliament as a member for rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. Hamilton west constituency. Michael shanks won the seat with 58 of the vote, more than double that of the snps. Katie loudon. The by election was called after a recall petitio
In whats being seen as a key test of the partys ability to regain seats in scotland. With a larger than expected swing of 20. 4 , labours Michael Shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the total for the snps katy loudon, who came second. The by election was triggered by the removal of the snps margaret ferrier, after she broke covid lockdown rules. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon was at the count. Welcome to scotlands newest mp, Michael Shanks fix, welcome to scotlands newest mp, Michael Shanks Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a marginal Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a marginal seat, Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a marginal seat, with the victorious labour candidate notching up a majority of more than 9000 votes, his party describing it as a seismic and historic win. The . A as a seismic and historic win. They said that we
A series of accidents leading up to the crash where galloway was severely hurt. Incident caught on video from inside the bus. The records we obtained showed four other preventible accidents in a year and a half. Including one in training. One after the other they excused the behavior and put her back behind the wheel. Now we have a significant tragedy. The iteam found its consistent with the policy. The trainers expressed concerned about darcys drivers saying in records they were scared for themselves. She was given written warning and a does suspension. But the policy man walls we obtain showed the bus drivers can log four preventible wrecks before being dismissed. Is there a need for changes . There is a need for more vigilance. There is a public trust involved. In this case its broken. Alexandria transit told us it strives to provide safe and reliable bus service. It will use the best Safety Practices so the possibility of the accidents with pedestrians or other vehicles is minimize
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Reporter president obama repeated the warning to russian president vladimir putin. This was a clear violation of ukrainian constitution, and international law. It is not going to be recognized by the international community. Reporter he slapped u. S. Sanctions on 11 people who said to help putin grab crimea, including outgoing president i yankovich who lives like a king. And if they continue to interfere, we will impose more sanctions. Er. Reporter today, there were more sanctions granted by europe, but not just on putin. And the republicans on the hill are outraged. I wonder when the president and the advise rers are going to wake up to what he is all about. Reporter and there is a land grab here that is seen by many that is liberation. It feels like we have, i dont know, freedom and justice. Reporter 97 of crimeans voted to leave crimea and join russia, and putin recognized that choice as the world watched to see if russia moves into more of ukraine. To try to prevent that, president