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of the country s most influential aboriginal leaders, yunupingu, who has died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome. let s look at some of the main stories in the uk. uk passport office workers are staging five weeks of industrial action over pay, pensions and job security. union reps say walking out now will cause maximum disruption, because people will be trying to renew their passports in time for summer travel. the british government has called the industrial action disappointing and says it s working to manage the impact it may have. our employment correspondent zoe conway reports. it s at this time of year that the passport service is at its busiest as people get their passports renewed in time for the summer. the pcs union says it s going on strike now to cause maximum disruption. 1,900 civil servants are directly involved in issuing passports. the union says more than 1,500 of them will go on strike. the union says there needs to be a dramatic improvement on las ....
at the port of dover uk authorities apologise, and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend let s return to some breaking news this hour and schools in england face fresh strikes this spring after members of the national education union rejected the government s pay offer. rejected the government s pay teachers have been gathering for the union s annual conference in harrogate, where pay and workload are among the issues being discussed. ministers say the pay offer is fair and reasonable . live now to our uk education editor branwen jeffreys who is in harrogate. bring us up to date. the government says the pay offer is fair but the unions do not agree. i says the pay offer is fair but the unions do not agree. unions do not agree. i have ust ste ed unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out fl unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out of i unions do not agree. i have ust stepped out of the i unions do not agree. i have just stepped out of ....
good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for inf ....
In britain in the past two years. Maria murray is the associate director of prevention and comunity engagement at the dogs trust and she explained to me just what sort of dog this is. Its very difficult to define what an xl bully is its not a breed that is recognised by the kennel club, so we have bull breeds of all descriptions coming through, but to actually define an xl bully is incredibly difficult. What do you make to the cause for this breed to be banned . I mean, the latest video that has gone viral around the globe is a really shocking image of a dog chasing after a girl, and two men who had tried to protect her. It is a terrifying video, i am a mother of a young daughter myself, so watching that was terrifying, and we absolutely agree that something needs to be done to protect the public. However, we feel that an all out ban on one particular breed is not the way forward. We have legislation such as that at the moment, it is not working, and to add more breeds to the list, whi ....
Just under 300 said they d been physically abused by spectators, players or managers. the mere presence of them, the fact that somebody sees the device there, makes them sort of think twice about their behaviour really. these really are just there to explore whether, you know, it improves the level of participant behaviour within the grassroots game and also give the referee that added level of safety and security for them refereeing. one of the four leagues in the country where the trial is being rolled out is middlesbrough, where19 year old referee 0llie cairney has already used the equipment in matches. i m a player, you re the referee, i come up to talk to you and you worry that i might start abusing you. if i feel threatened in any way, i ll press that button and then they can actually see the player, their face on the screen. do you think also if the player sees themselves on that screen, that will stop them from shouting or pushing you or anything like that? 100%, yeah. i think ....