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Hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. family and friends gather in memphis for the funeral of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by police officers during a traffic stop. the vice president, kamala harris, was among the mourners — the nichols family, she said, had lost a son, and a father, to those who were charged with keeping them safe. in the uk the biggest day of industrial action in a decade — hundreds of thousands of workers — including schoolteachers — out on strike. and deja vu ? exactly a year after retiring the first time around — the ...

Government departments, along with several other bodies, including border force, are also on strike. tens of thousands of workers at 150 universities across the uk are striking over pay, conditions and pension changes. university employers say any increase in pay puts jobs at risk. and bus drivers employed by abellio in london are also taking industrial action. the unite union is calling for a pay rise to reflect the increasing cost of living. we'rejoined now from westminster by nick eardley. morning. what a day. there appears to be no end in sight? what morning. what a day. there appears to b...

0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley sent this report from halifax. this is halifax in west yorkshire. good girl, rosie. go on, sara. hang on. - one at a time. these three heads have a lot on their minds. i'm finding now more staff are making themselves ill. over the next month, they will have to navigate closures and disruption in their schools. we are losing some experienced staff. people have had enough. these heads are in solidarity with teaching staff who are on strike. they're having to do an awful lot more than they did before. this isn'tjust about pay, but the pressures of teachi...

Education secretary in a minute. how many schools are going to be open today? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. i'm alice salfield. as we've been hearing its expected to be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade — with teachers, civil servants, university lecturers and train drivers amongst those on strike. it's thought around a quarter of london's schools will be closed today. there's severe disruption on most of the capital's train lines. tfl services like the 0verground and the elizabeth line are running — but the strikes could...

Budgets have reduced significantly, class sizes have got bigger, the students have noticed it and they are quite supportive of what we are doing today. the 5% pay rise from last year, lots of it has been taken from existing school budgets will what have you noticed in school in terms of tighter school budgets? it is much more difficult to fund all of the _ is much more difficult to fund all of the supplies— is much more difficult to fund all of the supplies for— is much more difficult to fund all of the supplies for the _ is much more difficult to fund all of the supplies for the students,...