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With chris mason and katherine downes. A new drive to help children and young people with Mental Health problems. Ministers want faster access to treatment and specialist support in schools and colleges. Good morning, its sunday the 3rd of december. Also this morning the governments entire social Mobility Commission resigns in protest at what it says is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. Bolstering the blue belt. More stretches of the british coastline get special status to help protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats. In sport, well have the latest from the ashes overnight. England...

And australia are taking control in adelaide theyve declared on 410 8 and put england into bat under the floodlights. It had all started so well for england on day two of the second test. Stuart broad trapped Peter Handscomb lbw in the first over of the day. But, wickets were few and far between. A century from shaun marsh took australia past 400. And with twilight coming and the hope that the ball would swing under the lights the aussies declared. England are batting and still have more than an hour to go before the end of day two. Australia are well on top and favourites to go two up in the ...

Think it was about getting some the education secretary went on to defend the governments record. Were seeing standards in our schools rise. Critically, were seeing the attainment gap in schools narrow. The attainment gap in this is the difference in outcomes between disadvantaged children and their better off peers. The social mobility commissions most recent report described britain as a deeply divided nation. Two thirds of the areas where young people face the brightest prospects are now in london. While many coastal, rural, and former Industrial Areas are being left further behind. And for...

Captain steve smith nears a ton as he leads the australian fightback on the second day of the vital third ashes test in perth. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Relatives of the four children who died in a house fire in salford have said they dont know how they will be able to tell the childrens mother, who is in a medically induced coma and likely to remain that way for several weeks. 15 year old demi pearson, brandon, aged eight, lacey, aged seven, and three year old lia died following the fire on monday, which police are calling a targeted attack. The child rens grandfather s...

On in the ashes . They need at least a draw to avoid a series defeat. Coming up in sport on bbc news, britains number two tennis player, aljaz bedene, switches back to slovenia in a bid to play at the next olympics. Good evening. Relatives of the four children who died in a housefire in salford have said they dont know how they will be able to tell the childrens mother who is in a medically induced coma and likely to remain that way for several weeks. 15 year old demi pearson, three year old lia, lacie aged seven, and brandon who was eight died following the fire on monday, which police are ca...