the met has apologised to carrick s victims after it emerged he was allowed to stay in the police force despite allegations about him over many years. also this lunchtime. the drive by shooting in london that left six people injured a 22 year old man is arrested. investigators in nepal find the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed yesterday killing at least 68 people. counting the cost of christmas. fears that some people got into so much debt over the festive period that it will take them years to pay the money back. and emma raducanu puts aside her injury worries and makes it through to the second round of the australian open. and coming up in sport on bbc news, on the day that the new england head coach steve borthwick announces his first six nations squad the former england boss eddiiejones becomes australia s new head coach. good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted he s a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost tw
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with breaking news teachers in england and wales will go on strike in national disputes over pay. the national education union says the ballots meet the legal thresholds for both turnout and a vote in favour of strikes. seven strike days are being announced between february 1st and 16th march. for more on this, i m joined by our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. what more do we know about this teacher strike which is going to start very soon? the teacher strike which is going to start very soon? teacher strike which is going to start very soon? the paint teachers have had, 5% start very soon? the paint teachers have had. 5% pay start very soon? the paint teachers have had, 5% pay increase - start very soon? the paint teachers l have had, 5% pay increase in england and separately in wales this year, the union says that falls far below inflation in the cost of living and everyone is seeing that. and the result
and the met reveals it is now investigating 1000 claims of sexual and domestic abuse involving around 800 police officers. we will have more on the view from number ten downing street on falling public trust in the police. also on the programme. a constitutional showdown as rishi sunak says he ll block the gender recognition bill passed by nicola sturgeon and the scottish parliament. the government at westminster stops the government of parliament here in edinburgh from doing what it wants to using a legal advice never used before. and yes, you guessed it, thatis before. and yes, you guessed it, that is prompting one heck of a row. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? as teachers strike in scotland, seven new dates for action are announced for england and wales, affecting more than 23,000 schools. and after 30 years on the run, the head of the infamous cosa nostra mafia has been arrested in sicily. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: no slip ups down unde