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good? she s been eating her greens. haven t you! we re in the big apple to meet the man who s travelling the world without leaving new york. hands up, eyes wide open. you don t want to miss it. and rajan heads to spain to take a ride on europe s newest, fastest and tallest roller coaster. this week, i m in northern thailand. its mountainous landscape and lush jungles are an ideal environment for the asian elephant. the animal is seen as the symbol of thailand, and around 3000 live in these wild forests. the country also has a captive elephant population of almost 4000. controversially, some of them work in the tourist industry. caring for all of these elephants is a hugejob, particularly if the animal needs specialist medical attention. i ve come to lampang to meet some of the vets who are attempting this mammoth task. when it was opened in 1993, this was the world s first elephant hospital. and since then, they ve treated over 4000 elephants. i m here to meet some of t ....
the general secretary warned that pupils could be seriously compromised without extra funding. the government insists it is spending nearly £100 million extra on education this year, as our education editor bra nwen jeffreys explains. oscar s ten. he s a bright, clever little boy. he s friendly and sparky and smiley, but his autism causes him an awful lot of issues with the world, thatjust isn t set up for children like him. that includes primary school, where support was patchy. oscar went part time, but struggled. oscar s meltdowns can include self harm. so he ll bite himself, he might headbutt, headbutt doors, walls, that could involve having to sit there with a cold compress between the wall and his head. i want the handcuffs. so you want to arrest us? children with special needs are seven times more likely to be permanently excluded. that is what happened to oscar last year. then, a placement at a special school broke down. the impact we ve now got is we ve got a ....
will gather in the far north west and we will see some rain there, but for most there will be fair weather and it will be a dry afternoon across much of england and wales. the temperatures will be around nine degrees, but elsewhere it will reach 13-14 degrees, but elsewhere it will reach 13 14 degrees. here is the rain i was talking about in the western isles. the east of scotland should stay dry. more of the same on wednesday. dry in england and wales. rain will be late and patchy. it will be around i degrees warmer in the north, top hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: us vice president mike pence tells north korea neither the united states nor south korea would tolerate further missile and nuclear tests. the era of strategic patience is over. prince harry reveals he s had counselling, after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about his mother s death. turkey s president erdogan has said he ll press ahead with new sweeping powers, after narrowly winning the const ....
the government says standards will go up because the content is more rigorous, and that bright pupils will have a better chance to shine. our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports. the new system has more grades and replaces letters with the numbers nine to one, with nine being the highest grade. it s all change for gcse maths and english this year. numbers, not letters, for grades and new, tougher content for the exams. would that be ok, to do that? so, umi is getting extra help from her tutor, something many families can t afford. even so, she s anxious about the exams. it s quite daunting, because lots of my teachers don t. they ve never taught it before, so they re not used to the new syllabus that s coming in. her mum, kelly, is trying to get her head round it all. a grade 4 will be the same as a c or above. and a top grade of 9 will be higher than an a . she doesn t mind the exams content being made harder. but to bring in a new grading system and make the ....
in the hands of the people if he becomes prime minister. he presented himself as the anti establishment candidate, taking on what he called a system rigged against working people, and he told his supporters that the outcome of the snap election was not a foregone conclusion. meanwhile, the prime minister has restated her commitment to cutting annual net migration to a sustainable level, in the tens of thousands. here is our political editor laura kuenssberg. no one is going to say they are all the same, not in this election. and not the admirers of the labour leader, who queue round the block to hear him. we need something different, not more of the same. i really enjoy seeing him speak. this is a man who should be leading the country, and should be our prime minister, because he s offering a real alternative. the left waited a long time for a leader likejeremy corbyn, but will the rest of the country rush towards him? he is their star. but what about you? the labour pa ....