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| this is one of the areas they found | we had raac._ it is we had raac.ch _ we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at _ we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at the _ we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at the school, - we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at the school, wej not how we teach at the school, we get get great results.— get get great results. exams are ed . in: get get great results. exams are edging closer— get get great results. exams are edging closer but _ get get great results. exams are edging closer but schools - get get great results. exams are edging closer but schools are - edging closer but schools are waiting for a dangerous type of concrete cold raac to be made safe. we have the heavy machinery around us. ,, , we have the heavy machinery around us, ,, , ., we have the heavy machinery around us. ,, , ., ., ., we have the heavy machinery around us. students have had to change their whole _ us. students have had to change their whole gcse, _ us. students have had to chang
| this is one of the areas they found | we had raac._ it is we had raac.ch _ we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at _ we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at the _ we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at the school, - we had raac. down to suffolk. it is not how we teach at the school, wej not how we teach at the school, we get get great results.— get get great results. exams are ed . in: get get great results. exams are edging closer— get get...
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this is the raac. it is roofing the whole building.ifficult, partway through a course to be told you suddenly don�*t have an option you had before. we would never want to do that but what we were looking at was the least worst option for them. one of them is in an it room so it's not even an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their exams. we found out about the closure at the start of year 13. - it had such a shocking effect on us. i cried, because it was very, like, worrying. l we were using stanley knives and, like, rulers, instead of the laser cutter. it's notjust going to be like a little problem, it is a big problem. hadleigh high school in suffolk has had to close all of its science labs and fill the playground with two—storey temporary classrooms. they are cold, they are echoey, it�*s not how we teach at this school. we get great results. it is disappointing but the children are better with us than at home. what help do you want to see for students taking their exams this y
this is the raac. it is roofing the whole building.ifficult, partway through a course to be told you suddenly don�*t have an option you had before. we would never want to do that but what we were looking at was the least worst option for them. one of them is in an it room so it's not even an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their exams. we found out about the closure at the start of year 13. - it had such a shocking effect on us. i...
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this is the raac. it's through the whole building.hat's there. students at shoeburyness high school in southend have had to change their whole gcse, from design and technology to sd design, because they can't get to the machinery they need. obviously we want them to do what their passion is, what their choice is, what they wanted to do. it's very, very difficult partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option that you had before. we'd never want to do that. but what we're looking at is the least worst option for them. one of them is in the it room, so it's not even in an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their exams. we found out about the closure, i just thought of year 13. it had such like a shocking effect on us. i cried, because it was very, like, worrying. we're using stanley knives and rulers instead of the laser cutter, which obviously it makes it pretty difficult. this will affect us for the whole of our course, and it's notjust going to be like a l
this is the raac. it's through the whole building.hat's there. students at shoeburyness high school in southend have had to change their whole gcse, from design and technology to sd design, because they can't get to the machinery they need. obviously we want them to do what their passion is, what their choice is, what they wanted to do. it's very, very difficult partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option that you had before. we'd never want to do that. but what we're...
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this was one of the first areas that they found that we had raac. so that area was out of use.. it's not how we teach at this school. we get great results. it's disappointing, but the children are better with us than at home. exams are edging closer, but schools are still waiting for a dangerous type of concrete, called raac, to be made safe. we've got the heavy machinery around us here for the room. students at shoeburyness high school have had to change their whole gcse from design and technology to 3d design because they can't get to the machinery they need. it's very difficult. obviously, we want them to do what their passion is, what their choice is, what they wanted to do and what they expected to do. and for anyone, particularly when they're doing exams, it's very, very difficult partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option that you had before. we'd never want to do that. but what we're looking at is the least worst option for them. we're limited to two rooms now. one of them is in an it room, so it's not even an actual woodwork room. these a—lev
this was one of the first areas that they found that we had raac. so that area was out of use.. it's not how we teach at this school. we get great results. it's disappointing, but the children are better with us than at home. exams are edging closer, but schools are still waiting for a dangerous type of concrete, called raac, to be made safe. we've got the heavy machinery around us here for the room. students at shoeburyness high school have had to change their whole gcse from design and...
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this is the raac. it is roofing the whole building.om design and technology to 3d design because they cannot get to the machinery they need. it is very, very difficult, partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option you had before. we would never want to do that but what we were looking at was the least worst option for them. one of them is in an it room so it's not even an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their exams. we found out about the closure at the start of year 13. - it had such a shocking effect on us. i cried, because it was very, like, worrying. l we were using stanley knives and, like, rulers, instead of the laser cutter. which obviously makes it printed difficult. it which obviously makes it printed difficult. ., ., , . which obviously makes it printed difficult. ., . , which obviously makes it printed difficult. ., . difficult. it would affect us for the rest of — difficult. it would affect us for the rest of our _ difficult. it would affect
this is the raac. it is roofing the whole building.om design and technology to 3d design because they cannot get to the machinery they need. it is very, very difficult, partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option you had before. we would never want to do that but what we were looking at was the least worst option for them. one of them is in an it room so it's not even an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their...
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this is the raac. it's through the whole building.r whole gcse, from design and technology to 3d design, because they can't get to the machinery they need. obviously we want them to do what their passion is, what their choice is, what they wanted to do. it's very, very difficult partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option that you had before. we'd never want to do that. but what we're looking at is the least worst option for them. one of them is in the it room, so it's not even in an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their exams. we found out about the closure, i just thought of year 13. it had such like a shocking effect on us. i cried, because it was very, like, worrying. we're using stanley knives and rulers instead of the laser cutter, which obviously it makes it pretty difficult. this will affect us for the whole of our course, and it's notjust going to be like a little problem. it is a big problem. we're going to be doing an experiment... not a bu
this is the raac. it's through the whole building.r whole gcse, from design and technology to 3d design, because they can't get to the machinery they need. obviously we want them to do what their passion is, what their choice is, what they wanted to do. it's very, very difficult partway through a course to be told you suddenly don't have an option that you had before. we'd never want to do that. but what we're looking at is the least worst option for them. one of them is in the it room, so it's...
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so, raac was discovered in the summer term _ far?r what the extent of the raac ones. it is contained within the inside of our building. what has happened is that we looked at the ramifications immediately of that. the fortunate side is that it wasn't damaged, it wasn't disturbed. it's within its own space. what we have had to do though is, from that point where we had to shut down, it is also the main central point of our school, is also the main central point of ourschool, it is also the main central point of our school, it is the main walkway, it is where we hold music lessons, it is where we hold music lessons, it is where we hold music lessons, it is very held daily collective worship, daily assemblies, it is where our pe and games lessons will take place, it is where our lunches are from nursery to year six. so, it is quite essential. for are from nursery to year six. so, it is quite essential.— is quite essential. for a lot of rima is quite essential. for a lot of primary schools _ is quite essential. for a lot of primary schoo
so, raac was discovered in the summer term _ far?r what the extent of the raac ones. it is contained within the inside of our building. what has happened is that we looked at the ramifications immediately of that. the fortunate side is that it wasn't damaged, it wasn't disturbed. it's within its own space. what we have had to do though is, from that point where we had to shut down, it is also the main central point of our school, is also the main central point of ourschool, it is also the main...
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our academic term, we got the news that unfortunately two thirds of ours school was condemned with raacessly to be able to try and make sure our students are least impacted by this as possible, and unfortunately we are in a difficult situation. one of our biggest concerns and something people are finding difficult at this moment in this time, the dfe are making the announcement of our year 11 students were about to take their gcs e exams in a summerwill were about to take their gcs e exams in a summer will receive no mitigation and support despite lost learning hours and time closed for school, huge loss of specialist classroom and equipment, and all of a sudden our students have to go and compute with other students across the country in examination that will determine their future careers and opportunities, and is completely unfair, completely and avoidable situation. it is something our students are paying the price for. it's a disgrace, really, from where we are sitting. we it's a disgrace, really, from where we are sitting-— we are sitting. we were showing teachers of _ we are sitt
our academic term, we got the news that unfortunately two thirds of ours school was condemned with raacessly to be able to try and make sure our students are least impacted by this as possible, and unfortunately we are in a difficult situation. one of our biggest concerns and something people are finding difficult at this moment in this time, the dfe are making the announcement of our year 11 students were about to take their gcs e exams in a summerwill were about to take their gcs e exams in a...
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that pupils at schools in england which are partially closed because of dangerous concrete known as raace technology have been unable to access workshops, labs and other specialist spaces since september. new figures show that a record 179.6 billion songs were streamed last year while sales of vinyl went up for the 16th year in a row. the british phonographic industry said female artists had a particularly good year, with seven of the year's top ten singles being recorded by women. more details online. you're live with bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky says russia has launched more than 500 missiles and drones against his country in the past five days. in one of his regular video addresses, he said 10 hypersonic ballistic missiles were shot down on tuesday alone. the aerial war between the two sides has sharply intensified since late last month. with most of the attacks at night, ukrainian mothers fear for their children to be killed in their beds. hoping for a safer option, they came with an alternative — putting their kids to sleep in the bathrooms. why — and has it helped so far?
that pupils at schools in england which are partially closed because of dangerous concrete known as raace technology have been unable to access workshops, labs and other specialist spaces since september. new figures show that a record 179.6 billion songs were streamed last year while sales of vinyl went up for the 16th year in a row. the british phonographic industry said female artists had a particularly good year, with seven of the year's top ten singles being recorded by women. more details...
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had to be partially closed because they'd been built with a dangerous, crumbling concrete known as raacd talk about austerity and recession and the pressure on the economy over the last few decades. we only have a finite amount of money. and if you try and save money on that and don't spend enough, it's a false economy, because you end up saving maybe a pound today, but you'll spend £5 next yearor inten years. the department for education says in england, it's allocated £15 billion of capital funding since 2015, including nearly £2 billion committed this year for essential maintenance and improvements. in 2021, the government graded every school in england depending on its condition. the lower the grade, the greater the school's priority forfunding. and the farcical situation is that we are considered a grade a rated school, which means we're the highest condition band, as in we're the best kept school, even though we have three classrooms that are just sheds that are just not fit for purpose. we're never going to qualify for money from school rebuilding. i'm 65 now, and i should have b
had to be partially closed because they'd been built with a dangerous, crumbling concrete known as raacd talk about austerity and recession and the pressure on the economy over the last few decades. we only have a finite amount of money. and if you try and save money on that and don't spend enough, it's a false economy, because you end up saving maybe a pound today, but you'll spend £5 next yearor inten years. the department for education says in england, it's allocated £15 billion of capital...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces due to the crumbling concrete, known as raacbc news. an investigation is under way injapan into the crash between a japan airlines airbus and a coastguard aircraft at tokyo's haneda airport that killed five crew members. these are the pictures of what's left of the airbus a350 after it caught fire in the collision. all 367 passengers and 12 crew managed to escape from the burning aircraft, and there's been widespread praise for the cabin crew. five of the six people on board the coastguard aircraft died. and the japanese government is stepping up the emergency response to monday's earthquake, which is now known to have killed at least 64 people. the prime minister, fumio kishida, announced that the number of military personnel involved would be doubled to 2000. but the emergency effort is being complicated by further aftershocks, as well as heavy rain and the risk of landslides. 0ur correspondent, jean mckenzie, is in the region and has spent the day trying to reach the town of wajima close to the epicentre. sirens. this is a ra
technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces due to the crumbling concrete, known as raacbc news. an investigation is under way injapan into the crash between a japan airlines airbus and a coastguard aircraft at tokyo's haneda airport that killed five crew members. these are the pictures of what's left of the airbus a350 after it caught fire in the collision. all 367 passengers and 12 crew managed to escape from the burning aircraft, and there's been widespread praise for the...
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been able to access design and technology work rooms, labratories and other specialist spaces due to raacs in the uk warn that attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea could lead to delays and price rises. the atatcks have prompted long diversions to avoid one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. the attacks are being carried out by the houthi group which has declared support for hamas and has said it was targeting ships travelling to israel. you're live with bbc news. an investigation is underway injapan into the crash between a japan airlines airbus and a coast guard aircraft at tokyo's haneda airport that killed five crew members. these are the pictures of what's left of the airbus a350 after it caught fire following the collision. all 367 passengers and 12 crew managed to escape from the burning aircraft and there's been widespread praise for the cabin crew. five of the six people on board the coast guard aircraft died. rupert wingfield hayes reports. we will bring you that report a little bit later. but for now let's turn to the earthquake, staying in japan. the japanese govern
been able to access design and technology work rooms, labratories and other specialist spaces due to raacs in the uk warn that attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea could lead to delays and price rises. the atatcks have prompted long diversions to avoid one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. the attacks are being carried out by the houthi group which has declared support for hamas and has said it was targeting ships travelling to israel. you're live with bbc news. an investigation is...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacd their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 488 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. you're live with bbc news. taiwan's defense ministry said that china sent four balloons over the island, three of which passed near to a key air force base. the reported incursions on tuesday come as china has been upping its threat to use force to annex the self—governing republic. here you see taiwan fighterjets being scrambled in december after china jets were intercepted over its terrritory. taiwan is holding elections for its president and legislature onjanuary 13th, and china has used its military, diplomatic and economic power to influence voters to back candidates favoring unification between the sides. despite that, the pro—independence democratic progressive party is leading in most polls, reaffirming the electorate's backing for the status of de—facto independence f
technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacd their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 488 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. you're live with bbc news. taiwan's defense ministry said that china sent four balloons over the island, three of which passed near to a key air force base. the reported...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, due to the crumbling concrete known as raacervices have begun a six—day strike. it's the longest industrial action in the history of britain's health service, and follows a break down in talks with the government over pay. before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service was facing one of its most difficult starts to a year since 1948. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen has more on why this latest strike is so significant. this isn't the first time thatjunior doctors in england have walked out. in fact, they first went on strike in march 2023. since then, the nhs has had to cancel over 1.2 million appointments. let's just take a look at what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff, so actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce, and that's at a time when the nhs is already facing pressure fro
technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, due to the crumbling concrete known as raacervices have begun a six—day strike. it's the longest industrial action in the history of britain's health service, and follows a break down in talks with the government over pay. before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service was facing one of its most difficult starts to a year since 1948. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen has more on why...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raac suggests that supermarkets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 400 and 88 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve, with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. kantar said promotions and offers were behind the boost. you're live with bbc news. the head of the international chamber of shipping has told the bbc that consumers were likely to see a rise in the price of goods within weeks because of the cost of re—routing vessels away from the red sea, due to ongoing tensions in the middle east. guy platten said about 20% of the container fleet was being diverted around southern africa to avoid the risk of attack by houthi rebels in yemen. he said the longerjourney added up to 14 extra days to a ship's voyage and that shipping costs had already increased as a result. live now to alicia kearns, conservative mp and chair of the foreign affairs select committeegiven that the conflict seems to be
technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raac suggests that supermarkets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 400 and 88 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve, with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. kantar said promotions and offers were behind the boost. you're live with bbc news. the head of the international chamber of...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacw research suggests that supermarkets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 400 and 88 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve, with nearly 14 billion pounds passing through the tills. kantar said promotions and offers were behind the boost. you're live with bbc news. in the uk, a driver was killed when a tree fell on his car during storm henk, which swept across large parts of the country yesterday. high winds caused widespread travel disruption and thousands of homes lost power. about 260 flood warnings are still in place in england, scotland and wales. phil mackie reports. it is not looking good for ian harris. this is the fifth big flood since he moved in in 2016. this level of flooding used to be called a 50—year event. now it is happening annually. it is pretty frequent and it never used to be like this. it is getting worse and worse. the effect affected bacon with tomorrow will get very clo
technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacw research suggests that supermarkets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 400 and 88 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve, with nearly 14 billion pounds passing through the tills. kantar said promotions and offers were behind the boost. you're live with bbc news. in the uk, a driver was killed...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 488 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. you're live with bbc news. in england — the longest strike in nhs history is under way. junior doctors started their six—day walkout. it's over a long—running dispute over pay. thousands of routine appointments and operations have been postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. a pay increase of 8.8% has been awarded by the government and they have offered an extra 3% on top of that. but the doctors union — the british medical association says that is still not a credible offer that reflects the rise in inflation. the government says the union's demands are unrealistic. let's speak to dr tal ellenbogan, bmajunior doctors committee. thank you for coming on the programme. let's talk about the strike and the length of it and the potential disruption. there are
technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 488 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. you're live with bbc news. in england — the longest strike in nhs history is under way. junior doctors started their six—day walkout. it's over a...
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces because of crumbling concrete, known as raaceir busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made 488 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve, with nearly £14 billion passing through the tills. kantar said promotions and offers were behind the boost. you're live with bbc news. junior doctors working in england's public health services have begun a six—day strike. it's the longest industrial action in the history of britain's health service, and follows a break down in talks with the government over pay. before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service was facing one of its most difficult starts to a year since 19118. 0ur reporter, meghan 0wen, has more on why this latest strike is so significant. this isn't the first time thatjunior doctors in england have walked out. in fact, they first went on strike in march 2023. since then, the nhs has had to cancel over 1.2 million appointments. let's just take a look at what a ju
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technology work rooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces, because of crumbling concrete, known as raacg for sexual services a crime in northern ireland has led tojust one conviction since 2015. there have been calls for a review of the legislation, which was brought in to tackle human trafficking. the charity women's aid said injuly there was a significant increase in the number of trafficking victims they're supporting. new research suggests that supermarkets experienced their busiest christmas period since 2019. the research firm kantar said customers made a00 and 88 million customers made a88 million trips to the supermarket in the four weeks to christmas eve, with nearly £1a billion passing through the tills. you're live with bbc news. the japanese government is stepping up the emergency response to monday's earthquake, which is now known to have killed at least 6a people. we've been seeing just how extensive the damage actually is. take a look at these pictures. this is the coastal town of suzu. the sheer force of the quake here flattened homes and dumped boats in the streets. res
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had to be partially closed because they'd been built with a dangerous, crumbling concrete known as raacey on that and don't spend enough, it's a false economy because you end up saving maybe a pound today, but you'll spend £5 next year or in ten years because you've fallen further behind on that maintenance. and the big worry is, obviously, these buildings have children in, and the more poor these buildings become, you are increasing the risk of a collapse, a fatality, of someone getting hurt. the department for education says, in england, it's allocated £15 billion of capital funding since 2015 — including nearly £2 billion committed this year for essential maintenance and improvements. in 2021, the government graded every school in england, depending on its condition. the lower the grade, the greater the school's priority forfunding. and the farcical situation is that we are considered a grade a—rated school, which means we're the highest condition band — as in we're the best—kept school — even though we have three classrooms that are just sheds that are just not fit for purpose. we'r
had to be partially closed because they'd been built with a dangerous, crumbling concrete known as raacey on that and don't spend enough, it's a false economy because you end up saving maybe a pound today, but you'll spend £5 next year or in ten years because you've fallen further behind on that maintenance. and the big worry is, obviously, these buildings have children in, and the more poor these buildings become, you are increasing the risk of a collapse, a fatality, of someone getting hurt....