this is bbc news the headlines at five teachers call for tougher action against covid in england's schools, saying staff are "on their knees". a senior government adviser on covid warns the uk could face another lockdown at christmas — and tells people they shouldn't wait for ministers to take action. to everything possible in your control to try to reduce transmission. do not wish for the government to change policy. the sooner we all act, the sooner we can get this transmission rate down in the greater the prospect of having a christmas our families. ministers promise half a billion pounds to support families in the budget, but the labour party calls it a "smokescreen". court documents show alec baldwin was told that a prop gun was safe in the moments before

he accidentally killed a crew member on set. a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays in order to get rid of them. a leading teaching union is calling on the government to introduce tougher covid measures in england's schools and speed up the vaccination of children, amid rising infections. the association of school and college leaders says the first half of the autumn term has left some schools "on their knees", as staff tried to stop the virus spreading among pupils and teachers. pepe di'lasio is the association's president. i think it is fair to say that this

is been the hardest have turned that i've ever faced as a teacher and certainly in my years as a leader. it is the most challenging. we have had a long eight weeks that started backin had a long eight weeks that started back in august when we did mass testing in yesterday when we revaccinated another two or 300 students my own school and during that time, we saw an increase in the number of students absent from school, the highest infection rates of 12 to 15 —year—olds and more staff suffering from covid—19 and longer covid—19 symptoms than ever before. it is tough to get through what is now our first half term and we look forward to winter ahead of us where we are normally quite sure what's ahead of us and it's up to the vaccination is a wave forward for us in their schools. i've been speaking to steve chalke — the leader of oasis community learning, which runs more than 50 schools across the uk. this has been the toughest half term. the problem has been that

all of the issues to do with the last 18 months, there is a part of society that tries to put that behind us as though we have emerged from this. i live in london and if you get on the underground, the vast number of people do not wear masks even though you are told to wear masks. so, i think people are trying to return to normal but what is happening in our schools but all of those last 18 months and the trauma that has built up in the lives of children, they have not reached the learning stages they would have otherwise, many of them have emotional and social health problems, mental health issues, plus running the school and exams being back, and 0fsted inspections, this is huge pressure on top of caring for children. what our staff are crying out for is for ministers to turn the rhetoric of education being central, of young people being

sent to and children being central, into policies that keep schools open and keep them safe. and vaccinations and wearing face masks would be two of those. keeping schools open and safe is a tricky balancing act, isn't it? what do you think needs to be done to make sure that can be done more safely? we have schools across the country and in some locations our children all wear masks, secondary schoolchildren, and that is because the local authorities in those areas haven't said it is mandatory. where there is a choice, people don't do it, hence my thing about the underground, in london you go onto any tube station and there is lots of signs saying, it is compulsory to wear a mask but everyone knows it is not compulsory and so most people don't. that is why the government needs to take a lead and they need

to speed up the roll—out of the vaccinations for 12—15 —year—olds and they need to take early action to prevent what the headlines say would be the doomsday scenario that christmas is obliterated again. notjust christmas, but the winter, and if schools have to shut, that adds to the mental health long—term issues of children which are already considerable. steve chalke, there. a prominent adviser to the government on covid—19 has said he's "very fearful" there'll be another "lockdown christmas" this year. professor peter 0penshaw, a member of the new and emerging respiratory virus threats advisory group known as nervtag, warned the public they shouldn't wait for ministers to act. iam very i am very fearful that we are going to have another lockdown christmas

if we do not act soon. with public health measures, the time to act is immediately. there is no point in delaying. if you do delay, that you need to take even more stringent actions later. the immediacy of response is absolutely vital if you're going to get things under control and we really want a wonderful, family christmas per week and i'll get back together and if thatis and i'll get back together and if that is what we want, we need to get these measures in place now in order to get transmission rates right down so we can actually get together and see one another over christmas. take matters into your own hands, do not wait necessarily for government policy. i am very, very reluctant now to go to crowded spaces because i know that roughly one in 60 people in the credit space are going to have the virus. and if you can, and

cycle to work, do not go on public transport and do everything possible in your control to try to reduce transmission. do not wait for the government to change policy. the sooner we all act, the sooner we can get this transmission rate down in the greater the prospect of having a christmas with our families. the chancellor rishi sunak will announce funding for a new network of so—called "family hubs" in next week's budget. the plans are part of a £500 million package of support for children and parents across england, with devolved administrations set to receive an equivalent funding settlement. labour have described it as a "sticking plaster." vicky nevin from the nspcc welcomed the investment, but said much greater funding was needed for health visitors. it's a very important announcement, an acknowledgement that parents and babies need more support, especially regarding perinatal health.

we need to make sure all parents can access these family hubs. so it is important that on wednesday the government also invests in core services, services like health visiting which can reach out to families and make sure that every family has a fair start. we are calling for much greater investment in health visiting and we want to see 33,000 more health visitors. what sort of a difference can health visiting make to those early years? it is very important that every family receives at least five visits that they are entitled to so that parents can spot any concerns and they can build a trusted relationship with the families so they are able to open up about perinatal mental health or any concerns about their child's development and for that to happen you need a consistent health visitor

that can build the relationship. but at the moment there has been a cut to public health funding which means we have seen health visiting numbers decline by 30% since 2015 so to make sure that parents are aware of the support that is available to them, to make sure they are being signposted to these family hubs, we need to make sure those core services are funded, as well. how much more do we need? there have been cuts to the services and now it is trying to regain the ground. how far does this go and how much further is needed? to employ another 3000 health visitors would be £500 million in itself so we do need some additional funding on top of this package although we do welcome the fact the package is focusing on mental health because it is so important that parents can

provide a nurturing care for their babies so they can grow up healthy and happy themselves. we really appreciate that, but it is about outreach, as well and making sure that health visitors are there to build those trusted relationships. those health visitors can be based in family hubs so when a family comes along and looks for support, it is trusted expert advice, and it is about having the workforce for the hubs as well. thanks forjoining us. the us military says it has killed a senior al-qaeda leader in a drone strike in north—west syria. a us central command spokesman said that abdul hamid al—matar had been successfully targeted using a reaper drone. the actor alec baldwin was told a gun was safe moments before he fatally shot a crew member on the set of his new film. that's according to new documents filed as part of the on—going police

investigation into the killing in new mexico. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. emergency phone call: accidentally i shot on a movie set by a prop gun. i we need help immediately. that call to the emergency services, the first public indication of the tragic events that had unfolded in the foothills of northern new mexico. police arrived to find halyna hutchins — an up—and—coming cinematographer — dead, and the film's director, joel souza, badly hurt. their injuries inflicted by the film's star, alec baldwin who — according to court documents — was handed a gun he was told was safe to use, but which was in fact loaded with a live round. in a statement, alec baldwin said he was cooperating with the police investigation.

this is not the first tragedy of its kind. nearly 30 years ago, on the set of the film the crow, brandon lee — the son of martial arts expert bruce lee — died after being shot by a gun firing blanks. safety standards have been tightened on film sets since then, but on the family twitter account, brandon's sister, shannon, posted the message, "no—one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set, period." unconfirmed reports suggest that several crew members walked off the set in new mexico only hours before halyna hutchins died, in protest at working conditions and concerns about safety. as detectives comb the set for clues, the key question facing them is, how did a live round end up in a gun fired by alec baldwin? david willis, bbc news, los angeles.

for weeks now, we've been showing you images of the ongoing volcanic eruption on the spanish island of la palma. lava and ash have caused chaos — but let's take a look at the impact it's having in the surrounding waters. these pictures — from the spanish national research council — show marine life struggling to cope. volcanic ash has fallen to depths of four—hundred metres. scientists are concerned about the damage it's doing to the ecosystem. a coastal town has received a 41million pound donation from the woman behind fisherman's friend cough sweets. businesswoman doreen lofthouse, who died in march, aged 91, has left her fortune to a charity that strives to develop her hometown of fleetwood. fleetwood town council said it was "overwhelmed by the generosity".

transport outside of london. england city regions will get the cash to improve services as part of the chancellor's budget next week. get your boosterjabs a ministers as the chancellor's budget next week. get your boosterjab see ministers as a top government adviser warns covid—19 infection rates are unacceptable. the roads biggest oil exporters says it wants to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2060. and if feast for chelsea in the premier league against bottom of the table

norwich. the chancellor has promised to spend almost £7,000,000,000 and improving transport outside of london. it is one of a number of spending pleasures to be unveiled in the budget. send a transport revolution will bring public services around the country in mind that the capital. laboursince the country in mind that the capital. labour since the government lacks a coherent plan to transform economies and tackle the climate crisis. here is our business correspondent. whether it is for work or leisure, how easy is it to get about where you live? greater manchester is when areas are to receive cash to spend on transport improvements such as upgrades and corridors of. i

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promises but they have also spoken about wanting to put the public finances on a sustainable footing and we should find out more about how he intends to do that. labour has accused the government of lacking a coherent plan is saying other projects like delivering this to lead to loss of critical. but modernising the transport network is central to his levelling up agenda. 0ur political correspondent is here with me. mention in the report, the pledge is not it is going to be coming for quick and fast stub below expectation of 850,000,000 for the cultural sector after the pandemic and billing for transport outside of london, we have just heard about it. the treasures emphasised distilled money to spend it with you more about the levelling up it with you more about the levelling up agenda on wednesday and the

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highest level for nearly eight months. combined with the usual winter pressure such as flu calls for government action may be difficult to ignore. the governments latest coronavirus figures show that there are 44,985 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period which means an average, there 47,618 new cases reported per day in the last week. there were 8238 people in the hospital with covid—19 as of thursday. under 35 deaths were reported and as a people who died within 20 days of covid—19 tests. and on the past week, garage 33 deaths announced every day. court documents suggest that the actor alec baldwin was told his gun was safe before he fatally shot a crew the subs with them. he is questioned

by police as part of their investigation and the cinematographer died from a wound to the chest. in the crucial claimant supplement in glasgow, the environmental activist has called for honesty from world leaders about where they are falling down on combating climate change. the worlds biggest oil exporter says it is aiming to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2060. she has been speaking to her science correspondent. it was a video that went viral. gratitude it was to launch the claimant left concerts at the climate talks in glasgow. ? climate. those attending the event. ., , ,,

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mount. having not scored in 25 games, callum hudson came through the ranks to. this clinical start had been made in chelsea. the blues scored a third before half—time and for norge, the top plate treatment is a miserable reality. they have two points no victories while chelsea were going clear at the top. now is the time of how many more to cheerfor. they now is the time of how many more to cheer for. they would now is the time of how many more to cheerfor. they would make now is the time of how many more to cheer for. they would make sure the score line would be remembered. first of the penalty and then a tap in. it made it 7— zero. chelsea �*s biggest victory in years. only one other wing of the premier league knows what for to beat everton 5— two at the top of the scottish partnership. the overtook rangers on

goal defence in the play tomorrow and elsewhere there are wins for aberdeen, united in livingston. england's cricketers have a dream start to the world cup, easily winning their opening game against the defending champions, they opened up the defending champions, they opened up produce five in dubai in the chest down with more than ten overs to spare an inkling hoping to become the first teams to hold the one day and the t20 row titles earlier, australia beat south africa. there was a clean sleep for england in the one—off internationals against france, the men's team at work harder than the ten school and suggested but a flurry of late tries sealed the victory and captainjohn bateman scoring twice. and before the men's test on the same pitch, they scored seven tries as they cruised to a 40 points to four victory in the team all full—time jobs and only travel to france this morning, including having a covid—19

test at five am. in the women's world cup qualifier between england and northern ireland kicked off a few minutes ago and it's called the so will follow what happens in the bbc sports website. that is it. i will follow at ten past ten. temp in the you are. goodbye for now. temperatures may have edged a little higher today but we saw the sunshine than we saw yesterday. plenty of cloud out there and for some of us, we've had some rain and is a bit more on the rain as we go to the

evening and night, for weather system in the spring rain particularly to western scotland and northern ireland, it may have turned the wind to a milder south—westerly but as we know, along with this flow of air from the southwest, we've had plenty of cloud southwest, we've had plenty of cloud so conscious of lucky if you have seen anything in the southwest, we've had plenty of cloud so conscious of lucky if you have seen anything and we have seen anything in the way of sunshine today. in western scotland and northern ireland and for western scotland, they'll be 20 to 40mm of rain quite widely and there is a chance of some travel disruption there is a result and for later in the night as we push towards wells in the western side of england, central and eastern parts of england stage dry and it's got a cloud around its amount nights to come so, quite windy as well. into tomorrow, we're going to take over the system and make the rain increasingly patchy and showering as he pushed through wells and across england at the day goes on. it will brighten up in a much brighter dairy in scotland the be brighter days and if you catch when it will be heavy with the rumble of thunder. it's still quite blustery with average wind speeds going to be a bit higher but a milder direction held by more in the way of sunshine tomorrow afternoon and be under weather system, will have highs around 15 to 16 in any state in the in southeast england, to hold off any chance of rain until very late in the day. from monday, we are in between by

the systems and a beer bright day