this is bbc news the headlines: a wave of industrial action continues to spread across the uk. in scotland, teachers are on strike for the first time in almost a0 years. we have got a cost of living crisis and a backdrop of teachers pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008. so understandably they are very, very angry. university staff across the uk are also walking out, and thousands of postal workers are staging a 48—hour strike. more than half a million more people entered the uk than left in the year tojune, entered the uk than left in the year to june, the entered the uk than left in the year tojune, the highest number on record. ambulance wordings of

crippling delays as reports that they have been waiting for half an hour or more for hospitals to accept their patients. the families in taliban controlled afghanistan now having to make shocking decisions so they can feed their children.// the uk's biggest ever anti—fraud operation — 70,000 possible bank scam call victims are being contacted by the police. good afternoon and welcome to bbc lunchtime. tens of thousands of workers are on strike in a series of walk outs across the uk, affecting schools, universities and royal mail sorting offices. scotland is facing its first national strike by teachers for nearly a0 years — after a revised pay offer was rejected by unions as �*insulting'.

meanwhile, lecturers and other academic staff at universities are taking industrial action over pay, pensions and contracts. we'll have more on that in a moment — first, our correspondent alexandra mackenzie has the latest on the impact on primary and secondary state schools across scotland. what do we want? 10%! they braved the cold at this picket line in cambuslang this morning. most primary and secondary schools across the country are closed. thousands of teachers from scotland's biggest teachers�* union, the eis, are striking for pay. they should have had a pay rise in their bank accounts on the 1st of april — they have received nothing, zero. we are now towards the end of november, we've got a cost of living crisis and we've got a backdrop of teachers�* pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008, so understandably they are very, very angry. the latest deal on the table

would have seen lower paid teachers receive a rise of up to 6.85%, more than the previous 5% offer but well below the 10% increase the unions want. teachers say they're angry and frustrated at the latest pay offer, bhe scottish government says but the scottish government says 10% is just not affordable. we have a fixed budget and it is already fully utilised for this year so to do anything that would increase the resolution we have on this would mean that money would have to come from elsewhere, so i'm very disappointed we are moving to strike action. it's disruption for our children and young people and their families that we simply don't want to see. for some parents it will be difficult to find additional childcare. this tennis camp is helping out. i would probably rather be in school but i do like playing tennis. i like writing in school- so we were going to be doing a bit of comic strips, _ and i'm quite sad i'm missing that. it�*s the first national teachers�* strike in almost a0 years.

all sides had hoped it could have been avoided. but without any agreement, further strikes are planned for the new year. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, cambuslang. as we�*ve heard, university staff have walked out across the country on the first of three days of strikes about pay, working conditions and pensions. 0ur education correspondent vanessa clarke reports. anger and frustration on the picket line. pay issues, insecure contracts and changes to their pension schemes have led to staff at more than 150 universities walking out in protest today. for nathan howard, who is a postgrad researcher, he believes conditions will eventually force him out of a job he loves. the workload, the pressure, the lack of any kind of fixed time off. you officially sort of have to take the low pay — that�*s, you know, worse, and it�*s getting worse with the whole cost of living crisis and everything like that. many students are backing the strikes but are worried

about even more disruption to their studies following the pandemic. for a lot of students i can say it is quite frustrating, especially if you are in the beginning years of your university. as a third year myself i am able to cope with that much more and professors have given us the option of sort of, like, out of office hours and giving us extra support when needed. we turned up to university- is what we thought was a hub of sort of knowledge and empowerment, and then you learn that _ the industry's professionals aren't getting the treatment _ they deserve. it's very saddening. universities say they are disappointed by today�*s action and that the pay demands are unrealistic. we are trying to do everything we can within the environments that we are operating with the funding that we�*ve got to make sure that we are fair and transparent in the way in which we support our staff. my number one priority at the moment is to make sure that we don�*t disadvantaged students. we don�*t disadvantage students. frankly, they�*ve had a really difficult time over the past

few years with covid. this is the last thing that they need. the staff here and across the uk will be back again tomorrow for the second of three days of planned strike action, but if negotiations continue to end in deadlock there may be much more disruption for students in the coming months. vanessa clarke, bbc news, sheffield. thousands of postal workers have begun a 48 hour strike in a long running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. royal mail said it had made its best and final offer to staff and accused unions of �*holding christmas to ransom�*. unions say the offer on the table would �*spell the end of royal mail as we know it�*. net migration to the uk has climbed to a record half a million, driven by a series of world events including the war in ukraine and the end of lockdown restrictions. new figures from the office for national statistics suggestjust over half a million more people are estimated to have moved to the uk than left, in the 12 months tojune 2022 — a sharp rise on the previous year.

you need to understand what�*s going on and within that number students are a very significant part of those who have arrived so 476,000 students came in that year tojune and that import is because a lot of students didn�*t come during the pandemic, delayed their study so we are seeing a bulge in people coming to the uk to study and many people would argue they are valuable to reducing the cost of further and higher education here. ukrainians, we think in the period we are looking at around 170,000 ukrainians, perhaps in total 200,000 ukrainians have come. the majority of them have been fleeing the war in their country and have come under a specific bespoke route the government created, and so these are people we have specifically invited

and they will almost certainly return to their homeland when the situation settles down. hong kong you mentioned, we know more than 100,000 people, british nationals in hong kong, have taken advantage of a government scheme to come to the uk, probably to settle here over 100,000 of them. work visas are also up, as you will know there are many sectors in the uk saying they have not got enough staff and encouraging the government to allow more foreign workers to come in to fill those gaps in the labour market but work visas, 249,000 which is up 82% from 2019. what we have seen is that most of the net migration is driven by non—eu migration — i mentioned ukraine and hong kong, students coming from outside the eu,

and the number of people, the net migration between the uk and the eu is negative so more people are leaving who are eu citizens than arriving and that is also important to understand. the bulk of the figures are numbers which could be transitory. students, most would be expected to leave at the end of their studies. yes, ukrainians as well but the hong kong nationals are expected to stay, but this is a moment because this was a government elected on a promise to reduce immigration and also it is the government that "got brexit done" and that was about taking control of our borders and on social media today you may have seen a lot of people who were hoping brexit

would also mean much lower immigration to the uk really outraged by what has been going on, but as we have said, we need to be careful because a lot of this is driven by these other visas which are these bespoke schemes set up by the government. people can argue whether it�*s right or wrong to allow ukrainians and hong kong nationals and afghans or syrians previously to come, but that is the government�*s decision. we have a points—based immigration system that has made it more difficult for sectors which need lower skilled or less well paid people to fill gaps and that is why we have this odd situation where you see more workers coming in at the same time employers say they haven�*t got enough people because it�*s a different type of person. police will be sending texts to about 70,000 people over the next 48 hours to warn them they�*ve been victims of fraudsters trying

to steal their money. in the uk�*s biggest anti—fraud operation, the metropolitan police have arrested a man accused of running an international service enabling fake phone calls. some victims have lost thousands of pounds. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds explains. the met says it�*s the biggest—ever proactive operation to take down fraudsters, and there�*s a new strategy — taking down their tools. specifically a website thought to have been used by nearly 60,000 criminals worldwide and alleged to have been run from this flat in east london. ispoof has been closed by the fbi. it provided a server which criminals could use to call victims anonymously, pretending to be their bank. we are all used to these one—time passwords that come to your phone, for example, and you need to somehow con somebody to give you that over the phone. that�*s the core of this. and to do that you need to impersonate perhaps being their bank. to impersonate their bank you need specialist software that allows your ordinary phone

to pretend to be a bank phone. and that�*s what was at the core of this. detectives got data from the website server. some victims had lost £10,000. 0ne, £3 million. police believe ispoof allowed criminals to make up to 20 calls a minute to people around the world. in the uk they have evidence of 200,000 potential victims, possibly more. for some of those they have a suspect and a phone number of the victim, but no name or address, so for the first time they�*re sending 70,000 victims of fraud a mass text message. they�*ll say to go to the action fraud website to register your details, but of course there�*s now a concern that scammers will send their own messages posing as the police. so the advice is that the only place victims will be asked for their information will be on this website — actionfraud. police. uk. a 34—year—old man has been charged with fraud

and organised crime offences, but the investigation continues. police raids around the uk have resulted in 120 arrests. after breaking ispoof, their message to the scammers is — we know who you are. tom symonds, bbc news. 0fgem is increasing its price cap on gas and electricity from january, pushing up the amount the government has to pay to shield households from the high cost of energy. without the government support, the average household would be paying about £4,279 for its energy under the new cap. but the government support will ensure that average households pay £2,500. 0fgem�*s move will not change the amount households pay for their energy at least until april. restrictions on liquids and laptops in hand luggage could be removed at uk airports within two years. since november 2006, passengers have been restricted to clear plastic bags holding no more than 100ml, which must be

shown to security staff. the government is now considering rolling out new high—tech 3d scanners which provide a clearer picture of a bag�*s contents, and help prevent explosives being smuggled onboard. the queen consort has been to a barnardo�*s nursery in east london to deliver more than a thousand paddington bears. the soft toys were left outside royal residences by members of the public, after the death of the queen. they�*re now being donated to barnado�*s for their children�*s services. the queen consort was joined by some of the children supported by the charity for what�*s been called a "teddy bear�*s picnic." let�*s turn to the world cup now, and there�*s a number of big matches today. uruguay, who�*ve previously won the world cup twice, are currently taking on south korea at education city stadium. son heung—min is back amongst the starters for south korea having recovered from his fractured eye socket injury. later portugal take on ghana, and brazilface serbia. brazil are unbeaten in 17 matches against serbia,

and all eyes are on neymar, who is just two goals short of equalling pele�*s all time record of 77 goals. my colleague lucy hockings is following all the day�*s events for us in doha. welcome to doha. after we saw that seismic victory of saudi arabia over argentina, the next big shock was japan beating germany. the goal—scorer asano said he watched the saudi game with some of his team—mates and they turn to each other and said we can do this to and there were no shots on goal in the opening period from japan but they then scored with two of their three efforts in the second with only 26% possession in the game. what a historic moment forjapan. the fans were ecstatic in doha as they were

in japan, were ecstatic in doha as they were injapan, an amazing moment for them and i think people who were at the match, my colleagues said it was like a game, there were such a like a home game, there were such a wonderful atmosphere. the other tradition they continued with at the stadium was cleaning up after they left which is something they did in russia as well so way so that i again last night. let�*s take you through what is happening today because we have eight more teams making their tournament debuts in the group stages today and in group g we have switzerland to have beaten cameroon 1—0 while uruguay are in action now against south korea. the score is currently 0—0 and later we have portugal against ghana and brazil versus serbia, portugal and brazil versus serbia, portugal and brazil are two of the favourites and one player who will be in the spotlight is portugal�*s captain,

cristiano ronaldo. his contract with manchester united has been terminated after that explosive interview he gave in which he criticised the club but we have heard from members of the portuguese team, midfielder bruno fernandes says the squad is not distracted by what is happening with ronaldo and are focused on the national team and so is ronaldo because he is the team captain. we are also following brazil�*s neymar, could be a big day for him. he isjust two goals brazil�*s neymar, could be a big day for him. he is just two goals short of equalling pelle eight�*s all—time record of 77 goals. he may be feeling some of that pressure of a nation, brazil expecting big things from their players —— pele. the controversy continues around the protests over human rights where teams are allowed to speak out and

we saw the german players before their match last night covering their match last night covering their mouths in the team photo at their mouths in the team photo at the start of the game. what they were clearly suggesting was they had been muffled, they had been stopped from speaking out about their concerns, they were not allowed to wear the one love armband but this is a gesture that may have been given support in germany and across europe but many in the arab world were incredibly critical of this. in fact we were watching twitter in arabic yesterday and it was trending, the germany game, with a lot of criticism and people accusing the germans are being arrogant and of their not being a lot of respect for the culture and religion here so growing anger mounting in the arab world.

i�*v e i�*ve been speaking to ronan avenue, who was from the executive director of the football supporters club of europe, and i spoke to him about how european fans are feeling and whether they feel conflicted about some of the controversies and enjoying the football.- some of the controversies and enjoying the football. there is a small number _ enjoying the football. there is a small number of _ enjoying the football. there is a small number of fans _ enjoying the football. there is a small number of fans from - enjoying the football. there is a i small number of fans from europe coming to this competition, this is mostly to do with two factors and everyone has their personal compass around this world cup and this is the most expensive world cup in history so for those in qatar, we cannot draw a conclusion about their presence in the country and how they feel about migrant workers�* rights or the environmental impact. we are talking about football, it�*s not a

rational relationship to the game so some people might be conflicted about attending this world cup but still feel it�*s a place they have to be. a lot of fans do not feel there is a problem with this world cup so we are not a unified group and there are different views.— are different views. ronan, would ou sa are different views. ronan, would you say the _ are different views. ronan, would you say the fans _ are different views. ronan, would you say the fans who _ are different views. ronan, would you say the fans who have - are different views. ronan, would i you say the fans who have travelled from europe all feel safe in qatar no matter what background they have? i wouldn�*t say that, it depends on their background. the most vulnerable group, whether female fans or lgbt+ fans do not necessarily feel safe. we know the reassurances given by fifa were considered insufficient by groups representing lgbtq+ fans and none of those groups decided to promote qatar for those reasons. those

those groups decided to promote qatarfor those reasons. those were verbal assurances from fifa. as we have seen since the beginning of the tournament those were not sufficient, we know that fans have been targeted at body searches when wearing rainbow colours, rainbow hearts or armbands or t—shirts that they could wear is being seen as a problem by the organisers. fifa is in a position where they cannot uphold their own regulation or their own statutes and clearly the local organisers are in charge here and fifa�*s promises are not worth the paper they are written on. there are concerns from some _ paper they are written on. there are concerns from some fans _ paper they are written on. there are concerns from some fans but - paper they are written on. there are concerns from some fans but we - paper they are written on. there are l concerns from some fans but we have spoken to quite a few fans in qatar who have had a good experience, they have had success with the transport system, the matter is running well and airport trans bears have been good and it�*s been easy to get out of the stadium is. there were

problems with the ticketing up but that seems to have resolved itself so different experiences that i should mention the fans at home, millions around the world watching and so much pressure on some of the teams. brazilare and so much pressure on some of the teams. brazil are fifa�*s number one ranked team in the world, they are playing serbia later and wendy urquhart has been looking at how much pressure is on the brazilian team. brazilians are football crazy, and the world cup is their holy grail — so much so that kids get sent home from school two hours before the match gets under way so that they can enjoy it, too. brazil have won the cup five times, which is more than any other country — and they�*re determined to take home the trophy from qatar. back home, support for the team is brimming over, and in some places the party has already started.

men, women and children have been decorating what are known as the world cup streets in the city of manaus in fluorescent colours. translation: i am a designer, and this is very pleasant. - you form a bond with your neighbours, and friendships are strengthened. translation: we're all working to give energy to our team, - and for brazil to be champions. translation: i am happy to be painting the street i and decorating it for the world cup _ almost every inch of the pavements and walls have been covered with art and cartoons. enormous flags are hanging throughout the city. and, of course, there are pictures of brazilian football legend pele absolutely everywhere. every time the world cup gets under way, thousands of fans flock to these famous streets to soak up the atmosphere and watch the games on enormous tv screens. brazil are certainly not invincible — in 2018, they were knocked out in the quarter—finals and, four years earlier, germany thrashed them 7—1 in the semifinals. they are one of the

teams tipped to win the �*22 world cup. but then, so were argentina and germany. wendy urquhart, bbc news. there is a feeling here that anything could happen especially with some of the favourites in the team after the results so far but everyone is looking forward to seeing result playing especially with neymarjust two goals short of equalling to�*s all—time record so a final result already to date, switzerland one, cameroon zero and it is goalless right now between south korea.

a roman coin that has baffled historians, thought to have been a fake for hundreds of years. a close look shows pit marks. these, and its crude design, led to the experts thinking it was made by forgers in the 18th century. oh, that�*s really nice around there. can we get a higher resolution image of that? but scientist paul pearson thought they were wrong. so he began a forensic investigation. silicon, oxygen, iron. under a high—power microscope, he found scratches, which could only have been produced by rubbing together with other coins in purses. and a chemical analysis showed that it had been buried under the soil for hundreds of years. all clues that indicate that it was genuine. yeah, look at that. i think what we found is an emperor, an important historical figure in his own time, thought to have been a fake, been written off by all the experts and the historians. we�*ve found that he was real and that he had a role in history.

the coin is one ofjust four at glasgow university�*s hunterian museum. these three are of known roman emperors, but this one has been a real mystery. it has a picture of someone that the experts thought never existed at all. the coins were originally discovered in 1713 in transylvania. it was a small hoard of roman gold, and it was transported to the imperial coin collection in vienna. the detective story to discover who the mystery man was continued withjesper ericsson. well, they came here by quite an extraordinary route, really. they�*ve been laying in wooden cabinets, nearforgotten for almost 200 years. his research suggested that the face on the coin belonged to a real—life military leader, called sponsian, who ruled a province of the empire that is now transylvania, where only ruins remain of the roman occupation. the reason our research on these

coins is so important is that we feel we�*ve now proved that they are real coins and can therefore say that sponsian could be a real person and that he is legitimately, therefore, a lost roman emperor. the researchers now want to find more evidence of sponsian to see what more can be learnt about the lost roman emperor. palab ghosh, bbc news, glasgow. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. tomorrow should be a dry day for many parts of the country and not as windy either. today, though, we are still very unsettled. we have got this low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, bringing in a weather front as well. a lot of cloud coming in ahead of that, that is sweeping its way eastwards. the rain on the weather front may not last very long, but it is going to be very heavy. squally, really gusty winds with that rain, and may some thunderstorms as well as it continues to push its way eastwards,

followed by some showers coming into these western areas. and these are the temperatures as we head into the early evening. beginning to dip away to around 9 degrees or so. we have still got some gusty winds, even outside of that squally band of rain. some are strong and gusty winds through the english channel and through the irish sea, as well. it stays quite windy well into the night, in actual fact. we will see another batch of heavy, perhaps even thundery showers pushing in and across western areas, then heading its way across northern parts of the uk. things begin to calm down a bit by the end of the night, and we should just escape a frost, temperatures in rural areas could dip away to around three degrees or so. heading into tomorrow, we see the back of those overnight showers into the north sea, but more showers, perhaps longer spells of rain will come into mainly northern parts of scotland. the odd shower across some western areas, but many parts will be dry and there will be some decent sunshine. the winds not as strong, not as gusty as today. and those temperatures similar to what we have first seen today, so 12—13 perhaps across more southern parts of england and wales and 9—10 in scotland. now, heading into the weekend, we see more weather fronts approaching from the atlantic.

slowly but surely the wind is picking up, as well. but we may well start with some early sunshine on saturday across eastern england before it even clouds over here. then we will see this rain developing a bit more widely across scotland, across western parts of england and wales, and affecting northern ireland at times. all the while, this south to south—westerly wind will be picking up, may well be touching gale force around some southern and western coastal areas, as well, but bringing in with it a mild air, temperatures could make 11—12 even in scotland. and it will be very mild, actually, on saturday night. that rain pushing its way eastwards. moving away from south—eastern areas, we are left with more cloud here. still could be some rain on and off through the day. away from the south—east, more sunshine, some heavy showers, perhaps thundery showers coming into these more exposed western areas. the winds will not be quite as strong and those temperatures are back down to around 11—12 quite widely.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a wave of industrial action continues to spread across the uk. in scotland, teachers are on strike for the first time in almost 40 years. we have got a cost of living crisis and a backdrop of teachers�* pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008. so understandably they are very, very angry. meanwhile, university staff across the uk are also walking out, and thousands of postal workers are staging a 48—hour strike. more than half million more people entered the uk than left in the yeartojune, the highest level on record. ambulance the highest level on record. bosses warn of cripplir delays ambulance bosses warn of crippling delays as new figures reveal almost 30% of paramedics in england have been stuck waiting half an hour or more waiting for hospitals to accept

their patients. the families in taliban controlled afghanistan now having to make shocking decisions so they can feed their children. the uk�*s biggest ever anti—fraud operation — 70,000 possible bank scam call victims are being contacted by the police. 15 months after the taliban took control of afghanistan, the united nations has described the humanitarian situation there as a catastrophe. the country�*s economy has collapsed, the healthcare system is crumbling, and six million people are on the brink of starvation. the bbc has found evidence that some families are being forced to take extreme steps — including selling their daughters into early marriage to pay forfood and medicine. 0ur afghanistan correspondent yogita limaye reports from the city of herat. just outside herat live tens of thousands displaced by years of war and natural disasters. a second winter since

the economy collapsed. in each home, a story of acute hunger. they came to us wanting to be heard. we were shocked by what they said. "our children cry because they�*re going to bed hungry so we give them tablets to put them to sleep. they�*d be better off dead," abdul rahab said. does anyone else also do the same thing? "a lot of us, all of us," they said. ghulam hazrat was carrying the tablets with him. they were tranquilisers. 0thers later also showed us antidepressants they give their children. in the market you can get five tablets for the price of one piece of bread. ghulam said he gives it to his one—year—old. these men, their dignity,

broken by hunger. translation: i sold my five-year-old daughter for 1200 dollars _ and sent my teenage son to iran illegally to work. my younger sons collect rubbish everyday. "we have nothing. where take our children and go?" they ask. four—year—old nazia lives next door. she has been sold to be married to a boy from the southern province of kandahar. child cries her father announced at the local mosque that he wanted to sell her because he couldn�*t afford to feed his family. at 14, nazia will be sent away. translation: | used most - of the money to buy food and some for medicine for my son. look at him — he�*s malnourished and needs treatment.

i�*d never think of selling my daughter if there was any other option. we didn�*t have to look hard to find these stories. they were behind every door we walked into. from what we�*ve seen and heard, we know that there is a disaster unfolding on the ground here. hunger is a slow and silent killer and often its effects aren�*t immediately visible. but the truth is we will never know the scale of what is happening here because no one is counting. people here feel abandoned, by everyone — by the government that is currently running this country and by the whole world. this is an emergency. more than half the country needs life—saving support. millions are a step away from famine. yogita limaye, bbc news, herat. daily covid infections in china have hit a record high since the start of the pandemic

nearly three years ago. that�*s despite crippling restrictions on life, including snap lockdowns. tightened measures have been announced for zhengzhou — where workers at the world�*s largest iphone factory have been clashing with security forces over covid—related conditions and pay. stephen mcdonell in beijing has more. so, like, for example, i am at home, my community is under a form of lockdown so everyone can be tested, and that is because one person in this complex was somehow linked to a case. now, it may be that this only lasts for a day or so, or it could go on. of course, if the testing of everyone picks up more people, we could all be here for a week. all across, especially in beijing, there are thousands of towers where people are confined to their homes. and in many cases, that is for a minimum of three days at the moment as the city government tries to deal with the outbreak here. now, that of course is going on all across china —

north, south, east, west. you have various levels of lockdown in many, many cities. of course, this is really hitting the economy here, and it is despite the fact that there have been, you know, very serious measures put in place to try to prevent the spread of the disease. now, the thing is, though, that recently the authorities introduced a series of measures to try to take the heat off the economy. they know that zero covid is smashing the economy. but the problem is they have kind of created the worst of both worlds in a way because now businesses are still being hit, and yet by sort of easing off some of those measures, they are not quite as effective at crashing every outbreak as it happens. the feeling is that this might drag the whole crisis on for even longer, and we have no indication yet from the government of what the actual off ramp is and that is at a time when china has reported its highest ever daily number of cases

right across the country. there is growing evidence that the french coastguard bill to respond adequately to a migrant boat that sank in the channel a year ago today. 27 people died and several are still missing. 0nly today. 27 people died and several are still missing. only two passenger survive. documents suggest that french operators repeatedly told passengers to call the uk despite evidence they were sometimes in french waters. uk investigators have said that british surface and air assets were sent to search for the boat but found nothing. lucy williamson has this report from northern france.

tragedy has changed little on the channel, one year on, the flow of migrants has only increased. the deaths of at least 27 people didn�*t even change the cost of a passage, the risk of disaster already priced in. tuana was 18 years old when he called coastguards from the sinking boat a year ago, a young footballer from iraqi kurdistan. his body has never been found. his brother, here in france to help the investigation, said his advice was always, if you are in trouble, call the police. translation: the two survivors confirmed they were constantly l in touch with french and british authorities, continuously sent them the location. after reading the legal report, i found that their phone calls were dismissed and answered with mockery. these people were not viewed as human beings. the french coastguard first received the distress call from the boat at 1:48am. at that point, it seemed to be half a mile inside french waters. documents seen by the bbc suggest operators did not call in rescuers as promised and, instead, contacted the uk. they repeatedly told desperate and screaming passengers

to call the british coastguard. another tells french emergency services they�*ve been calling nonstop. we know they are more or less in the english zone. boats in trouble can drift between french and british waters, complicating the rescue response. i believe that vesselj is now in uk waters. and there are warnings that resources are increasingly stretched as small boat crossings rise. france�*s sea minister told parliament that any negligence found by the investigation would lead to sanctions. there are people here who said this was a disaster waiting to happen, and it is not the only time desperate passengers have been passed back and forth between rescue teams in britain and france. we have heard evidence that another migrant boat calling for help

from the channel experienced the same response just a few days before. these messages were received by a migrant helpline in dunkirk four days before the channel disaster. raphael cousin who took the call says a french lifeboat came to rescue them. when someone is in distress, theyjust need to be saved as soon as possible. so there is no time to talk about who is going to save them and in which boat are they going to be returned? one year on from the channel disaster, investigators have yet to reach a conclusion

on the cause as each month, thousands more steer their way between trust and tragedy, aiming for british shores. lucy williamson, bbc news, calais. now, if you�*re the parent of a teenager, there�*s a good chance you worry your child spends too much time playing video games. but studies have found that, in moderation, gaming can have benefits for well—being. nice recently approved a series of digital games to help young people with their mental health. alex humphreys reports. across the uk, more than 44 million people play video games. that is more than half the uk�*s population. wow! children in need have been funding projects across the uk that use gaming to support young people, and i have been to meet some of them. hi, my name is seth, i am 13 years old, and i have duchenne muscular dystrophy. what helps me is my chair and one of the most important things — video games. seth is helped by the charity ty hafan, based on the outskirts of cardiff. they also encouraged him to become a member of the senedd�*s youth

parliament, where he advocates for more disability awareness. importantly for seth, ty hafan also has a gaming room. if you are in a wheelchair, you can�*t always run around with everyone, so when i play minecraft, i can run around and jump in all sorts of games, and it is really fun. i'm martha, i'm 15, i'm from south wales, and i volunteer for valleys kids. valleys kids provides activities and opportunities for children and young people in rhondda cynon taff, including through gaming. one of their projects was to recreate the fernhill colliery in minecraft. if you finish a sheet of, like, maths or work, it is boring. but if you were doing a game where to get out of the maze, you had to do maths problems, that is way more fun and also you're going to remember it more. through gaming and working with valleys kids, i have gone from that little kid in primary who wouldn't speak to anyone,

i wouldn't look up from the table, to being in the school show and joining the debate team and volunteering. hello, i�*m 20 years old now, which is mad, i am disabled, gay, i have been bullied a lot in my childhood and stuff. bbc children in need fund the community action group that helps him. he has had opportunities to game, act and present through their film—based project wicked wales. i always came to gaming because it was a safe space for me, personally. but it also meant that i could escape reality and just be in my own world and in my little fantasy dream sort of thing. while many charities and experts see clear benefits to gaming, it is not a solution for everyone and some do find playing video games addictive. time playing video games does have to be balanced. so, if for example you find yourself feeling irritable,

tired, angry, frustrated, take a step back. that balance is really, really important. but for seth, he will continue to be a big advocate of gaming. video games are just really important to me because on some things i can�*t alwaysjoin in, but in video games i can always join in with everyone. well, gaming clearly can be a force for good for many people. now, how do i get out of this level? alex humphreys there in her own little world. the headlines on bbc news: a wave of industrial action continues to spread across the uk. in scotland, teachers are on strike for the first time in almost 40 years. meanwhile, university staff across the uk are also walking out, and thousands of postal workers are staging a 48—hour strike. more than half million more people entered the uk than left in the yeartojune, the highest level on record.

now on bbc news it�*s time to take a look at some of the stories making the headlines this lunchtime from our newsrooms across the uk. the government has stopped its funding for rochdale boroughwide housing, following the death of two—year—old awaab ishak due to mould in his family�*s flat. it comes as the housing secretary visits rochdale this lunchtime to meet awaab�*s family. eleanor moritz reports. it is two years since awaab ishak died, but it is only now, in spite of his parents�* pleas for help whilst he was alive, that the state of social housing has come into the spotlight. the housing secretary michael gove, who is in rochdale today, says tens of thousands of homes across the country, if not more,

are not safe to inhabit. awaab�*s parents went through hell. they lost their two—year—old son as a result of the terrible conditions in which they were living. the organisation responsible, rochdale boroughwide housing, has to make sure that a situation like this never occurs again. rochdale boroughwide housing had been due to get £1 million from the government to build new homes, but that has now been blocked. its long—standing chief executive, gareth swarbrick, was sacked last week. but it was these pictures, filmed in otherflats in rochdale by bbc north west tonight last week, which underlined the lack of improvement since awaab�*s death. we are saying to them, "you won�*t get the money that you have asked for to expand until you first of all make sure that your residents, your tenants are living in proper, decent homes. make sure that you are doing your basicjob appropriately and correctly."

the government says it has given a share of £14 million to seven areas — including greater manchester, liverpool and barrow — with high numbers of poor privately rented homes to crack down on landlords. labour says awaab�*s death is a stain on the conscience of modern britain. eleanor moretz, bbc north west today. south west water could be guilty of illegally releasing sewage into the sea during "dry spells" accoring to a report by surfers against sewage. the campaign group claims discharges occurred twenty times in dry weather when it�*s only permitted during "unusually heavy rainfall". in a statement, the water company said: "south west water is investing over £330 million in its wastewater network, including overflows." anna varle reports. it is important to state first of all that water companies are given permits to release sewage into the sea in heavy rainfall, but here, this research is talking

about when that happens when there has been a dry spell. izzy is from surfers against sewage. izzy, first of all, just talk me through this research. so, this year in our water quality report, we have been investigating what we are calling dry spills. so, that is a sewage discharge from a sewage overflow pipe around the country that has actually discharged sewage in conditions where there has been no rain on the day or in the two days previous. and what have you found? so, we have actually shockingly found nearly 150 of these dry spill events happening up and down the country in the last year. it is listed in legislation and in the storm overflow reduction plan that sewage companies should only be doing this in extreme rainfall conditions, yet they seem to be doing it when there has been no rain during one of our hottest and driest summers on record. thank you, izzy. well, we will find out more in spotlight tonight,

but we have a couple of statements, one from the government saying: "0ur storm overflows discharge reduction plan requires water companies to deliver the largest infrastructure programme in their history to tackle storm sewage discharges." and south west water says: "protecting and enhancing our region�*s bathing waters and rivers is vitally important to south west water," and over the next three years it is investing £330 million, over £330 million in its waste water network. a vaccine that could help keep young children out of hospital is being trialled in the west of england. respiratory syncytial virus — or rsv — usually leads to cold—like symptoms but can cause severe lung problems. the bbc understands there is currently huge pressure on paediatric intensive care beds. it�*s hoped this single vaccine could help. matthew hill reports. carly is keen to get her five—month—old immunised

against respiratory syncytial virus. most of the time, rsv causes a mild illness, like a cold. however, for some babies, it can lead to more severe lung problems, such as bronchitis and pneumonia. carly�*s son, percy, had to be admitted to bristol children�*s hospital three years ago, suffering the effects of the virus. he was hooked up to monitors, he had high flow oxygen all the time, he could not maintain his sats and his breathing. and it was quite scary. he was having blood done all the time and tests done all the time. and obviously they change quite quickly up and down, but we just had to sit and wait it out. and one of the viruses he had at that time was rsv. her gp in little stoke is taking part in a clinical trial giving a vaccine to 20,000 babies. by giving them a single antibody dose... we know that this study is very safe. over 3000 babies have already had it

with really good safety data and really good evidence to support it. but we need these 20,000 more babies to prove its evidence and get it licensed on the nhs. rsv effects nine out of ten children by the time they are age two, and it leads to around 29,000 youngsters having to be admitted to our hospitals each year. i understand the pressure has been so intense in recent weeks that there have been many days when our region�*s children�*s hospital has had all of their intensive care beds full. matthew hill, bbc points west. a new record has been set by a pet in south—east london as the world�*s oldest living cat. flossie, who is 26—years—old, was confirmed as the oldest cat by guinness world records, which said she had a human

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a little flavour. that is it for the news this hour, but we�*ll be back with more headlines and if you minutes. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. tomorrow should be a dry day for many parts of the country and not as windy either. today, though, we are still very unsettled. we have got this low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, bringing in a weather front as well. a lot of cloud coming in ahead of that, that is sweeping its way eastwards. the rain on the weather front may not last very long, but it is going to be very heavy. squally, really gusty winds with that rain, and maybe some thunderstorms as well as it continues to push its way eastwards, followed by some showers coming into these western areas. and these are the temperatures as we head into the early evening. beginning to dip away to around 9 degrees or so. we have still got some gusty winds, even outside of that squally band of rain. some strong and gusty winds through the english channel and through the irish sea, as well. it stays quite windy well into the night, in actual fact. we will see another batch of heavy, perhaps even thundery showers pushing in and across western areas, then heading its way across northern parts of the uk.

things begin to calm down a bit by the end of the night, and we should just escape a frost, temperatures in rural areas could dip away to around three degrees or so. heading into tomorrow, we see the back of those overnight showers into the north sea, but more showers, perhaps longer spells of rain will come into mainly northern parts of scotland. the odd shower across some western areas, but many parts will be dry and there will be some decent sunshine. the winds not as strong, not as gusty as today. and those temperatures similar to what we have seen today, so 12—13 perhaps across more southern parts of england and wales and 9—10 in scotland. now, heading into the weekend, we see more weather fronts approaching from the atlantic. slowly but surely the winds picking up, as well. but we may well start with some early sunshine on saturday across eastern england before it even clouds over here. then we will see this rain developing a bit more widely across scotland, across western parts of england and wales, and affecting northern ireland at times. all the while, this south to south—westerly wind will be picking up, may well be touching gale force around some southern and western coastal areas, as well, but bringing in with it mild air, temperatures could make

11—12 even in scotland. and it will be very mild, actually, on saturday night. that rain pushing its way eastwards. moving away from south—eastern areas, we are left with more cloud here. still could be some rain on and off through the day. away from the south—east, more sunshine, some heavy showers, perhaps thundery showers coming into these more exposed western areas. the winds will not be quite as strong and those temperatures are back down to around 11—12 quite widely. this is bbc news. we are crossing live to a press

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