dame mary has personally funded a drone survey of sanda island off the mull of kintyre — one location where she believes bodies could be buried. that's precisely on the location that the eyewitness identified. it that the eyewitness identified. it is. along with local historian graham, she's studying a report which says there may be something there. the characteristics of this scan are associated with a burial and perhaps with a mass burial. this weekend, relatives of those who died when hms dasher sank i was full when dad was killed. and it's been a bit _ i was full when dad was killed. it's been a bit of a mystery ever since? —— i was four. it is.

80 years on, they still feel they want answers. the royal navy said the creation of a mass unmarked grave would run counter to admiralty policy on the burial of wartime casualties, but mary says she won't stop asking questions. well, it makes me very sad, and 80 years is a long time, and by the time 100 years comes i won't be here, so i've got a limited time to find these men. dame mary richardson, ending that report, from hugh pym. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. hello, clive. a decent deal of weather today. most of us had lots of sunshine alone and the sunny spot was glasgow, managing a little over 11 hours of sunshine under the air felt a little cool there was someone in that late march sunshine. the fine weather was bright thanks to this area of high pressure, the first one i reckon we have had a little over three weeks. a shame it only lasted one day because tomorrow we're back into the same kind of weather we have had for much of the month and that means once again will be totting up these rainfall stats. some places, like like sussex, already 2.25 times the amount of rainfall we have seen in an average march. wet and more on the way. that

change is starting to take place overnight in eight as the winds pick up overnight in eight as the winds pick up and bricks of rain spread to northern ireland. eventually the wet weather reaching northern parts of scotland, england and wales. as milder air pressures and temperatures reach 8—10 in the west and still a few pockets of frost across eastern scotland and one or two into eastern england where it might start off on a bright note, but otherwise cloudy with these outbreaks of rain. some of the rain will be quite heavy tomorrow as it sweeps eastward. it tends to brighten up in northern ireland but only to a mixture of sunshine and in northern ireland but only to a mixture of sunshine and heavy thundery showers. 14 degrees in belfast but side for the time of year. eastern scotland and england, about 10 degrees for many. turns milder into the middle part of the meat is the south—westerly winds continue to strengthen. it will not be turning in a drier, overturning milder. heavy outbreaks of rain, some of which will be likely to be thundery with hailstones mixed in. probably some of the wettest weather looks to be heading to parts of wales. temperatures could reach around 15, possibly i6

wales. temperatures could reach around 15, possibly 16 for wednesday. it might even get to 17 in some parts of the country on thursday. but the unsettled weather pattern stays with us to finish the month out and april showers, well, we are well used to those. either way it looks like it will be pretty wet for the next few days. chris, thank you for that. that's it. more analysis of the days main stories on newsnightjust getting under way on bbc two. but the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions, for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport. the republic of ireland made a losing start. the republic fell five behind in the first moment

passed kevin. did put the world cup runner up under severe pressure but fell short. the qualifier nail back next fall of quiet —— qualifier sees them travelling to greece. both wales and scotland are in euro 2024 qualifying action tomorrow. wales will be looking to carry on the form that brought them a point in croatia against the world cup semi—finalists as they take on latvia in cardiff. tomos daffyd reports. no wonder they're in a good mood. their campaign is off to a great start thanks to this man, nathan broadhead — brilliant on his debut according to the captain. adam ramsey said the new players are showing their ready to make their mark after some high—profile retirements. mark after some high-profile retirements.— mark after some high-profile retirements. , ., ., ~ retirements. players are making their own history, _ retirements. players are making their own history, so _ retirements. players are making their own history, so for- retirements. players are making their own history, so for needs l retirements. players are making | their own history, so for needs to come in and win in the last minute

was brilliant in his debut. these moments are what we live for, and you could see that with the celebrations with the fans at the end. , . , celebrations with the fans at the end. , ., , ., celebrations with the fans at the end. , ., . ., , end. this was the moment wales rescued a point _ end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in _ end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in croatia - end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in croatia with i rescued a point in croatia with her first shot on target in the last seconds of the game. at 2a, nathan broadhead had to be patient for this opportunity. after the opponent of picking up a point in croatia, latvia tomorrow already feels like a must win match. latvia are the weakest side in their group — more than 100 places below wales in the world rankings. we than 100 places below wales in the world rankings.— world rankings. we have to be patient i _ world rankings. we have to be patient. i think _ world rankings. we have to be patient. i think they're - world rankings. we have to be patient. i think they're going l world rankings. we have to be| patient. i think they're going to sit back— patient. i think they're going to sit back and do a couple of taxa we have _ sit back and do a couple of taxa we have to nullify the threat. but when we get _ have to nullify the threat. but when we get the — have to nullify the threat. but when we get the chances, we have to be ruthless _ we get the chances, we have to be ruthless. �* ., , ., , ruthless. but whales have been embarrassed _ ruthless. but whales have been embarrassed by _ ruthless. but whales have been embarrassed by week - ruthless. but whales have been. embarrassed by week opposition before. latvia's baltic neighbours antonia dented wales's efforts —— estonia. the dynamics tomorrow will be different from last saturday.

wales no longer underdogs, but nothing should be taken for granted. tomos daffyd, bbc news. scotland, meanwhile, take on spain at hampden tomorrow with manager steve clarke urging them to be "patient without the ball". his side comfortably saw off cyprus on saturday, while spain opened their euro 2024 qualifying with victory over norway. i got every game... and i've done that since i was 17. every single game. i don't think you can be professional and go to a game and think you're going to lose, so we approach the game. we know we have to be disciplined and organised and play very, very well. spain probably have to slightly underperform, but if that happens and we can get a positive result, i don't see another way of looking at it, to be honest. we have to be ready to be out of position probably a little more than we were at the weekend. might be a little bit different at this game, but it's important to stay pushing

and we want to stay competitive against the top teams. we've got promotions, so we know in that group, we're going to come up against three top—quality teams. we taken england as a friendly. we're trying to push the players to get better, and the better you should get the more you can play. we shone in the past we are capable of getting results. we had left to do that tomorrow night. following the departure of antonio conte, tottenham hotspur chairman daniel levy missed to rugby union, and former scotland captain stuart hogg has announced he's retiring from rugby after the world cup in france this autumn. scotland's record try scorer recently won his 100th cap in a career spanning over a decade that has seen him part of three british and irish lions tours. he made his international debut back in 2012 in the six nations, and the exeter player is hoping to be involved in a third world cup for his country in september. hogg released a statement earlier saying his career has been a privilege, but....

meanwhile, ireland captain johnny sexton looks likely to miss the rest of this season with injury. he was hurt during the closing stages of ireland's six nations title and grand slam—clinching victory over england in dublin nine days ago. the 37—year—old will undergo a procedure on the groin injury tomorrow, but is likely to miss the remainder of the season for club side leinster. that hasn't stopped him from driving a formula 1 car around his own country. he returned to red bull after parting ways with a clear and at the end of last year. the eight time grand prix winner put a red bull ultimate test by driving across the outback in queensland and new south wales.

and that's all the sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main stories for you at the top of the hour straight up for this programme. a warning: this programme contains scenes some viewers may find upsetting. there were rumours that the inspection hadn't gone well. 32 years summed up in one word. i i would do anything i could to siti down and tell her what an amazing an amazing teacher she was. when you hear it, it hurts because it feels like one of our own. her impact on the community isjust huge and her loss isjust huge on the whole caversham primary community.

it's terrifying cos, you know, you can hold it to yourself. and it's it's your- secret at that point, but you know, at some point it's going to go public. - she died because she was so sad and she was so sad because of what somebody had said about the school that she loved. i think you'll enjoy what the children have prepared. ruth perry — teacher, mother, community leader. i would like every child to look back on their school days with as much fondness as i have, and if we achieve that, then... ..then i'll be very happy. ..then i'll be very happy. education was her vocation. 32 years summed up in

one word — inadequate. itjust preyed on her mind until she couldn't take it any more. in november 2022, everything changed. she texted me back and said, "i can't speak now, "but the worst day of my life. "the offset inspection inspectors have been in and it's dreadful." and that was it. so, i sort of said, "it can't be that bad." she said, "yes, i think it is. "it's about as bad as it can be." 0n the first day of their two—day visit, inspectors downgraded caversham primary school in reading from outstanding to inadequate — the lowest level. all during that process, every time i spoke to her, she would talk about the countdown. i remember clearly one day saying 52 days and counting. so, every day, she had this weight on her shoulders hanging over her and she wasn't officially allowed to talk to her family.

and i remember the very first time i saw her, rather than just speaking to her on the phone a couple of days after the end of the 0fsted inspection, she came, she was... 0h! she was an absolute shadow of her former self. two months on, the pressure became too much. this one—word judgement was just destroying 32 years was just destroying 32 years of her vocation. ruth took her own life on the 8th of january. a former pupil at the school, its deputy and then head teacher, her sudden death shocked the school and local community. i heard the news via a whatsapp from someone and was in utter shock. the fact that she took her life wasjust...

..just threw me... i didn't think it really kind of sunk in for several weeks that actually it was possible. itjust didn't make sense. her impact on the community isjust huge and her loss isjust huge on the whole caversham primary community. sorry. it's ok. uk? you 0k? she sighs. she's one of us, she was a parent. she was one of us. the report found leaders at the school had a weak understanding of safeguarding requirements and procedures. a lack of oversight, staff training and poor record keeping were also highlighted. it said these weaknesses pose potential risks to pupils.d many other areas of the school

werejudged to be good. some felt its conclusion was unfair. i think we're patronised as parents. nobody can look at a report - unless it has a one—word summary. i the entirety of a school's fabric, | its staff, the education provided — its staff, the education provided, some summarised in one word — itjust is a nonsense to me. - caversham primary is an excellent school, and my children, they can attest to that and our experience of it. and it still is. its leadership is doing wonderful work to carry on the ethos and the work of the school, and to have thatjudged in a snapshot of experience and to have that judgment given is heartbreaking because it is a very good school providing a wonderful service

and love and support and care for the children of the community. for more than a decade, schools graded outstanding became exempt from inspection. but since 2020, re inspections have led to hundreds of previously previously outstanding schools being downgraded. ruth perry's school, which hadn't been inspected for 13 years, is one of five out of 359 to be moved to the bottom grade since september 2022. news of ruth perry's death started a nationwide conversation. teaching unions, school leaders and members of the education community called for inspections to be suspended. but 0fsted rejected this. the groups also called for a formal inquiry into caversham primary's report. 0ne head teacher decided

to take more direct action. 0fsted protester head says she'll refuse entry to school inspectors tomorrow following the suicide of a fellow head teacher. ruth perry took her own life ahead of the publication of a critical 0fsted report. inspectors were eventually allowed in and the protest called off. some parents, friends and former colleagues said change might be necessary. now, i absolutely feel that there needs to be regulation in schools just like any other sector, but i think that 0fsted now is a very, very blunt instrument and it's a very punitive way ofjudging somebody's entire teaching life. we've got to stop this name, blame and shame culture that we're that we're living in. change the system. 0fsted need to come in and have more ofl a holistic approach. a holistic approach,

suggest suggest ways - to improve rather than sayingm to improve rather than saying, "you need to improve," and then walk off and leave them. - it's about nurturing and supporting those kids and being by their side and itjust seems that 0fsted maybe need to be a bit more like that or a bit more like how ruth was to me and how she supported me when there were areas that i needed improving. james pope knows the pressures of teaching leadership. he resigned from his job at a rural, comprehensive in gloucestershire, which had been graded inadequate by 0fsted. his story was told in a bbc documentary. good afternoon, colleagues. thank you for your time. sorry to cut off your conversations. i just want to come straight out with this. so, ijust wanted to call you to a meeting this afternoon to let you know that i'm stepping down as head teacher of my old school. good pause there. i let that sink in for you and also

for me. if you don't mind, if ijust take a little bit of a breather, then that would be nice. some of you have heard me refer to marwood as child number five. children one, two, three and four have been missing out a little bit on daddy time over the course, especially over the last 12 months. what we found when we came back in the september, which was happened in the september, which happened to coincide with the period of time that the television cameras were there for that academic year, what we then found is just a huge unravelling of the culture that we'd created. so, if you tell children that they're inadequate, how are they going to behave? and so, we noticed huge drop—offs in our behaviour, we noticed huge drop—offs in the attendance of children, all things that we'd worked really hard to resolve. and i'm painting a fairly dark picture, and this is my point about i don't think the judgment is representative at all. actually, everybody was still working very hard, but some of those subtle things, those nuanced things that bind a school community together that we'd worked so hard to create, i described it at the time, it was literally like watching sand drift through your fingers.

you know, all of that stuff that you built and you'd done... and you can't you can't hold on to it. it's very difficult to hold onto. you know, when you're in the 0fsted window, when you're waiting for 0fsted to come, "that i'm not doing a very good job," or "they're going to say that i'm not doing a very good job" and so you spend all of your time worrying about it. then the inspection happens and the feeling is very much because of the way the 0fsted operate during that one or two—day window where they're inspecting your school. it feels all of the time like they're trying to find out so, it's this sort of negative culture that exists, so you're rubbish until you prove that you're not rubbish.

it has changed over the last 30 years, and i'm sure it will continue to change, and the great debate now is whether we continue with grades and particularly the the summary or overall overall effectiveness grade on or not. and there are problems in doing away with that which which i think the next chief inspector will have to address because a judgment of good is what parents want to see. reports are written not just for schools, but for parents. they want to know whether they're sending their children to a good school or not. the department for education added...

whatever comes next, many say ruth perry has left a lasting legacy. my children mentioned the memory when they went on a camping trip. my children mention a memory when they went on a camping trip. she always did the overnight shifts so she would sit up by the campfire, during the overnight so the other teachers could have a rest and that she would do that shift, and that was her thing that she could offer in that trip. and she was very good at that. if there was a child, they were taking them swimming and one needed one—to—one, she was in the water. and she did that extra mile. and i remember very strongly what she wrote in the year book for our children when they left the preface that she wrote and she told them to follow the school's core values. but she said the most important was compassion. she said, "you should

always be kind," and she told them to go out to the world and make it a better place for everyone. i would do anything i could to sit down with ruth perry and tell her what an amazing teacher she was and how i have seen material benefit from her governance and her. from her governance and her leadership in that school. but you can't. that's the... ..the finality, the tragedy of the situation. we can't go backwards, but we can go forwards and say, "things have to change." she was my sister. - she was my little sister. and she was a mother- who doted on her daughters, and she was a lovely aunt. she was a daughter. my parents are still here and they've had to live l with this, with losing their daughter. - and it's...it's terrible. it's heartbreaking. -

the lovely weather we had on monday was down to this area of high pressure. the first on the scene in the uk for over three weeks. that was yesterday and this is today. low pressure is swinging in off the atlantic, so we will lose the dry weather and replace it with rain. 0nce the dry weather and replace it with rain. once again, we toss out the rainfall totals. well over double the march rainfall with more to come over the next few days. right now,

we see the cloud thinking of across western areas with rain arriving before long and northern ireland and turning progressively heavier. quite a breezy end to the night as well. for scotland, england and wales, a case of the cloud tending to build in the next few hours. quite a mild start to tuesday, eastern areas, calm enough for one or two patches of frost. across the northeast of scotland, you're likely to have a dry and bright start, but otherwise cloud and rain to start off with. the weather does brighten up in northern ireland, but only to a mixture of sunshine and heavy potentially thundery showers. 1a degrees in belfast, across eastern areas, below average for the time of year. that's not going to last because those south—westerly winds will continue to shove milder and milder air across the uk with temperatures rising midweek across the board. it's not getting any drier. another day of heavy downpours, some particularly heavy

rain working into southern parts of wales, very wet with some thundery rain across the northwest and maybe a bit of hail mixed in. but it's mild— temperatures 15, even 16 celsius. thursday, low pressure is still with us and we still have those south—westerly winds and drier, and a little bit more in the way of sunshine, but plenty of heavy showers. temperatures could reach as high as 16—17 degrees, so one of the warmer day so far. through friday, the weekend, and in the early part of next week, mild as you can see. it stays rather unsettled, so expect further outbreaks of rain at times.

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