alison holt is here, along with daniel. on home—schooling was brought forward by the government because of this awful case. and we have had cases in the past where home—schooling has been an element where parents who were trying to manipulate the situation had removed their child. this legislation is designed to try to tackle that. there will be a register of children who are not in school and we are told that will mean monitoring visits although we don't know how often those will happen. in surrey, where sara lived, there's already a register and she was killed during the school holidays so the change that might have made the biggest difference in her case is that any family where there has been a child protection plan or an there has been a child protection plan oran inquiry there has been a child protection plan or an inquiry will have to have the permission of the local council if they want to home school their child. more generally, if a council thinks the education or home environment of a child who is being schooled a

alison holt, thank ou the right decisions. alison holt, thank you for— the right decisions.announcement. the justice secretary says the government will run out of room in jails within three years. that's despite plans to create 14 thousand more prison places in england and wales by 2031. shabana mahmood told the bbc that "building alone is not enough" to deal with the critical lack of space, and demand was "rising faster than any supply could possibly keep up with". 0ur senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reports. 0vercrowded prisons — something we've heard lots about in recent months. staff unable to cope, inmates locked up for longer. in september, we witnessed the problems first—hand during an exclusive visit to hmp pentonville. staff were overstretched as they dealt with a prison at full capacity. day in, day out, you kind of are dealing with incidents from self—harm, to violence, to kind of... ..people with severe mental—health issues. ..people with severe mental—health issues. in the autumn, thousands of offenders were released early from prisons in england and wales

alison holt, bbc news.n rotherham during the summer riots has beenjailed for nine years. it's the joint—highest sentence related to the disorder, following the stabbing of three girls in southport injuly. levi fishlock, who's 31, was seen breaking windows and setting fire to a wheelie bin. here's phil bodmer. levi fishlock, wearing a distinctive purple shirt, is seen throwing bricks at police officers and loading flammable wooden fence panels into a burning waste bin. the 31—year—old travelled from his home in barnsley to take part in disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in rotherham in august. today at sheffield crown court, he was jailed for nine years for arson with intent to endanger life and violent disorder. in his sentencing remarks, the recorder of sheffield, his honourjudgejeremy richardson kc, told fishlock, "you were a leading participant in an ignorant racist attempt at mob rule". he said, "you were to the fore, indeed, you were right at the front in this truly appalling civil disorde

alison holt, bbc news.nd time donald trump has been named time magazine's person of the year. we look at why. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. hospital leaders across england are warning they're being struck by a �*tidal wave' of flu and other winter viruses. nhs england says there has been a 70% increase in hospitalflu cases in the past seven days. and the total number of people in hospital with flu is 3.5 times higher than for the same time last year. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has been at one a&e to see how this and other pressures are taking their toll. corridor care — lines of numbered beds. but hospitals say it has to be like this to get ambulances back on the road. it's an overdoses i in the side corridor. should i tannoy for him? he's here. 0h... he's on the phone. so he is seeing number six. perfect. nurses and doctors are allocated these patients. the care is safe, but not ideal, says consultant amir. we do what we can to try and deliver the best care we c

alison holt, bbc news.he latest figures show the number of children being home educated in england has increased by 20% in the past year. local authorities have reported that, in this autumn term, 19,000 more children were in home education, as compared to the same term last year. charlotte gallagher is with me now. do we know what is behind the rise? the main reasons given by parents and carers is one of mental health. also there are preferential and philosophical reasons, they say, and also lifestyle choices, they don't want their children to go to school. a smaller number said it was due to dissatisfaction about special needs provision in schools. in total, about 153,000 children in england are being educated at home and there is another worrying figure, around 150,000 children are not receiving any education at all. they are not in school or being educated at home. the school leaders union says there is a real risk of children becoming lost outside the systems. the schools do not know where they are, th

our social affairs editor alison holt is here. ifference could this change make to children like sara sharif? it is really difficult to say, because one of the important things to remember here is that it was her father and stepmother who should have kept her safe but murdered her brutally. tragically there are always situations where people do evil things. always situations where people do evilthings. but always situations where people do evil things. but we hope with this bill is it will strengthen the safeguards. so there will be a register of children who are not in school and we are told that will mean monitoring visits, although we don't know how often those will happen. in surrey where sara lived there was already a register of home—schooled children and she was killed during the summer holidays. so the chains that might have made the biggest difference for her is that the legislation will mean local authorities will be able to intervene if a family where a child, there has been a child protection inquiry were there on child