buchan? we've been focusing on the schools- -- — buchan?cusing on the schools. -- schools— buchan? we've been focusing on the schools. -- schools shambles. - buchan? we've been focusing on the schools. -- schools shambles. it's. schools. —— schools shambles. it's been a key issue throughout the pandemic. how do you get children back into school and keep them safe. this is clearly building a head of steam at the moment. matt hancock, health secretary, on the television this morning kind of said that he was hopeful we would get children back to school by easter but wouldn't guarantee it, which has clearly sent alarm bells ringing among both parents, teachers and clearly conservative mps as well. initially, at the beginning, when the prime minister announced the latest lockdown, they said they would review all of the measures in mid—february, and there was a hope they might be able to start reopening schools again at that point, but clearly that's not where things are headed and i think the government is trying to roll the pitch for that, to m

professor ian buchan.nswered on the bbc news channel and bbc radio 5 live tomorrow morning at nine. you can get in touch with your questions. injapan, the annual new year ice bath in the japanese capital took on a more serious meaning this year. only a dozen people took part, compared to 100 last year, in the shinto ritual to purify the soul and pray for the end of the pandemic. jatinder dhillon reports. warming upfor warming up for what is about to be a very cold ritual. with the temperature at five celsius, these men and women in protective facemask brave the cold, clap and chant for a good reason. they are preparing to ta ke good reason. they are preparing to take part in the annual ice bath. but they say, they are also praying foran but they say, they are also praying for an end to the coronavirus global pandemic. 0nce ready, the nine men and three women plunge into the tub filled with cold water and ice blocks and continue to chant. the annual ritual at teppou—zu inari shrine attracts nationwide atten

polite indeed, professor ian buchan, thank you very much indeed. my pleasure.thorities say they've located the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed into the sea on saturday, minutes after take—off from jakarta. it could hold the clues as to why the boeing 737 aircraft went down. the navy has already recovered pieces of fuselage and some body parts from the sea off the coast near the indonesian capital. 62 people were on board the sriwijaya air jet which was flying to borneo. mark lobel reports. could these be vital clues as to what happened to sriwijaya air flight sj182? divers from ten navy ships, assisted by military helicopters, are slowly piecing together the wreckage from their ongoing search of the waters where they believe the plane fell. translation: we will do our best to find the victims. together let's pray they can be found. in the name of the government and indonesian people, we would like to express our condolences. as the flight—tracking app flightradar shows, four minutes after the 26—year—old boeing 737 took off from jakarta on

jimmy buchan, from the scottish fishing association, thank you for joining us.tion desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman says she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black. children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country'sl new multiracial government. and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. this is bbc world news. the latest h

with me are lizzy buchan of the daily mirror, and giles kenningham, the former head of press at numberen and founder of trafalgar strategy. hello to you both. but first, let's look at the front pages. there are sledgers on the front of the metro, as well as comments from the health secretary that schools may not reopen until after easter. more snow pics on the telegraph. it also says that 12 tory mps are pressuring borisjohnson to fully reopen schools. 0n the same story, the sun says the mps want the prime minister to get all children back to school next month. also on schools, the mirror has spoken to angry parents who describe the situation as a "shambles". more school coverage on the guardian, which also has a report on thousands of vital flood defences being in a state of disrepair in england. the ongoing debate over when to administer the second dose of the vaccine is the is top story. the express reports on the vaccination figures, after almost half a million jabs were delivered in a single day. and the financial times says poland want the eu to step up russian sanctions, followi

with me are lizzy buchan of the daily mirror, and giles kenningham, the former head of press at number