the education secretary damian hinds has said that schools need more cash and less stress.is interview, mr hinds defended the tougher gcse‘s & a—level exams. rebuked primary schools who put pressure on young pupils to do well in sat exams and said workload of teachers was his ‘number one concern.‘ helena brothwell is principal at queen elizabeth‘s academy in mansfield. she said workload of teachers is the biggest problem. we are in a recruitment crisis, a retention crisis at the moment. schools have got two do all they can now to reduce the bureaucracy around data planning and data entry, lesson planning. it is really important. as a school we have done an awful lot to make sure our staff can be energetic in class, full of life, have a life outside school, that is important. we can achieve a balance if we want it badly enough. give us an idea how you encourage your staff to manage their workload? we have removed britain marking as a requirement. some schools ask staff for a written mark, students to respond to that, then the teacher has to respond to that response. none of

onto the telegraph and story i mention earlier the education secretary damian hinds telling parents children are sent to school unable to speak in sentences. he says it is a persistent scandal. finally, our website, you can't escape hearing about this tv show this summer, love island, the final was last night, we will talk about the winners and the emerging franchise. if you've recorded it and you've not seen it, i am not going to say switch off, just under volume down. i have james foley with us to talk through some of these stories. —— james foley. we start with the images of robert mugabe, former president of zimbabwe, in power for decades who was sort of removed from office november last year with his wife, grace. they are voting. he said he would not vote for the presidency of emmerson mnangagwa, who moved him on. it was an historic day for zimbabwe. it was, and one thing the election monitors are a lwa ys thing the election monitors are always saying is it was a peaceful vote. that is very encouraging. if you look back at previous ballots, it has often been marred by violence and it ha

the education secretary, damian hinds, has said that schools need more cash and less stress. excessive workloads. the labour shadow education secretary, angela rayner, said "we need action, notjust warm words and sympathy". in his interview, mr hinds defended the tougher gcses and a—level exams. rebuked primary schools who put pressure on young pupils to do well in sat exams. and said workload of teachers was his "number one concern". we can speak to helena brothwell, principal at queen elizabeth s academy in mansfield. tell me about the workload that you and your teachers are coping with currently, is it to number one concern? yes, i mean, for sure it is the number one reason why teachers leave the profession. we are in a recruitment crisis, a retention crisis at the moment. schools have got to do or they can now to reduce the bureaucracy around data planning and data entry and lesson planning. it's really, really important. as a school, we've done an awful lot to make sure that our staff can be an majestic in the classroom and full of life, have a life outside of school ——

today damian hinds is telling us years? whenjohn bercow actually told him what the problem was and that was poor services and cut backs in services in terms of speech and language services. if he is planning to cut by half those children who are struggling on entry to school by 2028, he could have started that ten years ago. are you saying it is just the government to blame or have parents and even schools got to take some responsibility? we all have to take responsibility, parents are the first teachers of the children and i heard today that technology companies are getting involved, but there's nothing better than a parent in that matter in terms of weeding to their children. a few minutes every day, a bedtime, that would work wonders and fortunately that is on the increase, our school are trying to close that gap by teachers taking it in turns to read a story ona taking it in turns to read a story on a friday so parents can actually log in and teachers are reading the bedtime story to their children. to try to encourage

schools need more cash and less stress, that's according to education secretary damian hinds.ewspaper interview, mr hinds rebukes schools that put too much pressure on young children facing exams, and says teachers‘ workloads are his "number one concern". and at 5.30pm, the click team heads to farnborough international airshow in search of the future of aviation. good afternoon. the multi—billion—pound project to install smart energy meters has been heavily criticised by a group of mps. they've warned it's likely to save customers just £11 per year. the report says the programme risks falling behind schedule and ending up heavily over budget. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. malcolm got a smart meter. so every year, he could save enough energy... it's the biggest infrastructure projects you've probably never probably heard of. costing £11 billion, the mass roll—out of smart meters into 30 million homes throughout the uk is designed to cut our bills and make our lives easier. but things aren't going to plan. the mobile phone mast isjust there, it's touching distanc

damian hinds.to the commons forfailing to register and declare two free trips to sri lanka in 2013. the family holidays, worth an estimated £50,000, were paid for by the sri lankan government. the commons standards committee has recommended that mr paisley be suspended from the commons for 30 days. that proposal will be debated by mps. i say sorry and apologise for the feelings that were identified in the standards committee report. i am disappointed that i was not able to persuade members of the committee of the weight of my arguments on some of the major matters of mitigation, especially on the issue of paid advocacy. however, i accept the report, but i do so regret it sanctions. i believe i conduct myself with colleagues with integrity, openness, and that is why i have such remorse about the matter as i believe it goes against the grain of who i am, especially how it is portrayed. he may face a by—election under the new recall arrangements. it is to my constituents, mr speaker, who have set me h

this is a bid from damian hinds for more funding. he will have to get in the queue, i think. ithink. there is more funding. he will have to get in the queue, i think. there is a more funding. he will have to get in the queue, ithink. there is a part of this i was struck by, about how he is acknowledging that teachers are coming undera he is acknowledging that teachers are coming under a huge amount of extra workloads, and it is quite a conciliatory tone he adopts. 0ne extra workloads, and it is quite a conciliatory tone he adopts. one of the things he says, this is one that teacher friends of mine have raised, parents can now email teachers direct the and expects to get immediate responses. —— directly and expect. outputs a lot of pressure on teachers which didn't exist and numberof teachers which didn't exist and number of years ago. —— that puts a lot of pressure. he is saying, if we could get rid of the paperwork they have to do, that is something predecessors have tried, but there is something about this technological age which puts a lot of burdens on teachers and we nee

security reviews, apparently. 0nto the telegraph and story i mention earlier the education secretary damian hindsren are sent to school unable to speak in sentences. he says it is a persistent scandal. finally, our website, you can't escape hearing about this tv show this summer, love island, the final was last night, we will talk about the winners and the emerging franchise. if you've recorded it and you've not seen it, i am not going to say switch off, just under volume down. i have james foley with us to talk through some of these stories. —— james foley. we start with the images of robert mugabe, former president of zimbabwe, in power for decades who was sort of removed from

but first, head teachers' leaders have written to the education secretary, damian hinds, to warn thatreatening school standards. our correspondent sean coughlan reports. ijust i just thought it was a real shame for the younger children as having to cut out all this stuff like the play and instrument lessons, which is cutting out also the choir and orchestra, i think it is just a shame. when i was told that the lessons were going to be cut, i decided well, it got me really angry. it was a real shame that i had to stop because in a way, music is part of me. pickings church of england school in wolverhampton. like many schools across the country, it has many problems. —— money problems. their teacher has been issuing redundancies and worrying about £5 million repair bill. we've had to make 14 posts redundant this year, cut back on staff, and it means we have had to cut back on instrumental lessons and increase charges for those and our annual theatre production, we have had to cancel this year, and it also means that we have had to spend our money repairing holes in the roof lea ks money

the guardian leads with a pledge from the education secretary damian hinds to help relieve pressure onays ‘boris won‘t budge‘ and claims the former foreign secretary borisjohnson is refusing to leave his official residence despite his resignation. and the financial times says the chairman of the pharmaceutical company glaxo—smith—kline is considering the merits of splitting up the company. it won‘t be the first to last time we say this, brexit is leading most of the front pages of the morning. following theresa may and michel barnier‘s remarks in brussels. different takes on it, but maybe not a surprise. saying michel barnier has not quite ripped it apart, but has not quite ripped it apart, but has put big holes in it. they‘re almost saying the eu nista compromise and they are not doing so. compromise and they are not doing so. look, surprise, surprise, it is going to be a game of bluff and double bluff, high—sta kes negotiations. we know these things go to the wire. i‘m not surprised by this. i think ultimately the eu does have skin in the game. i think defensive in terms of our negot

the education secretary damian hinds has said that schools need more cash and less stress.overwhelmed by excessive workloads. the labour shadow education secretary angela rayner in his interview, mr hinds... defended the tougher gcse‘s & a—level exams. rebuked primary schools who put pressure on young pupils to do well in sat exams and said workload of teachers was his ‘number one concern.‘ the labour shadow education secretary angela rayner said ‘we need action , notjust warm words and sympathy‘. helena brothwell is principal at queen elizabeth‘s academy in mansfield. she outlined the action she‘d like mr hinds to take. i would like him to continue to reassure school leaders some of the bureaucracy around data entry and measuring, that doesn‘tjust fatten the pig but measured it. reduce some of that bureaucracy for teaching staff. it will do an awful lot to improve our retention figures. you need to do some work to improve the status of teachers. we have spent decades having ourjob reduced to entertainers, ba by—sitters. that isn‘t what we do, we are trained to do this job.

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the education secretary damian hinds has said that schools need more cash and less stress.ing overwhelmed by excessive workloads. the labour shadow education secretary angela rayner said ‘we need action, notjust warm words and sympathy‘. in his interview, mr hinds... helena brothwell is principal at queen elizabeth's academy in mansfield. she outlined the action she'd like mr hinds to take. i would like him to continue to reassure school leaders that some of the bureaucracy around data entry and measuring regularly, that doesn't flatten the peg, itjust measures it. make sure we reduce and remove some of that bureaucracy. it would do a lot to improve the figures. he needs to improve the status of teachers, we have had decades having ourjob reduced to entertainers and ba by—sitters decades having ourjob reduced to entertainers and baby—sitters and that isn't what we do. we are trained to do this job and our status should be appropriate. also i think he needs to find us some money. the european space agency is asking for the public‘s help to name their new mars rover. the robo

this is described as a scandal by the relatively new education secretary damian hinds, he promises thisout what's behind early talking and reading skills, that's in the news briefing coming up that's in the news briefing coming up with jane foley. as i've mentioned, there are many other stories on the bbc news app, take a look, including that story i discussed with laura bicker in seoul, the news that north korea is ported lee working on new missiles despite that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong—un —— is reportedly working. stay with us on the briefing, i'll see you soon. hello again. for some the weather is getting hotter by the end of the week but today we have showers to watch out for before we get their. developing cloud by the sw approaches and this will activate an old front, showers will activate an old front, showers will be widespread in the midlands, wales, some even getting into northern england but in the south, not really showers but an area of heavy rain developing probably in central and southern england, the south midlands before getting to east angl

schools need more cash and less stress, that's according to education secretary damian hinds. pressure on young children facing exams, and says teachers‘ workloads are his "number one concern".

the education secretary, damian hinds, has pledged to halve the number of children who start school inthe end of reception year, when children are four or five, more than a quarter of them still lack the basic literacy and communication skills they need. mr hinds said parents need more support in helping their children to learn. dixons carphone has said a huge personal data breach last year involved 10 million customers, much higher than its original estimate of 1.2 million customers. the company — which owns carphone warehouse and currys pc world — said names, addresses and email addresses may have been accessed in the incident, but not bank details. it's found no evidence of fraud as a result of the breach. a new species of frog has been discovered. experts at the university of manchester say it took 20 years of research to make the discovery. the large, colourful tree frog has been around for almost 100 years — but it's onlyjust been classified as a species in its own right. it's been named sylvia's tree frog, after the granddaughter of the conservationist who discovered it. after b

the education secretary damian hinds says it's a "persistent scandal" and that children left behind earlyn. here's our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. in one of london's poorest boroughs, a council—backed summer learning scheme. language skills are an issue here, so the school is building a love of words. some of my favourite words are "like" and "that" and "and". lovable, valuable and empathy. when you read or write you get good gcses and then you get a good job. the school runs classes for parents. they welcome extra help. if children learn what language is, and the sort of foundation blocks of it before they go to school, it gives them a head start. reading to your child is one of the most important things that you can do with them. some parents will really welcome extra tips and advice. language skills are a basic building block of learning. but in the most disadvantaged communities, ten years of austerity have really whittled away at services, leading some to question this government's commitment to social mobility. if parents are trying their best already, why does he think some

damian hinds, says it's a "persistent scandal" and that children left behind early on rarely catch upn editor bra nwen jeffreys. it might be summer but they're still coming to school. in one of london's poorest boroughs, a council—run scheme to help families keep learning, to give these children a love of words. some of my favourite words are "like" and "that" and "and". lovable, valuable and empathy. when you read or write you get good gcses and then you get a good job. the school already runs classes for parents. they told me more advice can only help. if children learn what language is, and the sort of foundation blocks of it before they go to school, it gives them a head start. it doesn't take that long to read, five or ten minutes, you know. even if it is a nursery rhyme. reading to your child is one of the most important things that you can do with them. some parents will really welcome extra tips and advice. language skills are a basic building block of learning. but in the most disadvantaged communities, ten years of austerity have really whittled away at services, leading som

in a speech about social mobility, damian hinds will label the issue a "persistent scandal" and offers. department of education figures suggest that by the end of reception class more than a quarter of children lack the communication skills they need. the cast of the film franchise, guardians of the galaxy, have signed an open letter in support of their former director. james gunn was sacked ahead of the third instalment of the films when it emerged that he had joked about rape and paedophilia on twitter ten years ago. he has since apologised. it's been the most talked about show of the summer and after eight weeks of couplings, dumpings and drama love island has finally crowned its winning couple. the winners of love island 2018 are... dani and jack! millions of viewers tuned into the dating show to see dani dyer, daughter of eastender actor danny dyer, and jack fincham a pen salesmen from essex win the £50,000 cash prize. if you're a car lover, these pictures might be painful to watch. this bulldozer is crushing over £6 million worth of luxury cars and motorbikes. porsches, harley d

in a speech about social mobility, damian hinds will label the issue a "persistent scandal" and offered to be painful to watch. over $6 million worth of illegally imported ca rs into million worth of illegally imported cars into the philippines have been destroyed. the country‘s president was watching while this was going on. this will be a deterrent hopefully to criminals. it's dramatic, isn‘t it? from one car crashed to another, here is sally with sport. that is terrible. she is crushed. i couldn't resist it, even though your supporters always magnificent. too late, no, no, no. i will be crushing him later. what did the guy might be talking about this morning? i love your sport. stop it, stop it. andy murray? i will talk to you and the people at home and no one else. andy murray has this morning won just his second competitive match in over a year. it wasn‘t easy for him. he had to come from a set down to beat mackenzie macdonald in washington, as he continues his comeback from hip surgery. murray, who wasn‘t ready for wimbledon, has dropped to 839 in the world rankings. there‘s not

the education secretary, damian hinds, has pledged to halve the number of children who start school inack the basic literacy and communication skills they need. mr hinds said parents need more support in helping their children to learn. the former round the world sailor, tony bullimore, has died at the age of 79 after suffering from a rare form of cancer. he was at the centre of a famous rescue more than 20 years ago, when he survived for four days under his capsized yacht during the vendee globe single—handed around the world race. time for a look at the weather... things are hotting up. they are indeed. a question for you, what do you think the highest temperature ever recorded is for europe? 48? actually, spot on! laughter i did not tell you that! absolutely spot on. back in 1977 in greece, and there is the potential we could get very close to that. in old money, that is 100. big numbers. "100. we old money, that is 100. big numbers. —— 100. we just old money, that is 100. big numbers. —— 100. wejust saw old money, that is 100. big numbers. —— 100. we just saw our reporter in benido

the education secretary damian hinds says it‘s a "persistent scandal" and that children left behind earlyboroughs, a council—run scheme to help families keep learning, to give these children a love of words. some of my favourite words are "like" and "that" and "and". lovable, valuable, and empathy. when you read or write, you get good gcses and then you get a good job. the school already runs classes for parents. they told me more advice can only help. if children learn what language is, and the sort of foundation blocks of it before they go to school, it gives them a head start. it doesn't take that long to read, five or ten minutes, you know. even if it is a nursery rhyme. reading to your child is one of the most important things that you can do with them. some parents will really welcome extra tips and advice. language skills are a basic building block of learning. but in the most disadvantaged communities, ten years of austerity have really whittled away at services, leading some to question this government‘s commitment to social mobility. if parents are trying their best already, why

an interview with damian hind, the education secretary, saying that schools are under too much stresssa wants to sort it all out. it is a turbulent time for parliament. amid dollops of brexit and education stories like the one rachel just referred to. and education stories like the one racheljust referred to. i always loved this time of year at westminster for one reason, you loved this time of year at westminsterfor one reason, you have the end of term awards. in the times, the most successful politician, you might be surprised, they give it to chris grayling who owing to a communications error was tory party chairman for about 37 seconds, remember that? that was reshuffled day injanuary. he never put a foot wrong in those 37 seconds. unlike the political sketch writer of the times, who says rather cruelly, unlike the otherjobs he has had. and an award for theresa may, you may have heard of her, she told mps when asked about her brexit plan, we've put forward proposals, we will produce further proposals, and the eu will want to consider our proposals carefully once we work out what t

in a speech about social mobility this morning, damian hinds labelled the issue a "persistent scandalthe next government. the zanu—pf party, which has ruled zimbabwe for almost forty years, has insisted it is on track to retain power. more than five—hundred hikers have been safely brought down from a mountain on the indonesian island of lombok after being stranded by rockfalls caused by an earthquake. the body of one indonesian climber killed by a falling rock on mount rinjani is still to be recovered. officials say a further fifteen people have died elsewhere on the island. our correspondent rebecca henschke has the latest from the island. search and rescue teams say that almost all hikers have now come off the mountain. there are only six remaining up near the lake. they need to be brought down today. they should arrive this afternoon, in a few hours‘ time here. also coming off the meant as a body of an indonesian claimer, a man in his 20s who was killed by falling rocks. the earthquake triggered huge landslides, which blocked pathways out. officials say that they had to evacuate ov