jeremy cook, bbc news, newcastle. the king - happy. be good. jeremy cook, bbc news, newcastle. visiting survivors of the massacre at a nursery school in the north of the country. report. stabbed as they slept? was at a nursery. the attacker, a former police officer who had appeared in translation: it was a huge knife i with a blade as wide as a palm. i he looked calm. he didn't look worried, as if nothing had happened, like he was just taking a normal stroll. one of those stabbed to death include a teacher who was eight months pregnant. translation: l was in the fields - and someone called me up and told me about a mass shooting at the daycare centre. with their loved ones. put alongside them in the coffin. but for many of those relatives it has proved too much. speechless. there are calls for tougher gun laws, for tougher drug laws. all to be discussed in the weeks to come. but for now, in this moment, in this town, there is only overwhelming loss. of the same age died in gateshead. tomasz 0leszak was attacked on monday evening in the springwell area of the town. the suspect,

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle.city of zaporizhzhia on thursday. rescue teams pulled 21 people from the rubble of two buildings, and continue to search for victims. the local authorities say two more attacks took place overnight, injuring one person, and that a drone was heard over the city for the first time. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in zaporizhzhia. earlier he gave an update from the region. the death toll now from those attacks yesterday has risen to 12. we were at the scene of the large apartment block, five—storey block, that was hit yesterday morning, more than 24 hours ago, we were there late last night and it was clear that rescue work was going to continue, recovery work, i should say, at that site throughout the night, because there was a clear belief that there are bodies still to be found in this vast tile of rubbish and rubble left by that attack. so, that is a continuing situation. in the last couple of hours, we have had more air raid sirens, and more explosions. in the distance, it

jeremy cook, bbc news, newcastle.lderly with fears of a flu and covid twindemic this winter. joining me now dr sarah pitt virologist at the university of brighton. is that a real fear, being is that a realfear, being hit by covid and flew this winter? is that a realfear, being hit by covid and flew this winter? good covid and flew this winter? good afternoon- _ covid and flew this winter? good afternoon. yes. _ covid and flew this winter? good afternoon. yes. the _ covid and flew this winter? good afternoon. yes. the number- covid and flew this winter? good afternoon. yes. the number of l covid and flew this winter? (13mg. afternoon. yes. the number of new cases of covid is really chipping up now and part mainly because these schools have gone back on the universities have gone back for that we�*re socialising more indoor because the weather has turned and all those things in combination will increase the number of cases of covid as we�*re seeing at the moment. the thing with the flu is that we�*re expecting quite a n

jeremy cook, bbc news, newcastle.ura bennett, head of policy and external affairs at carers trust — they're a uk charity who represent unpaid carers.(os) in other words, family members who really take the strain. yes. in other words, family members who really take the strain.— really take the strain. yes, hello, so we are — really take the strain. yes, hello, so we are a _ really take the strain. yes, hello, so we are a national— really take the strain. yes, hello, so we are a national charity - really take the strain. yes, hello, so we are a national charity to - so we are a national charity to support unpaid carers which are people looking after someone in their friends and people looking after someone in theirfriends and family people looking after someone in their friends and family and that could be for lots of reasons, old age, dementia, and sometimes things like mental health or substance misuse. carers need support themselves and they need to give the support willingly to the people that they care for. support

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle.t more now from mike padgham, he's chair of the independent care group which represents social care providers in north yorkshire. he also runs care homes in scarborough, pickering and whitby. thank you forjoining us. what are the challenges you are seeing? fin the challenges you are seeing? on the challenges you are seeing? (et the front line, the biggest challenge is having enough staff to deliver the services on behalf the country and that is where we are at and the other thing is being paid because it's a highly skilled job and i'm sad that the government is ducking the issue of tackling social care once and for all. what ducking the issue of tackling social care once and for all.— care once and for all. what about runnina care once and for all. what about running costs _ care once and for all. what about running costs for _ care once and for all. what about running costs for the _ care once and for all. what about running costs for the home - care once and for all. what about runnin

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle. with the latest. yes, reeta, for the third successive week now, the office for national statistics is reporting increases in covid infections based on regular household surveys. let's take a look at the chart for the uk, and you can see here that the total is still well below previous peaks in the spring and summer, at 1.3 million people infected in late september, but there's certainly an upward trend. it's partly down to more mixing, with schools and colleges going back, so is this the start of a winter wave? we are keeping an absolute laser focus on this at the moment. we are seeing that increase in england, and i think if we start to see increases in scotland and wales, to go with those that we've seen this week in england and northern ireland, then we will have a winter wave coming. so what about daily covid hospital admissions? well, this is the chart for england which has the most up—to—date data, and numbers are rising to over 1000 a day. but some of those are people with othe

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle. 0ur social affairs editor, alison holt, is with me. country who resonate with that, it means something to so many people, because we know so many families in that position?— that position? absolutely, it is the exerience that position? absolutely, it is the exaerience of— that position? absolutely, it is the experience of so _ that position? absolutely, it is the experience of so many _ that position? absolutely, it is the experience of so many families - experience of so many families touched by dementia in different ways. i'm reminded of one man i spoke to more than a decade ago, he said when doctors diagnosed his wife with dementia, they handed him a pamphlet and said, see you in six months. he described it as the loneliest day of his life. they will have been changes since then. but you can still see that loneliness and exhaustion in bill and jo's story. they want more help. there are 165,000 vacancies, care staff vacancies in england alone. there are similar pressures around the rest of the uk. the cost of living and covid have al

jeremy cooke reports. are we ready for our lovely...?hey—aye. ..to mark, an ex—navy diver now living with dementia. that's fabulous. for mark and his family, this is priceless help. i'll do the dishes. next stop the bathroom. but today's poll by ipsos mori for bbc news suggests more than 70% of people aged over 55 are not confident that care is reaching many of those who need it. a shortage of staff like wendy lies at the heart of what many call the care crisis. let's go. better wages would help. often wendy's appointments run over, and it's time she doesn't get paid for. my wage isn't the living wage any more. that's rubbish. on paper, it's a living wage but it's not. notjust me, every other carer out there. everybody doing this kind of work. the government says it doesn't set pay levels for care workers, and that it's a matter for local authorities and other care providers. but it is planning to invest £15 million to recruit more staff from overseas. the care sector wants radical, urgent change. if we get this wrong, there'll be hundre

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle. joining me now is our social affairs editor alison holt.e with families up and down the country.— will resonate with families up and down the country. so many families are touched — down the country. so many families are touched with _ down the country. so many families are touched with dementia. - down the country. so many families are touched with dementia. it - are touched with dementia. it reminds me of a man i spoke to over a decade ago and he described when doctors diagnosed his wife, they handed him a leaflet and said we will see you in six months. he said it was the loneliest day in his life. things will change but in bill and joe's story we see the difficulty in navigating the system. there are similar pressures around the uk. cost of living pressures, covid, all of those things have added up to make it difficult to recruit in a low—paid sector. care home fees, people who pay for themselves, they prop up the system. on average they pay 40% more than someone who is funded by the local authority through a means tested situation. the

jeremy, many thanks, jeremy cooke reporting there.ery school yesterday in the town of uthai sawan. they were among 38 people who died when a former police officer went on the rampage with guns and a knife. the country's prime minister has joined grieving parents placing flowers on the steps of the centre where the attack took place. you may find some of the pictures in jonathan head's report distressing. how do you deal with a loss like this? in this temple, not far from the school where so many young lives were ended in the most brutal way imaginable... ..it was with heart—tearing howls of anguish. as mothers and grandmothers saw the undersized coffins — and, for the first time, the little bodies they contained. what we've been witnessing at this temple is grief on an immeasurable scale, as the full impact of the inexplicable horror visited on this community has hit home. it is grief that is being shared among friends and neighbours and by much of the country. but it is still grief as raw and as harrowing as it gets. this couple rush

jeremy cooke reports. are we ready for our lovely...? hughes is bringing care into the community... your medication, sweetheart. really? why aye. ..to mark, an ex—navy diver now living with dementia. that's fabulous. for mark and his family, this is priceless help. i'll do the dishes. next stop the bathroom. but today's poll by ipsos mori for bbc news suggests more than 70% of people aged over 55 are not confident that care is reaching many of those who need it. a shortage of staff like wendy lies at the heart of what many call the care crisis. let's go. better wages would help. often wendy's appointments run over, and its time she doesn't get paid for. my wage isn't the living wage any more. that's rubbish. on paper, it's a living wage but it's not. notjust me, every other carer out there. everybody doing this kind of work. the government says it doesn't set pay levels for care workers, and that it's a matter for local authorities and other care providers. but it is planning to invest £15 million to recruit more staff from overseas. the

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle.rom universities uk, the body which represents 140 unis across the uk, says institutions should be obliged to contact relatives, carers or friends if they have "serious concerns" about a student's well—being, even without the student's permission. let's talk more about this with the vice president of liberation and equality at the national union of students, nehaal bajwa. thank you ever so much forjoining us. what is your reaction to this? we welcome this move to make policies clearer and more consistent across the country. students have been experiencing mental health crisis for at least a decade now. maybe longer and then we had the pandemic and the crisis now has made that a lot worse. he will think might feel like they are at breaking point. and then the research found recently that a third of students of the cost—of—living crisis was having a major impact on the mental health, so that is kind of on top of what was already going on. and on this advice, i guess specifically, i think

jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle. joining me is our social affairs editor, alison holt.people's experience. 50 chime with so many people's experience-_ chime with so many people's experience. chime with so many people's exerience. ., , ., , ., experience. so many families are affected in _ experience. so many families are affected in some _ experience. so many families are affected in some way _ experience. so many families are affected in some way by - experience. so many families are i affected in some way by dementia, and other illnesses which mean that they need a lot of support and care. i am reminded of an interview i did more than a decade ago with a man whose wife has been diagnosed with dementia, and he said, on that day, the doctors gave him a leaflet and said, we will see you in six months. he described it as the loneliest day of his life. hopefully, some of the navigation has improved since then, but not enough, and we can see that in the loneliness and exhaustion in that story. they need more help. there are 165,000 vacancies for care staff in england alone