tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff., wales and northern ireland after such a big build—up, waiting for so long, such a disappointment for so long, such a disappointment for wales fans?— for so long, such a disappointment for wales fans? absolutely, the 64 ear for wales fans? absolutely, the 64 yearjourney _ for wales fans? absolutely, the 64 yearjourney we — for wales fans? absolutely, the 64 yearjourney we have _ for wales fans? absolutely, the 64 yearjourney we have all— for wales fans? absolutely, the 64 yearjourney we have all spoken i yearjourney we have all spoken about suddenly looks like it could come crashing to an end. hearing from supporters afterwards, yes, there was some recrimination, some questions about the tactics or lack of them, some questions about this man, wales' talisman, gareth bale, who seemed anonymous at times. he has given so much for wales, perhaps this was a step too far for him and that generation of players. but all of that said, people will maybe wake up of that said, people will maybe w

in a moment, we'll hear from tomos morgan in cardiff.ls. this city wears national pride alongside respect for equality — the sort of issue under question in qatar. i must admit, it was a bit of a sore build—up for me, i did know what to expect, but coming here today and winning 3—0 now has really put me up. i'm really feeling it, supporting england 100%, so i'm here, but yeah, it has soured it a lot. fifa aren't as inclusive i as they make out to be. do you think they should be wearing the armband? i do, definitely. qatar certainly wouldn't approve of this. it wasn't full here today, but the hope is now the football takes centre stage and interest grows. six england goals, that's really built the atmosphere here, so after the initial lack of enthusiasm for this world cup, it could now be that a different tone takes over this tournament. they've got to get involved and get on with it to win it. let's see if we can go all the way with it. next up, it's the united states on friday night. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news, danjohnson, bbc ne

tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. the hosts qatar were eliminated from the competition today.r opening game. it's the earliest a host nation has ever been knocked out of the world cup. with more on that, and the england and wales games, our sports editor dan roan joins us live from qatar. put today's results in context for us for the home nations.- us for the home nations. clive, encland us for the home nations. clive, england came _ us for the home nations. clive, england came into _ us for the home nations. clive, england came into tonight's . us for the home nations. clive, . england came into tonight's match full of confidence after one of the biggest ever world cup wins but this felt like a reality check for gareth southgate's side. if you thought england against wales tuesday southgate's side. if you thought england against we no tuesday knockout of z= -: i but they've i a get just thats’outhgate could have rested key they revert to thats’outhgate could have rested key rather ey revert to thats’outhgate could have rested key rather lacklustre revert to thats’outhgate cou

tomos morgan, bbc news, bridgend.eries of walk—outs affecting schools, universities and royal mail sorting offices. the strikes are over pay and working conditions. in scotland, the first national strike by teachers in a0 years meant millions of children were off school. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys has the details. 0n picket lines at almost every university in the uk, from cardiff to belfast, lecturers on strike, wanting better pay, more securejobs... ..whether in glasgow or manchester, where morgan, teaching while he studies for a phd, spoke to me. i�*m not prepared to struggle for years and years on end. the students deserve staff who are feeling secure, who are feeling confident in their work, who can get to know the students over a long period of time and teach them properly. i don�*t feel like i can give that if i�*m on a contract that�*s three or six months. what do we want? equal pay! when do we want to? now! at his level, pay is up to £16,000. the strength of feeling on picket lines is about issues th

tomos morgan, our wales correspondent there.o a record half a million, driven by a series of world events including the war in ukraine and the end of lockdown restrictions. new figures from the office for national statistics suggestjust over half a million more people are estimated to have moved to the uk than left in the 12 months tojune 2022 — a sharp rise on the previous year. our home editor mark easton gave us more details. you do need to understand what's going on, though, and within that number, students are actually a very significant part of those who have arrived. so 476,000 students came in that yeartojune, and that in part is because a lot of students obviously didn't come during the pandemic, perhaps delayed their study, so we're seeing a bit of a bulge in the number of people coming to the uk to study. and many people would argue, actually, they are extremely valuable to reducing the cost of further and higher education in britain. as you say, ukrainians, we think that something... in the period that we're looking

tomos morgan, bbc news, bridgend.ing up on sports day in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel what now for the players, we look at the human cost in rugby union after the midseason financial collapse and relegation of two premiership clubs. the real bargains. to the world cup now and both the england and wales camps have been putting in their last training sessions before tomorow's second group matches against the usa and iran. natalie pirks is in doha for us. natalie. big day tomorrow, england know a win over the united states would put them into the last 16 and for wales a win against iran would do wonders for their chances of doing the same. in the last few minutes, fifa have confirmed welsh fans will be able to take rainbow bucket hats and flags into the stadium, after some had them confiscated in theirfirst match. but first england, they had that big 6—2 win, but they have never beaten the united states at a world cup before. thanks giving in the desert, not a common sight in qatar. as americans in doha we

tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff. as you can imagine, i was very calm all evening, of course i was!is is with me with the weather. holding it together well, huw! lots of rain around, particularly across england and wales, skies like this quite common, causing problems on a roads in southern regions. the wettest spot was in northern ireland, but quite wet in southern england and across the south of wales as well. this is the area of low pressure that brought the rain, not moving very far very fast, running into this high pressure that is bridging across from greenland to the north of europe. that is really stopping it progressing, so the area of high pressure will sit there overnight, still more rain in the forecast, but the rain turning lighter and more patchy. for most of us, frost free, but already down to minus three in the highlands, so here are some local frost and fog patches. tomorrow morning, a damp note in eastern areas, the rain easing to showers through the day, western area is not bad with some sunshine around, showers clipping pembrokeshire, running into parts of cornwa

tomos morgan there. now a look at some other stories making the news today.e nurses have chosen to walk out. a court in the netherlands has found three pro—russian separatists guilty of murdering 298 people onboard malaysian airlines flight mh17. the plane — which was carrying ten british nationals — was shot down by a russian missile as it flew over ukraine in 2014. the men, who were tried in their absence, were given life sentences. independent forecasts now put the total cost to the taxpayer for bailing out bulb energy at £6.5 billion. when it collapsed last year due to soaring wholesale gas and elecricity prices, the supplier was placed in a government scheme to protect domestic customers. bulb's acquisition by octopus energy is currently delayed after concern from rival suppliers. royal mail has asked the government if it can stop delivering letters on saturdays, and operate a monday to friday service. the company is predicting it will make losses of up to £450 million this year. royal mail says eight days of strikes by workers have already cost it £100

let's assess the impact across the uk — in a moment we'll hearfrom tomos morgan in cardiff and emma vardys his decision to increase public spending on health and education in england means there will be an extra £1.5 billion available for the scottish government's budget over two years, although the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says that money is being swallowed up by inflation, and she accuses the conservatives of re—imposing austerity. now, it will be up to the acting finance secretary, john swinney, to decide how to spend the money he does have, and that will happen next month. he will also have to decide whether or not to replicate some of the big tax changes in mr hunt's statement. now, some of what the chancellor set out does apply here, including, for example, the increases in pensions and in some benefits. 0n the issue of a windfall tax, there is some support for that in parts of scotland, but in the north—east of the country in particular, there is concern that it might affect investment in the north sea, including in renewable energy. one of the problems facing northern irel

our wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff tonight. ot venue in the capital's city centre. these people have been waiting for a while. we have been waiting for a while. we have been waiting for a while. we have been waiting for 64 years for wales to make it to a world cup once again, and wales are being led by gareth bale, currently the most decorated british player playing across the british player playing across the british isles, and i think what the people here want is, there is expectation, there is hope because after qualifying for euro 2016, getting to the semifinals then, reaching the euros last year, now making it to the world cup, the fans here are in good spirits. in the us, they have got a tough opponent. they've never beaten them before. they've never beaten them before. they drew to them two years ago. as i say, spirits are high, and why not? because these opportunities don't come around very often. we could just about hear you. it sounds exciting. thank you very much. for insights on the big issues at the world cup, you c

tomos morgan is in swansea. i think there's up difference between last monday and friday.spoke to wants to be in this situation this evening. a must win game against england. everyone was hoping and praying that they would've gotten better results against the usa, and certainly against the usa, and certainly against iran. nevertheless, as the anthem is played out in qatar with great gusto once again here in swansea. everyone will be on their feet given their unwavering support once again. just feet given their unwavering support once auain., , , feet given their unwavering support once aain. , , ., ., once again. just listen to that first of it- _ once again. just listen to that first of it. many _ once again. just listen to that first of it. many thanks - once again. just listen to that| first of it. many thanks indeed once again. just listen to that - first of it. many thanks indeed mr morgan that was good timing wasn't it? let's hearfrom some morgan that was good timing wasn't it? let's hear from some of the england france. i'm presuming john it was predominantly englan

jon donnison is with england fans in london, tomos morgan is with wales fans in swansea.efore kick—off so maybe people fitting in some christmas shopping before they enjoy the game and i'm told it is booked out here tonight. i have with me, polly, who i think is an england fan. will we see england going for the win or playing kg?— fan. will we see england going for the win or playing kg? nervous, but the win or playing kg? nervous, but the will the win or playing kg? nervous, but they will go — the win or playing kg? nervous, but they will go for— the win or playing kg? nervous, but they will go for the _ the win or playing kg? nervous, but they will go for the win _ the win or playing kg? nervous, but they will go for the win and - the win or playing kg? nervous, but they will go for the win and smash i they will go for the win and smash it. ., ., they will go for the win and smash it. l, l, l, , i'm iioin it. you want to see goals? i'm going to say 3-0 — it. you want to see goals? i'm going to say 3-0 england. _ it. you want to see goals? i'm going to say 3-0 england. w

, unlike in england, the lessons are now compulsory from the age of 3. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morganthis. this group of parents is the relationship in _ all of this. this group of parents is the relationship in sexual- is the relationship in sexual education is now compulsory from the age of three. it was made compulsory as part of the new curriculum for primary schools in september and is due to be introduced in secondary schools next year. from now on, parents will not be allowed to take their children out of class if they decide. in england, when it comes to relationships, that is mandatory across primary school and secondary levels, but when it comes to sex education, parents can withdraw their children from primary class. it is not compulsory in scotland. wales is a different case from the rest of the uk. this group of parents are fighting under the banner of public child protection wales, mandatory is at the heart of the dispute with the welsh government. they were granted the judicial review in may, and before the school term started, they try to put an injunction in place to

tomos morgan is in swansea. describe the atmosphere where you are?e where you are? , , . , . describe the atmosphere where you are? , , . are? it is 'ust as exciting as it was with — are? it isjust as exciting as it was with the _ are? it isjust as exciting as it was with the games - are? it isjust as exciting as it was with the games against l are? it isjust as exciting as it l was with the games against the are? it isjust as exciting as it - was with the games against the usa and iran. but there is a sense of anxiety and nervousness in the air. i have yet to speak to a wales fan who has predicted we would be in the situation and i need today that was looking forward to this game. nobody wanted to be in a position where it was going to be a must win game against the auld enemy, england across the border. alas, that is the case but the fans just as usual bringing all the passion. the anthem sung just now with the same amount of passion, energy as the two games before it. as that boy was saying in the clip, it has been 64 years since we were last in a

we can also talk about the wales game against the us. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiffrst world cup tournament in 64 years? as because it's their first world cup tournament in 64 years? 64 years, a number of near — tournament in 64 years? 64 years, a number of near misses _ tournament in 64 years? 64 years, a number of near misses in _ tournament in 64 years? 64 years, a number of near misses in the - tournament in 64 years? 64 years, a number of near misses in the last. number of near misses in the last few years, that one in 2017 against the republic of ireland — i remember watching that game with my head in my hands, but they finally made it after the success of qualifying for euro 2016 and getting to the semifinals there, qualifying again for the semifinals there, the world cup has always remained elusive, and finally we are here. this place is only been open for about a quarter of an hour, it'll be filling up pretty fast. 0ne of an hour, it'll be filling up pretty fast. one thing you'll see a lot of in the next week and a half, two weeks or so is this bucket hat. s

our wales correspondent tomos morgan is in bridgend. who actually pushed logan's murda, who actually pushed logan down the stairs in that incident in august as well. now, another key recommendation from today's trial practice review is that the welsh government should consider and review looking into how agencies involved, the police, social services, agencies involved, the police, socialservices, health agencies involved, the police, social services, health workers, agencies involved, the police, socialservices, health workers, how they share social services, health workers, how they share and socialservices, health workers, how they share and gather information, because that has been a key part of this finding of this review, and thatis this finding of this review, and that is something that has come up time time again in similar trial practice reviews, and in serious case reviews over the border in england. i put that point of the children's commissioner earlier today, that this is a running theme when it comes to these sorts of revi

our correspondent tomos morgan has a story, and a warning, his report contains distressing details.n, her partner and a teenager had beaten them brutally killed logan mwangi. back in august 2020, logan was taken to a&e with several significant injuries. in march the following year, he was put on the child protection register before being taken off three months later. on the 31st ofjuly, his body was found dumped by don cole in a river behind the home. today, a child practice review found that the paediatric consultant that saw logan 11 months before he died failed to make a child protection referral when assessing him. this make a child protection referral when assessing him.— make a child protection referral when assessing him. this was a significant _ when assessing him. this was a significant missed _ when assessing him. this was a significant missed opportunity i when assessing him. this was a i significant missed opportunity for logan. add further information from health being shared, it most likely, though we cannot say for sure, because of hindsight bias, would have triggered

we will hear from tomos morgan in cardiff and emma vardy in alphas, but first, let's go to our scotland will be an extra £1.5 billion available for the scottish government's budget over two years, although the first minister nicola sturgeon says that money is being swallowed up by inflation and she accuses the conservatives of re—imposing austerity. it will be up to the acting finance secretaryjohn swinney to decide how to spend the money he does have and that will happen next month. he will also have to decide whether or not to replicate some of the big tax changes in mr hunt's statement. tithe changes in mr hunt's statement. one ofthe changes in mr hunt's statement. one of the problems _ changes in mr hunt's statement. que: of the problems facing northern ireland at the moment is there is a big black hole in public finances. some £660 million has been overspent on public services due to the cost of so many things going up. and there is no functioning government in place here either at the moment to help tackle it. today, the chancellor said that northern ireland would be getting an ex

tomos morgan is in one in cardiff for us now. are probably going to have a bit of difficulty hearing from me so i willjust say, take it away and tell us what it is like there. �* ., , ., away and tell us what it is like there. �* ., ., there. i'm glad you said that because it — there. i'm glad you said that because it is _ there. i'm glad you said that because it is deafening - there. i'm glad you said that| because it is deafening here. there. i'm glad you said that - because it is deafening here. the welsh government have told schools across wales that if they think they want to do it, schools can take the children out of lessons for this two hour period that wales are playing against iran. as you mention, 0—0. but make no mistake, this is a must win game for wales because they got a point against usa on monday and will be looking to win today because they won't want to go into the game against england, and i think everyone realises that will be a tough game and england will win the group so that we need a good result today. it