vanessa clarke, bbc news, salford.t an update on the birmingham bull — the mechanical sculpture that was used in the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games last year. it was saved from the scrap heap and given a new name, befitting of the city's most famous son — ozzy osbourne. john maguire has more. as the curtain came down on one of the greatest shows on earth, birmingham celebrated a job brilliantly done by showcasing one of its favorite sons. 0zzy 0sborne was the perfect ringmaster. birmingham forever! but vying with him to be one of the stars of the commonwealth games was the unlikely figure of a giant mechanical bull. introduced at the opening ceremony, it was a great symbol of the city, with its eyes ablaze and nostrils smoking. he was, though, destined for an ignominious end, bound for the scrapheap, until the public intervened and launched a campaign to save him. his saviours were then awarded naming rights, and, as 0zzy, he was rebranded and reborn. the man himself was speechless, almost. i can't believe

vanessa clarke, bbc news, milton keynes.that soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and gradually all the birds adding that... "if a good enough x logo is posted tonight, we�*ll make go live worldwide tomorrow." the billionaire tech entrepreneur did not provide any further details. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good weather for ducks at the moment, but it�*s not all doom and gloom, the weather story for this sunday and we�*ve already had lovely sunshine in devon earlier on. there is some rain and some of it quite heavy and persistent. this was lancashire earlier this morning and most of the heavy rain across northern england, north wales and northern ireland and it is stubbornly sitting there as you can see from the latest radar picture this morning. so, to the north and south of that, it is sunny spells and scattered showers but underneath the cloud and rain it is cool and disappointing, and just on the edge is manchester and liverpool, the cricket and the golf may well be impacted today. some of the rai

vanessa clarke, bbc news, milton keynes.that's if we are to belive the platform's current owner, elon musk. mr musk says that �*soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, �*gradually, all the birds' — adding that �*if a good enough x �*logo is posted tonight, we'll make it go live worldwide �*tomorrow�* — the billionaire tech entrepreneur did not provide any further details. earlier i asked james greenfield, the ceo and founder of branding agency koto studio, whether he thinks logos are important. pretty important, particularly when you're a social media network, when the currency that twitter�*s interested in is your time. and they want us to take our phone out of our pockets, they want us to click on that little blue bird as it is right now, and they want us to spend time in that app because that's how they make money, because they show us adverts and those advertisers pay them. and so i think, you know, in this case, the logo is very important. so if the logo is so important, why would elon musk take a risk to drop

vanessa clarke reports.d inside, today would be the seventh national day of action by teachers in england. they are calling for a pay rise that's above inflation, one that does not come out of school budgets. if your child's maths class doesn't have a maths teacher, if your child puzzling business class is on after me, if their primary class has temporary staff, if your child has special needs and the special—needs assistant has left the school to work in a supermarket because the pay is better, parents know that their child's education is disrupted every day and that's what we are striking about. the government _ are striking about. the government says - are striking about. the government says the l are striking about. the government says the strikes are causing more disruption of the parents and children at the end of the school year and schools are receiving an extra £2 million over the next two years. an independent peer review body has advised the government on what the pay rise should be. unions want i

our education reporter vanessa clarke has the latest. making their voices heard.oss england, teachers havejoined the picket lines for the second time this week. they are calling for a pay rise that's above inflation and doesn't come out of school budgets. we see vacancies are going unfilled. we see vacancies are going unfilled. we see vacancies are going unfilled. we see really good colleagues leaving the profession in their thousands. leaving the profession in their thousands-— thousands. schools are systematically - thousands. schools are - systematically underfunded and thousands. schools are _ systematically underfunded and we now have _ systematically underfunded and we now have a point where we can't afford _ now have a point where we can't afford to — now have a point where we can't afford to teach any more. we know the reality on _ afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the _ afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the ground. - afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the ground. the - the reality on the ground. the government—

our education reporter vanessa clarke reports.wood. . ._ the deep dark wood... these children are _ the deep dark wood... these children are learning - the deep dark wood. .. these children are learning vital- children are learning vital schools for life. but a new report highlights in early years sector that's struggling with nurseries closing and staff leaving. the owner of this nursery says the amount they are paid for government funded places is simply not enough. funded places is simply not enou:h. ~ funded places is simply not enou~h.~ , ., enough. we need support from the government. _ enough. we need support from the government. for— enough. we need support from the government. for many i enough. we need support from i the government. for many years, there's been quite a shop for — we've had to accommodate that ljy we've had to accommodate that by bank loans etc, by continuing to provide high—quality care. continuing to provide high-quality care. nurseries like this one _ high-quality care. nurseries like this one are _ hi

vanessa clarke, bbc news.onvert buildings such as takeaways and betting shops into homes under new government plans. the proposals due to be announced tomorrow will also give greater freedoms to carry out property extensions and loft conversions. the shadow levelling up secretary has criticised the plans, describing the review as a "drop in the ocean compared "to what is needed to fix the housing crisis." demonstrators remain outside the israeli parliament this morning as politicians prepare to debate controversial changes to the powers of thejudiciary. tens of thousands of people took part in marches in bothjerusalem and tel aviv yesterday. opponents of the proposed changes say they are a threat to democracy. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been fitted with a pacemaker overnight. he's been living with a heart monitor for the past week after being hospitalised for dehydration. the 73—year—old says he expects to be released from hospital in time today to vote on hisjudicial change

our education reporter vanessa clarke has more details. making their voices heard.. they are calling for a pay rise that's above inflation and doesn't come out of school budgets. we see that vacancies are going unfilled. we see our really good colleagues leaving the profession in their thousands. schools are systematically underfunded and we now have a point where we can't afford to teach any more. we know the reality on the ground. the government always says we've given the school is the most - funding they've ever had, i they've had 2 billion extras. that doesn't transfer to what's happening in schools. - the government says strikes are causing more disruption for parents and children at the end of the year and schools are receiving an extra £2 billion over the next two years. an independent pay review body has advised the government on what the pay rise should be. unions want it published now, but the government says it will be published in the usual way, normally the end ofjuly. an unconfirmed source has said it will recommend 6.5%, something the union would con

vanessa clarke, bbc news. england for 48 hours later this month over pay. it's expected to bring disruption to procedures like x—rays, mri and ct scans, and ultrasounds. the society of radiographers have been offered a 5% pay rise this year and a cash payment for 2022 — but says it's not good enough. rmt union members will take part in a week—long strike on the london underground as the row over pensions, job cuts and working conditions continues. workers will take action from sunday the 23rd until friday the 28th ofjuly. a new parliamentary report accuses the government of not knowing what it wants to achieve with the flagship hs2 station planned for london euston. hannah can tell us more. the department for transport has spent more than eight years planning, designing and re—designing the new hs2 station at euston. anyone who has been there will have seen it is now a building site but construction has been paused since march after it was revealed the station alone could now cost nearly £5 billion, twice the

let's go to our education reporter, vanessa clark. thank you forjoining us.ing was what was left out of this speech as well. what wasn't spoken about. what was in the speech, very much about year two years, and about nursery capacity, and making show those young children are reaching targets. —— making sure. he also spoke about reforming the curriculum, which is a rather big a pledge to make, and he spoke about actually pupils taking creative arts, and school sports subjects until the age of 18, which is quite new, and also focused on digital skills and getting those digital skills and getting those digital skills and getting those digital skills right. he also spoke about that glass ceiling which he referred to. vocational qualifications, making sure they are on par with academic qualifications, which is spoken about a lot over the last few days, and then, also that every primary school would receive funding for world—class early language intervention. that is about getting people up to the same level, so that when you go along to an employer, that you are c

vanessa clarke, bbc news, salford.s 85th birthday this week, with some well known faces joining the residents of beanotown in a special commemorative issue. celebrities including harry styles and adele are joining the likes of dennis the menace, gnasher, and the bash street kids, after being picked from suggestions by children of who they'd like to see in cartoon form. also appearing in the issue are the king and queen, footballer marcus rashford, and broadcaster david attenborough. dennis the menace only had gnasher to contend with, but carol has more furry friends. good morning. goad furry friends. good morning. good morning” — furry friends. good morning. good morning” and _ furry friends. good morning. good morning,, and aren't _ furry friends. good morning. good morning,, and aren't they - furry friends. good morning. good morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am at _ morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am at the _ morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am at the guide dog