old palace ofjohn _ family in honouring macri. 0ld palace ofjohn whitgift school, palace ofjohn whitgiftdeeply shocked by the senseless and tragic death of a much loved and valued friend and pupil to. we turn now to the impact of lockdown on children. a generation of children will be impacted if the crisis of persistent absence in schools is not tackled as a matter of urgency — that's the view of the children's commissioner for england. at least one in five pupils is now "persistently absent", meaning they are missing 10% or more of their lessons. that's double the level before the pandemic. a committee of mps is recommending a series of measures, including a national roll—out of attendance mentors working with families, new guidance on fines to make sure parents are treated the same across england, and more support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. 0ur education editor, branwen jeffreys, reports. morning! let's get you in quickly! a new school year but they are still dealing with the legacy of the pandemic. that's it. four out of ten pupils here have struggle t

it's believed on her way to the old palace of john whitgift school. gic death of our much loved and valued friend pupil. it and valued friend and pupil. it will take some time for the old palace community to come to terms with terrible and palace community to come to ten offer th terrible and palace community to come to terioffer our terrible and palace community to come to terioffer our supportle and palace community to come to terioffer our support to and palace community to come to terioffer our support to pupils nd we offer our support to pupils as to do so . as we try to do so. >> well, a 17 year old boy has been arrested and is in custody. and we will bring you that press conference as soon as we are able to with the metropolitan police, updating us police, who will be updating us on let's remind on that. but let's just remind you of the metropolitan you of what the metropolitan police said in the police said about that in the past few hours. they said their immediate thoughts are with the young girl's family, who are facing tragic of news. facin

old palace ofjohn whitgift school, where the girljust started year 11, her gcse year, said the whole are known for their incredible architecture, but now canterbury cathedral is the venue for something even more impressive. the walls of the building are being used as a canvas for a spectacular light show as artists try to bring the renaissance to life. simonjones reports. let there be light... ..and let there be sound. the aim — to take the audience on a physical and emotionaljourney transforming their sense of place, and space. the theme, a journey into the renaissance world, a time of major change in the cultural, artistic, political and economic spheres, with canterbury cathedral acting as the canvas. as an artist, i don't think you can get better. it's a remarkable place to work. but actually, it's not what we do with it, it's the reaction that the audience have when they come here, that's the bit that makes it special. an artwork is an artwork in the studio until you put it in front of an audience. and when you put in a building like this, it's really those three parts, ourselve

the girl was a pupil at the private 0ld palace ofjohn whitgift school — in a statement, it said it wastim — has been arrested. the police have released this statement. this is every parent�*s worst nightmare and they know the officers who responded this morning, along with our emergency service colleagues are devastated at the victor�*s there. this is an emotion i share and i know people across croydon will be feeling the same. the victim�*s family has been informed and our thoughts are with them at what must be an incredibly difficult time. we carried out an urgent inquiry is to find the suspect and within 75 minutes of the incident happening, a 17—year—old boy was arrested in new addington. he remains in custody and will be questioned by detectives. we remain in the early stages of investigation, however, based on what we know so far, we believe that we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this offence. from our initial inquiries, we believe the suspect may have known the victim. however, we are not in a position to release the victim�*s identity at this time. the actor

ileana arade dam has been named as the pupil at old palace of john whitgift school in croydon , who ise victim of croydon, who is the victim of yesterday's knife attack in croydon , aren't speaking to croydon, aren't speaking to reporters today to reveal her dream of becoming a lawyer. it's believed that she'd intervened to help a friend before she was fatally stabbed. >> well, a witness said there had been an argument after an attempt to give alana's friend flowers before she was stabbed. a boy aged 17, believed to have been known to the victim, was arrested shortly after she died. >> police have been given more time to question him until tomorrow morning. and now at least 40 bunches of flowers have been laid at the scene in croydon as local people pay their respect . it's and renewed their respect. it's and renewed calls to cut down on knife crime because she's the 16th teen age victim of a fatal attack in london this year. our reporter charlie peters is at the scene there for us. and charlie, i guess we're learning the human cost now with her name being issued locally. the picture a

with our partners and the family in honouring that grief and that mourning. 0ld palace ofjohn whitgift, the schooleply shocked by the senseless death of a much—loved pupil. daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. donald trump is tonight hoping to win over blue—collar working class voters in the midwest, in his bid to become the republican nominee for president. he's in michigan, while all the other candidates in the race are thousands of miles away in california, taking part in a debate. the former president is way ahead of the rest of the field, according opinion polls. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is in clinton, michigan. donald trump not even seeing the need to debate the other candidates on this occasion and he believes he is very much on of the denomination? he is so far ahead in the polling, he has more support than the other candidates put together so he has decided he can skip the debate and he will give a speech at a car parts factory here where he will tell also factory here where he will tell also factory workers where he would be better off as president because the push for elect

now, the school that she attended, it was a private school called old palace of john whitgift school.nseless and tragic of our much loved tragic death of our much loved and friend and pupil. it and valued friend and pupil. it will take some time for the school community come to school to community come to terms with this terrible news and offer support to our and will offer support to our pupils. really pupils. now, this has really shocked community, shocked the community, understandably. to two understandably. i spoke to two people live here earlier and people who live here earlier and this is what they had to say. >> feel we are in shock . i >> we feel we are in shock. i feel in shock since i heard the news this morning. i just heard about about an hour after it happened.so about about an hour after it happened. so when i when the news broke that a young girl of 15 was just killed here on her way to school, it was a very shocking thing to all of us. we feel all we are all in shock and in pain. and yeah , okay. in pain. and yeah, okay. >> for me, life is always sacred and precious. s

the school, the old palace ofjohn whitgift school where the 15—year—old was a pupil has said that theyland to have their student loans written off after ten years' service. the nuffield trust believes it will help retain staff and curb the high number of students who fail to finish their training. here's more from our health correspondent nick triggle. oxygen away, shocking now. it takes nearly £65,000 to train a nurse on average. that is more than is recouped in student loan repayments. and yet research by the nuffield trust shows significant numbers of nurses and other front line staff are not finishing their training or leaving the nhs soon after starting. 13% of nurse students fail to finish their courses and the numbers are similar for radiographers and occupational therapists. once they start working in the nhs,18% of nurses leave within two years. for physios and occupational therapists, the numbers are even higher at 21%. the nuffield trust has called for a loan forgiveness scheme whereby nurses, midwives and staff such as physios and radiographers have their debts written off

originally came from ghana and had raised money to put her through the local private school, 0ld palace ofjohn whitgiftr future were dashed in a few moments of violence at a bus stop. live now to our correspondent in croydon, mark lobel. mark, what's the latest? we've just mark, what's the latest? we've 'ust experienced — mark, what's the latest? we've 'ust experienced an fl mark, what's the latest? we've 'ust experienced an incredibly �* mark, what's the latest? we've just| experienced an incredibly emotional hour here on the road that elianne died. an hourago, herfamily and extended family turned up on a police convoy. they were brought to the spot just police convoy. they were brought to the spotjust behind this tram here where you'll be able to see police officers still there — the site where elianne died, they were all brought there and stood there for about ten minutes, then walked away, many of them weeping, at which point they went into the centre to compose themselves and talk to people inside that centre. then afterwards, after much debate, they started to come out and there was a short statem

originally came from ghana and had raised money to put her through the local private school 0ld palace ofjohn whitgiftw moments of violence at a bus stop. daniel sandford with that report. dutch police say several people have been killed in rotterdam after a man fired shots and started blazes in a house and then a hospital. the gunman has been arrested. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. anna, what more can you tell us? right now, we are hearing police are doing a sweep of the medical centre in rotterdam to make sure there are no further victims and to release some of the people who have been locked inside these classrooms. we understand that one person was killed inside a classroom. police were first alerted this afternoon, 2.25 local time, to shots being fired in a house near this university medical centre and then we have seen social media images of students being taken out of the hospital, evacuated in their gowns. people were sticking notes to the windows saying which room they were in and they couldn't out because it's understood the gunman went through the hospital. the suspect wa

she was a student at the private girls school old palace of john whitgift . but a 17 year old boy whitgift. but a 17 year old boy has been arrested. police say he was known to the victim . was known to the victim. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare and i know the officers who responded this morning, along with our emergency service colleagues , emergency service colleagues, are devastated at the victim's death. this is an emotion i share and i know people across croydon will be feeling the same way. the victim's family has been informed and our thoughts are with them at what must be an incredibly difficult time . incredibly difficult time. >> five labour mayors from across the country have met in leeds today to urge the prime minister to stay on track with hs2 . they warn that failure to hs2. they warn that failure to deliver in full will leave great swathes of the north with victorian rail infrastructure unfit for purpose. rishi sunak faces a political backlash over reports he's considered axing the link between birmingham and manchester amid soaring