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| |  | Iain McDowell 1 September 2023 | | | This morning we're looking at the implications for thousands of children as more than 100 schools close some of their buildings due to safety fears just days before the new term. As we head towards the weekend, there's widespread disruption on the railways due to a major strike. Read on for the emotional story of five women and their treasured photo albums and you'll also find our quiz of the week. | | | |
 Image: Getty Images Last-minute scramble as schools shut due to dangerous concrete "I appreciate that the timing is far from ideal," is how one head teacher put it in a letter to parents. With most children due to return to classrooms in the next few days, an order by the government for 104 schools in England to shut buildings made with a type of concrete prone to collapse has left teachers racing to rethink their plans for the new term . For some pupils, it'll mean a return to lockdown-style learning at home; for others, they could be sent to different schools. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan says a cautious approach is being taken after a "couple of cases" that gave cause for concern. Teachers' unions want to know why the decision was made so close to the start of the school year. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bargain hunting or Panic buying? It's football's transfer deadline day, meaning a summer of record spending will end tonight after a final flurry of big-money moves and desperation deals. Here's our guide to the transfers that could happen, along with details of how you can follow it on the BBC. | | | |
| | Two days of rail disruption as train staff go on strike If you're thinking of travelling by train today or tomorrow it's best to check the timetable before you set off for the station. The latest big strike by rail staff is taking place, leaving large parts of the country with no service. We have the details of the companies that won't be running any trains today, while tomorrow fewer than half of all services are scheduled. Unions plan to step up their industrial action over pay and conditions in the coming weeks. | | | | | |
| Controversy as Russia is asked to attend Nobel Prize dinner They weren't welcome last year because of the war in Ukraine but now Russia is being invited back to the Nobel Prize banquet in Sweden. It's a decision that's provoked criticism but the organisers say it's important to include those who don't share the Nobel values. Find out which other countries are back on the guest list. | | | |
Essential read | | | | | Guns are now the most common cause of death for US children so how can the cycle be broken? | | | | | | | |
|  Image: Malak Refugee women 'carrying our heritage' in precious photo albums Having left behind their lives in countries ravaged by conflict, Shuke, Nisreen, Gaida, Arafa and Faisa have resettled in the UK. But even in the turmoil of their displacement they took their memories with them in the form of pictures of favourite places, special days and the times - hard as well as happy - spent in refugees camps. "I kept every beautiful moment," says Arafa. Now they want to share those moments with you. | | | | | |
|  | | BBC Sounds The Briefing Room examines the boom in short-term rentals and their effects on communities. | | | | |  | | BBC iPlaYER Matt Shea exposes the truth behind the influencer's cult-like War Room. | | | | | | | |
| 'Lockdown returns' for schoolchildren amid 'fears of collapse' The immediate shutdown of some school buildings leads most of the front pages, with the Daily Telegraph likening it to the return of Covid lockdowns. The i says it'll mean weeks of home-schooling, while The Times says the first warnings about potentially-flawed concrete "came as early as 1995". The Daily Mirror uses its front page to campaign to save rail ticket offices, while the Daily Mail asks striking doctors: "How callous can you get?" See all the front pages. | | | |
| | Autumn is upon us and as storms brew in the months ahead each one blowing our way will be christened by meteorologists. They've picked 22 names that they'll give to the wildest weather over the next year - so has your name made the list? And finally, it's Friday so it's time for our quiz of the week. | | | |
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