More than half of teachers in state schools in England say that they have pupils in their classes who are homeless and stuck in temporary accommodation. @Shelter | @LizSummers

Tens of thousands of new places will be created for children with Special Educational Needs in mainstream schools. The government says £3 billion will be committed to the plan, in a bid to ensure more children can be educated in classrooms closer to their own homes. `@LizSummers has the latest.

A programme to teach offenders at Pentonville Prison to cook has received a prestigious training award from the Princess Royal. Liberty Kitchen has taught dozens of men to be professional chefs and helped them to find careers after serving their sentences. GMB has been given rare access to film at Pentonville, which is currently in special measures but is trying to find ways to reduce reoffending and keep prison overcrowding down. @LizSummers reports.

Dame Esther Rantzen has accused members of the House of Lords of trying to "sabotage" the Assisted Dying Bill currently passing through Parliament. She says hundreds of amendments have been put forward to deliberately slow down the Bill. @LizSummers reports.

Corridor care in England's hospitals is a 'crisis in plain sight', a leading charity has warned. The report from Age UK says that one in three people aged 90 or over are waiting at least 12 hours to be seen in A&E. @LizSummers reports.

Within the next few hours, Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica. The Category 5 storm — the most powerful on record for the Caribbean nation — is already unleashing 175-mile-an-hour winds and devastating torrential rain. @LizSummers has the latest.

Actor Sir Michael Caine and former England footballer Alan Shearer have called on the Prime Minister to ban smacking in England. They are among a host of famous faces and campaigners who have signed a letter that will be handed in to Downing Street later. Wales and Scotland already have bans in place. ＠LizSummers reports.

Grace O’Malley-Kumar, who was killed in the Nottingham attacks, will be awarded the George Medal for giving her life to try to protect her friend Barnaby Webber in June 2023. The university students were both 19 when they were fatally stabbed. @LizSummers reports.

Journalists and broadcasters have paid tribute to veteran TV presenter John Stapleton, who died yesterday, aged 79. He had been admitted to hospital following complications with pneumonia, according to his agent. @LizSummers reports.

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will conduct a flypast later marking the 85th Anniversary of one of the most intense military campaigns of World War II. In 1940, over the course of 16 weeks, the RAF defended the UK against bombardment from the Luftwaffe - and prevented a German invasion. This year is the first where there will be no Battle of Britain veterans in attendance, as they have all now died. Their service and sacrifice though, will still be commemorated. @LizSummers has more.

Thousands of people continue to flee Gaza City as the Israeli army continues its new ground operations to sieze control there. The move has been strongly condemned by the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper. @LizSummers reports.

Great Western Railway is hoping to set a world record for the longest-ever distance travelled by a battery-powered train - made from a modernised 1982 London Underground carriage. It’s attempting to complete 200 miles without a single recharge. @LizSummers reports.

Almost half of adult carers in the UK believe their health has been impacted since becoming an unpaid carer, according to new research. A survey by the charity Carers UK also found four in 10 of them have cancelled a medical appointment due to looking after someone who can't manage due to illness, disability or age. @LizSummers reports.

Within the next two hours, two cargo ships will begin unloading the vital raw materials that should save the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe. A third ship - also carrying coking coal and iron ore - is on its way from Australia. @lizsummers reports.

Three young children were among six people who died after a sightseeing helicopter flight crashed into the Hudson River in New York. A family visiting from Spain and the pilot were killed. @LizSummers has this report.

The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, is calling for a government-led inquiry into violence in schools. Esther Ghey also wants mobiles banned from classrooms and social media companies regulated more strictly. A new ITV documentary on the life and brutal death of her daughter will be broadcast tonight. @LizSummers reports.

The parents of Sarah Everard are warning that many families of murder victims are not getting the justice they deserve. They are part of a campaign group @JforVUK which wants serious violent and sexual offenders to be locked up for longer, to give families a better sense that justice has been served. @LizSummers reports.

The government will unveil its controversial plans to cut £6 Billion of benefit payments. Sick and disabled claimants are expected to face more frequent reassessments and only people with the most degenerative and permanent conditions will be spared ongoing scrutiny. @LizSummers reports.

In her first TV interview, Myar Curran has told Good Morning Britain, she feels 'humiliated' after she was allegedly kicked out of the comedian Peter Kay's gig on Saturday. @LizSummers has more.