Inspired the foundation of the National Trust. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. The weather does not particularly look inspiring this weekend. There will be some rain at times and it will be blustery as well. All the details in 15 minutes. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, thats the message from the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling. Hes Urging Drivers to consider a less polluting vehicle instead. Four in ten cars on britains roads are diesel. Under labour they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. Now theyre said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of Air Pollution. Lets get more on this with our correspondent Nick Quraishi whos in central london. Chris grayling is using these comments in the daily mail to distance himself from what labour did when it was in power. In 2001, gordon brown as chancellor cut the tax on low sulp
This is bbc news. The headlines the widow of Rayshard Brooks an African American man who was shot dead by police in atlanta has appealed for protests to be peaceful. Tomika miller also says the family will never heal after his killing. The mayor has ordered immediate changes to police practices. Border controls have been lifted across much of europe, easing three months of coronavius restrictions. The eu is hoping to kick start badly damaged economies ahead of the lucrative Summer Holiday season. Greece is allowing tourists from 29 countries to enter, but not if they are from the uk, spain or italy. China has moved to shut down a coronavirus outbreak linked to a massive market in beijing. More than a hundred cases have been confirmed. The World Health Organization has described the new coronavirus outbreak as a significant event and have warned it needs careful tracking. Some secondary pupils in england
facing gcses or a levels next year have returned to school, meeting their teachers
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A plan to protectjobs the uk chancellor will unveil new measures to replace the furlogh scheme a wage top up, and more Business Loans could be on the way. Critics say it may come too late for some we cant have this kind of last minute response again. Weve had it around wage support. Today it seems we had it around support for self isolators. We need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. The nhs covid 19 Contact Tracing app is now available in england and wales anyone with a compatible smartphone is being urged to download it. A screen will come up on your app and a notification saying that you have been in close contact with somebody with coronavirus and that you need to self isolate. 600 people at Glasgow University are self isolating, after more
than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers week ended. Two Police Officers are shot during protests over a decision not
I cant even say we wantjustice, but i dont know what that is and i have been doing this for 15 years, dont know what justice have been doing this for 15 years, dont know whatjustice is any more. More than a hundred people are arrested after a day of violent clashes in central london, involving far right activists uk Prime Minister borisjohnson orders a review of the two metre social distancing rule in england, following calls to scrap it. Remembering the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire in london three years ago. Matt lucas and David Walliams apologise for the use of blackface make up in the Comedy Series little britain. Tourists start returning to venice as restrictions are eased, but locals demand limits on numbers. Now on bbc news, after professional sport in north america shut down in mid march, bbc sport looks at how the four major leagues intend to resume playing during the coronavirus pandemic. I miss the passion of being in the stadium watching the players, how the