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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk chancellor is expected to announce new support for businesses affected by coronavirus restrictions, after criticism that more needs to be done for those regions in the second highest level of meaures. Level of measures. People are filling mps inboxes with e mails of distress and concern, that is all being fed in, so, hopefully, this afternoon we will see the chancellor, as i say, tack a little bit, trim...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Plans for a huge increase in covid testing in britain. Operation moonshot aims to do ten million daily tests by early next year. The idea is to have a test which would be carried out at the location, a bit like a pregnancy test that provides a very quick result, and that would completely revolutionise things. Senior uk ministers will hold emergency talks with eu officials later over the governments plan to ove...

This is bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. Here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. After almost six months at home, its back to school for millions more children in england and wales. Because we have been at home for so long, so it is very nice that we are able to come back to school and find new friends and things like that. Quite nervous because its my first day but i feel like it will be, like, nice meeting new people. Lockdown restrictions in the uk, affecting more than a Mil...

Schools in england prepare to re open their classrooms to pupils after almost six months at home. The government says schools are safe to return to, teachers say theyre ready too. Were just looking forward to getting back to seeing them and doing what we do best, and teaching, with them in the classroom with us. Also on the programme tonight. British holidaymakers scamble forflights home from portugal amid growing concerns it is about to be put back back on the quarantine less than two weeks aft...

Youre pretty much up to date. Its about liz30am. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. Get ready is the message from the Health Experts fighting the coronavirus, covid i9. At least 80,000 people are already infected in more than a0 countries, and that number is expected to rise. My guest today is david heymann, professor of hygiene tropical medicine the london school. Is the World Health Organization moving fast enough . Will the price be paid by those unlucky e...

Relatively short one in the sense of it isa relatively short one in the sense of it is a number of weeks. So will see this coming from the modelling and what we will try and do is, in a sense, be prepared to slow down or postpone anything that can be postponed and then deal with the peak that we find ourselves with at the point it arrives. And, you know, asa the point it arrives. And, you know, as a doctor myself this is normal medical practice. To actually adjust what you do clinically to the p...

The flooding misery continues for some residents in parts of east yorkshire are evacuated as water levels rise. Devastated. Weve been here 20 years. Weve got a beautiful home and just look at it. I will not stand aside and watch. I will not be silent while the world is on fire. And the teenage activist Greta Thunberg marches with thousands of young people in bristol against Climate Change. And in sportsday at 6 30pm, well react to the eight year ban handed to chinese swimmer sun yang after he mi...

Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Four more cases of coronavirus have been reported in england bringing the total number in the uk to eight. They are all known to have come into contact with a previously confirmed uk case. Its believed to have come from a british businessman who went to a conference in singapore. From there, he went skiing in Les Contamines montjoie, in the french alps, where he came into contact with these new cases. The businessman then travelled to brighton, where h...

On the uks regional economies. Im at belfast airport to find out what impact will be felt here. In sport, the slump deepens for englands women. The defence of their she believes cup gets off to a disappointing start as theyre outclassed by the world champions the usa. 25 years afterjagged little pill, Alanis Morisette tells breakfast how one of its most iconic tracks nearly didnt make the final cut. People said, i love this song, so i was like, all right, lets put it on there, i dont care. The i...

Medical advice. One other main story this afternoon, its a super tuesday in the United States were democrats inili in the United States were democrats in 14 states voting on who they want to ta ke in 14 states voting on who they want to take on donald trump in novembers president ial election. Coming up on afternoon live. Also all the latest sports news. Good afternoon. Gibrans olympic minister concedes the tokyo games this summer may be moved because of coronavirus. Japans olympic minister conc...