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The showers. another rather cool day for the time of year. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: two doses of the main covid vaccines used in the uk are found to be highly effective against the indian variant of the virus. government ministers deny claims, by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, that they pursued a policy of herd immunity in dealing with the coronavirus in the early part of last year. at least eight people have died after a mountain cable car...

During the weekend is quite busy with people doing trips for the day from the big cities like milan and turin which are only an hour and a half away from stresa. we have just had a we havejust had a development we have just had a development in the story. according to the emergency services in italy another person has now died as a result of this cable car accident. taking the death toll to 13. the pfizer and astrazeneca vaccines are effective against the indian variant of coronavirus a new stud...

All those years ago was done entirely from bed, wasnt it? it was. well, things have moved on, in more ways than one. those devices used to be a lot about tracking how much sleep you got, whereas now they also focus on bettering it, especially for those with sleep disorders. and one of those people is comedian dom joly, so he has been putting a few of the latest to the test. # moon in the night sky, how brightly she shines... snores. hello, i am dom joly and i am a comedian and travel writer, and...

The film will get its premiere this evening, at the local cinema in blackwood. it goes on general release next month. for only the second time ever, the uk entry for the eurovision song contest failed to get a single point. james newman and his song embers didnt prove popular with either the nationaljudges, or the viewing public. the eventual winner was italy. so what went wrong and what can we learn for next time? we can speak now to cheryl baker, who won the eurovision song contest with bucks ...

From bbc management was available today to respond to mounting criticism. the home secretary priti patel appeared on the andrew marr programme this morning to suggest bbc executives did have important questions to answer. this bbc executives did have important questions to answer.— questions to answer. this is a reall , questions to answer. this is a really. really _ questions to answer. this is a really, really significant - questions to answer. this is a i really, really significant moment o...

Overnight, still in northern scotland if you heavy showers. cold enough and clearing up in northern ireland for a touch of frost in the coldest rural sports here. there will be some start tomorrow with a dry and sunny spell, and a day of rain across northern and western scotland pushing down into northern ireland. it will still be quite blustery, and some of the showers and winds could be gusty. it is still cool and as the week goes on it slowly turns drier and a little warmer. hello this is bbc...

Pallab ghosh, bbc news. meanwhile, a senior minister has rejected a claim from borisjohnsons former senior advisor that the original government plan for coronavirus was to allow most of the population to develop herd immunity to it. it comes ahead of dominic cummings appearance before mps this week. heres our political correspondent damian grammaticus. late last year, and out of downing street. dominic cummings had been borisjohnsons isjust street. dominic cummings had been borisjohnsons is just...

Mount nyiragongo is one of the worlds most active and dangerous volcanoes but scientists in goma say theyve been struggling to adequately monitor it because of a lack of funding. courtney bembridge, bbc news. the un security council has urged both israelis and palestinians to honour the ceasefire in the region, as egyptian mediators shuttle back and forth attempting to make it permanent. the pause in violence has entered its third day as humanitarian efforts to rebuild gaza continue. our corresp...

Pandemic then we should take the opportunity to do that. arlene foster, the outgoing first minister. ministers at westminster have been warned that a proposed trade deal with australia could put british farmers out of business, even if it means cheaper prices for shoppers. there are fears that huge australian cow and sheep farms could undercut uk rivals if tariffs on imports are scrapped. a farming union has warned of "irreversible damage" from a bad deal and theres talk of a cabinet split. at p...

Rome and they were the favourites before the contest and they looked good and sounded good and were confident and a and it wasnt really like anything else on the eurovision menu last night. they had the sparkle and good staging so the last most of the song was filled with gigantic pyrotechnics which gives such a feast to the ice and mopped up so many of the public stores yesterday and the mammoth score of over 502 the contest. and no points for england. it is only the fifth time that the uk has ...