of people with coronavirus fell by about a third last week across the uk. cyprus says any britons who ve had both doses of a vaccine can travel there without quarantine, from 01 may, even though foreign holidays are still illegal. and pope francis has arrived in baghdad for the first ever papal visit to iraq. and coming up on bbc news: india seize control of the final test against england. a century from rishab pant means indian are closing in on a series win. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. unions are calling it a kick in the teeth. nhs staff in england have reacted angrily to the government proposal of a i% pay rise. the royal college of nursing says the increase should be 12.5%, and have set up a fund to prepare for any potential strikes. ministers say public finances are under pressure, and many other public sector workers are to have their pay frozen. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says health workers deserve better. our political correspondent i
the duke of edinburgh has been moved back to a private hospital in london, for recuperation after a heart procedure earlier this week. cyprus says any britons who ve had both doses of a vaccine can travel there without quarantine, from first may even though foreign holidays are still illegal. they sing a warm welcome as the pope becomes the first pontiff to visit iraq despite covid and security fears. hello. unions are calling it a kick in the teeth nhs staff in england have reacted angrily to the government proposal of a 1% pay rise. the royal college of nursing says the increase should be 12.5%, and have set up a fund to prepare for any potential strikes. ministers say public finances are under pressure, and many other public sector workers are to have their pay frozen. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says health workers deserve better. our political correspondent iain watson reports. nhs staff have been working hand in glove with each other, pulling together i
more of a breeze on sunday with outbreaks of rain. temperatures higher here but another chilly day for england and wales. next week an activejet stream is for england and wales. next week an active jet stream is going to fire low pressure towards our shores and it could turn very windy with a speu it could turn very windy with a spell of gales and it will be turning milder briefly in the middle of the week with the wind and rain, so are very different week in store. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m sarah mulkerins. coming up on the programme. a brilliant century from rishab pant puts india in control after day two of the fourth and final test against england. a different story in new zealand, as england women wrap up the series win with a comfortable six wicket victory in their second t 20. gordon elliott is banned from horse racing for 12 months, w
the state. sound cutout. we re losing you the state. sound cutout. we re losing you so we re going to crack on with the ft. back to brexit and post brexit negotiations. we ve been hearing loads about the recent spat between the uk and the eu. the fda is now telling us what when it comes to trade and the flow of trade the ft. to trade and the flow of trade the ft. , , ., . the ft. the ft is reporting that brexit is hitting the ft. the ft is reporting that brexit is hitting trade - the ft. the ft is reporting that brexit is hitting trade between | brexit is hitting trade between britain and other large eu countries. it s reporting that exports from the uk to france are down 20%, exports from the uk to italy are down 70%. now, there are caveats to this. it s unclear how much is the pandemic and how much is brexit. it s also the case that these are figures forjanuary, where it s possible that companies were stockpiling, anticipating brexit, and therefore won t be importi
sunshine and warmth for many of us, because of some high pressure, which will stay with us this week, but a change in direction will bring quite a dramatic change in the weather story over the next few days. there will be quite a lot of low cloud and fog around. this is the story for sunday, the high pressure centre that was us, now veering towards the near continent and allowing ali south easterly flow that has been drawing on cloud off the north sea. it has been rather murky across parts of eastern england down into south east england. you can see where we have the best of the sunshine so far, not too bad across scotland, north west england and parts of northern ireland, and although the fog will lift and that low cloud will thin and breaking places, if you are under it, it will have quite an impact on the feeling of the weather. temperatures underneath a cloud sitting at a maximum of around seven celsius, but where we see sunshine we will see double figures. going through