Page 91 - Junction News Today

More than 1500 lorry drivers are still stuck in kent, over fears the new strain of coronavirus might spread to the continent. 650 lorries are backed up on the m20, with another 873 in a lorry park. Mandatory testing of drivers could allow the border to reopen. Testing of some sort is part of the discussions that the transport secretary is having with his counterpart in france right now. Road hauliers say frustrated drivers are being offered little refreshment, and toilet facilites are difficult....

This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A group of armed men have stormed the Stock Exchange in the city of karachi killing at least ten people. Englands education secretary says schools will see full classroom sizes when children return in september, as the government promises £1 billion to rebuild crumbling schools. We do need to ensure that every child is benefiting from the education that we all so richly value. In the uk, current lockdown res...

A real worry that children who are already a real worry that children who are already potentially not getting the best life chances because they live in deprived areas and things like that and in deprived areas and things like that and we are seeing a lot of that in head that and we are seeing a lot of that in head teachers of the last few months in head teachers of the last few months who are outsourced their own laptops months who are outsourced their own laptops and months who are outsourced ...

Emphasizing the effectiveness of masks protecting others and yourself. We also covered tonight, the coronavirus emergency unfolding across the u. S. New measures this evening in new york city. The staggering new numbers just in tonight more than 193,000 new cases in just the last 24 hours. New yorks restrictions going into effect in hours. New york citys mayor tonight alerting families that schools could shut down, turning to Remote Learning as early as monday. In massachusetts, theyre reopening...

A Major Incident is declared after a train derails in aberdeenshire. Dozens of Emergency Services vehicles including an air ambulance are responding as smoke billows across the countryside. I have just i havejust come i have just come off a car with network rail and Emergency Services. Although details are still emerging, im afraid to say there are early reports of serious injuries. Well be live at the scene. The other stories this lunchtime students in england may be able to use their mock exam...

And Overall Results are up. More disadvantaged students have already been able to get university places, and the clearing process is busy filling up the remaining courses, but there are suggestions that smaller class sizes in private schools will have favoured those students. The nature of the process that quual have applied means institutions with larger cohorts in given subjects are the ones that are most vulnerable to the statistical vagaries of the system. While there is so much to celebrate...

Britains top Police Officer warns that those who break covid rules are now more likely to face fines. The metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says its preposterous for anyone to claim they dont know what the rules are. Where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. Well be getting reaction to the commissioners comments. Also th...

From going outside. 50 children from going outside. 50 while the children from going outside. So while the boys played cluedo, the six year old had the balcony at her playroom. Today, spain relaxed those rules. 8 million children, freed from their confinement. I was bored inside, she says. I dont like it. I wa nt to inside, she says. I dont like it. I want to be outside. Now they can, foran houra want to be outside. Now they can, for an hour a day. And this is what the boys have missed most, a k...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Mass vaccinations begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow, as the foreign secretary pledges every adult in the uk will be offered a first dose by september. It comes as the head of englands nhs warns that theres mounting pressure on hospitals and staff. I think the facts are very clear and i am not going to sugar coat them. Hospitals are under extreme pressure. And staff are under extreme pressur...

The Prime Minister defends putting millions of people into high coronavirus tiers next week, when englands lockdown ends. Many conservative mps are angry that restrictions arent more locally targeted borisjohnson says he understands but the system needs to be simple. I know its very frustrating for people who feel that there is a high tier area, when there is very little incidence in their village, or the area. I totally understand why people feel so frustrated. But some conservatives say theyll...