Hello, a very good afternoon to you. Welcome to bbc news. Were expecting a downing street Coronavirus Briefing led by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. The National Medical director of nhs england, professor Stephen Powis, and the head of operations for the Community Testing programme, general sir gordon messenger, will also be there. We will bring thatjust as soon as they arrive in downing street, in they arrive in downing street, in the briefing room. First of all, lets talk about what has happened in the last few minutes, which is that the government has published its Impact Report which outlines the date on which they have come to their decisions around the new three tiers of restrictions in england, replacing the lockdown on wednesday. This was partly to assuage the concerns of conservative mps who are minded to support those resurgence in the house of commons. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent ellie price. I know this is only come out a few minutes ago, i do not know if
The invasion would be cancelled. At dozens of airfields, the spitfires and the hurricanes came home. The main skill was luck, you had to be lucky. No matter how good you were, for instance my boss, dickie lee, was the best pilot ive ever seen. But he was shot down and killed. So he had no luck. I had bags of luck. I couldnt do that. But here i am. Like so many events this year, battle of britain day will be a quiet affair, but this light show at the uks first ever radar station in norfolk is a reminder that we celebrate and remember a true team effort. Robert hall, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather
heres louise lear. A heart warming story deserves heart warming weather. Sparkling blue sky and sunshine for many, almost picture postcard perfect in norfolk today, this is where we will probably see the highest values, High Pressure is dominating the weather and allowing the southerly feet of air to come all the way from africa and get us above average temperatures. There are some w
Youre watching a bbc news special with martine croxall, building up to the latest Coronavirus Briefing from the government, today led by the Prime Minister, borisjohnson. The headlines the uk records another 1,280 deaths from coronavirus. The latest figures also show that more than 3. 2 millon people have now received their first dose of the Covid Vaccine. Six European Countries express concerns over delays in delivery of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine, but the European Commission president says the company has guaranteed all vaccines will be delivered. It is very good that the ceo, him personally, has said he will immediately turn his attention to this question and will do everything that is possible for him to reduce the time of delay and to bring further forward
the time of catching up. And a victory for tens of thousands of Small Business owners as the Supreme Court rules insurers must pay them for covid lockdown losses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, building up to the la
Uk government borrowing hits a record monthly high of £55 billion in may, as the coronavirus continued to press heavily on the public finances. Theres a mountain to climb to get back into power, according to a major review of labours 2019 general election defeat, its worst since 1935. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can get in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a one billion pound boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towards a special tutoring programme for the most disadvantaged children. The rest of the money, £650 million, will be available to schools to spend on one to one or Group Tuition for any pupils they think need it. Critics say the plans lack detail and that Early Years Providers and colleges for over 16s have been left out