Huawei as President Trump takes credit for the decision to exclude it from the uks 56 network. The statue of slave trader Edward Colston is replaced with a sculpture of one of the protesters whose anger brought him down. And coming up on bbc news confirmation that the lions tour of south africa will go ahead. Three test matches are scheduled against the world champions in july and august. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A £4 billion cut in vat has come into force across the hospitality sector, allowing companies to cut their prices but not all of them say they will. The tax, which has been reduced from 20 to 5 untiljanuary, is aimed at helping to boost the economy and protectjobs. Starbucks and mcdonalds are among those saying they will reduce their prices but some firms are expected to use the windfall to shore up their own finances hit by the lockdown. Heres our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. Its the chancellors £4 billion giveaway to try to get
But from today, anyone returning from croatia, austria and Trinidad And Tobago must quarantine for two weeks, like these holiday makers arriving at gatwick. Looked for alternative ways of getting back before the deadline, but being in croatia there was, there were only a few options, which were to get to slovenia or to italy, and neither were possible. After france and now croatia, that no holiday can be guaranteed as being safe, and if you go outside the uk this summer, or this year even, you can expect Something Like this to happen. That poses problems for families in england, wales and Northern Ireland, whose children will miss the start of school. Almere from manchester was unable to get back from croatia in time. Our kids will definitely miss their first week in school, and our question is whether that absence will be treated as unauthorised or authorised absence. Despite the busy beaches in croatia, it is the rise in coronavirus cases there that has prompted the British Governmen
Scheme will work. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. New details on the future status of prince harry and meghan. The couple will return to the uk to carry out six official engagements next month. The family of Caroline Flack releases an unpublished social media post she wrote days before she died, saying herfuture had been swept away. Hundreds of passengers are released from a cruise ship quarantined off japan for over two weeks as more people on board test positive for coronavirus. And 500 years since the death of the artist, raphael. Well have exclusive access to the Sistine Chapel as it prepares for a hanging of his tapestries. Its five oclock, our main story. People who want to come to the uk who are low skilled or low paid wont be able to get a work visa under the governments plans for a new points based immigration system. The scheme will apply equally to people from inside and outside the eu, from nextjanuary, after the end of the brexit transition period. Many industries
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