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Later this week its so—called �*green list�* of countries tourists can travel to this summer. iain watson reports. for so long the message has been to stay apart, but today the prime minister was sounding optimistic that we could be able to move closer next month. it looks to me as thouthune the 21st well be able to say social distancing as we currently have to do it, the one metre plus, i think we have got a good chance, a good chance, of being able to dispense with the one metre plus. th...

Today at six — no more keeping your distance. the one metre covid rule, could end in england, next month. the one metre covid rule could end in england next month. but borisjohnson says infection rates must stay down and foreign variants must stay out. weve got a good chance, a good chance, to be able to dispense with the one metre plus from 21stjune. theres also hope some international travel could resume later this month. also on the programme... together in person, the foreign secretary mee...

Tuesday apart, but today the prime minister was sounding optimistic that we would be able to move closer, next month. it looks to me as though 21st ofjune, we will be able to say that social distancing as we currently have to do it, the one metre plus, i think we have got a good chance, a good chance, of being able to dispense with one metre plus. being able to dispense with one metre nus-— metre plus. that would make entertainment _ metre plus. that would make entertainment venues - metre plu...

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Events to mark the centenary have been restricted so far due to the pandemic, but that doesnt make 2021 any less significant here. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the winner of the bbc young musician of the year 2020 has been revealed. percussionist fang zhang wowed the judges with his performance on the marimba. i think we need to show that in slow motion. extraordinary. look at him go! thejudges in the competition — which was delayed as a result of the pandemic — said he had deeply moved th...

I thought it was done well, to be honest. i thought the test before, then showing proof at the door, coming in, ithought it was all safe. but at the end of the day, it was all a good laugh as well. i thought it was brilliant. crowd cheers. this was the first gig in front of a live audience for more than a year. you know, the atmosphere was electric. it was like, i dont know. you know, we thought we kind of thought theyd be like that because, you know, theyve not had a gig for so long. but then s...

There was violence, too, a century ago. sectarian killings across the island of ireland. republicans fought a war with britain. the southern 26 counties became independent. people with a british identity had a majority in the north—east of the island, so six counties stayed in the uk, becoming northern ireland. today is one of a series of anniversaries. its notjust the start of northern ireland as we know, of northern ireland as we know it, its the start of the united kingdom as we know it. an...

Madagascar is on the brink of famine after drought and sandstorms and harvests, reducing people to eating locusts and leaves. the uns world food programme has estimated at least 1.3 5 million people are in need of food assistance in the region and that the lives of children are especially in danger. malnutrition rates in children under five have doubled since the start of the year. thats following five consecutive years of drought. three people have died and more than 20 others taken to hospital...

Depends on coronavirus case numbers remaining low, with no spikes caused by variants from other countries. that fear clouds the debate on whether people should be booking holidays, with the government due to release later this week its so—called �*green list�* of countries tourists can travel to this summer. iain watson reports. for so long, the message has been to stay apart, but today, the prime minister was sounding optimistic that we could be able to move closer next month. it looks to...

Good morning, welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. our headlines today... two police officers are injured during a protest by hundreds of manchester united fans at old trafford. the scenes have been described as "completely unacceptable". and with the players eventually able to leave their hotel, were waiting to hear when the match against liverpool will be played. restrictions on the number of mourners allowed at funerals are set to be relaxed. youre going to have the best night...