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People given credit notes for cancelled Package Holidays due to the covid 19 pandemic, are being reassured by the government that theyll still be honoured, even if firms go bust. The announcement covers breaks booked by uk agents both at home and overseas disrupted between march the tenth and the end of september this year. Our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. Summer holidays, a distant dream for the hundreds of thousands of people who have seen them cancelled because of the pan...

This comes after beijing imposed a new National Security law in hong kong. The uk has already offered residency rights to 3 million citizens of the island. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Would the uk send someone back to this . A new law in hong kong has tightened chinas grip on the streets and brought fresh danger for those fighting for democracy. It is a very tense situation. Many people already flee hong kong, escape from hong kong, have sought political asylum overseas in man...

Hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines the foreign secretary, dominic raab, accuses the Chinese Government of carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. It is deeply, deeply troubling, and the reports and the human aspect of it, from forced sterilization to the education camps are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. Meanwhile, chinas ambassador to the uk tells the bbc the decision to drop huawei from its 56 networks is a bad move f...

There were over 3,000 people here and it was dark and it was wet and it was too much of a risk to disband the rave last night. By lunchtime, the police had gathered enough support from other forces to close the rave down. The scene is that our officers are now walking across the site, supported by horses and dogs when necessary, to clear any remaining partygoers from the site and return it back to normality, so hopefully the people of bath can sleep soundly in their beds tonight. Tracy miller, b...

Theyll face wolves next, if they beat sevilla tonight. Its National Allotment weekend we have come to dorset road allotments, where the temperature is currently around 22 celsius. For those of us in the heatwave, it will continue for another two days but there is also the risk of heavy thundery downpours, which could lead to flash flooding. Details coming up. Its tuesday, 11th august. Our top story. Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, will explain today how he will address problems with...

As always, plenty more on the website. And you can download the bbc news app. Now lets go to singapore with Asia Business report. Coronavirus fears hit markets a shares and oil resumes slump as global recession concerns grow. International womens day how the annual events organisers are calling on men and women to challenge stereotypes. Good morning, welcome to Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. Let us begin with me, mariko 0i. Let us begin with stock markets, because a...

A bleak future. Im not sure what im going to do now. Quite a shock . Yeah, yeah, i thought that wed be saved, but not this time. And the duke and duchess of sussex return to the uk for one of their last official engagements before they step back as senior royals at the end of the month. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well have the goals from the last of the fifth round ties this week, as Manchester United make a strong start at derby in the fa cup. Good evening. A woman in...

Facing a bleak future. Just not sure what were going to do now. Quite a shock. Yeah. Yeah, i thought that wed be saved, but not this time. An official review slams probation staff for theirfailure to recall serial rapistJoseph Mccann before he committed a series of sex attacks. Ah, lovely Ruth Williamson and her brave battle with motor neurone disease. Were with her again as she begins a drug trial. And coming up on bbc news, englands final match of the six nations against italy in rome is postp...

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The stunning grounds of Teagasc Research Centre at Moorepark was the latest port of call on the Agri Aware Farm Walk & Talk series, as Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science students from across Cork, Kerry and Tipperary assembled for the latest in the Agri Aware series.