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Now on bbc news, adam fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and fergus walsh discuss the latest on the coronavirus crisis. Were going to start tonight with an e mail you got tonight, laura, from mo, whos been part of the brock park as family for years. Listens to us all the time. Part of the podcast family for yea rs. She got in touch with us to tell us about her mum eileen who died a couple of days ago of covid 19 in the care home, and mo has given us permission to read some of the e mails. She has. It sta...

Troops in afghanistan last year. Now on bbc news, panorama. Tonight on panorama the great testing gamble. The stakes are very high indeed. Testing is absolutely critical and central to preventing a second wave now. Thousands of lives now depend on the government getting testing right. We should be very concerned, until we can see there is a fully effective testing and Contact Tracing system in place. So why do our covid investigators have nothing to do . I have had zero cases. Absolutely zero. A...

The thing about the post dunkirk evacuations, one of the reasons why the story is not told, is because, for a lot of people, they dont think it has the romanticism of the little ships. Well, it does, and here is that romantic story. Here are those brave civilian seamen taking their small boats into the line of fire. Robert hall, bbc news, st helier. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. Over the course of the weekend, we had some big thunderstorms developing, mixed with rainbows, w...

Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Louise Minchin and dan walker. Our headlines today the go ahead to keep on building the High Speed Rail line hs2 the Prime Minister will give his backing to the entire route linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds. And im live in leeds at the end of the line. Journey times will be cut here by almost an hour. But with surrounding services on their knees, ill be asking, is hs2 the best use of public money to close the north south divide . The sea...

£fo ur. Ti u5 iiulei because she is saying or calling the police should be the last resort. Imagine that means if the fight fight breaks out, basically. This is exactly what is going to ask you crew, christopher. This quote from Cressida Dick who basically believes he would be shamed and what left asking that i came in on the cheap today and i have to say about 60 of people in my tube carriage were not Wearing Masks so i wonder if this shaming idea is one that actually rings true. What do you t...

Hello, its adam in the studio. And laura in the studio. And chris in my socially distant lair of news, just down the corridor. And sarah smith in glasgow, in my own flat. Hello, sarah. Welcome back. Thank you. Weve roped you in because theres a lot to talk about in scotland, because Nicola Sturgeon had a Big Press Conference and an even bigger document to talk about. Well talk about that in a minute. First, talking of press conferences, number tens Daily Briefing today, quite a lot of informatio...

Tonight at ten, the world looks on as americas polling stations prepare to close in the stormy contest for the us presidency. Donald trump, seeking a second term, has struggled to defend his record, on fighting the pandemic. You know, winning is easy. Losing is never easy. Not for me, its not. The democratic challenger, joe biden, whos 77, has been taunted for months that he doesnt have the energy for thejob. It aint over till its over, and when its over, were going to win pennsylvania because o...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk government defends its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than a hundred miles for a swab. If people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly close to home. But when those Testing Centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. And if youve been asked to travel a con...

Today at six the dealy attacks in austrias capital Authorities Say the gunman was an islamist terrorist. Eyewitness footage shows people fleeing as the gunman opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna Police say he was shot dead within nine minutes. But in that time, four people were killed and over 20 injured. The austrian chancellor has led the tributes. Theres mounting concern across europe and, this evening, the uk Terror Threat level has been raised. Also tonight liverpool wi...

Get time, back in time as to how we get to where we are, you could go all the way back to january. I would like to go back to the ebola crisis. This is bbc news. The headlines in the ebola west african crisis the Prime Minister will fly to brussels later in what could be which i was heavily involved in as the final attempt to salvage talks pa rt of on a post brexit trade deal. Which i was heavily involved in as part of the department of international, one of the things cabinet minister michael g...