Inspiring journey. Remembering the man who shouldve been englands first black player. Jack leslie was the victim of racism, now fans want to see him honoured with a statue outside his club. Good morning. Its going to be a fairly cloudy day today. Having said that, there will be some sunny intervals but there will also be quite a lot of showers, and some of those will be heavy and thundery. Ill have all the details at 6 27am. Carol to come a little bit later on but. Its wednesday 1st of july. Our top story the Worlds Largest aircraft manufacturer, airbus, has announced plans to cut 15,000 jobs including 1,700 in the uk. The Aerospace Giant said it doesnt expect air traffic to return to pre pandemic levels until 2023, calling the Current Situation the gravest crisis the Aviation Industry has ever faced. Andy moore reports. Its a global Aerospace Giant manufacturing a fleet of aircraft, but airbus is being hit by coronavirus like every part of the aviation sector. Thousands ofjobs will be
50 million face masks bought by the government in april wont be used in the nhs because of safety concerns. A radical overhaul of the Planning System is promised by ministers to try to get more houses built in england. And, after 400 years, beavers are being allowed to live in the wild again in england. Coming up on bbc news golfs first major of the year, the us pga, is getting under way three months later than planned and without fans in San Francisco this afternoon. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Three days of mourning are under way in lebanon, after tuesdays deadly explosion in the capital beirut. At least 137 people are known to have died, and dozens are missing. The explosion is believed to have been caused by tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate being stored unsafely in a warehouse. The french president Emmanuel Macron visited beirut this morning and promised International Help but warned that if reforms arent introdued, the country will continue to suffer. The uk is s
Because of safety concerns. At the inquest into the death of Caroline Flack, police deny treating the tv presenter differently because she was a celebrity. And, after 400 years beavers are being allowed to live in the wild again in england. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Our top story this afternoon the economic slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic wont be as deep as first feared, but the recovery will take longer than anticipated, according to the bank of england. The bank expects the economy to shrink by 9. 5 this year. While this would be the biggest annual decline in a century, it had predicted the economy would shrink by 14 . The bank warned that the jobs Market Recovery would take longer as it held Interest Rates at 0. 1 . Unemployment is expected to rise to 7. 5 at the end of this year as government funded support schemes come to an end. Heres our economics correspondent andy verity. The fortunes of this used car dealership in richmond, yorkshire closely mirror what
Through as rain. Theyll be most frequent for eastern scotland and eastern good morning. Areas of england. Winning in a winter wonderland. Arsenals turnaround continues but ill have a full forecast coming with a confident victory at west brom thats three league up a little bit later on. Wins in a row for the gunners. Good morning. It is a day of its sunday the 3rd of january. Our top story sunshine and showers. And although some councils and Teaching Unions it is not going to feel at the air isa it is not going to feel at the air is a tiny bit less cold today so in england are continuing to pile many of the showers will come through as rain. They will be most pressure on the government, calling for primary frequent for eastern scotland and schools to be kept closed to the majority of pupils eastern areas of england. I will after the christmas holidays. Have a full forecast coming up a Teaching Unions have told little bit later on. Primary school staff it is unsafe to return to work beca
Youre watching bbc news. Our headlines. The head of the who says covid 19 is easily the most severe Global Health emergency ever declared. The doctor says he would reconvene the who Emergency Committee this week to review its assessment of the pandemic. It was the worst affected countries, brazil, Health Workers have said the International Criminal court to investigate president on the government who accuses it of crimes against humanity on its handling of the virus withdrew two and a half is being recorded since march. In the us civil rights leaderjohn lewis has been lying in the state, he died ten days ago from pancreatic cancer. The coffin across the river from alabama is now on the steps of the capital. And new strategy for england has been published by the government comes after Health Experts are saying that obese people were more likely to have a severe reaction to covid i9. Proposals include a ban on tv adverts for unhealthy food before 9pm and also no more buy one get one free