Flags are lowered over Downing Street and borisjohnson describes captain sir tom as a National Inspiration, and a beacon of hope for the world. The uk variant of coronavirus has mutated again the Health Secretary says hes seen cases of concern in bristol and liverpool. Meanwhile, 80,000 people in england are tested to stop the spread of the Virus Variant from south africa. Scotland is to introduce Travel Quarantines for overseas arrivals and plans are put in place to open scottish schools later this month. Travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland as heavy snow brings chaos. Good afternoon. In the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. Captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. The army veteran, originally from keighley in West Yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the First National lockd
And the celebrated american novelist Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, wayne rooney says he can still make a big contribution, as he signs for championship side derby county. Good evening. Evidence of sexual abuse and racism at Chelsea Football Club from the 1970s through to the 90s is laid bare in two separate independent reviews. 0ne reveals that youth players at the club some as young as ten were sexually assaulted in the 70s by the chief scout, eddie heath and that others at the club turned a blind eye. Its heavily critical of a former chelsea coach, dario gradi, forfailing to report a complaint from a parent of a young player which could have stopped the abuse. A separate review found that black players at the club were racially abused by another coach in the 1980s and 90s. The chelsea board have apologised unreservedly and offered compensation. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, reports from stamford bridge. In the 1970s, he was tasked wit
Football as they do now. Nobody asked for this to happen. Dreams, lives, basically ruined. Its back home for some, but its not yet all clear for the collapsed derbyshire dam. Tensions over kashmir after india scraps its autonomy. Pakistan says it could go to the un. The first black woman to win the nobel prize for literature, the american novelist Toni Morrison, has died at the age of 88. And at 11 30pm well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers ruth lea and torcuil crichton. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The minister in charge of no deal brexit preparations, michael gove, has accused the eu of refusing to engage in fresh talks, in a deepening war of words between brussels and westminster. Mr gove said the uk was ready and willing to resume negotiations and that he was deeply saddened by what he claimed was the eus approach. His comments came after eu officials described as unacceptable britains insistence on scrapping the backstop,
Coming up, the government sees off calls for an end to cuts to Public Services and the Public Sector pay cap. The ayes to the right, 309, the noes to the left, 323. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn clash at their first Prime Ministers questions of the new parliament over whether council cuts were a factor in the grenfell fire. When you cut local Authority Budgets by a0 , we all pay a price in public safety. The cladding of tower blocks began under a blair government. And the governments told to rethink its approach to trade after we have left the eu. The governments Brexit Policy is one of trying to fill a Swimming Pool with a teaspoon. But first, after a couple of months away for a general election, which produced a result few had predicted, it was time for theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn to face each other for the first Prime Ministers questions of the new parliament. Much as happened since mps last met, including Terrorist Attacks in manchester and london and the fire at Grenfell Tower,
Are you sure you want to say that, your knowledge . In fact today was the payout you you want to say that the incremental medicaid payment would, in fact, have had a surplus, not a deficit. My recollection of the numbers and i have not looked in a while by the end of the decade on a yeartoyear basis the Affordable Care act lowered the deficit. I believe that would have been deficit. You are aware this cbo has revised the number and now show a deficit and have really since shortly after the parties changed and they redid their numbers. Are you aware that they show a deficit . They no longer stand behind the numbers trying passage . I sure wish you had been aware of it. You had not heard that. I dont think so. We will check on that. One of the things that i think about and talk about is that we have a a limited amount of time to be in these offices. I am so sorry, mr. Gruber, that you said what you said. You said. You can call it conjecture, whatever. What it does is distract. It it dist