Well hear from the former Prime Minister matteo renzi, whos told me why he forced the current crisis. Politics means make choice. I decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. And which celebrity does he look like . The burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. Hello. Im Laura Trevelyan in new york. Christian fraser is in london. There was encouraging news for britains government today. First came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. Until now, there had been no real data on that. And the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. The report hasnt been Peer Reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk governments strategy. The other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 Million People. 15 of the population has bee
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
ahead there in dallas, so thank you for your patience which is appreciated. that took about president zelensky today, how did that go down and what did people make of this talk of your peace conference? make of this talk of your peace conference? ., ., , conference? the aim of president zelensky for conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to dallas, . conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to dallas, or| zelensky for coming to dallas, or sick keep his country relevant and at the top of the national origin arena. especially over the last few months, the october seven attack on israel, has shifted attention on israel, has shifted attention on israel, and he wants to get the focus back on the war, he said it s not just about ukraine, focus back on the war, he said it s notjust about ukraine, describing putin as a warmonger and really th
hello and welcome. we start the programme with breaking news, a man in the uk has been found guilty of murdering a seven year old girl more than thirty years ago. the body of nikki allen was found in sunderland in 1992. david boyd denied being responsible but refused to give evidence at his trial. live now to danny savage outside newcastle crown court. danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious crimes - danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious crimes of - danny, tell us more. this is one of the most notorious crimes of this i the most notorious crimes of this part of the uk which has remained unsolved for more than three decades. today, that terrible weight that her family have had for 30 years finally came to an end. he was 25 years old at the time when she went missing back in 1992 in sunderland. in the last few minutes, he has been convicted at newcastle crown court. this can be described as
him in court. when that guilty verdict was said in court this afternoon after less than two hours of deliberation by the jury, there was uproar in the courtroom. back in 1993 the uproar was because the family hadn t got a guilty verdict. the uproar today was because the family finally got a guilty verdict and knew who killed her. the police came to the courts to calm things down and as for david boyd, he will be sentenced at a later date in a few weeks time. he will undoubtedly go to prison for a long time because he thought he got away with it for three decades but when the police came knocking in 2018, they had the evidence against him and now he has been convicted. in terms of hearing from the in terms of hearing from the family, in terms of hearing from the family, in terms of hearing from the family, i assume we haven t had a statement. what have they said over the years? to be fair to sharon, she has never given up, she visited the graveside. she couldn t go into the b