A row over the governments plan to have Quarantine Hotels for travellers Industry Bosses say theyve not yet been consulted. A green and pleasant land now but this site in cumbria could soon have a coal mine like this. So how does that square with the governments promises to go green . Must be something in the water the Bristol Street where having a baby is becoming something of a trend. And coming up on bbc news. Can england stop the mighty india on home soil . Joe root s men begin their test series in chennai tomorrow. A tough challenge lies ahead. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The uks Vaccination Programme is not only helping to curb the spread of the coronavirus it could also give the economy a shot in the arm. That is the view from the Bank Of England. While were in lockdown, the bank expects the size of the economy the gdp to shrink by 4. 2 in the first three months of this year. But it says a successful Vaccination Roll out should see a rapid recovery from spri
Azmi, e 5 me. Alexander reid, born in may, 1931, azmi, e 5 me. Alexander reid, | born in may, 1931, manchester, jamaica. History is thankfully beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the Windrush Generation. It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the empire windrush, only a few months before i was born and those who followed over the decades to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that day, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain they worked hard, offering the skills to rebuild the country during peacetime. And they sought opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores, with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few c
an opportunity certainly from the labour party and the conservative party point of view to regain ground in scotland. 0ne party point of view to regain ground in scotland. one said it was the end of an era and what will come next we just do not know. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. what is in store? most of us will get sunshine today but the weather picture is changeable. across the highlands of scotland summer sunshine has come out for a time but there s more rain on the way. and we do have a weak weather front moving across parts of england and wales the moment. i decided that we have sunshine in that week front will bring rain from wales over a cost to parts of yorkshire and the midlands later on today with sunny skies other side. later on today with sunny skies otherside. but later on today with sunny skies other side. but we will see the cloud thicken across western scotland and outbreaks of rain returned to the highlands and hebrides. but it is goin
for tomorrow, still this band of cloud bringing a little bit of rain but not very much, across northern england, down into north wales, the north midlands. to the south of that a lot of low cloud cover is the mist, some fog, a little bit of sunshine. the best of the sunshine further north and west for northern ireland and for scotland with a few showers in the north west. temperatures 6 8. here comes the lively bit of the weekend forecast. sunday this area of low pressure passing to the north of scotland and the frontal system which will bring some outbreaks rain. a breezy day generally. it stays mainly fine to the south. early cloud giving way to spells of sunshine. but the winds picking up through the afternoon, to the eastern side of the pennines we could see gusty conditions for a time. also very windy for coasts of northern ireland, more broadly across scotland, in exposed spots in the north of scotland gusts of 65 mph or more with a band of rain pushing southwards and e
two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king s coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided what s defined as a recession two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the government says it shows the uk was more resilient than expected, after the bank of england had warned of a long period of stagnation. but the economy did shrink by 0.5% in december, and business leaders warn that firms are still struggling. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says there is reason for optimism. well, the fact that we have avoided a recession, in fact we were the fastest growing major country last year, shows there is underlying resilience in the uk economy. but we are not out of the w