the nhs test and trace system, which is likely to cost the taxpayer £37 billion failed to prevent lockdowns and there is no evidence that cut the number of coronavirus infections. those other findings in the house of commons public accounts committee, publishing a highly critical report of the scheme. it said the cost was staggering and the taxpayers were being treated like a cash machine. hugh pym reports. a testing site, today, now part of everyday life, but it has cost a lot of money to get where we are and a highly critical report by mps has fuelled a new debate on what test and trace has achieved. it was raised at prime minister s questions. the government is throwing a staggering £37 billion at a test and trace system that we know has made barely any difference. the prime minister defended its performance. it is thanks to nhs test and trace that we re able to send kids back to school and begin cautiously and irreversibly to reopen our economy and restart our lives. t
much further than the paris accord, to limit global warming. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, a look back at some of our favourite european adventures. we test drive the continent s fastest and highest ride. watch some masterpiece maintenance in the netherlands. it looks incredible. yeah. 0h, here we go again. and travel back in time over 2000 years as wejoin the crew of a replica galley in greece. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you from a very chilly st pancras station. now, normally, this place would be bustling with people going back and forth from the uk to the continent on the eurostar. pre pandemic, it was carrying around 11 million passengers every year between britain and mainland europe, but that number has dropped by 95% since last march and, today, i can only see two outbound trains on the board. unfortunately, i m not catching a train today as we are still under lockdown, but that isn t going to stop us from looking back at some o
With chris mason and katherine downes. A new drive to help children and young people with Mental Health problems. Ministers want faster access to treatment and specialist support in schools and colleges. Good morning, its sunday the 3rd of december. Also this morning the governments entire social Mobility Commission resigns in protest at what it says is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. Bolstering the blue belt. More stretches of the british coastline get special status to help protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats. In sport, well have the latest from the ashes overnight. England are into the tailenders but australia are still building a big score on day two in adelaide. And darren has the weather. Hello, good morning. A lot of this damp and drizzly weather will clear away this morning, allowing skies to brighten, a bit more sunshine around as well, but tonight could turn a bit colder. Join me laterfor all the details. Good morning. First, our main story. Children will be
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And louise has the weather. Good morning. Its a different weather story for a different day. Lighter winds, plenty of sunshine but feeling cold in the north. Ill have all the details throughout the morning. Good morning. First, our main story. Heathrow airport says its investigating how details of its security procedures were found lying in the street. The sunday mirror says the information was on a memory stick and had not been encrypted. Andy moore is in our london newsroom. This man who found this went to his local library, plugged it in and theres this treasure trove of information about Heathrow Airport . Thats right, thats according to the sunday mirror. Heathrow airport have confirmed there was a Security Breach but theyre not giving any details and in a statement they say theyve reviewed their procedures and theyre theyve reviewed their procedures and they re confident theyve reviewed their procedures and theyre confident the airport is secure. They say theyve launched an inter