yeah, it s a very large contract. we reveal the dog food supplier who took a cut of one of the biggest deals of all. every person that feeds rockster to their dog becomes part of our family. ..and ask why even now the government is keeping secret, crucial details about how the money was spent. this is really troubling stuff. it signals something very alarming about the state of our country. in the spring of 2020, ppe stocks were falling. covid deaths were rising. the uk government was on a massive exercise to find ppe anywhere in the world. these were unprecedented days. order after million pound order came flooding into ports like felixstowe. the uk was spending hundreds of millions of pounds on personal protective equipment. absolute chaos to start with. frustrating, a bit like the wild west. gold rush is how i would compare it, you ve seen those crazy movies. martin dubbey could see what was happening to the market from the inside. a former senior police and customs office
Wednesday night. After another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. robin robin our top story this morning. Bart police releasing the entire body camera video. From a deadly officerinvolved shooting. We first told you about this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. The release of the video comes one day after part of it was leaked online. The shooting happened back on january third. Shaleem tindle was killed when a bart Police Officer shot the 28yearold across the street from the west oakland bart station. Were going to play an extended clip from the video. We do want to warn you it is graphic. robin we froze the video at we froze robin we froze the video at the moment the video at we froze robin we froze the video at the moment the shots were fir
Rules in england. Lebanon begins three days of National Mourning following the beirut explosion that killed at least 135 people. Facebook and twitter take action against President Trumps accounts, saying a video posted spread coronavirus misinformation. 75 years on from devastation the people of hiroshima mark the use of the First Nuclear bomb with silent prayers. You can get in touch with me about any of this mornings stories on twitter. And coming up this hour. Beavers are here to stay in the river otter the government grants 15 family groups right to remain, 400 years after the animals became extinct in england. Good morning. Welcome to bbc news. In the bank of englands First Official forecast since the coronavirus pandemic hit, the bank says an economic recovery has been earlier and more rapid than it had assumed in may, reflecting a sooner than expected easing of lockdown restrictions. It said spending on clothing and household furnishings was now back to pre covid levels, while c
Good morning was obvious today a new dawn for city centres across the uk eschenbach as Rail Services return to near normal, businesses here will be hoping. How high are the stakes . I will be finding out. Novak djokovic has been disqualified from the us open. The top seed is out of the competition after hitting a ball at a linejudge. A day of mixed fortunes today. Cloudy for all of us, some rain around in the north and west but drier and brighter today in the south east. I will bring you all the details throughout the morning. Its monday 7th september. Our top story a major manhunt is continuing in birmingham this morning to find a knifeman who killed a man and wounded seven other people in the early hours of yesterday. Cctv images of a suspect have been released, and armed police were deployed overnight to reassure the community. In their latest update, officers say theyre following up several new lines of inquiry. Heres simonjones. Wanted, on suspicion of murder. Police are asking wh
Will have the latest on the us election for you and also coming up, new research on dinosaurs suggest they were thriving right up until they were thriving right up until the moment that meteorite wiped them out. Lets begin with some good news. Us pharmaceutical giant, pfizer, says latest data suggests its Coronavirus Vaccine is even more effective than we first thought. Pfizer and biontech have released preliminary data which suggests the vaccine is 94 effective in people aged over 65. Last week, the Companies Said the vaccine was more than 90 effective. And earlier this week, there was impressive data on another vaccine, made by us company moderna, suggesting nearly 95 protection. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. The us New York Times has created this vaccine tracker. They include vaccines russia and china have improved without waiting for the results of trials. Scientists give the vaccine to thousands of people, compared to volu nteers thousands of people, compared to volunteer