New figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk are on the up, but still lag behind other high Income Countries. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. The Prime Minister has insisted that he didnt lie to the queen over the suspension of parliament. Hes been speaking this morning. Heres what he had to say. Prime minister, your announcement today, whats the aim behind it . Well, the uk is one of the great centres of shipbuilding and were expending that now. I think that shipbuilding is an area of industry, which is of massive promise for this country. We are exceptionally good at it, we make loads of frigates used in australia, the canadians are buying them and we are now announcing another five type 31, a new type of frigates that will be built at shipyards around the uk, so they drive high qualityjobs here in they drive high qualityjobs here in the uk, the shipbuilding programme, but they also represent a massive export opportunity for this count
Us in the studio . Vaiews gbnews. Com is the address, as always. First, though, here is your very latest. News good morning. Its 931. Im ray addison in the newsroom. Our top story, a new taskforce to root out so called dodgy lawyers has been announced by the government. It announced by the government. It follows reports in the daily mail that solicitors helped an undercover journalist mail that solicitors helped an undercoverjournalist posing as undercover journalist posing as an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds. False application in exchange for thousands of pounds. A home for thousands of pounds. A home secretary, Suella Braverman, says rogue firms are con men who must face the full force of the law. The must face the full force of the law. The number of bus services in the uk has halved since 2011. Labour found that there were nearly 9000 in the year to march, down from nearly 18,000. Then, however , the government then, however, the
To be detained in prison until the 15th february. Translation why is the hearing l being held at a Police Station . L why wasnt anyone informed . Why was there no summons . Ive seen a lot of mockery ofjustice, but the old man in the bunker is probably so afraid that they have obviously torn up and binned the criminal procedure code. Former england footballer phil neville is to step down as head coach of england women after two years in the job. Its the first bit of really good news for a while the governments Vaccination Programme is not only on track, its beginning to pick up real pace. Its likely to achieve its goal of vaccinating the top four most vulnerable groups by mid february, which the government hopes will allow it to begin easing off some lockdown restrictions. More than 5 Million People aged 70 and over or listed as clinically extremely vulnerable, living in england, will be invited to receive the Coronavirus Vaccine this week with 10 new Mass Vaccination Centres opening ac
The Covid Vaccination Programme Shifts up a gear with millions more people qualifying for the jab people in england aged 70 and over will begin receiving offers of a Coronavirus Vaccine this week. We are ramping up the Vaccination Programme every week, theres more Vaccines Available this week and its important we get through those top Priority Groups as quickly as possible, and the most effective way of doing that is to keep the focus on the over 80 year olds, but then start to vaccinate the over 70 year olds as well. With those listed as clinically extremely vulnerable also qualifying well be giving more details. Also this lunchtime. New travel restrictions International Passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk under pressure borisjohnson is urged to give millions of families a helping hand and extend benefit
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Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Millions more people will qualify for the Coronavirus Vaccine this week people in england aged 70 and over will start receiving invitations within days. On a visit to a company that manufactures vaccines, the Prime Minister said the Vaccination Programme is on track, which is why the rollout is being expanded. We are getting it out as fast as we can. Four million done so far. Weve now, i think, have done more than half of the over 80s, almost half of the people in care homes. New travel restrictions International Passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk
and self isolate for ten days. The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the worlds poorest countries. And just to recap on that with the travel situation, the restrictions coming into force. International passengers must now test negative for coronavirus virus ever travelling to the uk, and self isolate for ten days. And coming up, we are