businesses groups in northern ireland have expressed hope over the windsor framework the new deal meant to simplify their post brexit trade with the rest of the uk. until now, some imports have been complex to manage others have been outright banned under the so called northern ireland protocol, intended to protect the eu s single market. the british prime minister rishi sunak has been in belfast to meet politicians and business leaders to build support for the framework. speaking to workers at one business, he said the new arrangements would help northern ireland become the world s most exciting economic zone with unique access to both eu and uk markets. if we get this framework implemented, we get the executor back up and running here, northern island is in the unbelievable special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent and having privileged access, not just to the uk home market which is enormous the fifth biggest in the world but also th
which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
we just wanted to get out as soon as possible, so we tried to break the glass in the windows. what we saw in front of us was chaos. the search goes on for a missing baby whose parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross neglicence manslaughter. how hundreds of six offenders slipped off the police radar just by changing their names. and thousands of volunteers come forward to train up guide dogs after the bbc highlighted a national shortage. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s been an fa cup fairy tale for grimsby, but can they reach the quarterfinals tonight against premier league southampton? more than 4,000 fans are travelling to the south coast. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show
the greek transport minister resigns and a station master in charge of signalling has been arrested after at least 36 people died and dozens injured following a train crash in northern greece. as the search continues, police fear a missing two month old baby has come to serious harm. the parents, constance marten and mark gordon, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. new data shows hundreds of sex offenders slipped off the police radarjust by changing their names. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent,
proceedings are now live so we can t say what happened. needless to say it s been an extensive search, 200 officers involved in members of the public, as well. you heard there from detective superintendent bassford his thanks for the help they ve had from the public notjust in the search button locating the couple who have been on the run since the first weeks of january. but clearly that s not the outcome anybody who s been following the story would ve wanted, and our hearts go out to the extended family on that development from brighton this evening. we will of course continue to cover the breaking news from brighton, i ll hand you to outside source. multiple carriages came off the tracks, and intern caught fire. the extent of the destruction became clear in daylight. the front carriages of the passenger train were mostly destroyed. many of the victims are thought to be university students. survivors describe panicked scenes as they tried to escape. let s hear from one. tra