For improvements to British Border controls at the end of the brexit transition period. Thousands of israelis protest against Economic Hardship which they say is the result of the governments mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. A Scottish Airline pilot who contracted covid 19 in vietnam and was given just a 10 chance of survival is now on his way home. Those were the headlines. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. Hello, ben. We start with cricket and the final day of englands first test against the west indies gets under way in around 90 minutes time. England are under a bit of pressure after a late batting collapse, which saw them lose five wickets for just 30 runs. It means they go into the final day on 284 for eight a lead ofjust 170 at the ageas bowl in southampton. And joining us live from there is the former england captain michael vaughan. Michael, thank you for speaking to us. Before that collapse, joe denly went for just 29. Hes bee
Test in southampton. The remarkable story of british pilot Stephen Cameron who spent two months on life support in vietnam with coronavirus and is now on his way home. Good morning. It is going to be a warmer day for us today. Most places will be dry with sunny spells. Rain into the north west of the uk later on. Join me laterfor all the details. Good morning. Its sunday 12th july. Our top story the government is to spend more than £700 million on increased security and border checks in preparation for the end of the brexit transition period at the end of the year. Therell be 500 new staff, and new inland border posts where existing ports have no room to cope with the extra checks that will be required. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Dover is the busiest channel port. It will be on the front line of new regulations from the end of the year. When the bread the transition period comes to a close, new checks will be necessary. There are new facilities built inland. Uk wil
A Scottish Airline pilot who contracted covid 19 in vietnam and was given just a 10 chance of survival is now on his way home. Now on bbc news, this week marked the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, when the raf defended the country as nazi germany launched wave after wave of bombing raids over britain. The rafs young pilots held them off with their new fighter planes the spitfires and hurricanes. The aircraft became iconic, a symbol of britains resilience under attack. But what has never been revealed before is the role that a school girl from london played in their success, as Sophie Raworth has been finding out in the schoolgirl who helped win a war. Its a wonderful aircraft, absolutely wonderful. It fitted you like a glove, you see, thats what i liked about it. Without victory in the battle of britain, i think its almost certain that we would have been invaded by germany. It was a darn close run thing. It is the most famous plane from world war ii. It played a
Of survival is now on his way home. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. President trump has appeared in public for the first time wearing a face mask, during a visit to a Military Hospital in maryland. The visit comes as the us declared a record 66,000 cases of infections in one day. Mr trump had previously refused to wear a mask in front of cameras. John mcmanus has the latest. An unexpected change of direction President Trump wearing a face mask in public for the first time. Although he recently said that he thought he resembled the lone ranger when he donned a face mask, he originally refused to wear one. I think wearing a face mask as i greet president s, Prime Ministers, dictators, kings, queens i dont know. Somehow, i dont see it for myself. The president s change of heart comes as covid i9 tightens its grip on the us. So far, there have been 135,000 deaths from the vir
Hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour the chancellor unveils a multibillion pound package of measures designed to help the uk recover from the coronavirus pandemic. If youre an employer and you bring someone back who was furloughed, we will pay you a £1000 bonus per employee. How can he ensure that that money will not just go to those employers who were ready planning to bring people back into work . Who were already planning to bring people back into work . The foreign secretary announces a new sanctions regime for human rights abusers. We will not look the other way. You cannot set foot in this country, and we will see seize your blood you cannot set foot in this country, and we will seize your blood drenched, ill gotten gains if you try. Also on this programme the pm comes underfire after claims he tried to shift the blame for covid deaths onto care homes. Northern irelands deputy first minister is told to apologise for attending the fun