good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was the government s chief scientific advisor during the coronavirus pandemic, sir patrick vallance, has been revealing more details about what went on in downing street as covid took hold. sir patrick told the covid inquiry that the then prime minister, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. he says he was not consulted on the eat out to help out initiative it was very obvious that the eat out to help out scheme launched by the then chancellor, rishi sunak, would increase transmission of coronavirus. and key measures to stop the spread of covid including lockdown weren t brought in soon enough. here s our political editor, chris mason. it felt like he was on our screens almost every night, sir patrick vallance. . , ., vallance. the evidence i shall give shau vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the vallance. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, vallance. the evide
56 hours until the polls open with a leader is campaigning for every single one of your votes, but what is really going on behind the scenes? welcome to newsnight, for your nightly interviews and insight. and we will bring both to you on the week when you decide who s going to run our country for the next five years. tonight, we have the man who compiles the exit poll which you will see at 10pm this thursday on the bbc one election programme, professor sirjohn curtice. that should give you us, we hope the first accurate forecast of the election result. we also we have harriet harman, former labour minister, former labour deputy leader and an mp for over a0 years, standing down this time. and we have sir craig oliver, former director of communications for prime minister david cameron. welcome. and nick is here as always. cards on the table, i m after numbers, sir craig oliver, what would be a best and worst case scenario for the conservatives politically this thursday? the
Athletes were subjected to unacceptable behaviour. Thank you very much. More from you later. Phil has the weather. A warm front coming. Yes, it hasnt been so bad so far today, simon. In many parts of the british isles, one of the best days we have had. Could this be the future . All the details live in half an hour. Also coming up. Forget your gordons, your hestons and yourjamies, if you want the best grub in the world you need to go to this pub in yorkshire. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live. Two sides, two negotiatiors and two very different assessments of where we are with brexit. As the latest round of talks came to a close david davies says progress is being made. His opposite number, Michel Barnier, disagrees using the words deadlock and disturbing. Richard galpin reports. The brexit secretary, david davis, heads out for more talks in brussels this morning. The first phase of the negotiations which deals only with the divorce settlement is still very much bogged down. And af
Tolerates the abuse of women is thriving at westminster. In sport, World Champions again. Could it be the year in which england become football World Champions twice . The under 17s take on spain in their World Cup Final later today. And do not try this at home ill be testing my nerves as i have a Close Encounter with the british team gearing up for the bike trials World Championship in china. And louise has the weather. Good morning. A cloudy and windy saturday for some. Gales in the far north. The best of any sunshine is likely to be in the south and east. More details coming up in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Its been a night of both celebration and protest in barcelona, after the Catalonian Parliament voted to declare independence from spain. The Spanish Government furiously retaliated, sacking catalonias president and his entire cabinet and taking the region back under central control. Prime minister Mariano Rajoy said his country could not stand by
Honoring veterans and commemorate remembrance day, celebrated november 11. This is just over 35 minutes. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Question number one, mr. Speaker. Thank you, mr. Speaker. This morning, in addition to my duties and the house, i will have further such meetings today. Speaker, we have no access to the markets. There is the steel being used in our defense projects, trying to channel the iron lady, but when was she stand up . This government has stood up, and there have been a number of measures that have improved. The honorable gentleman, says there is no clarity in relation to brexit. What we want to achieve is the best possible deal in the United Kingdom. And operating within the single european market. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Prime minister, i applaud the governments continued commitment to Infrastructure Development with six projects with 480 million. This will help provide more homes, your businesses, and in the gateway areas. I thank my honorable frien