by may 1st, less than two months from now, he s directing all states and territories to make all adults eligible for the vaccine. you ll also want to mark july 4th on your calendar. biden is expected to announce americans should be able to gather in small groups by then. two dates to look forward to as today marks one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic. it s a sobering milestone with more than half a million american lives lost between that declaration and tonight. even with biden s hopeful announcement, tonight is one of those occasions when it is important to step back and remember how we got here. starting one year ago today, march 11th, o 2020, when the world stood still. just moments ago on capitol hill government health officials testified on the government s response to coronavirus and this statement from one of the nation s top medical experts was not reassuring. we will see more cases and things will get
shower cloud moving its way from west to east and really know where is immune to catching some of those heavy showers through the course of the afternoon. if you do catch one there is some hail and thunderstorms mixed in as well and the gusts of wind are still a feature, about 30-40 wind are still a feature, about 30 a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an houraround 30 a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an hour around exposed coasts particularly the north and west. it s windy out there, temperatures between 8 12 but feeling colder than that where you are exposed to the brisk wind and with the heavy showers, the hail and thunder mixed in too. there also sleet and snow over the highest ground of scotland so turning quite icy here during the course of the night. elsewhere the show as he is away tonight through central and eastern parts of england but further west across england, wales and northern ireland, will continue to see more showers blowing through on the brisk b
you shrewd and knavish sprite. and virtual shakespeare using the latest technology to get audiences back into theatre. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, a year on from the last match to take place in front of a full house, we look at the tragic impact of that game at anfield. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prince william has made his first public comments since the interview with the duke and duchess of sussex was broadcast four days ago, saying the royals are very much not a racist family . the duke of cambridge also revealed he had not yet spoken to his brother, but said he would do so. in the interview, meghan and prince harry said a member of the royal family had expressed concern over how dark their son archie s skin might be. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. it is an allegation which strikes at the very core of an institution, the purpose of which is to unify. the suggestion by the sussexes in the oprah winfre
the last match to be played in front of a full house. despite madrid being being at the centre of the outbreak in spain, 3,000 atletico fans travelled to the match. liverpool supporter, richard mawson died just weeks after attending the game, his family says visiting fans shouldn t have been allowed. mairead smyth reports. this day last year, 3000 spanish football fans arrived for atletico madrid s match at anfield. and is a really sensible for fans who couldn t watch their team at home to be able to travel to liverpool and watch their team play with 50 to 51,000 locals? is that really sensible? the with 50 to 51,000 locals? is that really sensible? with 50 to 51,000 locals? is that really sensible? the day covid-19 is declared a pandemic. really sensible? the day covid-19 is declared a pandemic. for really sensible? the day covid-19 is declared a pandemic. for richie s i declared a pandemic. for richie s family, they believe it was the day that led to his death from coro
more than 529,000 americans have died, the highest death toll of any nation in the world and nearly 2,000 people in the united states are still dying each day. this isn t over. and the numbers don t tell the whole story. it is the lives interrupted, the families suddenly broken, so many people left to die and grief alone that really hit that does hit the hardest and cannot be forgotten. mothers and fathers and brothers, sisters and friends and coworkers, so many taken too soon. i know i m going to remember michelle, a nurse whose brother-in-law, sister-in-law and mother in law were all admitted to her hospital and she was the only person able to hold her mother-in-law edna s hand as she passed. unlike in a normal circumstance where you would be together gathering as a family, we ve all had to work through this separately. and there is also danielle lopez whose uncle was killed by the virus last summer. it just i m sorry, i m trying to even process that all that th