The actor sir ian holm who played Bilbo Baggins in the lord of the rings films has died, aged 88. Hello and good afternoon. The Prime Minister borisjohnson says children of all ages in england should be able to return to school by the autumn on a five day a week basis. His comments came as the threat from the coronavirus pandemic was downgraded from a rating of four to three, potentially allowing for a further easing of lockdown measures. Earlier, primary and secondary schools in england were told theyll receive £1 billion to help children catch up on the months of education theyve missed during the lockdown. Labour says the plans lack detail and ignore older students but the Prime Minister says the fund will allow teachers to help pupils whove fallen behind. This report is from danjohnson. It goes tenths, hundredths and thousandths. This is what catching up looks like, one on one targeted support for the children who have fallen further behind. It was already happening at this Primar
Announced later today. Businesses and government deparments in australia are hit by what its Prime Minister calls a sophisticated, state based cyber attack. Facebook removes ads by Donald Trumps campaign containing a symbol used by nazi germany the latest setback in a bad week for the us president. And coming up, we return to the northern Italian Region of lombardy, which became the global epicentre of coronavirus when it saw the first major outbreak in europe. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a £1 billion boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The uk government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towar
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Than the entire economy. Wales first minister, Mark Drakeford, confirms that all non essential retail shops can open from monday. A major new study shows people of south asian origin are the most likely to die with coronavirus once admitted to hospital in britain. The last week has been one of those downhill periods, where even the smallest amount of exertion leaves me tired. And we return to the Lombardy Region of italy to find out why it became the global epicentre of the pandemic. And coming up on bbc news. The anthem of twickenham, swing lo, sweet chariot, is to be reviewed due to its links to slavery. Well have reaction. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Primary and secondary schools in england are to receive £1 billion to help children catch up on the months of education theyve missed during the coronavirus lockdown. A third of the money will go towards a tutoring programme for the most disadvantaged children. The remainder, £650 million, will be for schools to