But first on bbc news, a review of how parliament has tackled the coronavirus crisis, presented by david cornock. Hello and welcome to westminster in review, a look at parliaments role in the corona crisis. Boris johnson finally got the job he had always wanted, but the Job Description had changed. I must level with you, level with the british public. More families many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time. The Prime Minister was almost one of them as the Global Pandemic landed too close to home. It left him with questions to answer. 65,000 people have lost their lives because of covid 19. The Prime Minister should welcome challenge that can save lives, rather than complaining about it. It was a crisis that overturned centuries of tradition to change the way westminster works, with unexpected results. And the bbc are also now embracing this. Why. And i apologise for my cats tail. Why are you not doing this by default . Laughter. On a wednesday afternoon in late
This is bbc news. The headlines. Prime minister borisjohnson says its an important first step, as iran admits shooting down the ukranian passenger plane killing all 176 people on board. They say they mistook it for a cruise missile. In ukraine, questions over why the plane was allowed to take off from tehran, anger over irans initial denials. The iran representative instructed our crew in clear words to take off and the crew followed the orders. In the current climate it would be stupid to try to hide something. Back to business in stormont. The Northern Ireland assembly has resumed for the First Time Since the collapse of power sharing
three years ago. Keir starmer the shadow brexit secretary officially launches his bid to become the next leader of the labour party. And coming up, the worlds biggest tech conference in las vegas. A bike that glides on water is among the latest advancements, in our tech show click thats at 3. 30. Borisjohnson has said that irans admission that it shot d
The week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Lifting englands lockdown, the Prime Minister promises to trust the people. The common sense of the british people got us through that first phase of this disease. Im absolutely confident they will get us through the next as well. Theres a new slogan are you staying home or staying alert . Or just confused . What the country needs at this time is clarity and reassurance. And at the moment, both are in pretty short supply. And as mps are told to get back to work, is the new high tech Virtual Parliament about to switch off . Stay at home, stay alert to what . Work from home, come to work, come in on monday, come in on wednesday. Its like a comms hokey cokey. But first, how was your monday . For the newspapers, it was to be happy monday, even magic monday the day borisjohnson released england from lockdown. It didnt quite turn out like that, with the Prime Minister striking a more cautious tone than expected during
The week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Lifting englands lockdown, the Prime Minister promises to trust the people. The common sense of the british people got us through that first phase of this disease. Im absolutely confident they will get us through the next as well. Theres a new slogan. Are you staying home or staying alert . Or just confused . What the country needs at this time is clarity and reassurance. And at the moment, both are in pretty short supply. And as mps are told to get back to work, is the new high tech Virtual Parliament about to switch off . Stay at home, stay alert to what . Work from home, come to work, come in on monday, come in on wednesday. Its like a commons hokey cokey. But first, how was your monday . For the newspapers, it was to be happy monday, even magic monday, the day borisjohnson released england from lockdown. It didnt quite turn out like that, with the Prime Minister striking a more cautious tone than expected du
Now on bbc news the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Lifting englands lockdown the Prime Minister promises to trust the people. The common sense of the british people got us through that first phase of this disease. Im absolutely confident they will get us through the next as well. Theres a new slogan are you staying home or staying alert . Or just confused . What the country needs at this time is clarity and reassurance. And at the moment, both are in pretty short supply. And as mps are told to get back to work, is the new high tech Virtual Parliament about to switch off . Stay at home, stay alert to what . Work from home, come to work, come in on monday, come in on wednesday. Its like a commons hokey cokey. But first, how was your monday . For the newspapers, it was to be happy monday, even magic monday, the day borisjohnson released england from lockdown. It didnt quite turn out like that, with the Prime Minister striking a more cautious tone th