Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament. Going anywhere nice for your holidays this year? a health minister has some travel tips. Travelling is dangerous, and that is why we tell people, don t travel. Also in this programme: angry exchanges as labour accuse borisjohnson of breaking the rules. Time and again, ministers act like the rules are for other people none more so than the prime minister himself! a charge rejected by ministers. It is based not on fact, but on speculation,. Innuendo and smear. And social care reform mps are warned it s not only needed for older people. You can fall down the stairs tomorrow and have a serious brain injury at 30 and need lots of care. All that to come, and more. But first, the battle against covid. The health secretary portrays it as a race between the virus and the vaccine. And, with the spread of what s known as the indian variant, it s not always been clear who s winning. The lifting of some c
good morning. it has been the coldest and driest spring in a0 years. it is bad news forfarmers, and it could mean prices at the supermarkets start to rise. a big step closer to european glory for manchester city who come from behind in paris to win the away leg of their champions league semi final. good morning. last night we had another frost, good morning. last night we had anotherfrost, meaning that good morning. last night we had another frost, meaning that every night this april we have seen a frost somewhere in the uk. today s forecast is one of the sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery. all of the details coming up. it s thursday the 29th of april. the uk has secured a further 60 million doses of the pfizer biontech coronavirus jab as part of a plan to roll out a booster programme in the autumn. the health secretary matt hancock said the aim of the extra jabs was to keep us safe and free here while we get this disease under control across the world . j
we start with deliveroo, a company that has been well placed through the pandemic with many relying on its services for a fast takeaway delivery. today it lists on the london stock exchange in what could be the uk s biggest floatation for a decade. deliveroo is expected to be valued at around £7.8 pounds in dollars that would be at 10.7 billion. are giving this initial public offering a miss. there are concerns about the companies treatment of it couriers with hundreds of riders expected to refuse to make deliveries when shares start trading later today. rebecca crook is chief growth officer at somo. you again. what do you make of deliveroo as a possible investment? should people piling today and overlook issues such as the couriers and what they say about their rights? i what they say about their ri . hts? ~ , what they say about their ri hts? ~ , u, ., , rights? i think being cautious is the right rights? i think being cautious is the right word rights? i think bein
says were stolen 20 years ago. it s going to be all right! you are going to get home safely to your children. and coming up meet kuno, and i did, so you were right. the hero dog who s receiving that s the way to look the animal victoria cross for saving at it, isn t it? british soldiers fighting it has been lovelyjust in afghanistan despite to see you again, really. you know, we don t have to stay strangers, do we? being shot himself. not at all. for you to have these heroes that went in, he was one. ijust don t think he realises he actually is one, because he just did what he thought was hisjob. usman ahmed talking to sharon crawford there. details of organisations offering information and support with mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded good afternoon, and information on 08000155 998. welcome to bbc news. it wasn t a concession and he certainly hasn t phoned joe biden to congratulate him, but don
folks in some states who say they d rather be divided by red and blue, right? that talk has never really gone away. i think when you see things like january 6th, these increasing domestic terrorist threats, right, you see that, until we confront the truth of our past, then, yes, these crises will reemerge in new ways. we just cannot afford to be divided in the way that we are when we re looking at things like climate change. a hurricane does not care if you are republican or a democrat. it is coming to destroy your community and to impact the lives of those among us who are, you know, the least privileged and the most marginalized. this is a time for not only reflection but urgent action. michael, what is the thing that could unite the country or at least, you know, soften the edges of the division? you ve heard me say this to both you and to john previously. too much power rests now with the fringes. we ve allowed people to command the use of too many microphones. i beli