Reading white lives matter burnley was flown over the Etihad Stadium during last nights match against Manchester City. True gentlemen the three men stabbed to death in a reading park are remembered by at a vigil. Good morning. Today the heat starts to build, notjust by day but also by night, especially across england and wales, briefly across scotland, and wales, briefly across scotland, and Northern Ireland, you may well miss out on this miniature heatwave. But i will have all the details at 6 27am. Its tuesday, 23rd june. Our top story trips to cinemas, restaurants and pubs could soon be possible again in england as part of the governments easing of the lockdown for the leisure industry. Borisjohnson is expected to announce that the two metre social distancing requirement will be reduced to allow venues to reopen next month. There are currently no plans for similar changes in scotland and wales, while in Northern Ireland the distance has already been cut for schoolchildren. Our Polit
We are were doing this out of respect for the 400,000 british citizens who have a second home in spain. In oklahoma, President Trump goes back on the road for his first re Election Campaign rally since the coronavirus outbreak. And in sport, arsenal are told to learn some humility after a last minute defeat to brighton left resulted in unpleasant scenes at the end as the accusations fly. Good morning. Heavy overnight rain is clearing away quite nicely to leave a sundae of sunny skills and scattered showers but accompanied by some pretty blustery winds. All the details coming up. Its sunday 21 june. Our top story. Three people have died, and three others have been seriously injured after multiple stabbings at a park in reading. Police said a 25 year old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody. 0fficers added that the incident is not currently being treated as terror related. John mcmanus reports. An air ambulance descending to the centre of readi
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. On this programme, labour says theres been no tracking and tracing of coronavirus in the uk for months. For ten weeks, theres been no tracing, unlike germany and south korea. And tracing is critical. But the Prime Minister promises the uk will have a world class track and trace system. And, yes, it will be in place, it will be in place byjune the ist. The immigration bill bringing in a points based system passes its first parliamentary hurdle. Scotlands first minister sets out her plans to ease the lockdown. And how about this as an idea to lift the spirits when the crisis is finally over . We could possibly have a bank holiday in october because the industry has sort of lost the benefit of the two main bank holidays. But first, the government faced criticism from senior figures in the care sector of its handling of coronavirus. Giving evidence to the health and social care committee, the head
You are up to date on the headlines. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello there and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where the chancellor offers a bleak assessment of the cost of the covid 19 shutdown. There will be more hardship to come. This lockdown is having a very Significant Impact on our economy. We are likely to face a severe recession, the likes of which we havent seen. Theres more criticism of the government over the number of deaths in care homes. Ministers have been too slow to tackle the problem in care homes, social care has not had the same priority as the nhs. And how about this as an idea to boost the uks Tourism Industry after coronavirus . We could possibly have a bank holiday in october because the industry has sort of lost the benefit of the two may bank holidays. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the uk jumped to just over two million in april, the first full month of the coronavirus lockdown. The figures come from the
Good to have you with us. Within the past couple of hours protesters and police have clashed near the white house after demonstrators attempted to tear down a statue of former president Andrew Jackson who owned slaves and a plantation. Protesters attached chains and ropes on the top of a statue of andrewjackson on a horse, in a latest bid to remove images of historical figures considered racist or divisive. But they failed to take it down after police formed a protective ring around it and deployed pepper spray on them. Andrew jackson was the seventh us president , and has been long criticised for signing into law the indian removal act that forced native americans to march west, in what was described as the trail of tears during the mid nineteenth century. And lets take you live to outside the white house now this is the scene. There are still protesters there. Interestingly, earlier, there. Interestingly, earlier, the press was removed, given very little notice and no reason, which i