salmond. the continuing cost of the pandemic government borrowing hit more than £19 billion pounds last month the highest february figure since records began. and could rachael blackmore become the first female jockey to win the cheltenham gold cup? and coming up on bbc news. uefa are investigating after rangers claim their player was racially abused by a slavia prague player during their europa league defeat. they deny the allegation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again, after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister, who s
The Written Test Tens Of Thousands of Minicab Drivers in london will need to pass to get behind the wheel. And bed and banksy the Elusive British Graffiti Artist opens a hotel on the west bank with a message for the middle east. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News captain eoin morgan shows the way in antigua scoring a century in englands opening one Day International against west indies. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. The Prime Minister set her sights on the Scottish Nationalists today as she accused them of Tunnel Vision at the Tory Party Conference in glasgow. The snp, for its part, accused her of mind boggling hypocrisy. Mrs may claimed the snp are pursuing independence at any cost and called on the Party Faithful to campaign for a united britain post brexit. The snp said she was making a power grab. Our scotland editor sarah smith was watching. No cuts here welcome to glasgow. A rather lonely little protest came out to greet the Prime Minister, whos come here t
junior doctors in england have announced a further four day strike as part of their long running pay dispute. they ll walk out from seven o clock in the morning on friday 11th august, until seven in the morning on tuesday 15th. their union, the british medical association, has renewed its call for new talks with ministers. the greek government says there have been more than 600 wildfires in the country in less than a fortnight with temperatures still well over a0 degress celsius in many areas. the fires are still raging in some places on the islands of corfu, evia and rhodes, from where jenny hill reports. up close you can feel its power. horns blare ..and you can sense their panic. this was southeastern rhodes today, still burning out of control. things change here almost by the second. we were just driving
the industry s use of artificial intelligence. the studios say the sector is changing and they have to move with the times. actors will not take part in any filming or even promote movies during the strike action. majorfilms in production, including the avatar and gladiator sequels, may be affected by the shutdown. peter bowes reports from los angeles. newsreader: thousands of actors on strike - - the major stars speaking out tonight. the strike that s gripped america. actors, some rich and famous, others struggling to make ends meet, all cast together on the picket line. horns blare. this was day one of what could be a very long stand off between the actors union and the studios a union with 160,000 members determined to show they mean business about a better pay deal and reassurances that artificial intelligence won t be used to do actors out of a job. it s pretty clear to me, just on a very primitive level,
that if you can take my face and my body and my voice and make me say or do something that i have no choice about, it s not a good thing! horns blare. from la to new york, as the sets went dark, actors took to the streets to explain why they walked out and that their worries are just the same as everyone else. working actors like me and my friends, you know, we re just trying to pay our rents or mortgages and put food on the table, so this will help all of us be able do that. the use of ai and corporate greed, to be quite honest, has put us all in a situation where it sjust not viable for anyone to have a living a living at all, especially in a city like los angeles. the strike was called when union negotiators and the employers failed to reach a deal. the studios said they d made an historic offer but the union insisted it didn t come close to what they wanted. fran drescher, best known for her role in the 90s sitcom