Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us again today. As per usual, we will be right here every day at 1 00 to make sure everybody is wellinformed with the best facts as possible so we can keep ourselves safe and healthy as we deal with the coronavirus. As you can see from the data isplayed on your screens, or will be in a second, the cases in rhode island, and the deaths in rhode island and hospitalizations continue to rise. Although it is sad, i dont want folks to panic. It is consistent with what we have expected. It is why i am giving you what i am giving you. I wish we were out of the woods. We are not quite out of the woods yet. That means the stay home order, which is in place until may 8, is something we all need to continue to obey. I know if your family is anything like my family, it is getting harder every day. We are all sick of it. We wonder if it is necessary, wearing a mask makes it even more difficult. He answers are it is necessary. It is a critical two weeks ahead. If
Iam i am talking to business is about what impact it might have. Today, we are talking to the Hospitality Sector about what changes to immigration might need to them. Mean. In sport, the changing face of cricket the ecb wants to future proof the domestic game by creating a new eight team, city based Twenty20 Tournament. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Some dense fog for the Morning Commute some of you morning. Once the sun breakthrough, wanders throughout england and scotland. And for the west, could be dry spell be numbered . For the west, could be dry spell be numbered 7 all that coming for the west, could be dry spell be numbered7 all that coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Doctors in england could be told to stop prescribing Travel Vaccines, gluten free foods, and some ointments for muscle pain, ina bid to save hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Cough medicines and popular painkillers like paracetemol could be added to the list at a later date. Our Health E
Are into the last four of the Champions League. Lucy bronze scores to book citys place in the semi finals after a 2 0 Aggregate Win over danish side Fortuna Hjorring. After the most challenging Railway Repair ever, today the Settle Carlisle train line reopens to customers. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Grey skies and rain might greet the day for many of you but things will brighten up quite nicely i have details coming up and a full weekend broadcast. Good morning. First, our main story. Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a trade off so improvements can be made in other areas, like a e. Thats according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who is today setting out a new strategy for the next two years. Alexandra mackenzie has more. How have you been feeling . Not too bad, thank you. Iris ram is 96 and is recovering from a recent illness. Youre doing really well. Her gp called a local nhs Service Based in nottin
And on that note, this week weve been asking for your questions about brexit we plan to answer them later on in the show. Keep them coming in. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. With article 50 now triggered, negotiations on the uks departure from the European Union have begun. But this is notjust about what britain wants the brexit deal depends significantly on what the eu is prepared to give. In the next few minutes Eu Council President donald tusk will present the european guidelines for the brexit negotiations. So, what kind of terms can we expect from the eu . National parliaments of the eus 27 Member States will have a say in any future eu uk Free Trade Deal, plus consent by the European Parliament. Any future Free Trade Deal between the European Union and the uk is highly unlikely until the United Kingdom leaves the eu in 2019. There are Three Million eu citizens currently in the uk. The eu will want them to stay, keep theirjobs and have a right to health
Were live until am this morning. Are you waiting for a non urgent operation . If so, wed love to hear from you this morning about how long youve been waiting. Are you one of the many people whove arrived at hospital only to have your operation cancelled on the day . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. We are going to go and live now to hear from donald we are going to go and live now to hearfrom donald tusk, the president of the European Council. You can see the podium there, he is waiting to speak in malta in the next few minutes, he will of course be talking about those brexit negotiations, so we will go back to that live as soon as it happens, you wont miss anything at all. Our top Story Today Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements as a trade off, so that improvements can be made in other areas like a e. That