say they were a family. they ve issued a statement, saying they re devastated by the death of their co star matthew perry. and coming up in sport on bbc news, saudi arabia set to host the men s football world cup in 2034 as australia pulls out of the race to stage the tournament. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. two of borisjohnson s closest aides while he was prime minister have been giving evidence to the covid 19 inquiry. lee cain, who was mrjohnson s director of communications, said there was a lack of clear leadership at the beginning of 2020, but that the government thought it was well prepared for the pandemic by march of that year. mrjohnson s former chief aide, dominic cummings, has given a scathing assessment of cabinet government during the pandemic. he said the cabinet wasn t a place for serious dicussion and that important decisions about covid had been taken elsewhere. ellie price reports from the inquiry. lee cain should have appeared here yes
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Them all have such an interest. ilustith them all have such an interest. with them all have such an interest. with the grand national them all have such an interest. with the grand nationaljust days away, to easy to assume nerves are at fever pitch, but this is a race like no other. jockeys all kind of wish each other good luck beforehand. it just has a different feel to it. especially riding someone like minella times, it was a fantastic spin last year or so we will be looking forward to it. come on, big boy. ah, oh, good boy. rachel s success is driven by trainer, who has a meticulous eye for detail. she s a brilliantjockey, a great ambassador for racing and ultimately we work ambassador for racing and ultimately we work well together. rachel is pretty we work well together. rachel is pretty laid back and i m pretty intense pretty laid back and i m pretty intense so it kind of works. what is next? try to intense so it kind of works. what is next? try to ride intense so it ki
Of children leaving primary school to reach expected standards in reading, writing and maths. in 2019, that figure was just 65%. the aim is for the national average gcse grade to rise from lt.5 to 5 a strong pass by 2030. and schools will have to offera minimum 32.5 hours teaching a week. education unions have criticised the plans, saying they lack ambition and won t do enough to help disadvantaged children. here s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. we are going to have a look first of all and what histograms are. ilustith all and what histograms are. with gcses on the all and what histograms are. with gcses on the horizon, school has got serious but across england, some teenagers have struggled to return. get started straightaway. get started straightaway. ministers will cive get started straightaway. ministers will give councils get started straightaway. ministers will give councils stronger - will give councils stronger powers and attendance. ilustith will give council
Thatis but four teams. one boxing day game that is still going ahead is every ten trip to bernie. any class cannot understand why he says they only have 950 outfield players. ilustith understand why he says they only have 950 outfield players. with the in uries have 950 outfield players. with the injuries that have 950 outfield players. with the injuries that we have 950 outfield players. with the injuries that we had have 950 outfield players. with the injuries that we had we have 950 outfield players. with the injuries that we had we were - injuries that we had we were expecting the game would be postponed making a lot of away games trying to keep the integrity of the league because you re losing so many players and now i have to think about if i have 11 players and reckon i put them. so i m surprised we are playing this game. we are playing this game. some premier league we are playing this game. some premier league managers - we are playing this game. some premier league