A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
Massive fines if they dont act. Im Still Standing better than i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. Now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. And coming up, a Hollywood Gladiator sends a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high. He said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this Church Hall In Chingford where there used to be bingo nights and dog training.
detention centre to remove people from the french coast. the news came at the end of the first summit when the two countries of five years. now, uk government loans meant to help keep companies afloat during the covid pandemic but billions of pounds were defrauded in the government s bounceback loan scheme. bbc investigation can reveal the story of a criminal gang is still more than £10 million of taxpayer money. they launder tens of millions more after a final court case which ended today, total of ten people now been sentenced. angus crawford has the details. bags full of cash. bundles of dirty notes. they even needed a safe. now, after a series of court cases, the inside story of the gang that stole £10 million of taxpayers money. i ve never seen anything like it. it is the biggest one i know of. it s the biggest one i ve seen, and it s probably going to be the biggest one we will see for a long time. when covid shut down the economy, the chancellor announced the bounce
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