Border. As many governments across europe are urging caution again, we will have the latest on all the travel plans. Also on todays programme. Millions of pounds are pledged to researchers to investigate why people from ethnic minority backgrounds are at greater risk of covid 19. The widow of pc Andrew Harper asks the Prime Minister for a Andrew Harper asks the Prime Ministerfor a retrial of Andrew Harper asks the Prime Minister for a retrial of the three teenagers convicted of killing him. More thani teenagers convicted of killing him. More than 1 million extra teenagers convicted of killing him. More thani million extra children should be entitled to Free School Meals says a review into food and healthy eating. Here are some curry for you. And the prince and the podcast. Prince william discusses football and Mental Health with peter crouch. And coming up, exeter chiefs consider a rebrand to remove all native American Imagery including its badger mascot after fa ns including its badge
Decision to allow hospital patients to be discharged into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic. More than a million extra children should be entitled to Free School Meals in england, says a review into food and Healthy Eating. And the prince and the podcast Prince William discusses football and Mental Health with peter crouch. The government is coming under increasing pressure to introduce coronavirus testing at airports in order to shorten the 14 day quarantine period. Airlines and travel Industry Leaders say tests are vital to the uks post covid recovery. Heathrow chief executive John Holland Kaye said testing could be up and running within weeks at his airport and could allow passengers to go back to work more quickly. But the culture secretary, oliver dowden, said that testing is not a Silver Bullet to stop the need for quarantine because the virus can develop over time. Simon browning reports. The sudden reimposition of quarantine from spain has brought huge disruption. For
And the next head of the secret intelligence service, otherwise known as mi6, has been named as Richard Moore currently political director at the Foreign Office. So, theres some curry for your boys. Laughter. And the prince and the podcast Prince William discusses football and Mental Health with peter crouch. Welcome to bbc news. Four tech giants and their executives are being put under the spotlight in the united states, defending themselves against accusations they are too powerful and that their Business Practices are anti competitive. Jeff bezos from amazon, tim cook from apple, Mark Zuckerberg from facebook, and Sundar Pichai from google are all due to being grilled in Congress Following a 13 month investigation by us lawmakers. Well bring that to you live. Thats the scene they are in washington, and theyll actually be doing this hearing by teleconference, of course, because of social distancing guidelines. In some people obviously in the room too wearing masks. They wont be appea
Life without parole for the gunman who shot and killed 51 people at two mosques in new zealand. The sentence is the longest in the countrys history. But today i hope is the last where we have any cause to hear or utter the name of the terrorist behind it. His deserves to be a lifetime of complete and utter silence. £13 per day. The government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self isolate in england. Forecasters warn of an unsurvivable storm surge as hurricane laura approaches the gulf coast of the United States. Whats the big idea . June saw a boom in new business start ups like this one after an early lockdown slump. Who are the entrepreneurs brave enough to take the plunge during lockdown . The world of sport unites in protest against sundays shooting of jacob blake, a black man in wisconsin. As of last night, all basketball games in the nba are cancelled, a tennis tournament is paused and several football matches postponed. Good morning. Today will be cloudy for
Good morning. Could we be paying more for trains despite using then less. We get the numbers for millions ofjourneys. Less. We get the numbers for millions of journeys. Campaigners say we need a different deal in a post pandemic world. Theyre partying in paris as psg reach the Champions League final for the very first time after beating rb leipzig last night. There is a rainbow in the sky this morning. If you are lucky enough to get a ccess morning. If you are lucky enough to get access to the pot of gold at the bottom of it and you have spare cash to get a private island, i have one, two, maybe three ideas for you later in the programme. We are in for an unusual spell of weather in the next few days. Storm allen is coming our way. The risk of coastal flooding as well. All the details later in the programme. Its wednesday, the 19th of august. Our top story. University leaders say they need urgent Financial Support from the government to cope with a rise in student numbers after the u t