the government s asylum policy was like 1930s germany. also in the programme this lunchtime. an arctic blast sweeps through many parts of the uk with snow and ice causing travel problems. a big rise in the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales. and a month on from the dramatic rescue of this man from the rubble of the turkish earthquake, he s reunited with the british search team who saved his life. and coming up on the bbc news channel andy murray expects russian and belarusian players will be allowed to play at wimbledon this summer, and says he doesn t mind if they do. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has been defending his government s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader sir keir starmer said the government is simply offering gimmicks and empty promises . the measures announced
Authorises the Pfizer Biontech Coronavirus Vaccine. Donald trump says itll be rolled out immediately. In boxing, anthonyjoshua defends his ibf, wba, and wbo world heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev at wembley arena tonight. And are some riders of rental e scooters still breaking the law . Well be finding out in half an hour, on click. Good afternoon. With one day to go until the brexit talks deadline set by the uk and the European Union, both sides are warning a deal is unlikely. It comes as the ministry of defence said that, as part of no deal Contingency Planning, four royal navy boats are on standby to protect british fishing waters. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. In brussels, negotiators are now back round the table once again, but not for much longer. Tomorrow night remains the deadline for deciding if a trade deal can be agreed or not. Overnight in kent, a test run. This concrete barrier was being laid along the motorway to deal with this, the potential for
And wbo world heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev at wembley arena tonight. And coming up at 5. 30 with the promise of a covid 19 vaccine, global questions examines if it could really be the Silver Bullet to end the pandemic . Good afternoon. With one day to go until the brexit talks deadline set by the uk and the European Union, both sides are warning a deal is unlikely. It comes as the ministry of defence said that, as part of no deal contingency planning, four royal navy boats are on standby to protect british fishing waters. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. In brussels, negotiators are now back round the table once again, but not for much longer. Tomorrow night remains the deadline for deciding if a trade deal can be agreed or not. Overnight in kent, a test run. This concrete barrier was being laid along the motorway to deal with this, the potential for lorries to be delayed at the ports. There will be some checks at the border injanuary whether there is a trade
the bbc says it will have a frank conversation with match of the day presenter gary lineker, after he compared the language used to launch the government s immigration policy to 1930s germany and called it immeasurably cruel . the home secretary says gary linkeker s comments on twitter were disappointing and unhelpful . this morning mr lineker has been tweeting again, saying he would continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice . our culture and media editor katie razzall reports. 0ne one of the bbc s most high profile presenters being accused by some of breaking the corporation s rules on impartiality. having called the government s new announcement beyond awful on twitter, the match of the day presented called it immeasurably cruel and said the language was not dissimilar to that being used in 19305 dissimilar to that being used in
union who work for train companies are still due to walk out on thursday on the 18th of march, the 30th of march and the 1st of april. there have been fresh calls from industry and government for the rmt to also put the latest offer that was presented by the train companies to a vote but we have not yet had one at the rmt will do that but the union had said we should expect updates on all aspects of the dispute in the coming days. katie aston, dispute in the coming days. katie aston. thank dispute in the coming days. katie aston, thank you. a spokesperson for the duke and duchess of sussex has confirmed that their daughter lilibet was christened last friday. the ceremony took place last friday in los angeles. it was conducted by the archbishop john taylor. the statement was the first time that their daughter was referred to as princess. she became a princess when her grandfather the king acceded to the throne. next week the chancellor