Go to booktv. Org. The before Columbus Foundation presents the winners of the american book awards in San Francisco, calif. I am the chairman of the board of directors and i want to thank our friends for their sponsorship for this afternoons awards and my colleagues on the board of directors for their presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent and i would say even medicinal organization. At the beginning of this year january, the United States lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, mary barracca twice winner of the american book award a strong supporter of the before Columbus Foundation. His last appearance in San Francisco was a fundraiser not far from here to raise money for the before Columbus Foundation. Still in our embrace of the panorama of American Literature and history of this afternoon unlike to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of appellates and writer, amory bar barracca barracca. We have quite a harvest
England will be offered the flu jab this winter to try to stop the nhs being overwhelmed if there is a second wave of coronavirus. The Prime Minister is expected to announce new measures to curb obesity, including a ban on tv advert search for food before nine oclock in the evening. Obesity is one of the real co morbidity factors, it is losing weight, frankly it is one of the ways that you can reduce your own risks from covid 19. You can reduce your own risks from covid19. And how lockdown has helped one of britains rarest birds bounce back. As a crane chick hatches in lincolnshire for the first time in 400 years. Hello, good afternoon. Three teenagers have been convicted of the manslaughter of pc and your hi fi. He died last august after getting caught ina he died last august after getting caught in a tow rope, being used in the theft of a quad bike. The court heard how the 28 year old officer died of multiple injuries. After being dragged behind a carfor more than half a mile. The de
Working . And will you start working from home again . Get in touch. The leader of Britains Opposition Labour Party urges voters who abandoned his party to take another look at labour as he delivers his Virtual Conference speech. We hear you. Never again will labour ta ke we hear you. Never again will labour take you all the things you care about for granted. More than 150 countries sign up to an agreement to distribute future covid 19 vaccines fairly china and the us decline tojoin. A fierce debate erupts over Donald Trumps choice for the us Supreme Court. The president says he wants to see his selection in place before the election. And coming up this hour. More signs of Global Warming this years Arctic Sea Ice melts to the second smallest area since records began. Hello. All pubs, bars, restaurants in england must close at 10pm from thursday to help stop the spread of coronavirus. It comes as the uks covid 19 alert level moved to four, meaning transmission is high or rising exponent
At Oxford University and all those who they work with. Uk inflation falls to a fresh four year low a record drop in fuel prices pushed the rate down to 0. 5 in may. Manchester united and england star Marcus Rashford welcomes a government u turn on Free School Meals over the summer but says he wants the policy changed permanently. Some people literally arent sleeping and they cant do the normal things they do day to day. Probably because they are thinking about where the next meal is going to come from for their kids. Its the day football fans have been waiting for the premier league is back after a 100 day absence because of the pandemic. China cancels more than 1,000 flights into and out of beijing as a spike in virus cases continues. And having fun at a social distance, how leisure and cultural attractions are working to be covid secure for when they re open. Good morning. The Health Secretary matt hancock has said the breakthrough in the search for a coronavirus treatment is some of