Borisjohnson says he has confidence in his home secretary priti patel, who faces allegations from her departing Civil Service chief that she bullied staff. Greek authorities have been using tear gas as clashes intensify with migrants on the border with turkey. They say theyve already stopped almost 10,000 from entering. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello, good evening and welcome to sportsday. Im holly hamilton. Coming up on tonights programme three in a row. Manchester city beat aston villa to win their first Straight League cup. We will be live at wembley. Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti sees red as his side are denied a late winner against Manchester United in the premier league. Elinor barker claims great britains first gold medal at the track cycling World Championships in berlin. Also coming up in the programme we bring you all the reaction from melbourne as englands women thrashed west indies to seal their place in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. Hello and welcome
The new huawei foldable phone, and a keyboard that helps you to read music. Thats in half an hour. Hello, good afternoon. Welcome, if youve just joined hello, good afternoon. Welcome, if youvejustjoined us, to bbc news. The Health Secretary matt hancock says the government isnt taking anything off the table at this stage in its preparations for dealing with coronavirus. Speaking to the Bbcs Andrew Marr he said in the worst Case Scenario the government would have to take some quite significant actions that would have social and economic disruption. But he stressed the government wanted to minimise that disruption. Ministers are considering bringing recently retired nhs employees back to work to help boost staffing levels, and relaxing limits on School Class Sizes if teachers are unable to work. Its hoped Advertising Campaigns could also help people to reduce their risk of infection. Andy moore reports. Willow bank school at wokingham in berkshire, where about 180 children in infant clas
Country storm jorge. Numerous flood warnings across the country, check those out. Some strong wins across the north of the uk and across the north of the uk and across the north of the uk and across the rest of the country this afternoon, which will ease down later in the day. Plenty of sunshine around, but showers as well of a wintry nature, some snow across parts of scotland with a blizzard on the hills. The wind is quite a teacher, making it feel chilly. Temperatures in single figures for most, may be making it to 9 degrees across eastern england. As we head for this evening and overnight, this will skirt the south of the country, outbreaks of rain and a perhaps a bit of sleet to southern counties of england overnight. Further north, clear skies, but also at wintry showers and snow on the hills across scotland. It will be cold here, with rust and ice, but less cold in the south because of the rain. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 9. 30am an infant school in berkshire is th
Parents with children at this infant sahool in berkshire have been told it wont open again until local Authority Leaders are certain its safe. A member of staff, understood to have recently returned from italy, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, in tenerife, more than 200 britons at the hotel which has seen a Virus Outbreak have been told by the Foreign Office they can fly home within 2a hours of testing negative. But, when they get back, they should self isolate for another week. The government is considering plans to bring retired doctors and nurses back into the nhs if cases spread, and the Health Secretary said he hadnt ruled out significant restrictions on everyday life. We dont take anything off the table at this stage, because youve got to make sure that you have all of the tools available, if that is what is necessary. But, you know, i want to minimise the social and economic disruption and, at this stage, we still have the hope, although the numbers elsewhere
And in half an hour foreign correspondents in london will discuss the weeks with an outside perspective in dateline. Good morning. The Health Secretary matt hancock says the government isnt taking anything off the table at this stage in its preparations for dealing with coronavirus. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, he said in the worst Case Scenario the government would have to take some quite significant actions that would have social and economic disruption. But he stressed the government wanted to minimise that disruption. Ministers are considering bringing recently retired nhs employees back to work to help boost staffing levels, and relaxing limits on School Class Sizes if teachers are unable to work. Its hoped Advertising Campaigns could also help people to reduce their risk of infection. Andy moore reports. Willow bank school at wokingham in berkshire, where about 180 children in infant classes have been told to stay at home for the next few days. The head teacher wrote to pare