Is due to be published by the Irish Government. Good afternoon. The uks most Senior Police officer, Dame Cressida dick, has warned coronavirus rule brea kers they re increasingly likely to be fined. The metropolitan Police Commissioner says its preposterous that anyone could be unaware of the need to follow lockdown measures. It comes as there has been criticism of the Prime Minister, who cycled through the olympic park, seven miles from downing street. Number 10 has insisted borisjohnson had exercised within the rules. Dame Cressida Dick said he did not break the law but there needed to be greater clarity on the rules. Charlotte wright reports. Hospitals are under huge strain and covid cases are rising, prompting questions about whether the lockdown should tighten. But the message from ministers this morning is to stick to existing restrictions. It is very important that whilst the vaccine roll out is proceeding well and we are on track to hit the targets we have set, we must also str
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, carrie gracie. The headlines. Plans for fundamental changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists are to be announced by the government, following yesterdays attack on shoppers in south london. Sudesh amman stabbed two people before he was shot dead by police. The 20 year old had been released from prison recently, after serving half his sentence for terrorism offences. We for terrorism offences. Have got to make sure that prisons we have got to make sure that prisons are not universities of crime. If people have been convicted ofa crime. If people have been convicted of a terror offence, that they become more radicalised. That means revisiting policies like cuts to present and privatising probation. China says it urgently needs
protective Medical Equipment to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of deaths is confirmed as 361. Borisjohnson sets out his vision for a trade deal with the eu, saying theres no need for th
You re watching bbc newsroom live. Its 10 am and these are the main stories this morning. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. The Prime Minister calls for calm. I understand the frustration, i understand the anxiety, i understand the fear, but what i also understand is the need to allow the professionals and the experts who plan and operationalise these responses to do theirjob. Rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters. The government promises change. I dont think its right that people cant always rely on their train
services, particularly in places Like Northern where its been notably bad and i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. Artificial intelligence is better than doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancer from mammograms, according to a study. An emotional peter snakebite wr
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im martine croxall. Today at 2. 00 iran strongly denies it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane in tehran killing all 176 people on board. Including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth the Iranian Regime must open up to the international community, including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth as quickly as possible, to give the families of the victims an understanding of what happened to their loved ones. Bbc presenters samir ahmed wins an employment tribunal. The duchess of sussex goes back to canada amid talks to try and find new roles for her and prince harry. An assault on prison staff by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts is being treated as a terrorist attack. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane latest on harry kanes injury. Thank you very much, and helen has all the weather. Climate statistics available for australia. Yes, and we will talk about that in the next hour. And what is heading into
Clears away from the eventually clears away from the south east of england and then we get some sunshine. The weather sta rts get some sunshine. The weather starts to come down a little bit, get some sunshine. The weather starts to come down a little hit, it wont be as windy and temperatures down to eight or nine degrees. A brief rest but on wednesday because on thursday we have got the next weather system arriving, the new area of low pressure. Another band of rain and this could be quite heavy as we saw on monday. It is again the western side of the uk which will see the strongest of the winds. Gales are likely here. Pretty windy elsewhere and it is a milder wind, temperatures easily into double figures across much of england and wales. Some wet and windy weather pushes back in on thursday. That weather front then gets swe pt thursday. That weather front then gets swept away and the area of low pressure slowly retreats away from northern scotland. Here, it is still going to be quite