More than 1500 doctors call on the Prime Minister to reopen schools as a priority or risk scoring in the life chances of a generation of young people. Theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh says west end shows like les miserables, mary poppins and hamilton wont be back this year because of social distancing. And in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news uefa reveal their schedule for august. Mini tournaments in portugal, germany and spain to decide the champions and europa leagues. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. After more than three months without a kick off, premier League Football is back tonight. The first match, aston villa against Sheffield United, has just got underway. But the big difference theres no roar from the crowd. At theres no roar from the crowd. Least, at theres no roarfrom the crowd. Least, not at theres no roar from the crowd. Least, not a at theres no roarfrom the crowd. Least, not a real or all games are now being played behind closed doors. A minu
Families should get vouchers for Free School Meals over the summer after a campaign headed by the Manchester United and england footballer Marcus Rashford. Lets speak to our political correspondent, helen catt, whos in westminster. There is a certain inevitability about this. There is, it seemed as soon as Marcus Rashford the england footballer got involved in this it took the air of a u turn in rating. He isa took the air of a u turn in rating. He is a popular well liked figure with a very emotional story detail and a personal reason for backing this. Up until than the government had been holding firm on a sign that it wasnt going to be giving Free School Meal vouchers over the Summer Holiday which it doesnt normally do. It said it was going to be giving money in other ways like £63 million for councils to help those in need. And it was sticking to that line. That involvement from Marcus Rashford did it seem to change that and then the question became among a lot of conservative mps
Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Caroline Wheeler, the deputy Political Editor of The Sunday Times, and broadcaster and authorjohn kampfner. Normally, you Member Anyone who watches his programme normally knows we go through this great Graphic Stack of papers. We cant do that tonight so we willjustjump straight in. Lets start with the daily mirror. Gone on to stop the south africa bug. This begs the question for me, if this hunt is so important, wire quarantine measures not extended to include people travelling in . Why is there not an altar locked down in these areas . Will have to produce these graphics to make up for the technical shortfall. 0n to make up for the technical shortfall. On a serious point, youre coming to the times which looks at this and perhaps greater depth as well, but to me it is inexplicable, as i was saying in the earlier segment, that you can come from any country via a stopover somewhere else, tim
And what about care home staff . Some are refusing the vaccine. What does that mean for you wanting to visit your relativies . Im on twitter vicderbyshire. Online retailer asos buys topshop, topman and miss selfridge. The deal doesnt include the shops, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. The cost of covid for children a report suggests they stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in Lifetime Earnings becaue most are not in school. And coming up this hour, well speak to Nicholas Hewlett, a head teacher in south london who is coming out as gay during an Online Assembly this morning. Theres been International Condemnation of the armed forces in myanmar after they seized power and detained civilian politicians, including Aung San Suu Kyi the woman known Around The World for decades as the face of the struggle for democracy in the country and who has, since elections in 2015, been widely recognised as its unofficial leader. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until democratic