People given credit notes for cancelled Package Holidays due to the covid 19 pandemic, are being reassured by the government that theyll still be honoured, even if firms go bust. The announcement covers breaks booked by uk agents both at home and overseas disrupted between march the tenth and the end of september this year. Our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. Summer holidays, a distant dream for the hundreds of thousands of people who have seen them cancelled because of the pandemic. Such as jennifer and john who were supposed to travel to las vegas to marry injune. Like so many others, they are still waiting for a refund. We need that money to pay for the wedding that we have rearranged. So, were just chasing them. We keep asking them, please, will you refund us . But they are saying there is a queue. £6,000 which is what ours cost is not a small amount of money to anybody, to normal people like this, especially my partner has been furloughed for three months. Trave
This comes after beijing imposed a new National Security law in hong kong. The uk has already offered residency rights to 3 million citizens of the island. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Would the uk send someone back to this . A new law in hong kong has tightened chinas grip on the streets and brought fresh danger for those fighting for democracy. It is a very tense situation. Many people already flee hong kong, escape from hong kong, have sought political asylum overseas in many countries. For more than 30 years, if someone now in the uk was suspected of a crime, hong kong could ask the government to hand them over under the extradition deal. But now some forms of protest on the island could bring a prosecution. Not any more. The government has decided to suspend the extradition treaty immediately and indefinitely. There remains considerable uncertainty about the way in which the new National Security law will be enforced. I will just say this, the United Kingdom is w
Hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines the foreign secretary, dominic raab, accuses the Chinese Government of carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. It is deeply, deeply troubling, and the reports and the human aspect of it, from forced sterilization to the education camps are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. Meanwhile, chinas ambassador to the uk tells the bbc the decision to drop huawei from its 56 networks is a bad move for the country. I think uk should have it own independent Foreign Policy, rather than to dance to the tune of americans. Like what happened to huawei. Theres been a Record Number of new cases of coronavirus in 2a hours around the world. 260,000 cases were reported. The biggest increases were in the us, brazil, india and south africa. Borisjohnson says he doesnt believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed, even if theres a second spike of coronavirus this winter. Eu leaders meet for an uns
There were over 3,000 people here and it was dark and it was wet and it was too much of a risk to disband the rave last night. By lunchtime, the police had gathered enough support from other forces to close the rave down. The scene is that our officers are now walking across the site, supported by horses and dogs when necessary, to clear any remaining partygoers from the site and return it back to normality, so hopefully the people of bath can sleep soundly in their beds tonight. Tracy miller, bbc points west, swainswick. Looks beautiful there, notwithstanding the controversy over the rave. Now its time for a look at the weather with nick miller. Hello, the cloud and rain finally clears in the south east, ridge of High Pressure is building. It is looking mainly fine for the next couple of days. A few showers continuing overnight towards north west scotland but mostly will be dry, clear and unusually cool as City Temperatures drop down into single figures. Even cooler than this in the c
Because the low that has brought so much in the way of rain and showers, of late, is still pretty close to the eastern shores, and with time, i think we are going to see the cloud and rain returning, initially to yorkshire and then through lincolnshire, the east midlands to east anglia and further to the south and east, as the day goes on. Out west, it is a brighter day with a passing shower. The wind ever present, especially along these eastern shores. 40 50 mph gusts, perhaps. Out towards the west, gusty in exposure, but less in the way of wind, but it is all coming from the north, so 12 18 will be the best i can find for you through the afternoon. On comes the cloud and wind and rain into the south eastern parts, during the course of the evening. Further to the west, the skies stay pretty clear and with the wind really beginning to fall out, it will be a chilly night away from the east, but a bright sunday to come. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Chadwick boseman, the star o