has urged china to provide detailed information about the level of covid infections in the country. 60,000 covid related deaths have been reported injust over a month, but the chinese government has been accused of not releasing the full details of the pandemic. now on bbc news: the media show hello. this week i m talking with michelle donelan, the secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport. she is the 11th conservative in the role since the party took power, and she has a huge remit everything from the tech companies to museums and art galleries to broadcasters like channel 4, whose privatisation she halted last week, and even eurovision. but before we get onto that, i wanted to get a sense of her news habits. how does she keep up to date through the working day? and there s a mention here right at the start to checking playbook first thing in the mornings. that s a daily newsletter produced by the political magazine politico, in case you decide you want to mi
Katie Razzall interviews Michelle Donelan, secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and is also joined by Lara O Reilly, senior correspondent.
0ur headlines today: a seven year old girl is fighting for her life and three women are in hospital after a suspected drive by shooting in central london. rescuers search through the night for survivors in an apartment block in ukraine as a wave of russian missile attacks kill at least 18 people. the mood darkens at everton, with protests against the club s owners as the pressure increases on frank lampard, after another defeat leaves them joint bottom of the premier league. it is quite ridiculous if you are expected to dawdle along at 17 miles an hour. and a trip down memory lane. we delve into the archives to see how our driving habits have changed. plus, the good news in weather is there won t be quite as much rain around through the week ahead, but it will be colder. widespread frosts and ice by night, and for one or two, a bit of snow. i ll have all the details