Well have his report. And the british Prime Minister has resumed his weekly audiences with the queen, 15 months after they were suspended. Where to begin . Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Britney spears is pop culture royalty. Shes on the Mount Rushmore of modern music. In fact, britney has been famous for longer than most current music stars have even been alive. And yet, for the past 13 years, shes had no control of her career or her health, or many other aspects of her daily life. Thats because shes been placed in a legal arrangment called a conservatorship. Thats when another party in this case, herfather, jamie takes control of a persons Decision Making on significant matters. This often comes up with those who have diminished mental or physical capacities. Today, in a California Court, ms spears s lawyers are set to argue that she does not fit that bill. So, lets cross to the bbc s david willis, whos outside the court. Lovely to see you, david. L
Well have his report. And the british Prime Minister has resumed his weekly audiences with the queen, 15 months after they were suspended. Where to begin . Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Britney spears is pop culture royalty. Shes on the Mount Rushmore of modern music. In fact, britney has been famous for longer than most current music stars have even been alive. And yet, for the past 13 years, shes had no control of her career or her health, or many other aspects of her daily life. Thats because shes been placed in a legal arrangment called a conservatorship. Thats when another party in this case, herfather, jamie takes control of a persons Decision Making on significant matters. This often comes up with those who have diminished mental or physical capacities. Today, in a California Court, ms spears s lawyers are set to argue that she does not fit that bill. So, lets cross to the bbc s david willis, whos outside the court. Lovely to see you, david. L
Well have his report. And the british Prime Minister has resumed his weekly audiences with the queen, 15 months after they were suspended. Where to begin . Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. Britney spears is pop culture royalty. Shes on the Mount Rushmore of modern music. In fact, britney has been famous for longer than most current music stars have even been alive. And yet, for the past 13 years, shes had no control of her career or her health, or many other aspects of her daily life. Thats because shes been placed in a legal arrangment called a conservatorship. Thats when another party in this case, herfather, jamie takes control of a persons Decision Making on significant matters. This often comes up with those who have diminished mental or physical capacities. Today, in a California Court, ms spears s lawyers are set to argue that she does not fit that bill. So, lets cross to the bbc s david willis, whos outside the court. Lovely to see you, david. L
fully vaccinated. and on balance children tend to be at much lower risk from the virus, the experts would tell you that what is far more detrimental, is the effect repeated isolation on children s mental and physical development. and over the past week, things have been getting decidedly worse. in england the school absences due to covid have quadroupled more than 170,000 pupils are self isolating due to potential contact with the virus. that s up from 40,000 pupils that were self isolating a fortnight ago. a government led trial is now under way to work out whether daily testing is a better option than self isolation but that will come too late for this current school year. so where does that leave things? and what is the plan going forward. joining us is dr michael absoud, a child health and neurodevelopmental expert at kings college london. thanks forjoining us. when you see this number of children and how much isjunk, children who this number of children and how much is junk, chi