are used to seeing has been a challenge for lots of airports because lots ofjobs were cut during the pandemic and they have found it hard to recruit quickly enough to meet that rising demand. here at east midlands they are in the same position. they have been trying to recruit, trying to get those people in place. they say the critical role is like a security officers, and still some otherjobs going the airport. i ve been taking a look at two of the country s biggest airports, gatwick and manchester, as they try to get things ready. the summer holidays are coming. demand for travel is back but are airports and airlines ready? they are under pressure to avoid a repeat of the long queues, disruption and cancellations seen at easter half term. kids have been up since three o clock in the morning and should have been on a flight at 6.40.
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hello. this is bbc news with rebecca jones. more now on our main story. the prime minister is to address his mps in private in a few hours, ahead of a confidence vote on his leadership of the conservative party. confirmation came this morning that the vote had been triggered after at least 5a mps wrote to sir graham brady, chair of the backbench 1922 committee, saying they no longer have confidence in mrjohnson. that vote will take place between six and eight this evening. there ll be a count straightaway, with the result expected at nine o clock. some tory mps began to turn against borisjohnson after revelations about gatherings held during covid lockdowns, and the numbers gathered pace after sue gray s report into that partygate scandal. the deputy prime minister and justice secretary dominic raab spoke to my colleague victoria derbyshire a little while ago.
in bristol on friday. to the champions cup now, the first legs of the round of 16 ties are taking place. defending champions toulouse are leading ulster by 13 points to 7 in france at half time. st helens have beaten catalans dragons in the challenge cup quarter finals. the final whistle has just gone in france, st helens with a dominant victory. they scored six tries altogether joe batchelor rounding things off for his side. it was a rematch of the super league s grand final st helens wining again, this time by 36 points to 20. the early starters are out on the course at augusta national for the third round of the masters scottie scheffler is five shots clear of the field on 8 under par, he ll tee offjust before 8 o clock. before him all eyes will be on tiger woodsto see how his body is holding up, this his first competitive event since a horrific car crash last year, he s one over par some moments of magic still there. ireland s shane lowry is one of four
morning it s wed it s nine o clock here are the bbc news headlines for you if you test positive on a lateral flow and don t feel ill the government s finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that you need to get a pcr to confirm it. they re the teams are looking at testing and testing regimes. we have introduced so many lateral flow tests now that people are, they are very accurate, lateral flow tests. it will mean that lateral flow tests are as good as pcr tests. let me know what you think of the idea, just dealt with staff shortages and self isolation. borisjohnson will ask his top team to back his decision not to impose any further covid