Tonight at ten, the worst recession in more than three centuries as the uk counts the cost of fighting the pandemic. The chancellor tells mps that the uk is having to take on record borrowing, the highest ever in peacetime. Our Health Emergency is not yet over. And our economic emergency has only just begun. In its response to this pandemic the conservative government has wasted and mismanaged public finances on an industrial scale. And unemployment is set to rise to two and a half million next year, we speak to young people in the north west of england. And well have more on the controversial decision to scale back the uks spending on foreign aid. Also tonight. Going at them again. Brilliant run by Maradona Diego maradona, world cup winner and, for many the best footballer in history, has died at the age of 60. The duchess of sussex talks of the unbearable grief she felt, when she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year. And the first black coach to head british athletics talks about
Good morning, welcome to monday, im victoria deryshire, here are the headlines. A short, sharp lockdown is expected to be announced in wales today. The government could offer millions of pounds to Greater Manchester, to break the deadlock over moving to higher coronavirus restrictions. Ministers say they will impose tougher controls if necessary. We cantjust sit by and watch the number of cases rising. The number of cases among the over 60s, those at greatest risk, rising now quite significantly. And, in particular, the strain on local hospitals. The leaders of the uks anglican churches warn the government that its new brexit bill could set a distastrous precedent. One in ten women suffer pain from endometriosis but can wait years to be diagnosed and treated. Mps say that has
to change. If you have the condition, how long did it take you to get a diagnosis, and how does it affect your daily life . On twitter and instagram im, vicderbyshire or email me victoria bbc. Co. Uk and could col
As cancers grow in the body, changes happen in the dna of the body. What happens is those tumours start shedding fragments of that dna into the bloodstream and what the grail this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk testis the bloodstream and what the grail test is able to do is detect those and around the world. Fragments of dna and they have very a call for a rethink over specific patterns associated with them which mean that we can tell Englands Covid tier system but the government defends placing most of the country under tougher whether or not it is likely to be a restrictions after lockdown ends. Cancer and moreover, if it is, where in the body that signal is coming if people do follow the rules, from so we can actually help the if we do make the tiered system doctors to figure out where to look work, then as i say, there is every reason to believe so they can determine very quickly that they could de escalate and go down a tier in time for christmas. Nort
Good afternoon. Thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession of irans most powerful military leader, who was killed by a us drone strike. President trump said he ordered the attack on general Qasem Suleimani to stop a war not start one. The Foreign Office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran. Charlotte gallagher reports. A funeral procession for Qasem Suleimani in baghdad. A man despised by many, but a matter to others. Crowds shout, death to america, and america is the enemy of god. Others waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. The military commander was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital. Suleimani was one of the most powerful men in iran, arguably second only to the Supreme Leader. He helped prop up the syrian regime, thought the Islamic State group and effectively led militia groups in iraq. The iranian president visit suleimanis family, a sign of the generals s
Sunshine and this beautiful view from scotland. Here and in Northern Ireland so far that there is some sunshine to be had but for england and wales there is a lot of cloud around and for some it is raining. You can see this on the radar picture but it is gradually edging further south as we go through the rest of the afternoon. Living Northern Ireland and scotland with showers and sunny spells. Some of us in northern england, things to brighten up by the cloud and rain still with us for the midlands, east anglia even at the end of the afternoon. These are the average wind speeds, feeling colder in north wales and the north of england but mild in the far south east with more sunshine to be had. Going through this evening and tonight this area
of cloud and rain is sticking around across many of the same areas. For north wales, north england, Northern Ireland and scotland quite a sharp frost to come in the colder rural spots but tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine. Starting to cloud over