If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
Post brexit trade arrangements. If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. A team from the World Health Organization visits the high security chinese lab at the centre of claims over the source of the covid 19 pandemic. And the queen and british Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old, after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The uk government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. So i will ensure that we mark his contribution properly and appropriately at the right moment. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces
breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. turning to the war in ukraine now, and the us secretary of state has called president putin s invasion of ukraine a strategic failure . speaking in finland, antony blinken said the war had only strengthened the very alliances russia had sought to weaken nato and the eu. finland, of course, is the latest country to join the security alliance. mr blinken made clear that a strong ukraine was the only way to achieve a lasting peace. precisely because we have no illusions about putin s aspirations, we believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression. meanwhile, in ukraine itself, president zelensky has threatened to prosecute local officials if there is any repeat of the failure to open air raid shelters, which contributed to the deaths of three people in kyiv on thurs
and said that his career was now over, and he had lost everything. in his first broadcast interview since he quit itv, he said the relationship only began several years after his first meeting with the young man, who was then 15. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he also said he believed that homophobia had fuelled the media coverage of events. he s been talking to amol rajan. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. thanks for coming in. you ve had quite the week, how are you? um, ithink. i understand how caroline flack felt. last week, if my daughters hadn t been there. ..then i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. it s like a weird. ..numbness. you feel strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. ijust have to say, stop with him. ok with m
She is led by the voices of st. Catherine, st. Margaret, and st. Michael who instructed her to acquire a horse, soldiers clothing with armor, and an army and drive the english out of france. So her actions are based on her faith in her voices. Shaw was a codirector for the first london production in 1924 with Sybil Thorndike in the title role, and he reminded her that joan was a sturdy, independent 19yearold woman, not a sweet angelic little girl. The story of joan is fascinating. She was a village girl born in the early 1400s, a warrior in her teens and was accused of heresy and witchcraft because she would not deny her visions and voices and consequently was convicted and burned at the stake. Almost 500 years later, joan was canonized by the church. Shakespeare, bertolt brecht, Maxwell Anderson and jean anouilh all have dramatized the joan story, each reflecting a personal point of view and interest. To meet the challenge of that role required a special actress. Our guest is that spe