As roads are blocked and madrid airport remains closed. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The indonesian Authorities Say they lost contact with a passenger plane shortly after ta ke off from the capital, jakarta. The Sriwijaya Air flight was en route to pontianak in West Kalimantan province. The airline, which is an indonesian carrier, says its still gathering more information. There were thought to be 62 people on board. Flight tracking websites suggest the boeing 737s altitude dropped by nearly 10,000 feet, before disappearing from radar. The jet is not a 737 max, the boeing model involved in two crashes that killed more than 300 people in indonesia and ethiopia. Joining me now is simon calder travel editor at the independent. Simon, what information are you hearing about this . Of course, it is way too early to discuss what the possible causes would be, but we do know an increasing number of facts about this aircraft and it looks, i am so about this
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today disappointment at the palace after the duke and duchess of sussex tell the world theyre stepping back from royal duties without consulting the queen. Prince harry and meghan say theyll split their time between the uk and north america, and work to become financially independent. Demands for whirlpool to offer refunds as the recall of hundreds of thousands of faulty Washing Machines gets under way. It was the worst year on record for british retail. Christmas high street sales end the poorest 12 months everfor the uks shops. Well also get the latest results from tesco and m s. Injury forJimmy Anderson englands leading wicket taker is out of the final two tests in south africa after breaking a rib. Good morning. The wind will ease. The rain and health snow in Northern Areas were clear, more into the south later in the brightest skies in northern scott. Its being touted as the movie of the year,
Hello, youre watching afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Where will they live . How will they pay for it . And what about their security . The dramatic announcement from harry and meghan which brings more questions than answers. What has been genuinely surprising is the way they have gone about making their intentions public. The fact that they didnt feel the need to inform the queen, the prince of wales, or Prince William, before publishing that statement yesterday evening. A casualty crisis last month was the worst on record for waiting times at a e departments in england. Borisjohnson speaks by phone to the iranian president , and calls for an end to hostilities. Coming up on afternoon live, we have
all the sport withjohn watson. Yes, no plans for tim henman to lead Great Britain in the davis cup after a quarterfinal exit in the atp equivalent. Thanks, john. And Helen Willetts has the weather. Very changeable weather pattern in the uk at the moment. We had a rainbow earli
This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the british man linked to 11 coronavirus patients has been discharged from hospital. Steve walsh, who is no longer contagious, contracted the virus in singapore before unwittingly infecting his friends whilst on a skiing break in france. How to police the internet. As media regulator 0fcom is to get new powers to force social Media Companies to remove harmful content, questions are raised about how effective they can be. The veteran senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary, a key stage of the contest to decide the democrats president ial candidate. Sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. Another sporting event affected by the coronavirus . It was expected that the chinese grand prix would be postponed because of the coronavirus
outbreak. Confirmation came just a few hours ago from formula 1 hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. That it would be postponed. Today at 2pm. The race was scheduled to be held i
To me was to resign from government. After a two month coronavirus closure the New York Stock Exchange, reopens its trading floor. June 15th has been labelled a european d day for tourism with many countries starting to relax their borders then. Greece is allowing Domestic Travel to its islands from today were there, with a special report. And some none coronavirus news well look into new research on why the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was so catastrophic. Welcome. Calls for the british Prime Ministers top adviser, Dominic Cummings to resign continue to grow inside Boris Johnsons own party. The journey mr cummings made during lockdown to isolate at his parents farm in durham with his family, continues to draw fire despite his lengthy public explanation yesterday. At todays downing street briefing, the Health Secretary matt hancock announced that 134 people had died from coronavirus in the uk in the last 2a hours. But instead of talking more about the fall in coronavirus death