All the sport with gavin. With news Anthony Joshua 7 with news anthonyjoshua . That is right, he is back in the ring in june but it is not the match the British Public might have hoped for. Looking rather lovely there. It is indeed, a touch of spring in the airfor it is indeed, a touch of spring in the air for the first week of march after we have seen a record breaking wet february. That will come as good news, i will be discussing how wet this february has been. We will be answering your questions on coronavirus with two leading academics so do get in touch with your questions. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown the Prime Minister says the uk should be prepared for the coronavirus to spread. He said its a problem thats likely to become more significant in the days and weeks ahead. Boris johnson was speaking after he chaired an emergency meeting of ministers this morning. A plan of action for the uk to deal with the new virus will be announced tomorrow. The number of c
Of sporting events across europe as the countrys coronavirus continue to be lockdown comes into effect. Affected. More and British Airways, easyjet and ryan air cancel all theirflights between the uk more english teams are starting to and italy until early april. Feel the effects as well borisjohnson is facing his now. We know that Manchester United will first commons rebellion play their europa since his general election victory over huaweis role in the uks sg league tie in mobile internet austria inside an empty stadium network. An old bailey murderjury is told on thursday. On the same competition, Police Officer Andrew Harper will serve written to uefa to was dragged for more than a mile by a car along a country lane ask for their tie in after responding to a greece to be report of the theft of a quad postponed. That match, also on thursday, is due to be played bike. Coming up on behind closed doors but the manager says afternoon live the team will call if they have to, all the spor
As shes seen embracing the man who stands accused of her murder. A Police Officer has been charged with the murder of retired footballer Dalian Atkinson who died after being tasered. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Good afternoon simon. The former england captain, Dylan Hartley has announced his retirement from professional rugby. Northampton saints where hes played at for m years say the hooker had been unable to recoverfrom a knee injury. And you have the weather at your fingertips. Persistent rain across england with the risk of flooding. We were also the casting our eyes towards india we have a couple of cyclones to look at. Also coming up would you pay £5 99 a month to be able to binge on british classic Television Series . The Election Campaign has turned attention onto the economy with both labour and the conservatives setting our their spending priorities. And they re planning a big spending spree. With the shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell, setting out plans to bor
Soaring today. The feds fight over the future playing out realtime in jackson hole the big focus turning to the fed champ powell, to his speech tomorrow morning lets go to Steve Liesman live in jackson hole for us we got a dose of fed speak today at least. We did. We had the First Official to speak at the annual gathering in jackson hole beneath the tee time but they didnt tell the markets what they wanted to hear about the need for deep Interest Rate cuts in the months ahead. I didnt think the cut was appropriate necessarily, but i went along with it to get back to neutral i am on hold right now my forecast is just to hold. My sense was weve added accommodation. Right. And it wasnt it wasnt required in my view. I think were in a good place relative to the mandates that were asked to achieve now, dallas fed president Robert Kaplan said he wants to avoid cutting rates if he can, but he says he is open minded about rate cuts. He also is concerned that the big decline we had in bond yield
Senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. Today is a hybrid format. Our witnesses are in this person but members have the option to appear in person or virtually to consider the nominations of dr. Lael brainard to be vice chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. And acting director Sandra Thompson to be director of the federal Housing Finance agency. Its amazing what a difference a year makes. We have today safe and effective vaccines that are saving lives, that are getting people back to work. 207 million americans have fully vaccinated. In 2021 we added 6. 4 million new jobs, more in any year since 1939. Workers are demanding raises. Theyre finally getting them. Theyre changing jobs at record rates because people finally have some options. The past year has illustrated our economy works best when it works for everyone, not just wall street, not just the top 1 . Everyone. Whether you punch a clock or raise children or care for an