For furloughed workers. Theres one month left of the multibillion pound scheme. More than 10 of the whole workforce still relies on it. What has it meant . And what comes next . A total ban on Plastic Straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force in england. Good morning. Will Gareth Southgate give his misbehaving youngsters a Second Chance . Phil foden and Mason Greenwood find out today if theyve made the england squad, just a few weeks after being thrown out of the last one for breaking covid 19 rules. We meet the sniffer dogs being trained to detect whether someone has coronavirus in less than a second. Good morning. Today is going to be drier and brighter than it was yesterday when we lose this mornings ran, but this is the calm before the storm. Tomorrow and the weekend looking very wet and very windy. Ill have all of the details later in the programme. Good morning. Its thursday, october 1. Our top story. Residents in another densely populated area of england have been told t
On twitter, its Annita Mcveigh or bbcyourquestions. As more people reached the uk illegally by boat in september than in the whole of last year, the government is understood to be considering plans to house Asylum Seekers on disused ferries while their claims are assessed. And the impact of the pandemic on wildlife how a lack of funding for zoos could threaten the future survival of rare species. Good morning. The growth in cases of coronavirus may be slowing down, according to the largest study of its kind in england, in one of a series of developments this morning. The react study, at Imperial College london, analysed samples from 84,000 random people. It found that the r number appears to have fallen to around 1. 1 since the rule of six was introduced. In late august to early september, it was estimated to be as high as 1. 7. Merseyside could be the next area to face new local lockdown measures. Its expected new rules such as a ban on household mixing will be announced today. There
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, rebecca jones. The headlines psychiatrists and campaigners call for social Media Companies to be forced to hand over data to universities for research into the potential harms of using the technology. We asa we as a world, notjust a country, would better understand the sort of pressures and problems being forced upon young people by social media platforms. Irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah ali khomenei, leads friday prayers in the capital tehran for the first time in eight years. Were in glasgow for our series our planet matters. The city has committed itself to become the first net zero emissions city in the uk. Im Annita Mcveigh here in the city, well be answering your questions about how glasgow might achieve its objective and all environmental matters juat after half past. Rebecca long bailey and Emily Thornberry set out their visions for the labour party, as they launch their rival bids to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader. In sport, englands cric
Hello, you are watching afternoon live. The city of glasgow wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years leading the fight against Climate Change. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. How h ow exa ctly how exactly will glasgow deliver on that goal . What sort of change is needed and how quickly . Im at the Glasgow Science Centre where i will be putting those questions to our guests throughout the afternoon. Psychiatrists call for social Media Companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online
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Glasgow aims to lead the fight against Climate Change, the city wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years. I ,it , it comes amid fresh warnings about Global Warming with the last decade the hottest on record. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. And as one of the worlds biggest companies, microsoft, promises to remove all the carbon it has created since 1975, we look at how that ambition can be achieved. Also this
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