more than 39,000 people died with covid between april 2020 and march this year. we report from liverpool, the city that s lost its world heritage status because of new developments on the famous waterfront. the pyramids, the taj mahal, the great wall of china. liverpool was on the list with them. it s not any more. floods in china underground rail passengers are among the victims of the heaviest rain in the country since records began. and injapan team gb have started their 0lympic campaign successfully as the women s football side beat chile. and coming up on the bbc news channel. as the first day of action gets under way in tokyo, the ioc confirms that 2032 olympics and paralympics will be held in brisbane. the third time australia will host the games. good evening. the number of migrants who ve crossed the english channel to the uk, so far this year has now exceeded the total for all of 2020. the trend has led to the government s decision to give the french authorities
a world heritage site, because of new developments on the famous waterfront. and injapan, team gb have started their olympic campaign successfully, as the women s football side beat chile. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the oval invincibles win the opening game of cricket s new hundred competition, as a new era begins. good evening. months after rejecting a pay offer of 1%, most nhs staff in england have now been awarded 3% in recognition of the unique impact of the pandemic according to the government. back in march, the department for health and social care said 1% was all it could afford. the 3% rise is being given to staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried gps and is backdated to april this year. but some health unions have already warned that the rise in no way reflects the immense efforts made by nhs staff over the past year. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. nhs staff are at full stretch again, many on th
largely overlooked. good afternoon. i m katherine malone-france chief preservation officer at the national trust for historic preservation. thanks so much to stewart mcglaurin and the white house historical association for this wonderful symposium today and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the historic decatur house on lafayette square. i am especially pleased to be here today to talk about the incredibly important role that first ladies have played in historic preservation and to do so during may which has been celebrated as national preservation month. since 1973 at the national trust we re in the midst of our where women made history campaign to highlight and preserve the places where women made important contributions to our country. a key component of this campaign is to highlight the central role that women including first ladies have played in the preservation movement itself. fittingly the honorary chair of this campaign is former first lady laura bush who is
i am especially pleased to be here today to talk about the incredibly important role that first ladies have played in historic preservation and to do so during may which has been celebrated as national preservation month. since 1973 at the national trust. we re in the midst of our where women made history campaign to highlight and preserve the places where women made important contributions to our country. a key component of this campaign is to highlight the central role that women including first ladies have played in the preservation movement itself. fittingly the honorary chair of this campaign is former first lady laura bush who is a great preservation advocate in so many ways and a trustee america of the national trust. today our panel will will primarily discuss the role of three first. ladies mrs. kennedy mrs. johnson and mrs. nixon in the preservation of the white house. but i do think it is also important to briefly acknowledge a few of their broader contributions to
i m katherine malone-france chief preservation officer at the national trust for historic preservation. thanks so much to stewart mcglaurin and the white house historical association for this wonderful symposium today and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the historic decatur house on lafayette square. i am especially pleased to be here today to talk about the incredibly important role that first ladies have played in historic preservation and to do so during may which has been celebrated as national preservation month. since 1973 at the national trust we re in the midst of our where women made history campaign to highlight and preserve the places where women made important contributions to our country. a key component of this campaign is to highlight the central role that women including first ladies have played in the preservation movement itself. fittingly the honorary chair of this campaign is former first lady laura bush who is a great preservation advocate in so