it was applying to join nato. meanwhile, in ukraine, russia intensifies its attacks in the donbas region as its forces capture more territory in the south and east. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women s hormone replacement therapy prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. and rangers face heart of midlothian in the scottish cup final this afternoon, looking to put behind them the disappointment of their europa league heartbreak on wednesday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explains a meeting with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in downing street during lockdown. it s emerged the pair met several weeks ago but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here what can you tell us about this meeting? we know the prime minister and sue gray met and i am tempted to say thatis gray met and i am t
what we are really saying here and calling on the government to consider is we need to look more widely at this and the measures and flexibilities that community pharmacists have. we would like to have some of the abilities that our hospital colleagues have where they can change the item, for example. for example, if the item prescribed is tablets, we would like to be able to prescribe capsules to provide capsules it s really as simple as that. we really have seen during the pandemic the need for people to have access to fast care and be able to walk into their community pharmacies. it s a hindrance that we continually have to go back to the prescriber to ask for these items to be changed when there are measures in place ind community pharmacies which could help patients and get them access to speedier treatment. thorrun govind. now it s time for a look at the weather with helen willitts. lots of dry and usable weather but rather a lot of cloud particularly across the wes
Make sense of it, any sense of it . What conversations have you had with your teenagers about this . How do we stop young people carrying lethal weapons and what do we need to do to stop more young people being killed . I want to hear from young people, parents, police, politicians, teachers, community workers. Get in touch with your experience. Its a huge issue. Were going to talk about it for the next two hours. Knives is your teen safe . Good morning, heres the news. Thanks, nikki. A 15 Year Old Girl who was killed on her way to school has been described as having a bright future. Flowers and cards have been placed near the scene of her stabbing in croydon, south london. Police are continuing to question a 17 year old boy in connection with her death. A bbc investigation has found over 150 reports of Police Officers misusing their body worn cameras. In some cases, theyre being switched off when force is used. In others, footage is being shared on social media. The officer in charge
The pairs will be confirmed very shortly. Europe looking to reclaim the trophy, after they were somewhat demolished by the usa two years ago, and they have switched things up from their usual tactics, deciding to start with the foursomes this time, instead of the traditional four balls, our Sports Correspondent is out in italy for us, he explains the thinking behind that. The home team in the ryder cup gets to choose whether they start by playing either foursomes on the first morning when they take alternative shots or four balls when each player plays their own ball and the best score on the hole win, for 30 years now, europe have chosen to start with four ball bus the captain luke donald wants to starts with foursomes tomorrow. Mainly for the simple reason he thinks they are better at it. They are stronger and he says it is crucial that europe gets off to a decent start on the first morning. And bearing in mind two years ago when europe lost at whistling strait, they were 6 2 down on
New guidelines for staff and freelancers relating to social media use. It follows controversy over a tweet made by Star Presenter gary lineker earlier this year. The bbc appointed the former ceo of itn john hardy to review the policy and those findings have just been hardy to review the policy and those findings havejust been made public. With me now is our Media Correspondent. First of all, i note you have got a big wad of documents, talk us through these findings, what they say, what changes how we seeing . I they say, what changes how we seeinu . They say, what changes how we seein . , they say, what changes how we seeinu . Ii seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be simple . Seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be simple . It | you