family are racist. this thing about what colour will the baby be, or how dark will the baby be, i m guessing and hoping it was just a dumb question. nomadland and rocks lead this year s bafta nominations with much more diversity in the shortlist for the awards and after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years the meteorite that fell to earth near cheltenham. i thought we would not see another fall likely in the uk of any sort, and to realise that it was such a rare type it was really an amazing moment. good afternoon. england s chief medical officer has told mps that coming out of lockdown too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in infection. professor chris whitty said an accelerated easing of restrictions would be dangerous as there are still a lot of vulnerable people who are not yet protected by the vaccine. he also said things could turn bad quickly if the process is rushed. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it s the most important, perhaps the
drjenny harries the deputy chief medical officerfor england. the prime minister is likely to be asked about today s other main news as the duchess of sussex tells american tv that her treatment by the royal family led her to contemplate suicide. she tells oprah winfrey that one unnamed family member raised questions about the skin colour of her son archie. so, we have in tandem the conversation of, he won t be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. oprah winfrey has since said harry wanted to clarify that it was not the queen or prince philip who made the comments about archie s skin. she also addressed the couple s desire for privacy. hello. welcome to this bbc news special in the next few minutes the prime minister will be leading a coronavirus news briefing at downing street. today marks the first stage of the borisjohnson s road map out of lockdown for england. all s
shocking statements from the duke and duchess of sussex, known by their earthly names as harry and meghan, in their interview with oprah winfrey, meghan revealing for the first time thoughts of suicide and stunning questions about racism within the royal family. in those months when i was pregnant, all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of, he s not going to be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. what? and who who is having that conversation? with you? what? so um there is a conversation hold up! there are several conversations. there s a conversation with you with harry. about how dark your baby is going to be? potentially. and what that would mean or what that would look like. who. and you re not going to tell me who had the conversation? i think that would be very damaging to them. meghan also shared her fe
I will be talking to the British Chambers Of Commerce about their manifesto. The sound of spring, but for how much longer . Wejoin the sound of spring, but for how much longer . We join the the sound of spring, but for how much longer . Wejoin The Dawn Patrol as they go in search of the nightingale. In sport a third Crucible Crown for mark selby. He fights back to Beatjohn Higgins and become only the fourth man in the modern era to successfully defend a world title. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Again today we are looking at a fair bit of cloud coming in across the east of the uk, accompanied a noticeable breeze. There will be a few showers, but for many of us it will be dry. There will be some sunny spells, the lions share of which will be again gcioss lions share of which will be again across the north west of the uk. I will have more details 15 minutes. Inis minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there has been further fallout from last weeks talks on brexit between
Bollywood film of all time . And coming up in the sport on bbc news, englands cricketing summer has started. Theyre in bristol, playing a one Day International against ireland. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The conservatives have made big gains in the local elections, recording their best results since 2008. Many of the votes cast yesterday across england, scotland and wales are still being counted, but labour has fared badly in many areas, including losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow. Ukip has seen its vote collapse, only winning a single seat so far. The Liberal Democrats have had a mixed result, and havent found the breakthrough they had been hoping for. Just a few moments ago, this is how things looked. It means the conservatives have so far gained 240 seats, labour have lost 177, the Liberal Democrats of lost 177, the Liberal Democrats of lost 31 and ukip have lost 68. When it comes to councils. The tories have picked up five councils, labour h