to be any further forward will stop what is quite shocking is that sir ivan, his comments about muddled thinking did not surprise me, he is saying that as an insider he did not know what theresa may and her ministers actually wanted to do and achieve and for those of us who observed the power premier list and her ministers the irony is that we have had the same impression. i think this is saying that the government needs to get its act together very fast because if theresa may gets it wrong, if the government gets it wrong, the people who will suffer our british families and businesses. it is our future and prosperity and security, and it is vital that they now come forward what they re negotiating objectives are going to be. but the government saying the plan is being formulated and sir ivan does not necessarily have to know it now, he just eased to know it in time for the triggering of article 50. and some brexit supporters are making it clear he was not on board anyway. th
in the next hour, president trump s daughter makes her first international trip since being given an official position in her father s administration. ivanka trump takes the stage alongside angela merkel in berlin, that she is met with groans as she defended her father s that she is met with groans as she defended herfather‘s record on women s rights. and why regular moderate exercise is the best way to keep your brain sharp if you re over 50. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said wales is important for britain as took her general election campaign to south wales, reaching some traditional labour heartlands. speaking in bridgend, she said a vote for any other party would be a vote for a weak and failing jeremy corbyn. she also said that welsh votes would strengthen her negotiating position over brexit. it comes after last night s yougov poll for itv wales suggested a surge in support for the tories which could see them replace labour as the largest pa
the government is releasing adverts encouraging you to prepare for the end of the brexit transition period at the start of next year. the conservative andrzej duda has been re elected as president of poland by a narrow margin. actor kelly preston has died from breast cancer aged 57. her husband john travolta said she fought a courageous fight. good morning. targeted action is being taken against local outbreaks of coronavirus, according to the health secretary. writing in the daily telegraph this morning, matt hancock says officials are dealing with more than 100 outbreaks every week. his comments come after 73 cases of covid 19 were confirmed at a vegetable farm in herefordshire. around 200 workers have been told to self isolate on the premises. the local council believes the outbreak is contained on the farm. there s also a further easing of lockdown today. in england, you can now go to beauty salons, nail bars, spas and tattooists. in scotland, you re allowed back into sho
falls by the largest amount in over a decade, more evidence of the impact of the lockdown. they are laying off more people like myself who have got years of experience looking injob adverts every day and thinking, there is just nothing there. there is no end in sight. obviously we want to see is a return to economic vitality and health and some parts of the economy undoubtedly showing great resilience but clearly there are going to be bumpy months ahead and a long, long way to go. back to school in scotland, as the government there sets out what it s doing about thousands of pupils who ve had their exam results downgraded. the uk and france meet to discuss a new plan to deter migrants from crossing the channel to the uk. we have reaffirmed our unshakeable, shared commitment to making sure this rate of crossing the channel is made on viable. this route of crossing the channel is made unviable. russia claims to have produced the world s first coronavirus vaccine and presid
set to remain closed. and we ll ask why the uk s black and ethnic minority communities seem to be more likely to become infected with, and die from covid 19. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and globally. the uk government says it s doing all it can to get as much personal protective equipment as possible from around the globe to front line health workers here. it comes as a further 596 people have died in the uk from coronavirus, taking the total number of deaths tojust over 16,000. over 120,000 people have tested positive for the virus in the uk. a delivery of vital protective equipment for health care workers to the uk has been delayed. the government said it was working to ensure the shipment from turkey which includes 400,000 gowns would reach front line staff in the coming days. the education secretary has said he cannot give a date for when schools in england might reope