On december the 31st. Borisjohnson says it is shameful the press officer is unable to attend these conferences because she that statues are having to be does not want to defend dominic boarded up because of fears cummings. Can you say whether that they will be vandalised. Is true, and if it is true whether families of more than 400 people whove died with coronavirus demand it is right . I dont think it is an urgent Public Inquiry true. She has attended them before. Into the governments handling of the pandemic. I notice it is at the top of the number ten twitter feed, i see one of her tweets ten, and she has been and the paralympian whos the only black member of a board a regular contribute before and i am with britains major sports tells us sure she will be back here again. dont know anything about the much more needs to be done. Various discussions but all i can say is i have been here many times saying exactly what i think. Thank and much more needs to be done. Coming up in half ar
Good morning. If you thought yesterday was blustery, it is even windier out there today. We may see a passing shower, and others, it will be a very wet day. I will tell you where with the sunday forecast coming up. Just after six oclock. Good morning to you. Its sunday june 28. Our top story the Prime Minister has pledged to speed up the delivery of major building and transport projects and avoid a return to the policies of austerity. Yes, borisjohnson will use a major speech on tuesday to set out his attempt to stimulate the uk economy following warnings from labour that the governments response to the Coronavirus Crisis is putting jobs at risk. Hell announce that a new group, called the infrastructure delivery taskforce, will be set up, promising a dramatic acceleration in delivering new schools, hospitals and transport schemes. The Prime Minister has been discussing his plans in an interview with todays mail on sunday. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley can tell us more. Give
If youre in leciester this morning, how are you going to be affected by the lockdown being reimposed on your city . Do let me know. The uk economy shrank more than first thought between january and march, in thejoint largest contraction since 1979. Borisjohnson will set out plans to accelerate £5 billion worth of Infrastructure Projects in britain, to try to soften the Economic Impact of the pandemic. China passes Controversial National security legislation for hong kong raising fears over freedoms enjoyed by the city. And an independent report finds major failings by inexperienced probation staff led to the release of a serial rapist. Good morning. Stricter lockdown measures are in force in leicester because of a steep rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the city. More than 300,000 people and some also living in the surrounding area, will be affected. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, said leicester had accounted for 10 of all covid 19 cases across england in the past week.
Children to school from september. Despite the rain, shoppers queue in scotland as non essential retail opens for the First Time Since lockdown. The latest comprehensive analysis of deaths during the pandemic shows the uk comes out worst on almost every measure among g7 countries and europe. And a level Playing Field a new scheme to increase the number of black, asian and minority ethnic football coaches. And coming up in sport on bbc news. England captain joe root will miss next weeks test against the west indies to be at the birth of his second child meaning ben stokes will lead the team for the first time. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Pubs and restaurants in leicester may stay closed for two more weeks due to a surge in coronavirus cases. The citys mayor says hes expecting current restrictions to remain when they are eased in the rest of england. But sir Peter Soulsby has criticised the lack of information from the government saying he only received more detail a