Days will be critical in the president s fight against covert 19. U. S. Election team imo is joined by stacy we just heard the president says hes doing well hes going to change is he going to change his attitude towards wearing a face mask well he could have taken the opportunity to be a different man and he did not take it he thanked the the staff at the hospital and he made it sound like this disease is just something that just happened to him and didnt acknowledge the fact that he did not wear a mask and perhaps he did not take proper care precautions with these really big rallies and contrasts and so i think that a lot of people whether you are a democrat or republican would have liked to see the president identify with people who are struggling with the disease more and to express them kind of humanity and use this as a way to unify americans and to lead an example as to what people can do to control the virus and to protect themselves and we have a clip from joe biden where he gi
17 people injured as vehicles collide with spectators at a meeting of sky blues is. In america lights up of sky blues is. In america lights up the Washington Monument to mark the 50th anniversary of the apollo moon landing. Do you want to go to the moon . Yes. Do you think youll ever get there . I dont know. And at 11 30pm we will look at the papers with our reviewers. Good evening. In a dramatic escalation of ongoing tensions, iran has tonight seized two vessels in the gulf a british registered oil tanker, and a liberian flagged ship, operated by a british company. The former, the stena impero, was bound for saudi arabia, but was tracked moving dramatically off course this afternoon. Its owners say they have been unable to contact the vessel and that it was heading north towards iran. The tanker was in the strait of hormuz when its owners say it was approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter. There are 23 personnel on board, none thought to be british. Tonight in westmin
yesterday, starting off with some frost and ice, snow showers in parts of scotland and northern ireland, rain clearing the far south and more snow coming into the south pushing north tonight into tomorrow. it s wednesday the 7th of february. proposals to improve access to nhs dentists in england are being announced by the government today. the plans include offering top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients as well as bonuses to work in under served areas. but health leaders say the measures don t go far enough. here s our health editor, hugh pym. a long queue outside a new dental practice in bristol. local people simply wanting to register as nhs patients. the opening following a public campaign after the previous site closed. the story was covered on bbc breakfast yesterday. the images illustrate the growing sense of frustration at the lack of nhs treatment in areas of the country which have been branded dental deserts. a new government and nhs plan for engla
is creating longer waiting times at passport control at airports across the country. it s understood the problems started on friday evening. there have been reports of long queues at arrivals in several british airports. this picture, tweeted on saturday morning from london heathrow s terminal 5, gives an idea of some of the delays which have been building up. heathrow has issued a statement, saying. we are aware of a nationwide issue impacting the egates, which are operated by border force. our teams are working closely with border force to help resolve the problem as quickly as possible. the issue is being felt at all points of entry to the uk, although airports with passport egates seem to be worst affected. this was the scene at london luton. and these were some of the queues at london gatwick. a spokesperson there told us the problem first started between 7 8pm on friday evening. the uk home office, which oversees the border force, acknowledged that there is an issue w