you can t see any of that without being emotional. after the racist abuse directed at england players in hungary, football s world governing body says it is investigating. stealing a pet is to be made a specific criminal offence in england after a rise in dog thefts during the pandemic. and at 8:45 p:m., news watch investigates why bbc breakfast news bulletins disappeared over the summer. the uk s vaccines advisory body has said it can t recommend vaccinating healthy 12 15 year olds against covid 19 on health grounds alone. it says children are at such low risk from the virus thatjabs would offer only marginal benefit. but thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation said the government should consider wider issues, like disruption to schools. the health secretary, sajid javid, says he has now asked the chief medical officers in all four nations to look at whether those considerations tip the balance. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. from france to the united sta
was the first subject to be debated, let s hear what each of the parties had to say. ido i do think people are understandably still concerned about taking the virus back into scotland to the united kingdom, we are well through the health pandemic, the success of the health pandemic, the success of the vaccination roll out has been so positive of got more hope and optimism but let s have steak patients in scotland and look at what we have here on our own shores and at home here in scotland. the world is still and at home here in scotland. the world is still waiting to be vaccinated in most countries are not on the vaccinated in most countries are not on the scale vaccinated in most countries are not on the scale and pace that we are in scotland~ on the scale and pace that we are in scotland. they re still going to be that risk scotland. they re still going to be that risk that we import new cases, potentially that risk that we import new cases, potentially new, more
of the day s news. first, time for newscast. what is your favourite meme? oh, i m a bit old for all that, adam. me too! um. 0h, there s some good political ones. yeah, featuring you but we ll not go there. let s not do that. chris, do you have a favourite meme? well, i quite like. i mean, i know it s used a lot but that one of the couple walking down the street with the bloke looking over his shoulder. oh, yes. oh, yeah. at the woman who has just walked by. and didn t matt hancock have the same shirt as the guy the other day, there? ithink he did! yeah, he did. he did, as memes collide, when memes collide. when memes go bad! i think one of my favourite ones is the is thejohn curtice on tv one. yes, heroic. and memes have collided tonight on newscast becausejohn curtice is on newscast. hello, professor sirjohn! hello. you are not a big fan of that thing, are you? i can tell. no, no, i mean, you know, i don t follow it. i mean, it s all goodl fun, but you know. well, 11,900 p
are also 30 mayoral contests taking place including in london, birmingham, and liverpool. you are watching bbc news. in a week voters across the country will cast their ballots in a series of interactions. there are local councils and mayoral elections across england and national elections in scotland and wales. tonight it will be there voters in wales to hear from the leaders of the main parties in the bbc rails debate. we will be building up to that debate which starts in just under half an hour time. let us take a more detailed look at the elections. it is the biggest elections. it is the biggest election day until the next general election. and because of the cancellation of last year at s local elections, i may the 6th, thousands of seats across the uk are up for grabs. in england, people will be voting in 143 local authorities. with about 5000 feet in contention. counsellors are in charge of many services from being connection for social care, sports facilities, and lib