in may of last year, say the city has agreed a $27 million settlement to their civil case for damages. at 10pm, we ll have a full round up of the days news. first, the media show. what does morgan s departure say about the future of highly opinionated journalism in british media? hello, it s the oprah, meghan, and harry show! not really, this is the media show. but if you re bored of that spectacle, i m afraid to tell you that the aftershocks are very real and relevant to us. as we always say, the media is the story. itv s share price fell by around 5%, reuters has quoted city traders who say that the fall could be partly attributed to the resignation of itv s star journalist, piers morgan. morgan was bringing in record ratings for good morning britain, of course, but he quit on tuesday after refusing to apologise for his on air criticism of the royal couple. so, whilst the oprah interview represents an historic move moment for buckingham palace, is it also a massive deal for
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are claire cohen of the telegraph and sienna rodgers of labourlist. Tomorrows front pages, starting with the metro, it leads with the scale of care home deaths at the height of the coronavirus pandemic it says more than 400 people in care settings died daily staying with coronavirus, the independent reports concerns from Health Leaders about rising case numbers, as positive tests reach the highest rate since may. The is front page labels the uks testing strategy of moving capacity around the country as flawed and dangerous the daily mail calls Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get britain flying again suggesting a lack of covid i9 testing at borders is harming the uk economy. The Financial Times highlights another concern at uk borders as customs and logistics associations ask for clarity over preparations for the end of the brexit transition period in december. The guardian says borisjohnson
We lost quite a number of lads in night attacks and bombing attacks of course. A bad raid when we lost 15 in an air raid, terrible. I suppose in a way we were always known as the forgotten army. The history books tell people how difficult it was, but of course, its notjust like being there. In may 1945, it was the final push. Newsreel its mud, mud and still more mud. But rangoon is the capital of burma and biggest prize of the whole campaign. Rangoons recapture by allied forces weakened japan, before its final surrender a few months later. As if war werent enough, those on the front line had to contend with other, more personal matters. Interestingly, theres a telegram here, which he received a few days after his father died, which was sent, and i guess that was the kind of brutal way of receiving that news, and the detail of it he didnt receive some three or four months later. What does it make you feel, looking at this and thinking about him . Sort of proud. Definitely. Everyone in t
The us regulator authorises the Pfizer Biontech coronavirus vaccine. Donald trump says itll be rolled out immediately. And later tonight, anthonyjoshua defends his three boxing world heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev at wembley arena tonight. Now on bbc news, amol rajan speaks to the ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes in the media show. Hello. This week, ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, put out a pretty stark warning. They said that traditional uk broadcasting is at risk without radical shake up. But at risk of what exactly . And what kind of shake up are they talking about . Already this year, ofcom has given the go ahead to two new tv channels, including one from Rupert Murdochs news uk, and ofcom is reportedly about to take on the massive task of regulating online harm, including social media platforms like youtube and instagram. But is a uk regulator really able to police the worldwide web . Well, im joined by the person best able to answer those questions. Dame Melanie Da
Back to school with a difference. Millions of pupils in england return after the coronavirus lockdown. For many of the children, its the first time theyve been in a classroom for months. It is a mixture of emotions and stuff. Ifeel, like, really, really excited but really nervous as well. I just cant wait to get in and start learning and stuff. Well be seeing how theyre getting on and asking if the Safety Measures are working. Also this lunchtime. We wanted exams to go ahead but were overruled the head of quual launches a robust defence of the regulators role in the a level and gcse fiasco. Another government u turn hours after lifting them, restrictions in two parts of manchester are reimposed. Rule, britannia. Bbc u turn the broadcaster says there will now be singing of rule, britannia and land of hope and glory at the last night of the proms, after a chorus of criticism. Making history boxer nicola adams becomes the first contestant to be part of a same sex pairing in strictly come