Affect yourjob, your workplace, your business . And is it more difficult Second Time Around . Let me know this morning. Either on twitter or you can e mail me. The boss of British Airways, alex cruz has stepped down from the role with immediate affect, as the airline continue its pandemic struggle. The premier league criticises a radical plan to shake up english football. Project big picture would see the top tier cut to 18 teams, and the league cup and Community Shield scrapped. Also coming up this hour. Back in march, the former childrens laureate, Michael Rosen was fighting for his life with coronavirus. Six months on, well talk to him about his recovery from long covid. Hello, good morning. Towns and cities across england are bracing themselves for a tighter lockdown as more restrictions are expected to be brought in today. Borisjohnson is to announce a new system of local covid alert levels in england following accusations of a lack of clarity in the various restrictions in place
Things and looking at what we can do david sillito, bbc news. To make the game safer which has been talked about, perhaps training protocols is something we need to address very quickly. Follow that, ben rich open yourfront follow that, ben rich open your front door this afternoon, you might find a panto troop but you are more likely to have a lot of cloud. I got a lot of dull and gloomy weather for you. Most places are very cloudy and will remain so. Ive found a bit of brightness for Gregor Townsend said his one of our weather watchs, that was honoured and privileged to sign a two Year Contract extension that will see him lead the scene in staffordshire, but scotland at the 2023 world cup. Largely cloudy skies, the cloud hes been in charge since 2017 producing a bit of rain. We have a so his six year tenure will make him sliver of brightness pushing a dozen having taken charge in 2017, townsends six year tenure western areas, but only ahead of scotlands longest serving head coach of t
Brightness for the first half of the weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there weekend it wont last. Things will cloud overfor sunday, there will weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there will be heavy rain and brisk winds, but with those winds coming in from the south it will feel quite mild out there. A wedge of mild air working its way across the british isles, but as you can see some pretty heavy rain around on sunday with brisk winds as well. These are the average wind speeds. With the wind is coming up from the south it will be mild, 8 degrees for aberdeen, may be 13 in plymouth. Sophie, back to you. Thank you very much. Thats all from the bbc news at six so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Imjohn watson. Coming up can youth triumph over experience as the womens us open gets under way . Will there be an american first time winner of the mens European Tour . A
The latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. We start with some breaking news this hour the reproduction number, known as the r value of coronavirus transmission has fallen slightly. Its now estimated to be between 0. 8 and one across the uk. Thats according to the Government Office for science and the Scientific Advisory group for emergencies, or sage as theyre better known. Its first time in over a month the r number has fallen below one and means that on average every ten people infected will infect between eight and ten other people. It comes as official figures also show Coronavirus Infections are still high but are decreasing in most of the country. London and the north east still have the highest rates of infection. Lets talk to robert cuffe, the bbc s head of statistics. Good afternoon. The latter are has emerged in the last little while. A significant drop since the last time we had these figures. What are your thoughts . It is we had these fi
This is bbc news. The headlines. The government promises the nhs whatever it needs to tackle the coronavirus as the uk sees the biggest one day jump and coronavirus as the uk sees the biggest one dayjump and confirmed cases. 273 people have tested positive here. 16 Million People in northern italy are placed in quarantine because of the virus. The number of people to have died in italy has shot up to 366, the highest figures outside china. A, there we go. In other news, the Prime Minister meets victims of flooding, announces hes doubling flooding, announces hes doubling flood defences funding, come into fa ns flood defences funding, come into fans not turning up when viewed lee
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