Tracey emin, says her art has kept her alive after being diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. The french president who oversaw sweeping social reforms, Valery Giscard destaing, has died at the age of 94. Very warm welcome to our reviewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Just how britain plans to roll out a Mass Vaccination Campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer, just hours after uk regulators announced they had approved one in record quick time. Borisjohnson acknowledged it would be a massive logisitical exercise that has never been attempted before. Millions of doses of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine but the Prime Minister and his top medical advisers warned it would still take months to get the jab to everyone who wanted it and strict rules needed to stay in place. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is an historic moment. At last, there is a clear path out of this pandemic, thanks to vaccination. The uk is the first country in the world to ap
In england for the first time in a month as the three tier system comes into force. You can have a hug there we are. Relatives of those in englands care homes can visit again from today, provided theyve tested negative for the virus. And we talk to the artist tracey emin about her new exhibition and the art thats kept her alive since her diagnosis of Bladder Cancer this summer. And coming up in a sport on bbc news. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Football fans are finally able to return to some efl grounds for the first time in under nine months. Good evening. The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve the Coronavirus Vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. The roll out will start next week with the over 80s, nhs workers, and staff in care homes at the front of the queue. After that it will be allocated according to age and assessment of vulnerability. The Prime Minister warned that the tier system in england and the separate regimes in scotland, wale
Thats it for this special edition of your call on bbc radio 5 live and your questions answered on the bbc news channel. Thanks to all of you who called and to englands deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van Tam. I hope that was an informative question and answer session for you with professorjonathan question and answer session for you with professor Jonathan Van Tam, question and answer session for you with professorJonathan Van Tam, we cannot answer all the questions sent to us but hopefully we got through some of the key areas people wanted to know more information about. And took one of the other main stories today, students sitting gcse and a levels in england next year will be awarded more generous grades to compensate for the disruption to schooling in the pandemic. Pupils will get advanced notice of exam topics and be allowed to use memory aids. Measures will also be put in place to help students who miss exams because of self isolation. Heres more from our education editor
Wooden bridges most celebrated artist, tracy emmons says there are has kept her alive since she was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. she was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer. One a britains most celebrated artist. Says that her art has kept her alive. Just how britain plans to roll out a Mass Vaccination Campaign against coronavirus in the next few weeks is becoming clearer, just hours after uk regulators announced they had approved one in record quick time. Announced they had approved one borisjohnson acknowledged it would be a massive logisitical exercise that has never been attempted before. Millions of doses of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine will arrive in the next few days. But the Prime Minister and his top medical advisers warned it would still take months to get the jab to everyone who wanted it and strict rules needed to stay in place. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is an historic moment. At last, there is a clear path out of this pandemic, thanks to vaccination. The uk
In february 2020, Zeinab Badawi is in cape town with hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, Zeinab Badawi, from south africa, where my guest has been described as one of the worlds greatest living artists. He is William Kentridge and this is a major exhibition of his work in cape town. William kentridge is versatile, hard hitting and his talents span many different genres. But how has south africas violent and racist past influenced his work as a white artist . William kentridge injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. Zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio in johannesburg. You were born injohannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti apartheid lawyers, wow did growing up lawyers, how did growing up under apartheid affect you . I think because my parents were both very much aware of and involved in legal questions around the anti apartheid struggle, from a young age i was aware of how unnatural south africa was. There was always a slight disjunction between myself and