Or get hold of it. The whole point was finding new sources of supply. But in this urgent period, vast sums of public money weere spent quickly on critical kit. And now the question is whether it was all spent in the right way. In stoke on trent, reliance medical already supplies the nhs with health care products. It has a factory in china, making face masks, and says it offered ppe to the government, but had little response. Now it exports masks to other countries. It is strange. Some of the companies that have been chosen to do some of these things, who have got no experience. Weve got a wealth of experience and we werent asked. It is frustrating. You feel that you could have helped, and theres a lot you could have done, and you didnt get that opportunity. The government says crucial equipment was delivered, with safeguards, the process open and competitive. Some, though, want to check the systems, not least because demand, like this virus, could surge again. Alex forsyth, bbc news. N
This is bbc news im tim willcox with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The us attorney general, appointed by President Trump, says hes found no evidence of widespread fraud that would have changed the outcome of the election. The ayes to be right, 291. The noes to the left, 78. Borisjohnson suffered his biggest backbench rebellion since becoming Prime Minister, but the new tiers of coronavirus restrictions for england were approved by mps and have now come into force. With the Covid Vaccine imminent the World Health Organization warns about misinformation being spread over the safety of the jab. And chinas lunar probe successfully lands on moon in an historic mission
to collect the first lunar rock samples in more than a0 years. Welcome to bbc news. Lets start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr says no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the president ial election. This comes despite repe
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im maryam moshiri. A hundred days a hundred million shots. Joe biden lays out an ambitious coronavirus vaccination plan warning things will get worse before they get better. Truthfully, we remain in a very dark winter. Infection rates are 34 . More people are being hospitalised because of covid i9 than ever before. Countries in europe react angrily to a warning by the Drug Company Pfizer that itll reduce the number of Coronavirus Vaccines it delivers from next week. The number of people around the world who have died with covid nineteen passes the two million mark. And wholl win the
president ial vote in uganda . The incumbent has an early lead. The challenger says the election was rigged. Hello and welcome to the programme. Us president Electjoe Biden has announced a strategy to meet his promise of vaccinating 100 Million People against the coronavirus in his first 100 days in office. He unveiled hi
Lets talk about david copperfield. Hello, good morning this is ok, fine, so, this is a new adaptation by armando iannucci, brea kfast. Which is kind of notable for two hello, good morning this is breakfast. Here is a summary of the reasons, one, for playing up the comedic elements and for finding main stories today from bbc news. 56 the kind the modernists, surreal, absurdist comedic elements in the source. People are now known to have died and also for its brilliantly inclusive colourblind ensemble cast. From coronavirus as the foreign at the centre of it all, office urges British Nationals in we have dev patel as copperfield, who recounts his story from a stage. The worst affected areas to leave. Some people have complained that we see him at the very they have been trapped in a lockdown beginning of the film, he comes on stage and he says im after chinese authorities imposed travel restrictions on a number of going to recount my life story. And then he turns around and walks cities.
This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. 100 days, 100 million shots joe biden sets out his coronavirus vaccination plan, warning things will get worse before they get better. Truthfully, we remain in a very dark winter. Infection rates are up 34 . More people are being hospitalised because of covid than ever before. The number of people around the world who have died india begins a mammoth regulation programme, aiming to inoculate 3 Million People by august. The number of people around the world who have died with covid i9 passes the 2 million mark. Thousands of people
set off from honduras heading to the United States, hoping a new president will give them a warmer welcome. And wayne rooney, england and Manchester Uniteds top goal scorer, brings his playing career to a close. Hello and welcome to the programme. 2 Million People worldwide have now died from covid i9, and nearly 400,000 of those deaths were in the u