A pint of bitter, please. Also today this woman, Victoria Smith, died months after her disability benefits were stopped. Now the Assessment Company capita is going to court to fight a decision that it mishandled her claim. Well talk to victorias mum. She was a human being. She was my daughter. And she was my friend and my world. Plus, james hodders girlfriend kirsty boden was killed in the London Bridge attacks. Hes calling for an urgent meeting with thejustice secretary in his fight for legal aid for the families of those killed in terror attacks. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Later on the programme well talk to helen wood, a former escort who hit the headlines after wayne rooney paid to sleep with her. Shes now written a memoir and well talk to her later. Use the hashtag victoria live. First, the latest news, rebecca jones. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk while borisjohnsons government insist on changing the
Things this has got to stop. This knife things got to stop. Are you paying thousands of pounds too much in hidden fees on your pension . The regulator is to announce a crackdown on firms that manage our money but why are we still getting a raw deal . In sport. Not again. England lose to germany on penalties. Nathan redmonds miss means they fail to make the final of the under 21 European Championship. And carol has the weather. Im here to place an Early Morning football with the guys from man v fat to see how teamwork has helped men like this and 3000 more around the country lose a combined total of 30 tons in wake. To play some. And carol has the weather. For england, wales and Northern Ireland some rain on the cards, some of it will be heavy but as temperatures rise we could have thundery downpours. The dryers conditions today are likely to be in scotland. More details in 15 minutes driest conditions. Good morning. First, our main story. The families of those who died At Hillsborough
But the Council Still says closing schools would have helped stop the virus spreading. Were not interested in a legal argument with the government about who is right and who is wrong, because i know that presented with the information that i had in front of me, from talking to greenwich head teachers, greenwich families and children who were in schools this would have been in everyones best interests. More than 800,000 fewer people are on the payroll now than at the start of the pandemic with hospitality and retail particularly badly hit the number of people dying in scotland from drug misuse has reached a new record high and is the worst in europe. And coming up in sport a 9 month driving ban for england and aston villa footballerJack Grealish. The 25 year old has also been fined more than 80 thousand pounds, after admitting to careless driving. Good afternoon. Theres growing pressure on the government and the leaders of scotland, wales and Northern Ireland to rethink their plans for
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im Victoria Derbyshire with the latest headlines for viewers watching in the uk and around the world. As england gets ready for a big easing of lockdown, Health Leaders warn urgent action is needed to ensure the uk is prepared for a potential second wave of coronavirus. The government publishes its guidance on how businesses in england can operate safely when they reopen in ten days time. The last thing anybody wants is for a second peak. Is for a business to be shut down because its not observing the guidelines and the rules. Well be getting reaction to the lifting of the lockdown in england, as well as looking at the next steps for scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. So, if you run a buiness, how are you preparing . Do let me know. Get in touch at victoria bbc. Co. Uk. The top Infectious Disease expert
in the us warns some parts of the country are seeing a disturbing surge in covid 19 cases. Internet use has surged during lockdown, with adults in the
Of life in a time of death. And the Legendary British motor racing driver, sir Stirling Moss, has died aged 90. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were in the uk and around the world. Covering all of the coronavirus were covering all of the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. In the past few moments the european death toll has a capacity 5000 with spain announcing their latest casualties. The number of dead air has risen by 619 in the past 2a hours taking the total number of deaths to 16,972. Here one of the governments most senior advisers has warned the uk is likely to be one of the worst, if not the worst, affected countries in europe by the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as uk debts are expected to pass pass 10,000 today. We will find out the figures later today. The leader of the comments Jacob Rees Mogg says parliament will return on april the 21st. It is expected to reconvene using Technology Rather than in the usual way. Els