Clearly we made mistakes without nobody is clearly we made mistakes without nobody is pretending we haven t. As more nobody is pretending we haven t. More areas in nobody is pretending we haven t. Is more areas in england are set to receive extra help to tackle the spread of the delta variant the nhs says all over atms will be able to book a jab by the end of the week. Scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has indicated that restrictions in the nation are unlikely to be ease from the 28th of june. The former bbc director general admits that it was the wrong judgment in hindsight not to sack martin by sheer over his behaviour in the runabout is 1995 interview with diana, princess of wales. And bird watchers joy as in the egyptian vulture is spotted in the uk for the first time it was believed to be more than a century and a half. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. An inquiry looking into the unsolved murder of the private investigator two investigator daniel morgan has conclude
many of us. not everyone, however, with some mist and fog patches forming over the next couple of days. i ll be back with all the details. it s saturday, the 27th february. our top story. the chancellor has said he ll use wednesday s budget to level with the british people about the state of the economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. in an interview with the financial times, rishi sunak warns that the uk has been left exposed because of its high debt levels, but acknowledges he ll need to keep spending for the time being to supportjobs. our business reporter, ramzan karmali, reports. with government spending heading towards £300 billion to deal with the pandemic, the unemployment rate hitting its highest level in five years, and the uk economy shrinking almost 10% in 2020, all eyes will be on the chancellor next week, when he delivers his budget on wednesday. 0ne delivers his budget on wednesday. one area that will be in focus will be the housing market. 0ver one are
the bloodiest day of the military coup in myanmar the un says security forces have shot dead at least 18 protesters. and the coronation street actorjohnny briggs, who played mike baldwin in the itv soap, has died at the age of 85. public health england has identified the first cases in the uk of a coronavirus variant, that was first detected in northern brazil. there s concern the manaus variant may be more transmissible, and less likely to respond to a vaccine, than the original virus. five out of the six cases are linked to travel from brazil. the national medical director for nhs england, professor stephen powis, says the country is well placed to deal with them. we expected to see this, we will see lots of minor variants occurring and some will have some importance, so it is important that we continue to sequence. the good news in the uk is that we have a lot of capacity to sequence samples and therefore get the mutations and the genetic code. we have good contact traci
about the prime minister s route mapped out which has been leaked to the monday morning papers, or briefed, because it is official information from government and we can bring that information to you. this is what we expect to hear tomorrow. the first key date is the 8th march. we knew that would be the day that schools across england will reopen and all children will be permitted to play school sport from that day at school, not other sport outside, but school sport will be permitted from the 8th of march. the other big news is that one person can visit a care home resident and meet indoors and hold hands but visitors will have to wear ppe and they will have to be tested beforehand, so that is what happens on the 8th of march. one to meetings outdoors will also be permitted, and that is also on the 8th of march. on the 29th of march, in a sense, the most significant date next month at the moment, from then, the rule of six will return for outdoor meetings. that means you can
not particularly looking forward to the next not particularly looking forward to the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it goes back quickly. the prime minister s former aide, dominic cummings, tells the high court that he didn t ask for a company to be awarded a government contract because its bosses were his friends. victory for west ham over sheffield united see them climb above liverpool in the premier league and into the top four. and coming up, a tale of slow mail. how a postcard sent by a royal navy recruit during the second world war has only just reached its destination. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says science is in the ascendancy over covid, but he wants any changes to the lockdown in england to be cautious and irreversible. borisjohnson is due to set out his promised roadmap for relaxing the restrictions next monday and hopes to give some