UntIl aprIl the next year and It Is only september and weve been talkIng about It all week. The reshuffle. It Is pretty much nearly done as we are recordIng thIs on Thursday EvenIng but lets recap the bIg wInners because what has been happenIng Is the lower rungs of the ladder. The top rungs were done on wed and stay and the bIg wInners are LIz Truss who Is now the foreIgn secretary, now the second woman to hold the role In the fIrst conservatIve woman. I thInk It probably Is the bIggest surprIse. And Robert Buckland Is one of the three CabInet MInIsters to lose hIs job. He was thIs just a secretary. And the claddIng crIsIs. And GavIn WIllIamson and that was no surprIse. I thInk It Is faIr to say. She was found out but there was movers as well as bIg names here. Ill be really IntrIgued to see If he does anythIng wIth that Add On TItle he got. The Bonus TItle Deputy prIme mInIster. After a black Belt Move he ended up gettIng that bubble whIch as I understand It, BorIs Johnson dId not te
We start with the Travel Industry. Its been welcoming changes to the uks covid travel rules which come into force on sunday. As you have been hearing france a major destination for british tourists is to be brought into line with other Amber List countries. Those coming from france to england, scotland and Northern Ireland will no longer need to quarantine, if they are fully vaccinated. Seven europen countries including Austria And Germany willjoin The Green List. And india and the United Arab Emirates are among those moving from red to amber. Dfds which operates ferries between the uk and france is among the companies welcoming the changes. In terms of the Amber Plus rules, We Saw a dipping in bookings. People were booking for the next few days and people who really had to travel. We saw a surge in booking when travel looked to be reopening. We know how many people visit our website and looking for prices. We expect that will pick up sharply and people will have more confidence to boo
Also on the programme. The wait is over for football fans, the Euro 2020 Football Tournament begins, with italy playing turkey, well be live in rome. Hello a warm welcome to falmouth in South West England just along the coast from the Eden Project, where leaders of the g7 countries have been attending a lavish reception with Queen Elizabeth to highlight the need to tackle Climate Change. The Eden Project consists of a series of bio domes housing the worlds largest indoor rainforest. The queen wasjoined at an open Air Reception there by prince charles, camilla the duchess of Cornwall And Prince William And Catherine the Duchess Of Cambridge three generations of the Royal Family. Earlier, opening the G7 Summit at carbis bay, the prime Minister Borisjohnson predicted that the worlds leading economies would bounce back from the Coronavirus Crisis but also urged his counterparts to learn from the mistakes of the pandemic. And speaking at the start of the first in Person Meeting for nearly t
After small cracks are found in some high speed trains. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. Welcome to bbc news. Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said any attempt by the westminster government to block a second Independence Referendum would show a lack of respect for Scottish Democracy. She was speaking after the Cabinet Office Minister, Michael Gove, said the Snps Failure to win an outright majority at holyrood proved that people in Scotland Werent agitating for a new poll. Mr gove said the snp should concentrate on recovering from the pandemic instead. From edinburgh, heres our political correspondent nick eardley. Back in power, back to work. Nicola sturgeon says her immediate priority will be the pandemic, but a battle is coming. The snp won the election by some distance, and even though they were short of a majority alone, with the greens there is a comfortable pro Independence Majority and the First Minister says that is a mandate. The people of scotland have voted