a minute s silence to commemorate the life of a minute s silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. remembering captain sir tom moore a minute s silence is observed in the house of commons. and the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. good afternoon. the health secretary, matt hancock, says research suggesting the oxford astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. a study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. it s the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. it comes as a new study shows that 88% of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. it s been the great unknown would va
what s french for partygate? it s partygate! well, there you go. we will come back to that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? well, we re moving now. the government s made its mind up, it seems. this is a decision coming from numberten, coming from dcms. they want to sell off channel 4. what we don t yet know and what hopefully will soon become clearer, is the restrictions, the remit, the licence obligations that channel 4 is going to be subject to. because until those things are cleared up, any would be bidders don t really understand exactly what it is that they are buyi
rescue operations have been taking place but further flooding is possible as rain falls on saturated ground. now on bbc news the media show. hello. unless you ve been hiding away somewhere, you can t have failed to notice the row that s blown up over the government s proposed privatisation of channel 4. we re going to get the latest on where we re up to with any change of ownership. and we re looking across the channel at the french election and how le monde is launching an english language edition. elvire camus is its editor in chief. just a quick one. what s french for partygate? it s partygate! well, there you go. we will come back to that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me i
now on bbc news. the media show. hello. unless you ve been hiding away somewhere, you can t have failed to notice the row that s blown up over the government s proposed privatisation of channel 4. we re going to get the latest on where we re up to with any change of ownership. and we re looking across the channel at the french election and how le monde is launching an english language edition. elvire camus is its editor in chief. just a quick one. what s french for partygate? it s partygate! well, there you go. we will come back to that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell the broadcaster. cue an outcry from some public figures and even some of the government s own backbenchers. with me is chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast, who s been following the story. and chris, what is the latest? w
it s deeply concerned about the level of violence injerusalem following clashes between palestinian demonstrators and israeli police on friday. at least 150 palestinians and three israeli officers were injured. now on bbc news, it s time for the media show. hello. unless you ve been hiding away somewhere, you can t have failed to notice the row that s blown up over the government s proposed privatisation of channel 4. we re going to get the latest on where we re up to with any change of ownership. and we re looking across the channel at the french election and how le monde is launching an english language edition. elvire camus is its editor in chief. just a quick one. what s french for partygate? it s partygate! well, there you go. we will come back to that later, no doubt. but first, let s start the show with the story of channel 4. last week, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, announced that government ownership is holding channel 4 back and put forward plans to sell