RaIn. Eastern england and Scotlands ThIng predomInantly dry for much of the day. ThIs evenIng and overnIght, the day. ThIs evenIng and overnIght, the raIn sweeps eastwards, clearIng away. Another chIllIng outcome for some of us as well, down Into mId sIngle fIgures. Monday wIll brIng Is another day of heavy showers and thats because thIs area of low pressure Is goIng to be sIttIng rIght overhead, so some of the showers wIll be quIte slow movIng for the deform of parts of england and wales, too. Could be some haIl and wales, too. Could be some haIl and thunderstorms mIxed In wIth some of the scattered showers. So movIng from many areas. More of a breeze along the south coast. StIll pretty chIlly for the tIme of year. ThIs Is bbc news. The headlInes. Two doses of the maIn covId vaccInes used In the uk are found to be hIghly effectIve agaInst The IndIan VarIant of the vIrus. The former Bbc JournalIst MartIn bashIr defends hIs Panaorama IntervIew wIth prIncess dIana, but apologIses to PrIn
And, Nil Point for Great Britain At Eurovision as italy wins the big prize. Phil mickelson is eyeing a different prize he stands on the verge of Golfing History. He leads heading into the final round of the Pga Championship, and at the age of 50, could become the sports oldest major winner. Good morning. A chilly and bright start for much of the day for much of the uk. Some eastern areas keeping dry all day. I will have all the details for you here on breakfast. I will have all the details for you here on breakfast. Its sunday the 23rd of may. Our top story both the Pfizer And Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccines, the two main jabs used in the uks rollout, are highly effective against the indian variant of the disease according to a study by public Health England. The Health Secretary Matt hancock described the findings as Ground Breaking and said he was increasingly confident the government is on track for the final stage of its roadmap out of lockdown. Heres our health correspondentjim r
that her nickname for husband david was goldenballs in 2001. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. don t you get fed up of each other? oh, yes, yes. i call him golden balls, you know, now. - did you ever say, you dirty rat? never. jimmy cagney. orson welles. jimmy stewart. these were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. the fact is that you re a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he? why is that? well, number one, he s ugly. his interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. he has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. he cannot talk. and who told him he could sing? but of all those 2,000 or so guests, one always haunted him. i interviewed everybody from henry kissinger to billy connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. and i m only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. he s not aggresive! rod hull and emu rather punctured the suave tv persona. i knew we should neve
more of their essentials at walmart, according to the company s results for the three months to the end ofjuly. the world s biggest retailer is using it s reputation for lower prices to attract consumers looking to buy anything from food to school shoes. walmart s net income for the quarter jumped by about 33% to nearly $8 billion. let s get more now with michelle fleury in new york. great results then for walmart others rivals haven t fared so well. what s the secret? imean, i mean, they are known as a low cost grocer, the world s biggest retailer proving once again their ability to attract shoppers at a time when they are facing a great deal of pressure financially in terms of higher prices, but in terms of higher interest rates which have made lending conditions tougher. i think that really has helped walmart through this. they are not onlyjust appealing to their traditional customer base, but they are also appealing to those more affluent customers who are being more ca
there will be a repeat election in a few months. nothing is clear yet. we know that markets don t like uncertainty. we will see how it changes in the next few weeks. in principle, there is a deal between the socialists and the catalan party. if that extends to government, we do not know yet. we will find out pretty soon. this has all weighed quite heavily on spain in general, hasn t it? talk us through some of the issues the country has been facing. well, yes, at an economy level, spain is really struggling with unemployment, it is a structural problem, for the past few decades. it is the highest in all of the european union, between 11 and 12%. especially youth unemployment is very high, around 20%. is very high, around 28%. also the highest in the eu. so the main struggle for any. the main challenge for any government is reducing unemployment. there has been progress in the past few years under the socialist led government. it has been reduced. but it still has a long way t