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border. lockdown restrictions in wales will begin to be eased from tomorrow with outdoor socialising and golf and tennis able to resume. in scotland, four adults from two households are now allowed to meet outdoors, including in private gardens. what do you make of coronavirus restrictions starting to be lifted in scotland and wales? do you think now is the right time? what will you be doing first? get in touch on twitter at annita underscore mcveigh or with the hashtag bbcyourquestions. in his first primetime address since becoming president, joe biden urges all americans to get vaccinated and targets the 4th ofjuly as independence day from covid i9. if we do this together, byjuly the 4th, there s a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighbourhood and have a cookout and a barbecue and celebrate independence day. a global study shows more twins are being born than ever before with one in every 42 child ....
outbreak as a pandemic. john lewis confirms another raft of store closures as it announces an annual pre tax loss of £517 million thought to be the first annual loss in its history. and, coming up this hour, we ll be speaking to the absolutely fabulous joanna lumley. she s backing a nepalese restaurant owner who s been delivering meals throughout the pandemic and is due to deliver his 100,000 today. a serving police officer is being questioned on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of sarah everard, who was last seen in south london more than a week ago. police investigating her disappearance have found what they believe to be human remains in woodland in kent. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, said it was incredibly rare for someone to be abducted on the street and she understood that women may be feeling scared. aru na iyengar reports. all along the route sarah took from clapham common over a week ago, posters bearing her image are on every lamp post ....
the parents of madeleine mccann welcome the news that a german man has been formally made a suspect over their daughter s disappearance in 2007. and supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy. as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. hello and welcome. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more helped is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there are hopes for another attempt at a humanitarian corridor today but no confirmation yet if that is underway. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. earlier, president zelensky warned that russia could attack other countries ....
we ll hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. throughout the programme we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. our top story today. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for student nurses if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1%. labour said the policies would help address staffing shortages in england that had become a threat to patients . our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. hi norman, good morning. so, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff? well, labour are saying they wa nt staff? well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. so that mea ....
to to delay publication of its anti pollution strategy until after the election? it s being argued over in court today. we ll have the details. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. we are also talking about designer cats. the gene that gives floppy ears can also cause arthritis. some vets say that can leave them in pain. if you have one let us know and to get in touch on all the stories we are talking about this morning. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the foreign secretary has said that the government would be open to join strikes against syria without parliamentary approval. speaking this morning borisjohnson said it would be very difficult for britain to say no if us asks us tojoin in future military action in syria. let s speak to norman smith our political guru. norman, tell us more about what boris johnson has political guru. norman, tell us more a ....