Taking place in england today with most legal restrictions on social contact lifted. Capacity limits are also scrapped for all venues and events from today and later in the program we ll be looking at what this means for theatres and music venues. But now let s concentrate on nightclubs. A survey of businesses based around the night time economy revealed that most of them will not ask their customers to provide covid status information to gain entry. And there is a big shortage of door security staff, with warnings that six in 10 positions may be unfilled. So is it safe to open now? michael kill is chief executive of the night time industries association representing 1200 venues across the country. Michael, many are wondering if it is ok to fully reopen nightclubs now, what are your thoughts on that? first and foremost, most of the businesses are elated we have been able to open, but as you can appreciate, we don t underestimate how much of a job we have to do to make sure that we have
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chancellor is set to announce millions of pounds worth of extra support to the badly hit culture sector in his budget tomorrow. £408 million will help museums, theatres and galleries in england to reopen once restrictions start to ease. rishi sunak will also announce a £150 million fund to help communities to take over local pubs. treasury officials said a significant chunk will be given to cricket, as fans prepare to return to stadiums this summer. and an extra £77 million will be given to the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland to provide their culture groups with similar backing. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason has this report. how do you save your local pub? many were already closing permanently before the pandemic. how many more might follow now we are out of the habit of propping up the bar? in the budget tomorrow, the chancellor will announce that communi
at the age of 87. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a jury in the us state of minnesota has found a white former police officer guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. the prosecution argued that kimberley potter had shown culpable negligence when she killed daunte wright during a routine traffic check in april. the jury was shown bodycam footage, stopping short of the moment when the victim died. taser, taser, taser! kimberly potter told the court she thought she d drawn her taser, rather than her handgun, when she shot mr wright in the chest. outside the court, his mother, katie wright, gave her reaction to the verdict. the moment that we heard guilty on manslaughter one emotions, every single emotion that you could imaginejust running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp, because it was build up in anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting for the last few days. and now we ve
and coming up on bbc news: the first side outside the top five divisions to play in the fifth round of the fa cup since 1978, maidstone take on coventry city. good afternoon. not acceptable and wrong that s how the prime minister has described remarks from the tory party s former deputy chairman, lee anderson, which sparked a row over islamaphobia. mr anderson had claimed the mayor of london, sadiq khan, was controlled by islamists. when he refused to apologise for saying that, he was suspended from the conservative party. and in this morning, in a statement to gb news, lee anderson says he wont apologise for the remarks. labour has accused the tories of repeatedly failing to tackle islamophobia. here s our political co respondent damian grammaticas. politics was pursuing him, in particular the tension is brought to the surface by the war in gaza, the suspension over the weekend of lee anderson, who is no longer a conserved mp. he made claims they could party is to do m
and here is the news, from bethan holmes. a report by a cross party group of mps into nhs dentistry is calling for urgent and fundamental reform , describing the lack of access to dental care as totally unacceptable . last year a bbc survey found the majority of practices were refusing to accept new adult nhs patients. the government says it invests more than £3 billion a year in dentistry. hollywood actors are walking off set in their biggest strike in a0 years after talks with major studios and streaming services broke down. the screen actors guild wants increased fees for repeats and assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. it has been confirmed that lisa marie presley died of a bowel obstruction which was caused as a result of adhesions from weight loss surgery which she underwent several years ago. she died injanuary at the age of 5a. india s space agency is preparing to launch a mission to the moon it should be lifting off in about an hour s time. the m