And the long running bbc medical drama, holby city is ending after 23 years, with the final series to air in march 2022. The man put in charge of the government s plans to help schoolchildren in england recover from the effects of the covid lockdown has resigned. In a letter announcing his decision to step down, sir kevan collins severely criticised the level of support that the government has said it will provide. It s proposed spending £11; billion to help children catch up on missed edcuation. But sir kevan said that was not enough, writing: the support announced by government so far does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge , and adding that a half hearted approach risks failing hundreds of thousands of pupils he went on: the package falls far short of what is needed. It is too narrow, too small and will be delivered too slowly, and said that it betrays an undervaluation of the importance of education for individuals and society. Let s talk to our political corres
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist mihir bose, and former pensions minister, baroness altmann. let s start with a look at some of those front pages for tomorrow. the metro leads with the vaccination programme. it says there are hopes that all over 50s could have covid jabs by the end of march. according to the daily mail, ministers are hoping to ease restrictions in may. but the guardian carries an interview withjeremy hunt, the former health secretary, who advises against lifting lockdown until coronavirus cases fall to 1,000 a day. when lockdown does ease, outdoor sport and socialising are set to be among the first activities to return that s according to the times. the telegraph focus on the hotel quarantine plans, for people arriving from coronavirus hotspots it says ministers are racing to reserve more than 28,000 hotel rooms, in preparation for that scheme starting in mid february
middle class tearaway? yes, it s ernesto che guevara. his younger brother lifts the lid on what he was really like. translation: the shirt that we used to call the weekly shirt, because he would wear it the whole week without washing it. he was very untidy and people used to call him pig. hello. elections are meant to be the best of times to debate the grand strategic questions facing the nation. but maybe they re the worst. the sublime arguments can get supplanted by the squalid struggle for votes. even parties 20% ahead in the polls can t resist bribing the public. is that what is happening here with regard to pensioners? an important question for this election is who should get more of the pie the old or the young. the old have been doing relatively well, partly thanks to the so called triple lock, which ensures the state pension keeps rising by the inflation rate, or with earnings, or at 2.5%, whichever is higher. it s kicked in while working age welfare and wages hav
39 kilometre time trial. the welshman‘s chances of winning the race were effectively ruined by the crash a couple of days ago, but the team sky rider rode strongly on the lumpy terrain in the sagrantino wine growing region near peruguia to move up to 11th in the overall standings. olympic silver medallist tom dumoulin was 49 seconds quicker, and stormed to the top of the general classification. he now leads the race by over two minutes. that s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. a good day for arsenal, manchester city and motherwell. not such a good one for andy murray. good night. hello there, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me baroness alterman, the former pensions minister, and a columnist at the london evening standard. how is the new boss going down? well, he is the new boss going down? well, he is making all of these changes.” is making all of these changesli wa nt is making all of these changes.