Thrilling night of Europa League action and in golf well have updates from the masters. Updates from the masters. Some warm sunshine across southern parts as we head into the weekend, but a wetter story further north. Ill have more in the full forecast shortly. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Well, im breakfast on gb news. Well, im very pleased youre here this morning. Morning. Oh, thank you very much. Oh, thank you very much. Because at one point, i did think it could just be me. Yeah, its one of those. Do you know when you. If you work shift work, which you may well do if youre watching at this hour . I always set my i mean, i get bed, i the alarm, get into bed, i set the alarm, i think i must have not. I dont think i must have not. I dont think i must have not. I dont think i slept through it. I think i slept through it. I think ive just. I must have
And also a jam packed show coming up. Barry geraghty , coming up. Barry geraghty, former grand National Winner. Hes going to be joining us live to give the lowdown on this saturdays tomorrows big race. And also harry and meghan pip. Theyve got new netflix shows coming. Did you hear about coming up. Did you hear about that. Yeah. Got a theyve got a big multi million deal. Multi Million Pound deal. Theyve making theyve got to keep making something. Its going to be about. About polo. Harrys is on polo vacancies on and gardening and friendship. Yeah friendship. Thats an interesting one. A snooze fest compared bit of a snooze fest compared to dishing the dirt the to dishing the dirt on the royals, you think . Royals, dont you think . Will the royals get a mention . What do you think about everything were talking about . Maybe were maybe theres something were not you want not talking about that you want to us know to talk about. Do let us know gbnews. Com your say. First, lets bring you righ
Asked to self isolate. The uk government announces a £700 million plan for improvements to British Border controls at the end of the brexit transition period. Three generations of bollywoods bachchan family test positive for coronavirus. And its still all to play for on the final day of the first test between england and the west indies. West indies are chasing 200 to win, with three wickets down. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Senior uk cabinet minister michael gove has said he doesnt think wearing a Face Covering in shops in england should be mandatory, saying instead he trusts people to use their common sense. Its understood the government is looking at whether to make them compulsory. His comments follow calls for clarity from the government on the issue. Currently, passengers must wear Face Coverings on pu
Change here, britains border, is coming. In six months, the brexit transition ends. Our relationship with the European Union will start to look different. The uk will be out of the Single Market and we will stop following all of the same customs rules as europe. That will, eventually, mean checks on goods coming into the uk. But with some concern at the time it is taking to get britains borders ready, today the government announced new money to prepare. We will be, we know, outside both the Single Market in the customs union, come what may. And that means that Business Needs to take some steps and government certainly needs to take some steps in order to make sure we are ready. Thats the basis of the announcement today. More than £700 million in order to provide infrastructure at ports, to invest in technology, and also make sure we have the personnel to keep ourselves safe. He is not clear exactly when that new infrastructure will be ready. The uk plans to phase in checks on goods fr
We are alljust hopeful that it doesnt get any worse and we can obviously stop it cancelling any of our fun, really. And todays crowd of 60,000 at cheltenham was 7,000 down on last years opening day. Epatante took the big race, the champion hurdle. Amid the concerns, something for the fans to cheer as sport in Britain Presses on, but for how much longer . Andy swiss, bbc news, cheltenham. Thats it. Newsnight getting under way with the news that the Health Minister is one of those who has tested positive for coronavirus during the day. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im sarah mulkerrins. Coming up. Three knockout blows for spurs in germany. Tottenham are out of the Champions League. There were fans in germany tonight, but next week chelsea will play behind closed doors amid concerns over coronavirus. And how about this for an away day destination will new york have a superleague team one day . Hello and welcome alon