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at the australian open, with dan evans through and heather watson out, and attention now turning to andy murray and emma radacanu, both due on court soon. good morning. it isa it is a cold enough cold and frosty starter. a few showers. for most it will be dry with lengthy sunny spells. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, the 20th of january. our main story. secondary school pupils in england will no longer need to wear face coverings in classrooms from today, as the government s plan b measures are phased out. advice to work from home has also ended, and from next thursday, mandatory face masks in public places and covid passports will both be axed. simonjones has the details. face to face learning, but it will now be without the masks. from today, face coverings in the classroom in england can t come off, though unions are warning that coronavirus remains a challenge, with large numbers of staff and pupils absent. but the government is keen ....
an announcement today. veterans who were forced out of the military because of their sexuality have welcomed a review into their treatment. and coming up this hour, labour mp dawn butler is taking on the trolls after a man was convicted of threatening to shoot her. the cost of good and services we buy is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years. the december figure for inflation showed that prices have gone up by 5.4% compared to the year before. that s up from 5.1% in november and is more than double the bank of england s target for inflation. energy costs and the price of food and drink drove the rise, which was higher than economists had been forecasting. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in scarborough. this is a lot of windows. a lot of windows, yes. and a huge, huge ceiling. yeah. the things that give this hotel its charm and character are the very things now causing the nightmares. put, like, a secondary glazing on this side, it spoils the view ....
could he be the one to stand alone with the most grand slams wins? victory in melbourne would do it. good morning. we have a weak weather front singing south, taking its cloud and patchy rain with it. behind it, brighterskies, lots of sunshine and a few showers, some of which will be wintry. all the detail throughout the programme. it s wednesday 19th january. our main story. the prime minister is expected to set out plans for easing england s coronavirus restrictions when he addresses parliament later today. the health secretary, sajid javid, has said he s cautiously optimistic that the so called plan b measures due to expire next week can be substantially reduced . gareth barlow reports. hi, there, good morning. how are you doing? very good morning. against the backdrop of allegations of lockdown parties in downing street, and rumours of a vote of no confidence, the prime minister still has big decisions to make as england s plan b restrictions are due to end in a week ....
it s come to the point where, if i m a bit short on electric and it s close to the time i m going to be paid to top up again, i have to be clever enough to say, don t do that washing, because you ll run out of electricity. no djokovic, no problem the australian open begins the world number one is on his way back to belgrade after being deported from melbourne following his failed week long legal challenge. good morning. it isa it is a cold and frosty start today. some fog around. that will lift. for most of what it is going to be a sunny day. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, the 17th of january. our main story. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester, as part of the investigation into a siege at a synagogue in the united states. a british man, malik faisal akram, was shot and killed by police in dallas, texas, after he took a rabbi and three other people hostage during a service. they were later freed unharmed. counter terrorism authorities on bo ....
listen to it. oh. they know when it hits the bottom it will be 1990. good-bye to the 80s in ten, nine, eight eight, eight, eight! oh, will this horrible year never end? when the 90s began, we started to see a lot of experimentation. and the simpsons i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a warm, safe, humor. i love you guys. you see? the kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood what a bad father. which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a cartoon. the father ....