india is added to the uk s red list. most travel from the country will be banned from friday, because of fears over a new variant of coronavirus. good morning. the biggest drop in car insurance costs in half a decade. motorists are paying £87 less a year i ll find out how long the savings might last. good morning from odds farm park, which is in buckinghamshire. we are going to meet some plans and chat to the kids later but it is a chilly start wherever you are this morning. many having a dry day with sunshine but there is some rain in northern ireland and scotland. all the details in ten minutes. good morning. it s tuesday, 20th april. our top story. boris johnson will meet football fans and officials today, as the backlash over plans for a new super league intensifies. the prime minister stepped in after supporters, pundits and playersjoined growing calls to stop the breakaway competition. the premier league s so called big six have signed up for the league, and 14 more
the oxford vaccine to the over 65s germany looks set to follow suit up and down on your tonsils, a good four strokes. with schools getting ready to start teaching again on monday, we ll be asking how pupils will prepare for a new kind of test. tributes to the liverpool legend and telly favourite ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82 i m here, mummy, i m here. as close as she can get: we hear from west end star ruthie henshall, who doesn t want to have to sing to her mother online she wants to hold her hand. and coming up on bbc news, trainer gordon elliott fears his licence could be taken away. he s been suspended from racing in great britain after being pictured sitting on a dead horse. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the figures speak for themselves and they paint a picture which suggests the battle against covid is on the turn. the number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to t
in 1973, a new career beckoned. theme music plays. he joined forces withjimmy greaves and the tv show saint and greavsie was a huge hit. well, hello and good afternoon. the programme ran for nearly a decade, stjohn winning millions of new fans with his warmth and wit. hello there. well, euro 92 is all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. among the tributes, sir geoff hurst described him as a great footballer who d been fantastic on saint and greavsie. as the sport remembered both a player and a ground breaking broadcaster. he was the anchor but he was also the straight man but he also had the jokes as well. people said it wasjust a light hearted show, as you know, that s sometimes the hardest thing possible to do. he completely changed the way punditry was done in sport. a man, then, whose versatility was matched only by his popularity. both on and off the pitch, one of football s finest. andy swiss, bbc news. ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82. time for a look a
the south west we have showers developing from a low pressure point here. it looks as though temperatures will sit close to freezing in many places so a chilly start and before i look at wednesday, let s look ahead and see the general trend and a couple of weather fronts to clear away, and this one will allow another area of high pressure to drift down from the north and that will be quite significant because a north easterly flow will drive in a cooler air mass across the country and a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather over the next few days. back to wednesday, however, it looks likely it will start off with showers around across parts of cornwall, devon and into south wales and they will gradually drift north and they will gradually drift north and east along the m4 corridor. the low cloud, mist and murkiness perhaps just drifting but lingering along the north sea coast and some brighter skies out to the west, but a difference to the feel of the weather furth
the manchester arena bombing for the first time the inquiry hears of the anger among firefighters told to stay away from the scene. tributes to ian stjohn, the liverpool legend who s died at 82 a star on the pitch, and the master of tv punditry. and coming up on bbc news. horse racing s image crisis continues as horses are moved from gordon elliot s yard ahead of the cheltenham festival. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there is growing evidence tonight that a combination of the national lockdown and the highly successful roll out of vacccines is leading to a sharp reduction in covid deaths. according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics, the number of registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week, to the lowest level since the start of the year. the reduction has been welcomed by both scientific and health experts, though some have warned of the need to remain cautious, especially w