Prioritise the planet. Across the Hospitality Sector, theatres, nightclubs, weddings and events. You can hear a collective sigh of relief as they gear up forjuly the 19th. As youve been hearing, the Prime Minister says thats when most legal restrictions and guidance in england will be lifted despite the rising number of covid cases in the country. His annoucement was met with positive reactions from Industry Groups representing the sectors that has been hardest hit by the pandemic. A significant Third Wave could still be on the way but is it time now to think differently about covid . In a moment ill be discussing this with the head of Policy And Governance at the institute of directors. But first, kate nicholls, Chief Executive of Uk Hospitality joins me. Of this is the news you have been waiting for, butjust explain the challenges facing those in hospitality still. It those in hospitality still. It is those in hospitality still. It is very welcome news, for a quarter of our hospitali
should be respected. i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works and we have to abide by it. the women s tennis association threatens to pull out of china, as pressure grows over missing tennis star peng shuai. a ban on single use plastics, like disposable cutlery and polystyrene boxes, moves a step closer england with the start of a public consultation on the change. and nearly £40 million raised for bbc children in need, with a host of stars and performers including ed sheeranjoining pudsey bear for the annual fundraiser. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the mayor of the dutch city of rotterdam has condemned what he s called an orgy of violence after protestors took to the streets to demonstrate against coronavirus restrictions. the netherlands is one of a number of places in europe to re impose a lockdown because of a surge in cases. meanwhile, austria has become the first country in europe to make vaccinations compul
and coming up, we explore how the coronavirus pandemic is changing us politics, in infodemic tennessee. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the mayor of the dutch city of rotterdam has condemned what he s called an orgy of violence after protestors took to the streets to demonstrate against coronavirus restrictions. the netherlands is one of a number of places in europe to re impose a lockdown because of a surge in cases. this graph shows a rolling seven day average of daily cases per million poeople in italy, germany, and the uk. but look what happens when we include the netherlands and austria. we can see can see how the numbers jump to more than double the rate in the uk and germay. and the world health organisation is warning that europe could see covid related deaths rise by half a million by march unless urgent measures are taken. megan paterson reports. rotterdam last night. these were the scenes in the netherlands second largest city. protesters rioting over lockd
app stopped working. regular train services have returned to the dartmoor line in devon for the first time in almost 50 years. coming up this hour, diving into some cutting edge technology in click, including how virtual reality could help parents to better understand potentially life changing surgeries for their children. please in the netherlands say they have made more than 50 arrests following a night of violence in rotterdam in which two people needed hospital treatment. what began as a protest against covid restrictions turned into rioting with cars being set alight and officers attacked with stones and fireworks. the world health organisation says it is worried about the rapid rise in coronavirus infections across much of europe. it has worn 500,000 more deaths could be recorded by march. rotterdam last night. these were the scenes in the netherlands second largest city. protesters rioting over lockdown restrictions clashed with police. officers used water cannon, fir