BorIsjohnson as Prime MinIster, days after hIs Election Victory. The Met Office Issues an extreme Heat Weather Warning for the coming days, covering large areas of england and wales. Two, one. And a Day Trip to Space for the Worlds Richest Man in the first crewed flight of hIs own rocket ship. And coming up in sport on the Bbc News Channel despite all the difficulties, athletes prepare for the first day of action at the tokyo olympics, with just Hours to go until some events get under way. Good evening. Downing street has been trying to clear up the confusion about the use of the Nhs Covid App in england. One minIster suggested earlier today that individuals and employers could choose to ignore the instructions to self Isolate by making an informed decIsion. But Downing Street stepped in with a different message, urging people to Isolate if they were pinged. The app s guidance Is not legally enforceable, unlike instructions from The Nhs Test And Trace service, which are a legal requir
Euro match before being resuscitated. It s a huge day for the tartan army. Scotland s football team is making its first appearance at a major international tournament in 23 years taking on the czech republic at hampden park. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The final easing of lockdown restrictions in england, which was due to take place next monday, is almost certain to be delayed by up to four weeks. It would dash the hopes of many hoping for the lifting of the remaining legal limits on social contact. Several senior ministers have already signed off on a postponement as cases of the new delta variant of coronavirus continue to rise. The latest figures show how the uk is on track for a big wave of infections. If the current rate of increase continues, there would be more than 15,000 cases a day by 21stjune, a week today. Successful vaccine deployment is one of the four tests set by the government for the next stage of easing to go ahead. Secondly, there needs to be reduced hospital
not, on the money, albeit less of it? last year you may remember that the governor of the bank of england andrew bailey told you not to ask for big pay rises to stop prices rising out of control. they are perhaps not so much happened as of doom and bust but of truth. they worried about and in inflationary spiral where prices push inflation out of control and uk inflation of course running around 10%, food inflation much higher than that, thatis inflation much higher than that, that is around 17%, 18%. of course workers across the public sector right now are involved in industrial action over pay rises. so is mr pill right? do wejust action over pay rises. so is mr pill right? do we just need to get used to being poorer? do you accept being poorer? let s talk. get in touch. and here is the news. the government says that over 200 british nationals have been airlifted out of sudan so far. three raf planes have already touched down in cyprus and more are expected to follow. evacu