not particularly looking forward to the next not particularly looking forward to the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it the next 11 days, but, yeah, just hoping it goes back quickly. the prime minister s former aide, dominic cummings, tells the high court that he didn t ask for a company to be awarded a government contract because its bosses were his friends. victory for west ham over sheffield united see them climb above liverpool in the premier league and into the top four. and coming up, a tale of slow mail. how a postcard sent by a royal navy recruit during the second world war has only just reached its destination. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says science is in the ascendancy over covid, but he wants any changes to the lockdown in england to be cautious and irreversible. borisjohnson is due to set out his promised roadmap for relaxing the restrictions next monday and hopes to give some
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are uk trade and economics correspondent for politico, anna isaac, and chief executive of the think tank new economics foundation and former labour adviser, miatta fahnbulleh. tomorrow s front pages start with the metro. a national treasure is how the metro describes captain sir tom moore, who s died in hospital at the age of 100. he d been battling both pneumonia and coronavirus. the i describes the second world war veteran as the best of us he was knighted by the queen last year after raising more than £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden. under its large image of a smiling captain sir tom, the telegraph reports on the results of a study which has found just one dose of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is successful in cutting virus transmission rates a key factor in tackling the pandemic. that encouraging news about the oxford jab is also the main story for
behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to this behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to this which - behind? yes, absolutely there is another aspect to this which is l another aspect to this which is often women in the workplace or women working from home that are bearing the brunt of taking on the childcare responsibilities a lot of the time. and we are seeing a lot of women having to take a step back career wise in order to facilitate that, notjust women, we have dads taking on that role as well, but we know based on data that it tends to be women that take on that responsibility a little bit more. we have to have a huge initiative which is that we rebuild those careers and as people who are parents come back into the workplace, they are helped into the workplace, they are helped in the transition back. we also need to sort out the laptop issue, we hav
wales lift the six nations trophy as they win the grand in christchurch attacks a teenager slam in cardiff. who threw an egg at him. the conservative mp nick boles the conservative mp, who wants a closer relationship nick boles, has resigned with the eu and opposes a no deal from his local party association. resigns from his local party, after clashing mr boles said he had faced with them over brexit. and wales beat ireland to win calls for his deselection because of his stance on brexit the six nations and complete the grand slam in cardiff having spoken out against leaving the eu without a deal. mr boles said he intends to remain as mp for grantham and stamford. councillor matthew lee is a senior member of the grantham and stamford conservative association. he denied the members were all against mr boles. the view that nick seems to be portraying about our association is that we are all against him. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. that we are all hard an aus
time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and tanya arnold. hello there, these are out headlines this evening. the champagne is flowing in cardiff as wales win the six nations grand slam. it is hard to put into words, to be honest. we have been working incredibly hard over the past year. just the calcutta cup at stake at twickemnham and what a match, scotland come from 31 points down to draw the match against england. it s an fa cup weekend and sergio aguero saves the day for manchester city. they come from two goals down to beat swansea and reach the semi finals. also coming up in the programme. the new formula one season is underway and once again it s lewis hamilton who s setting the pace. great britain get theirfirst medals at the special olympics in abu dhabi. wales are celebrating their 4th six nations grand slam. 3 teams could still win the title heading into today s final round of matches, but victory for the welsh was never in doubt as t