Sense of Hope Orjoy lies not in this world, but in the world to come. Its in cinemas now. Its very important. He doesnt appreciate you touching the glass. And i dont appreciate his manner. Senor . We dont need this. 0h. Hes gotta bejoking. Oh, gosh ok, no need, senor, no need. I am an american citizen, senor, please at the other end of the spectrum in terms of mood, heft, and, well, pretty much everything, actually, is off the rails a Daft Bill Kenwright produced romp featuring a cheesy script, a star studded cast, and a Jukebox Soundtrack of clumsily slapped on blondie hits. Jenny seagrove, sally phillips, and Kelly Preston in Herfinalfilm Role are the Threesome Reliving a youthful dream to see the lights in parma cathedral. Joining them is elizabeth dormer phillips maddie, daughter of the recently deceased anna, whose Dying Wish was for them all to make this last minute pilgrimage. Broad strokes Interrailing Japes ensue, as the Group Pinball across france, italy and spain, losing the
Plans to exempt some key workers like those in Food Depots from Self Isolation. And from Beauty Hall to Race Track how our High Streets are being forced to think differently to bring back business. Im taking a spin what used to be the Beauty Hall. This isjust one example of how landlords are having to rethink our empty shops. And Coming Up on the News Channel, the action is under way at the olympics where team gbs football is prepared to take on the Hosts Japan after making a winning start. Good evening, and welcome to the Bbc News at six. The Tokyo Olympics games have officially opened Injapan A Year late and beset by unprecedented challenges because of the covid pandemic. The Opening Ceremony took place in an almost empty stadium In Tokyo a city that has been placed under its fourth State Of Emergency as it struggles with its highest covid numbers in six months. More than 11,000 athletes will be competing over the next two weeks. The president of the international olympic committee,
Cancellations to come. increasingly, businesses are asking why the date for scrapping isolation rules, just three weeks away, can t be brought forward? once again, this pandemic means balancing public health with our social and economic well being, and everything has a cost. dharshini david, bbc news. there s been another fall in the number of new cases across the uk they re down a third on this time last week. the latest government figures show 36,389 new infections in the latest 24 hour period which means an average of 44,219 new cases per day in the last week. 5,000 people are now in hospital with coronavirus figures not seen since the end of march. and 64 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours. nearly 46.5 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s 88.2% of the adult population. and more than 36.7 million people are now fully vaccinated almost 70% of all uk adults.
At six tokyo s olympic games are officially underway as the opening ceremony takes place injapan. a year late in a city under emergency covid measures the olympic flame is lit at last byjapan s tennis star naomi osaka. the first games in history without spectators the olympics boss thanks the japanese people and the athletes for their resilience in the face of covid. let us cherish these moments, finally we are all here together. one of the biggest team gbs ever sent to the olympics with hopes of bringing home up to 70 medals. we re live in tokyo, as two weeks of sporting action get underway. also tonight:
By the crowds that have turned out to try and get a glimpse of the action. this was shinjuku park at lunchtime, as japan s airforce display team painted the olympic rings across the sky. the olympics is very, i mean. it s one of the. a once in a lifetime kind of event, right? so ijust wanted my kids to have the experience, to see those athletes, at least. but, i mean. due to this covid 19, i guess, you know, it has got to be the way it is. for months, we ve heard that japan doesn t want the games, that people are afraid. it didn t look like it tonight. the contrast between what s going on inside the olympic stadium tonight and what s going on outside in tokyo could not be more stark. because of covid, because of the state of emergency, the stadium seats are empty, and yet here we are, right outside tens of thousands of people gathered in public squares and public parks to try and glimpse