And who will follow bercow . The commons elects its new speaker this afternoon. And coming up on bbc news, on top of the world Lewis Hamilton becomes a six time f1 champion, but says reaching the all time record of seven is not something he can comprehend. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Health Service Leaders in england are warning politicians not to use the nhs as a weapon in the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals and other health trusts, warns all the parties against making empty promises and creating unrealistic expectations. The future of the Health Service will be a key election battle ground, with the parties already promising billions of pounds of extra spending. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. The state of the Health Service is always a key election issue but this time votes will be cast as the nhs enters its most testing time of year. Preparations for winter are well under way and the pressures are greater
Property developers. Also victory for bristol city after the club beat Manchester City in the efl cup last night. Bristol citys chairman, steve lansdowne, says he feels vindicated for sticking with manager leejohnson after their struggles last season. And a car park in leicester, where the body of king iii was unearthed five years ago, has been protected as a nationally importa nt archaeological site. Good morning. Its thursday, 21st december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has expressed deep gret at the departure of her first secretary of state, damian green. But said his actions fell short of the conduct expected of a cabinet minister. Theresa may sacked her close colleague and friend after an inquiryfound her close colleague and friend after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code by making inaccurate and misleading statements about pornography found on his Office Computer in 2008. Downing street said there wont necessarily bea stre
In Northern Ireland, just a week after being allowed to reopen. The first minister of wales announces new covid restrictions will come into force next friday, as cases rise again following the firebreak lockdown. 13,000 jobs are at risk the arcadia group, which owns topshop and dorothy perkins, is on the brink of collapse. The eus chief negotiator proposes that eu fleets return some fish caught in british waters if a free trade deal is agreed, rte reports. His comments come ahead of brexit talks in london this weekend. A blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer is trialled by the nhs. The Prime Minister has been defending the decision to place large areas of england in high coronavirus tiers next week, after many of his own mps expressed anger that the restrictions arent more locally targeted. Some are now threatening to rebel in a vote in the commons on tuesday. Damian green is a former cabinet minister and mp for kent, which will face the most severe measures. Hes one
Irans foreign minister blames israel after one of the countrys top Nuclear Scientists is assassinated near the capital tehran. Ahead of brexit talks in london this weekend, the eus chief negotiator proposes that eu fleets return some fish caught in british waters if a free trade deal is agreed. Sir philip greens retail empire arcadia, which operates hello and good afternoon. Sir philip greens retail empire arcadia, which operates chains including topshop and dorothy perkins, is on the brink of collapse putting 13,000 jobs at risk. In a statement, arcadia says. Patrick 0brien who is a Retail Research director at data and Analytics Company globaldata, explained that arcadias problems wont come as a suprise to many in retail. Anyone who has been watching the market will know, arcadia has been struggling for a number of years and covid 19 has really accelerated its decline. May be a little bit of a surprise that it might go into administration before christmas, when they should be getting
Enough. Wales is imposing stricter coronavirus measures with all pubs and restaurants closing from six oclock every evening. Of course we can open, but a pub with no alcohol is not a pub anymore. Its as simple as that. Arcadia, the retail group behind brands like topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins faces collapse within hours. Theres no sign of a rescue deal. Running a Young Fashion business is very difficult. Its a brutal environment. They want newness all the time, they want to be excited all the time, and unless you provide that for them, youre not going to be successful. Therell be no immediate Public Inquiry into the murder of solicitor pat finucane the government says it will first wait for the results of a review by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. And, the Prime Minister says everyone including celebrities should follow the regulations as rita ora apologises for throwing a Birthday Party for 30 on her 30th the Prime Minister is battling to win support for the introductio