this is the last thing you would expect when competing in one of cycling s big races. peter sally is at the back of the penitent. watch as the driver of the car behind him runs into the back of the belgian rider. thankfully, sarri wasn t hurt and managed to get back on and complete the stage. but not surprisingly he was furious. the driver of the car has been excluded from the race and fined. just to repeat, he did get back on the bike eventually after a fee minutes. dusted himself down and was not hurt, thankfully. later on, the australian team support vehicle did apologise and he seems to have accepted the apology. he tweeted last night he was ok and thank them for their apology and thanked the
area of national beauty and we have already planted some 700,000 trees and bushes, and 16,000 jobs are being created by the project and that number will nearly double in the next few years when we get to peak activity. in total, hs2 will be using ten of the giant machines to build 64 miles of tunnel between london and the west midlands. florence, meanwhile, has onlyjust begun herjourney. it will be another three and a half years before she daylight again. theo leggett, bbc news. florence is the name of that drill. have you ever named a drill? no, i haven t. i have really used one, to be honest with you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i m victoria hollins. st paul s cathedral could be forced to close permanently as it grapples with its worst funding crisis in 300 years according to those who run it.
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moving, heavy and thundery with some hail. all of the details later in the programme. the uk economy shrank again in the first three months of the year as businesses and jobs were impacted by the lockdown in january. latest figures out this morning show there was a strong bounceback in march as restrictions started to ease, but the size of the economy is still way below pre pandemic levels. nina has more on this for us. it is close to where experts predicted we would be. we saw some really strong numbers for march. schools reopeneing, confidence growing, vaccination programme expanding. the economy picked up by 2.1% that month the chamber of commerce describing this as exceptionally strong. and the chancellor this morning saying things are moving in the right direction.
to have their feelings recognised. the plan also outlaws the exports of live animals for fattening and slaughter. but what about food brought in from abroad? in australia, you can have journey times for animals in excess of 24 hours, without access to feed or water. it s ridiculous, increasing standards in this country but not applying that standard to countries that we re looking to do trade deals with. that s just hypocrisy. but others are happy with the plans. back at the bath cats and dogs home, over the last 24 hours, kittens have arrived. their mother, tess, was a stray. she and her young will all be chipped before new homes are found. claire marshall, bbc news, bath. new figures out within the past few minutes show how the economy was impacted by the latest lockdown restrictions. nina s with us. what do these numbers tell us nina?