Shops were shut, schools were closed. Four years on, and life might feel back to normal. But what needs to change if or when the next pandemic hits us? good morning. A public inquiry has been trying to answer that question. Shall be the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. Today, its first findings will look just at the time before covid, including planning and the state of the nhs, after a decade of spending constraints. We were at the bottom of the table on number of doctors, number of nurses, number of beds, number of itus. If you lose control of your debt and you lose control of your deficit and you lose control of your economy, you end up cutting the health service. Dr saleyha ahsan is a documentary maker and trained army medic. Ijust remember it being a really brutal time, i think. She filmed this working in a covid ward during the pandemic. We were dealing with a killer virus. We hadn t a vaccine at that point. Ppe was short. It was ridiculous. It felt that we were
israel has launched air strikes against militant targets in the gaza strip, after a barrage of rockets fired from the territory towards jerusalem. the hamas run palestinian health ministry in gaza said twenty people had died in the strikes. injerusalem, the rocket fire caused israel s parliament to be evacuated as sirens sounded. earlier in the day, there were further clashes between israeli police and palestinians outside the al aqsa mosque injerusalem. more than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. 0ur blood is a cheap price forjerusalem, shouts this bereaved gaza grandmother. while this woman, who lost four children, can only weep. the casualties, mounting, after israeli air strikes. translation: this evening, | jerusalem day, gaza s terrorist organisations crossed a red line and attacked us with rockets on the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel will react very forceful
about the prime minister s route mapped out which has been leaked to the monday morning papers, or briefed, because it is official information from government and we can bring that information to you. this is what we expect to hear tomorrow. the first key date is the 8th march. we knew that would be the day that schools across england will reopen and all children will be permitted to play school sport from that day at school, not other sport outside, but school sport will be permitted from the 8th of march. the other big news is that one person can visit a care home resident and meet indoors and hold hands but visitors will have to wear ppe and they will have to be tested beforehand, so that is what happens on the 8th of march. one to meetings outdoors will also be permitted, and that is also on the 8th of march. on the 29th of march, in a sense, the most significant date next month at the moment, from then, the rule of six will return for outdoor meetings. that means you can
of the economic collapse, with the country now a major manufacturer of crystal meth. the nhs is extending its vaccination programme as it tries to get on top of the omicron variant 30 to 39 year olds in england can book a coronavirus booster jab from tomorrow. people in the french pacific territory of new caledonia vote in a third and final referendum on independence from france. and the battle for the chequered flag as max verstappen starts on pole position to take on lewis hamilton in the formula 1 title decider in abu dhabi. hello and welcome to bbc news. emergency teams in six us states are continuing to search for survivors, following one of the largest outbreaks of tornadoes in us history. more than 70 people died in kentucky, including dozens in a candle factory, and the death toll is expected to rise above 100. the state s governor said it would be a miracle if anyone else was found alive. there have been reports of deaths too in arkansas, missouri, tennessee and il