hello there, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. on this programme: boris johnson tells mps he hopes to set out a plan towards the end of next month on easing lockdown, but says schools won t return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: there s a call for tougher action against russia on human rights, and the jailing of the opposition leader, alexei navalny. the london laundromat is still very much open for business. i the lack of urgency is truly staggering. i and an appeal to help those hardest hit by the collapse of the retail giant debenhams. this will disproportionately affect women who traditionally hold m
now on bbc news the week in parliament. hello there, welcome to the week in parliament our look at the highlights from all four of the uk s parliaments and assemblies. coming up: borisjohnson tells mps schools in england won t return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: leaders in wales and scotland face questions about the coronavirus vaccine roll out. the home secretary announces tougher border controls. and there s to be a new investigation into mother and baby homes in northern ireland which housed women pregnant outside marriage, including victims of rape and incest. wasn t their fault- that they were rape
to the week in parliament our look at the highlights from all four of the uk s parliaments and assemblies. coming up: borisjohnson tells mps schools in england won t return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: leaders in wales and scotland face questions about the coronavirus vaccine roll out. the home secretary announces tougher border controls. and there s to be a new investigation into mother and baby homes in northern ireland which housed women pregnant outside marriage, including victims of rape and incest. wasn t their fault that they were raped or the victims of incest. . yet they were the ones that suffer
including in other countries. uk ministers are due to unveil further measures to help thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell tower disaster. six republican senators join democrats in voting to push ahead with donald trump s impeachment trial. and coming up this hour the perils of the zoom call a forlorn texas lawyer tells thejudge i am not a cat , as he s defeated by a kitten filter. good morning and welcome to bbc news. england s deputy chief medical officer says it s really worrying that there s lower take up of the coronavirus vaccine among ethnic minorities in the uk. in the past hour, professorjonathan van tam, has been answering audience questions about about vaccines and covid misinformation here on bbc news, and the asian network. it comes amid hesitancy in black and asian communities about vaccine uptake. i have concerns that uptake in the minority ethnic groups is not going to be as rapid or as high as in the indigenous white
now it s time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello there, welcome to the week in parliament our look at the highlights from all four of the uk s parliaments and assemblies. coming up: borisjohnson tells mps schools in england won t return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: leaders in wales and scotland face questions about the coronavirus vaccine roll out. the home secretary announces tougher border controls. and there s to be a new investigation into mother and baby homes in northern ireland which housed women pregnant outside marriage, including victims of rape and incest. wasn t their fault- that