problems to emerge since brexit its impact on northern ireland. it s over three months since britain left the eu s single market. in an effort to honour the good friday peace accord, and keep an open land border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, britain agreed to the northern ireland protocol. this effectively moved the relevant customs checks to the irish sea. however this has led to trade friction. logistics uk, which represents the freight industry, calculates that since january around half of its members sending goods from great britain to northern ireland have had their exports delayed or cancelled due to the new border changes. joining me now is roger pollen, head of fsb northern ireland how has this affected your members how bad is the situation? we ve just mentioned that one statistic from logistics uk. there is all sorted evidence to show how hard this transition has been. show how hard this transition has been- has been. that s right, ther
vaccine are being refused it by some gps who are not following government guidance. the premier league and english football leagure are urged to do more to tackle racist abuse from fans. and quarantine free holidays in cyprus from may for british holiday makers if they ve been vaccinated. good morning. welcome to bbc news. there s been a furious reaction to the government s proposed 1% pay rise for nhs staff in england. health unions have called the proposal a kick in the teeth for staff who have worked throughout the pandemic. a 1% pay rise would be below the rate of inflation forecast in the budget for next year amounting to a cut in real terms. it would apply to all staff apart from junior doctors, gps and dentists. other public sector workers earning more than £24,000 a year have had their pay frozen. nhs pay is devolved, so there will be separate pay agreements for scotland, wales and northern ireland. the royal college of nursing says the pay rise in england woul
at least one match will be played behind closed doors after ticketless fans stormed the turnstiles at last summer s euros final. keeping history alive we meet the man who s re created a 100 metre stretch of first world war trenches. it isa it is a fairly cloudy and murky day ahead with many of us seeing some rain, but it will be unseasonably mild and where we see the sunshine in the south east later, it could hit 21 degrees. i will have the details coming up. it s tuesday the 19th of october. the prime minister has said the government s plan to phase out gas boilers will not be enforced with green shirts armed with sandals and carrots. he wrote the comments in a newspaper article promoting the sale the end of sale of new gas boilers. ministers have announced cash incentives to encourage the switch to greener forms of home heating. £450 million will be spent on the boiler upgrade scheme, which will run for three years. but critics say the scheme is unambitious as the gra
to reduce your carbon footprint? let me know on twitter at @annita mcveigh and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. the president of the european commission accuses poland of undermining the eu in a growing row between brussels and warsaw over the rule of law. the daughters of two men who died following covid outbreaks in their care homes begin a legal case against the government today. a month after it first erupted, the la palma volcano continues to spew lover. to spew lava. the prime minister has said the government s plan to phase out from next april, households in england and wales will be offered grants of £5,000 to install air source heat pumps or other green heating. £450 million will be spent on the boiler upgrade scheme which will run for three years. around 20% of uk emissions are from heating buildings according to official figures, so there is pressure on the heat and buildings strategy to deliver effective reductions. but as the grants amount to just 90,000 r